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Australian Premiere of That They May Face the Rising Sun The Irish Film Festival

The Irish Film Festival will present the Australian Premiere of Pat Collins’ That They May Face the Rising Sun at its opening night on 17th October in the Dendy Cinema, Newtown in Sydney. Based on the internationally acclaimed, award-winning novel by Irish author John McGahern, That They May Face the Rising Sun vividly captures the…

MIFF 2024 Award Winners Announced

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has unveiled its 2024 MIFF Award winners recently , presenting over $250,000AUD in prize money across a suite of five categories. The flagship Bright Horizons Award, presented by VicScreen and amounting to $140,000AUD – making it one of the most lucrative film prizes globally – is awarded to a…

Melbourne International Film Festival Program Revealed

Beloved cultural event, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), has shared its impressive 2024 program of over 250 features, shorts and XR experiences landing across Melbourne, around Victoria and online Australia-wide this August. Running 8-25 August, this year’s film line-up boasts a world class roster of international features, an assembly of stellar World Premiere local…

2024 Inner West Film Festival Announce Program

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

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…

2023 MIFF Shorts Award Winners Announced

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced the recipients of the 2023 MIFF Shorts Awards presented by Campari, which reward filmmakers with a prize pool worth $50,000. An in-person ceremony was held at ACMI on Saturday evening with seven out of the 75 films in the program accoladed by a jury consisting of filmmaker…

Revolutionary Screen Warriors Training Program Starts

A groundbreaking program to recruit, train and mentor Australian Defence Force veterans into a career in Australia’s film and television industry is underway. The program is a joint initiative of the prestigious Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and the Veterans Film Festival (VFF). The first day of the inaugural training course is Wednesday…