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10 films to see at this year’s Sydney Film Festival
From June 8 to 19 Sydney’s 69th festival will bring us the very best, including a Satyajit Ray retrospective.


The 2022 Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is about to connect humans of Melbourne
Documentaries, stirring fiction features, and electrifying special events make this year’s festival unmissable.


The first batch of films for Sydney’s 2022 Film Festival have been revealed
We’re already hyped up for the first 22 films in SFF’s lineup for this year, with fresh Aussie and international hits.


Every film in Eaglehawk’s shiny new film festival has the title ‘Gold’
In January 2022, ten solid-gold movies will arrive at Greater Bendigo’s remarkable Star Cinema.


Belfast, Kubrick, and Last Night in Soho will stun at Palace’s 2021 British Film Festival
Cor blimey! 31 spiffing films from the UK are invading Aussie cinemas soon, including a 7-film retrospective of the 1970s.


10 films to see from the huge (and hugely exciting) Sydney Film Festival 2021 program
From a whopper 233 film lineup, we’ve chosen the top titles Sydney audiences should get tickets for—quickly!


The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson will start BIFF’s 2021 program with a bang
81 movies. 26 Australian premieres. A Lubitsch retrospective, and the long-awaited release of an epic Aussie western.


Queer Screen Film Fest brings a world of LGBTIQ+ stories to you, with 40 films available on demand
Over ten days in September, QSFF is the place to be for inspiring queer media, including 22 Aussie premieres.


The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson has finally arrived in cinemas
Leah Purcell’s rollicking adaptation of the Henry Lawson story gets a new release date for 2022.


Feeling MIFFed at Melbourne’s lockdown? Here’s 10 must-see films from the online program MIFF Play
We’re devo that the festival’s in-person screenings are cancelled, but these amazing titles take the pain away.


Sydney Film Festival just got postponed to November – here’s everything you need to know
With those COVID cases showing no sign of slowing, Sydney’s biggest celebration of cinema will have to wait.


Controversial Port Arthur massacre movie Nitram just premiered at Cannes – here’s the early reviews
US actor Caleb-Landry Jones just won Best Actor at Cannes for his murderous main role, before it arrives soon in Australian cinemas.


Have a sneaky peek at the first 22 films in this year’s Sydney Film Festival lineup
This August, all quantity and quality of great cinema from around the world are arriving in Sydney.


From designer cocktails to Fassbinder, 2021’s German Film Festival line-up is wunderbar
Actor Daniel Brühl’s semi-autobiographical directorial debut is the opening night feature of this exciting fest.


Say hola to the vibrant lineup for the 2021 Moro Spanish Film Festival
Spain and Latin America’s leading stars sparkle in the festival’s 20 feature films, screening in April and May.


The 2021 Gold Coast Film Festival’s stellar line-up, from shark docos to monster movies
Australian premieres, special events and a closing-night Hollywood treat – the GCFF has it all.


Celebrating Indigenous cinema, Birrarangga Film Festival is returning to Melbourne
A celebration of Indigenous films from all around the globe will take place at the new and improved ACMI.


The exciting Brisbane International Film Festival runs from now until October 11
With over 70 films screening at Queensland’s gallery of Modern Art, this fest is unmissable for Brissy cinephiles.


What to expect from the 2020 Queer Screen Film Fest
Over 40 films, 28 national premieres and 3 free shorts packages; and only 11 days to check it all out!


First 5 films for this year’s Adelaide Film Festival, from Mads Mikkelsen to Bangarra Dance Theatre
You can now buy passes to check out a moving art doco, Mads Mikkelsen as a self-destructive alcoholic, or the history of the Bangarra dance theatre.


The Italian Film Festival returns in September, opening with a gothic retelling of Pinocchio
While Melbourne’s dates are still TBA, the festival is all set to stun and amaze foreign film fans all around Australia.


5 films to see during this year’s online-only Melbourne Film Festival
Audiences from all around Australia can check out 113 films, including 12 world premieres.
