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Sydney City of Film

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 8289 6417

Address: L10, 52 Martin Place 2001 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: screen.nsw.gov.au/splash/sydney-city-of-film

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25.01.2022 This year! The Irish Film Festival Australia returns online, from 19 - 29 November. The online festival program is packed with award-winning dramas, documentaries, Irish-language features and comedies direct from Ireland, with no fewer than 11 Australian premieres. Check here https://bit.ly/35yPx7D and catch the best new Irish cinema releases.

24.01.2022 Now! Taiwan Film Festival in Australia is streaming on-demand until 30 July 2020. #taiwanfilmfest This years program offers 19 sensational films around the theme "forgotten", focusing on the often overlooked aspects of society. Check out their full program http://bit.ly/2JzgkTh

24.01.2022 In partnership with Australian Film Television and Radio School, Antenna International Documentary Film Festival is excited to launch Antenna Selects 2020 a curated selection of physical screenings and events. Antenna Selects, will be premiering some of the best local and international documentaries, together with Q&A and panel discussions. The festival will kick off on the 3rd of September on Palace Cinemas.... Click belowfor the festival program https://bit.ly/2EVKrI0

24.01.2022 Check on UNESCO City Of Film website! Bus Stop Films talented CEO Tracey Corbin-Matchett, talking about The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit, and how to ensure that the filmmaking practice is inclusive and that people with disability, are better represented in stories about them! Download The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit https://bit.ly/2CyqrtX

24.01.2022 Sydney Film Festival 2021 submissions are NOW open!. Entries are open to Australian features, documentaries, and short films and will close on Friday 26 February 2021. Check here for more infohttp://bit.ly/2QaaqvX #sydfilmfest #sff #sff2021

24.01.2022 We are thrilled to share the new Screen NSW showreel with you! The new reel, which was developed by Screen NSW with the support of so many talented NSW production companies, highlights the strength and diversity of our NSW screen industry. NSW is a place for every story.

24.01.2022 Alliance Franaise French Film Festival is delighted to confirm that the Alliance Franaise French Film Festival will be resuming its 31st season, starting today 14th July to 4 August. Enjoy some of the best films that French cinema has to offer Check here the schedule & the tickets https://bit.ly/2DGccDJ

23.01.2022 Dont miss the opportunity tonight at 11:00 pm! Join WIFT Speednetworking @Carla2020, 'Spotlight Conversation: The World Awakening?', and listen to the Founder and Artistic Director of WINDA Film Festival and the Associate Professor, Manager of Cultural Resilience Hub, UTS: Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, Pauline Clague. Learn about decolonisation and restorative storytelling and the way to generate a deeper understanding of the power and impact of ou...r industry on cultural progress. Carla 2020 is a three-day digital conference, brings together new visions for diversity & inclusion in the global film & TV industry. Check the full virtual programme and register here: https://www.carla2020.se/carla-programme-2020/

23.01.2022 Do you have questions about the recent changes to cinema capacities? Join our webinar tomorrow 9 October 2020 at 10:00 AM and a representative from NSW Health will provide you with advice and answer your questions about getting ready to open to larger audiences and operating in a COVID-Safe environment. Register now: https://bit.ly/2GLPlIs

23.01.2022 Check out this epic episode of Media RING Yarning. Head of Screen NSW, Grainne Brunsdon, with CEO of First Nations Media, Catherine Liddle. Learn how to make your funding applications stand out! What you need to do when applying for funding and the what, exactly, are the priority areas.

23.01.2022 Principal photography is underway on the Screen NSW supported anthology feature drama "Here Out West" in Sydney. This exciting project is featuring nine languages and will be broadcast on ABC following its theatrical release in 2021 and tells the story of a desperate kidnapping of a baby from hospital; an act that sets off a chain of events that bring together complete strangers over the course of one dramatic day. Here Out West is supported by Screen NSW with filming in ...Western Sydney. Read more about it below https://bit.ly/3mIOk3q Here Out West writers Dee Doga and Bina Bhattacharya.

