26th Busan International Film Festival, South Korea South Korea’s first international film gathering is still a teenager in global festival terms, but it has very quickly emerged as one of the most exciting and challenging programs on the international circuit. A celebration of breaking film talent, BIFF programs first and second features in its competitive …
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Asia Pacific Screen Awards A prestigious celebration of the planet’s largest filmmaking region, APSA is the international showpiece event for the Australian sector. Since 2007, film artisans and craftspeople from 70 countries have vied for top honours, with past winners including Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country and Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly. Runs …
The Byron Bay International Film Festival Under the force of nature that is festival director J’aimee Skippon-Volke, The Byron Bay International Film Festival has defined itself as arguably Australia’s leading regional film festival gathering. Sure, the surrounding geography and celebrity-magnet nature of the coastal enclave has helped, but BBFF has earned a reputation as a …
78th Venice Film Festival, Italy The beautifully monikered ‘Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia’, alongside Cannes and Berlin, the Lido screenings are cinema’s high watermark. In 2021, that film is Denis Villeneuve’s long-delayed, highly-anticipated sci-fi epic DUNE, which will debut out-of-competition on September 3 in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema …
Monster Fest Ten years of blood-stained, nerve-shredding cinematic glee will be celebrated with the 2021 edition of Monster Fest, Australia’s premiere horror genre event. From humble beginnings, Monster Fest has grown into a globally recognised brand amongst the dark arts film community, with such cult hits as Julia Ducornau’s Raw and Tony Aquino’s The Furies …
69th San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain Spain’s leading festival is a true cinephiliac’s dream. If you don’t love the artform with a deeply rooted passion, don’t bother; for example, this year, San Sebastian programmers will present the retrospective Flowers in Hell: The Golden Age of Korean Cinema, a collection of ten largely unheralded but crucial …
2021 Sci-Fi Festival Film festivals are now more important and relevant than ever. One, it unites the community, and people get to enjoy films, talk to filmmakers, as well as celebrating untold stories. It’s also an avenue for diversity, and cinema has the power to break down prejudices and can make people view culture in …
