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…
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SWIFF’23 Announces Program
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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…
Geena Davis to open Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion Exhibition
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ACMI have announced a pivotal new partnership with two-time Academy Award-winning actor and advocate Geena Davis and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The iconic actor is set to travel to Melbourne as lead ambassador for the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces blockbuster, Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion. The ACMI-curated exhibition opens at Australia’s national museum…
Developing Australian Communities Calls Out the Government for blindspot on disability sector and Paralympic funding
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A leading Australian disability advocate has called out successive political leaders for their selective blindness when it comes to the disability sector. More than 6,000 people flocked to Brisbane over the weekend for the largest disability and NDIS-related event in the nation’s history and not one of the three levels of government could manage to…
Celebrating Lockdown Legends
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A legend was born during the pandemic when a captioning error in the subtitles for an Australian Capital Territory (ACT) COVID-19 press conference saw a reference to Canberrans misspelt as ‘Ken Behrens’. On the second day of ACT lockdown, the comic relief of Ken Behrens swept across social media. He was embraced by residents of…
UNSW Sydney Alcohol Delivery Survey
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A survey of Australian adults who use popular alcohol delivery sites found one in five utilised a service to continue a home drinking session Services that deliver alcohol directly to the doorstep in as little as 30 minutes can prolong drinking sessions that would have otherwise ended, according to new research. A team led by…
Holiday Break camps For Regional NSW Kids
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The NSW Office of Sport is offering free Holiday Break camps to kids from regional NSW in the April school holidays. Regional kids aged 12-15 can enjoy a free overnight camp at four sport and recreation centres. Featuring a range of activities, including mountain biking and BMX, stand-up paddleboarding and survival skills, camps include all…
Liquorland Fundraising for Clean Up Australia
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Liquorland will be donating 25 cents from every sale in-store and online over the next three days (12:00am Friday 3 March to 11:59pm Sunday 5 March 2023) to the environmental charity Clean Up Australia, as part of its Love Your Land campaign. The national fundraising initiation is in addition to the 50 cent donation the…
‘Whale Shark Jack’ and ‘Drone Racers’ To Film in Regional WA
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Screenwest have announced that two family features, Whale Shark Jack and Drone Racers, have been greenlit for production, with both films set to commence filming later in 2023 in Western Australia’s Gascoyne and Pilbara regions, respectively. With major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screenwest, Lotterywest and the Western Australian Regional Screen Fund,…
Tim Ferguson to headline 2023 Brisbane Disability Staff Recognition Awards
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Australian comedy icon, director, screenwriter and disability advocate, Tim Ferguson will headline the upcoming 2023 Brisbane Disability Staff Recognition Awards, helping to recognise the work of the people and organisations who have become part of his life since his MS diagnosis. Sponsored by Holistic Horizons Support Services, the awards held in three major cities, bring…