22.01.2022 Actors Centre Australia is proud to announce a suite of online masterclasses from September - November 2020, taught by some of the Australias and the worlds leading film and theatre creatives. The program offers a comprehensive learning opportunity on acting through the lens of this diverse and exciting talented group of directors. Check below for more info

22.01.2022 Creatives! Screen NSW announced the Unreal Engine Real-Time Short Film Challenge in partnership with Epic Games and the state agencies. Apply for up to $20k to produce a short film using Epic Games Unreal Engine software. Then be in the running to win the $50k prize. Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/3gpNnKN Epic Games | Nvidia | ILMxLAB, Reflections.

21.01.2022 The 3rd Taiwan Film Festival in Australia is now available on-demand, giving viewers a unique perspective into Taiwans society and culture, with 19 exciting films across shorts, feature, and documentary fields. Festival Director Benson Wu shares with us what we can expect from the 2020 festival https://bit.ly/3hfZWZd GF*BF, Detention, Mirror Image. #TaiwanFilmFest

20.01.2022 Don't miss it, today, 5:00. to 6:00 pm! The free webinar with fonder of Easy Tiger Ian Collie (Saving Mr Banks, Rake, Doctor Doctor, Jack Irish) hosting by Screen Illawarra Register here https://bit.ly/3l0fxyo

20.01.2022 Join Screen NSW free webinar on the 25th of Nov, and listen to some of the most NSW talented producers sharing their experiences filming under COVID-19 conditions. Check here https://bit.ly/3nlDpx2 to know more about the speakers. Registerand save your spot, now! https://bit.ly/32FCBv7

19.01.2022 This year, "Winda Digital Labs 2020" is offering the Indigenous Filmmakers three free online workshops, to learn about Funding Fundamentals, Social Branding and Dialogue Writing. Register here https://bit.ly/3jZa618, and join the award-winning expert on the creative industries Monica Davidson in her free to learn about the basics of how to write a competitive grant application on the 11th Nov from 9.30 am - 12 pm Check https://bit.ly/36anrik to know more about WINDA Film Festival workshops.

18.01.2022 Don't miss the opportunity! Create NSW and Screen NSW have joined forces with Audible to fund storytelling beyond the screen, the page and stage into bold spoken audio narratives. Check for more information and apply now.

18.01.2022 Dont miss it, today, 5:00. to 6:00 pm! The free webinar with fonder of Easy Tiger Ian Collie (Saving Mr Banks, Rake, Doctor Doctor, Jack Irish) hosting by Screen Illawarra Register here https://bit.ly/3l0fxyo

17.01.2022 Actors Centre Australia, Patron Hugh Jackman announced the opening of ACAs leading degree, Bachelor in Performing Arts (Stage and Screen). #ACA #ActorsCentreAustralia #creatensw #HughJackman #performingarts #bachelorsdegree Check below for more and apply nowhttps://bit.ly/2ZRAt0Q

17.01.2022 You will love this! The 12th A Night of Horror International Film Festival is finally going ahead for 2020 (24-26 September)and it has a new home at the Actors Centre Australia in Leichhardt, Sydney. The Festival Co-Directors Enzo Tedeschi and Bryn Tilly have scheduled over 36 films to be screened including 5 Australian premieres (Stay Out Stay Alive USA; Diablo Rojo Pty Panama; Artik - USA; The Dead Ones USA; The Other Lamb _ Ireland/Belgium/USA) and 2 world prem...ieres (The Slaughterhouse Killer Aus; Were Not Here To F**k Spiders Aus). A Night of Horror International Film Festival... is the longest running genre festival in the country. Check below for the festival full program and tickets

17.01.2022 Screenworks, in partnership with the Australian Directors' Guild, is offering regionally-based screen directors an opportunity to connect with and learn from two of Australias most accomplished screen directors in an online workshop intensive on the craft and skill of screen directing Applications are now open for the online Directing Intensive https://bit.ly/3jAgxJ3

17.01.2022 Congratulations! the ABC ME series Hardball has been nominated for 2020 International Emmy Awards KIDS AWARDS, one of four competing in the Kids: Live Action category. #hardball was filmed and post-produced in Sydney. The Northern Pictures series has previously won a PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL and a Rockie Award in Canada of best Children and Youth: Fiction series. The awards will be announced in an online ceremony on October 14.

