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SWIFF’23 Breaks Attendance Record

This year’s festival, the Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival has set a new all-time ticket sales record, meaning that by the end of SWIFF’23 the festival will also break the overall attendance record. Festival organisers attribute a voracious appetite for all things cinema, a strong program line-up, and SWIFF’s expansion back to Bellingen Memorial…

SWIFF’23 Kicks of Next Week

The Screenwave International Film Festival begins next week amongst the beaches and mountains of the pristine Coffs Coast, and having already broken its previous ticket presales record, Festival Directors are now predicting a new attendance record for SWIFF’23 (April 20 – May 5). Husband and wife Festival Directors Dave Horsley and Kate Howat founded Coffs…

SWIFF Has Announced Australian Premiere of Infinity Pool

The Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival (Apr 20 – May 5), is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated Australian Premiere of Brandon Cronenberg’s latest cinematic disruption, Infinity Pool, set to take place on Tuesday, April 25th, at SWIFF’23. “SWIFF’23 is incredibly excited to host the Australian Premiere of Infinity Pool and proud to be…

SWIFF Announces Partnership with SBS On Demand

The Screenwave International Film Festival, kicks off on April 20 and finishes on May 5, and will find new audiences this year around Australia, thanks to a new partnership with SBS On Demand. The new partnership will see a dedicated and branded SWIFF program of 10 feature films from previous festivals, which will be able…

SWIFF’23 Announces Program

Theatres across the Coffs Coast region of NSW are preparing for a record influx of film lovers from April 20 to May 5, with regional Australia’s largest film and screen celebration, the Screenwave International Film Festival, breaking its previous ticket presales record again last week, ahead of the full SWIFF’23 festival line-up becoming publicly available. SWIFF…

The Survival of Kindness to Open SWIFF’23

The Coffs Coast’s 16-day 2023 Screenwave International Film Festival (April 20 – May 5) have announced revered Australian auteur Rolf de Heer’s first feature film in nine years, The Survival of Kindness, to launch its eighth festival at the SWIFF’23 Opening Night Gala on April 20. SWIFF Artistic Director, Kate Howat explained that the Survival…