With a mammoth prize pool of over $300,000AUD on offer, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has been unveiled the nominees and esteemed juries for the annual MIFF Awards. Shining a light on local and international filmmaking excellence, this year’s categories includes the newly coined Uncle Jack Charles Award, recently renamed in honour of the…
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2024 Inner West Film Festival Announce Program
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2024’s Inner West Film Fest will roll out across Dendy Cinemas, Palace Cinemas, Actors Centre Australia, Marrickville Golf Club and many more locations throughout Sydney’s glorious Inner West from April 11 to 21, 2024. In addition to a host of must-see screenings, the festival is jam-packed with fun activities to bring the Inner West community…
2nd Inner West Film Fest Announcements
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The 2nd Inner West Film Fest [IWFF] have announced the first five films from this year’s program, including actor and director Faouzi Bensaïdi’s comical road film, DÉSERTS, which premiered at the Cannes Director’s Fortnight; and the Australian premiere of DRUGSTORE JUNE, co-written, produced and starring comedian Esther Povitsky, with a side-splitting support cast, including Beverly…
Lakelands to Open 9th Irish Film Festival Australia
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Lakelands has been named as the Opening Night Premiere for the 9th Irish Film Festival Australia. Lakelands is the feature debut for writers and directors Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, picking up the Best Film Award at both the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh and Kerry International Film Festival. “I’m proud to present our Opening Night…
SWIFF Has Announced Australian Premiere of Infinity Pool
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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
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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…
Russian Film Festival 2022
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Editor’s Note Given current global politics I honestly didn’t think I would be seeing something from the Russian Film Festival anytime soon. From the 9th to 11th December, the Russian Film Festival will be hosted in Melbourne. Russian films are returning to Australia in an offline format. In 2020 the festival was hosted online and…
Camp Australia’s Rocketeers Film Festival
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Sunday (November 13) saw the second Online Premiere of Camp Australia’s Rocketeers Film Festival – a showcase of the best and brightest short animation films by 5,500 young Australians aged 6–12. In partnership with StarTime and the Children’s International Film Festival, the initiative was spearheaded by Camp Australia, Australia’s largest Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)…
Irish Film Festival Announces Online Program
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The Irish Film Festival Australia has launched its Online Festival program, which will stream online from September 30th – October 16th. “I’m delighted to be able to provide an online program to meet the needs of our audiences in far-off places in Australia and allow them to join our film community after our cinema festival…
Irish Film Festival 2022 – The Quiet Girl
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Director Colm Bairéad Starring Catherine Clinch,Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett Rated M Score 6/6 Also Known as An Cailín Ciúin A 9-year-old girl from a dysfunctional family goes to live with distant relatives for the summer. Living with a middle-aged farm couple, she discovers a new way of living. For those of you who might be…