17.01.2022 Bus Stop Films & Taste Creative have just launched 'The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit'. Funded with the support of Screen NSW, this toolkit will help filmmakers, production companies, and creatives achieve more meaningful inclusion of people living with disability on both sides of the camera, and will help ensure they are better represented in stories about them. Download The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit for free: https://bit.ly/32D249l #inclusivefilmmaking

16.01.2022 Animal Logic launched a new competition to recognise Australian writers in the family entertainment space. The competition is open to Australian writers with a feature script in the family animated and family hybrid (live action/animation) genre. check for more information and apply today

16.01.2022 We are pleased to announce! that today, Wednesday 15 July 2020, a new website launched to connect the 18 Cities of Film in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, in order to showcase the work taking place between the cities and enhance the international collaboration within the network. Unesco Movie Creative City - 16 countries 18 cities: Bradford City of Film Sydney City of Film... Busan City of Film Galway City of Film Sofia City of Film Rome City of Film Bitola City of Film Santos City of Film Bristol UNESCO City Of Film Qingdao City of Film Yamagata Creative City of Film Terrasa City of Film Mumbai City of Film Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film Wellington City of Film Potsdam City of Film Valladolid City of Film d Miasto Filmu UNESCO See more

16.01.2022 Tonight! from 5 6pm, Screen Illawarra is hosting a free webinar with the internationally successful Australian Actress, Lorna Morello of Orange Is The New Black, Yael Stone. Join the webinar today via Zoom: Meeting ID: 989 2208 2400 Posscode: 538908

16.01.2022 Join WINDA Film Festival free webinar tomorrow! and understand branding, learn the basics of social media, including getting started, which platform to choose, posting the best content, and tricks to staying up-to-date. On 11th of Nov, from 1.30pm - 4pm. Register nowand hear from Lillie Brown, the Marketing Strategy Expert and Marketing Manager of Creative Plus Business.... Check https://bit.ly/36anrik to know more about WINDA Film Festival workshops.

15.01.2022 Tickets are now on sale for the 2nd Croatian Film Festival 2020 , giving the Australian audience a unique opportunity to experience Croatias society and culture and its lm industry! Check the Croatia House for more information. The tickets are available below: https://www.ritzcinemas.com.au//croatian-film-festival-2020

15.01.2022 Are you ready! The full Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival is now ON SALE! From 7pm on Thursday 17th September until 11:59pm, 27th September, #QSFF20 films will become available to watch online, 24 hours a day! Check below and choose the film you want to watch and the when and how... https://bit.ly/2FCzRWG

14.01.2022 Her voice inspired a generation. See the story of Helen Reddy in the brand new film, I Am Woman, premiering 28 August on Stan. #StanOriginals Check out the trailer and whilst youre at it, read Screen NSWs Q&A with director, Unjoo Moon: http://bit.ly/2TLmHdn

14.01.2022 Antenna International Documentary Film Festival have announced ANTENNA SELECTS, a year-round program of premiere physical screenings and events, alongside Q&As and panel discussions. Kicking off 3 September at the Palace Cinemas, check out the first 6 announced films. Space is limited due to restrictions, so book now: https://bit.ly/32CfGRX

14.01.2022 Screen NSW in partnership with Asian Animation Summit is offering a unique opportunity for two NSW animation producers to showcase their work among their peers from Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific, to seek finance and co-production partners. Applications for this opportunity are now open! Dont miss the chance to pitch your work to a select group of international broadcasters and and distributers from Europe, UK, North America... and across Asia. Apply now! https://bit.ly/3glK86U Image: Monster Teddies. Courtesy of Cheeky Little Media

13.01.2022 Awavena by Director and artist Lynette Wallworth and producer Nicole Newnham, made in collaboration with the Amazonian Yawanawa people, and Supported by Screen NSW, has been nominated in the Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary category at the News and Documentary International Emmy Awards. Awavena is currently available for download through VR On Demand service Viveport https://bit.ly/3iKpmyR Check below for more information

13.01.2022 She was fearless, and against the odds, wrote the song that would become the anthem of the womens movement of the 1970s. Watch the inspiring true story of Helen Reddy "I Am Woman" on Stan. now.

12.01.2022 Sydney stands out in Shannon Murphys Babyteeth.

11.01.2022 Aina Dumlao, Miranda Otto, and Michelle Vergara Moore play the leads in The Unusual Suspects, Aquarius Films’ 4-part heist comedy for SBS Australia which is now shooting in Sydney.

11.01.2022 We're excited! Stairs, the inclusively made film produced by Bus Stop Films in partnership with the Arts Council of Mongolia will have its world premiere at the Ulaanbaatar International Film Festival-UBIFF. Bus Stop Films supported an all-female team of Genevieve Clay-Smith, Sarah-Jane Johnson and Liz Vernon to travel to Ulaanbaatar to shoot the film, together with Mongolian based Director Zoljargal Purevdash. #ubiff2020 #artscouncilofmongolia

11.01.2022 Congratulations to all the Screen NSW -supported productions - 55 nominations across 26 categories in the first round of Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards 2020 nominations. Babyteeth with 12 nominations The Invisible Man with 8 nominations I Am Woman and Mystery Road with 7 nominations each. ... More here https://bit.ly/3mQoQBa Babyteeth, photo by Lisa Tomasetti. I Am Woman, photo by Tony Mott.

11.01.2022 Entries are open for the 2020 #ShireAbility Film competition. Create a 5 minute film or documentary with a focus on ability and inclusion, featuring at least one person with disability - either as an actor, director, producer or writer, and must feature locations in Sutherland Shire or people of Sutherland Shire. Enter by 30 October 2020 here: https://bit.ly/3jzDlb0

11.01.2022 FLICKERFEST 2021 entries are NOW OPEN! Do you have an awesome short film the world should see? This is your last chance to let it shine on the big screen under the stars of Bondi Beach at Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy Award and BAFTA Qualifying Short Film Festival Next January! ... Be quick! Entries Close 9th October. For more info check https://bit.ly/FlickerfestEntries

10.01.2022 The COVID-Safe Guidelines, intended to provide support and assistance to all practitioners (from screen producers to individual workers) as they consider returning and recommencing productions! Check below for more details and learn how to help get the industry back to work!

10.01.2022 From 29 October 5 November the Korean Film Festival in Australia (KKOFFIA) returns for its 11th year down-under with a FREE digital program available to audiences across Australia. From the compelling true story behind a Korean President’s assassination to an award-winning drama based off a ground-breaking feminist bestseller, the Festival showcases an eclectic program from Korea’s pre-eminent filmmakers. Visit www.koffia.com.au for more information

10.01.2022 The Australian Federal Government has announced a seven-year, $400 million incentive to attract film and television productions to Australia.

09.01.2022 Screenworks, in partnership with the Australian Directors Guild, is offering regionally-based screen directors an opportunity to connect with and learn from two of Australias most accomplished screen directors in an online workshop intensive on the craft and skill of screen directing Applications are now open for the online Directing Intensive https://bit.ly/3jAgxJ3

09.01.2022 Netflix’s Pieces of Her starring Toni Collette secured for Sydney through Made in NSW! This is exciting news for the NSW screen industry that will have a huge impact on the NSW economy. ... Around $58 million will be injected into the economy and it’s estimated to create around 400 jobs.

09.01.2022 Applications for up to $30k with the Screen NSW #Screenability Filmmakers Fund close on Monday 12 October 2020. Apply now and have your short film premiere at Sydney Film Festival: http://bit.ly/34DcuUa

08.01.2022 YOU TALKIN’ TO ME? TODAY is the 3rd WINDA Film Festival webinar! Join the international story consultant for film and television, Stephen Cleary, and learn about speech patterns, rhythm, musicality, vocabulary, and syntax all define a character to get the right means in your dialogue. Today the 12th of Nov, from 2:00 pm to 4:00pm. ... Register now See more

07.01.2022 Bus Stop Films are changing the narrative of filmmaking with The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit, developed in partnership with Taste Creative. Screennsw spoke with Bust Stop Films talented CEO Tracey Corbin-Matchett to learn more about the kit and how to level the playing field. Learn more about the toolkit: https://bit.ly/2PvL9h3

07.01.2022 Congratulations! the ABC ME series 'Hardball' has been nominated for 2020 International Emmy Awards KIDS AWARDS, one of four competing in the Kids: Live Action category. #hardball was filmed and post-produced in Sydney. The Northern Pictures series has previously won a PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL and a Rockie Award in Canada of best Children and Youth: Fiction series. The awards will be announced in an online ceremony on October 14.

07.01.2022 Alliance Française French Film Festival is delighted to confirm that the Alliance Française French Film Festival will be resuming its 31st season, starting today 14th July to 4 August. Enjoy some of the best films that French cinema has to offer Check here the schedule & the tickets https://bit.ly/2DGccDJ

06.01.2022 Dont miss the opportunity tonight at 11:00 pm! Join WIFT Speednetworking @Carla2020, Spotlight Conversation: The World Awakening?, and listen to the Founder and Artistic Director of WINDA Film Festival and the Associate Professor, Manager of Cultural Resilience Hub, UTS: Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, Pauline Clague. Learn about decolonisation and restorative storytelling and the way to generate a deeper understanding of the power and impact of ou...r industry on cultural progress. Carla 2020 is a three-day digital conference, brings together new visions for diversity & inclusion in the global film & TV industry. Check the full virtual programme and register here: https://www.carla2020.se/carla-programme-2020/

06.01.2022 Ben Lawrences Hearts and Bones, starring Hugo Weaving and Andrew Luri is now streaming on Stan!

06.01.2022 Ben Lawrence's Hearts and Bones, starring Hugo Weaving and Andrew Luri is now streaming on Stan!

05.01.2022 Congratulations Mithila Gupta, Brooke Goldfinch, Darlene Johnson, Julie Kalceff, and Monica Zanetti - these five mid-career and established NSW screenwriters and directors have been selected to participate in the debut Charlies Talent Escalator Lab, a new opportunity for professional screen development taking place in two stages, through a partnership between Screen NSW and Australians in Film (AiF), with support from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The lab is designed to support local screen talent develop their career pathways, foster networks in the US screen industry and provide opportunities towards execution of screen projects and stories.

05.01.2022 Congratulations to director Lynette Wallworth’s (Awavena), on her second International winning! Lynette Wallworth, won the International News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary. Check from more info about the award.

05.01.2022 Bus Stop Films & Taste Creative have just launched The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit. Funded with the support of Screen NSW, this toolkit will help filmmakers, production companies, and creatives achieve more meaningful inclusion of people living with disability on both sides of the camera, and will help ensure they are better represented in stories about them. Download The Inclusive Filmmaking Toolkit for free: https://bit.ly/32D249l #inclusivefilmmaking

05.01.2022 Congratulations to director Lynette Wallworths (Awavena), on her second International winning! Lynette Wallworth, won the International News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary. Check from more info about the award.

05.01.2022 Screen Production Finance Round 71 is now open The Production Finance program provides funding for projects produced or post-produced in NSW. Applications close Tuesday 22 September 2020. Check here to know more about the guidelines and apply now https://bit.ly/32gZ3tr

04.01.2022 Screen NSW goes behind-the-scenes on Babyteeth with Producer Alex White to find out why the critics are loving this dramedy, how it was made, and how the team is approaching distribution and box office during COVID-19. Babyteeth. Photo by Lisa Tomasetti.

04.01.2022 You will love this! The 12th 'A Night of Horror International Film Festival' is finally going ahead for 2020 (24-26 September)and it has a new home at the Actors Centre Australia in Leichhardt, Sydney. The Festival Co-Directors Enzo Tedeschi and Bryn Tilly have scheduled over 36 films to be screened including 5 Australian premieres (Stay Out Stay Alive USA; Diablo Rojo Pty Panama; Artik - USA; The Dead Ones USA; The Other Lamb _ Ireland/Belgium/USA) and 2 world prem...ieres (The Slaughterhouse Killer Aus; Were Not Here To F**k Spiders Aus). A Night of Horror International Film Festival... is the longest running genre festival in the country. Check below for the festival full program and tickets

04.01.2022 SF3 2020 is here! The SmartFone Flicker Fest Festival kicks off on Friday October 9th and runs until Sunday October 18th. You won't miss it! All screenings will be available to view both live and online. Catch it both live at Event Cinemas and Online on October 10th. Get your tix to both at www.sf3.com.au

04.01.2022 Breaking into the Screen and Media Industries A must-attend opportunity for anyone who is interested in screenwriting, composing, film and television production and animation! This Friday, some of Australias most accomplished film, television and music professionals will come together for this panel to talk about their career journeys, the work they do and to advise students and early-career practitioners on how to break into the screen, media and music industries.... The Screenworks and Southern Cross University panel event will be held on Friday July 24 from 11am. Register here scu.edu.au/screenworks

03.01.2022 Exciting news! The NSW Government has announced $175 million investment for screen production through the Made in NSW fund, which will support high-end screen productions in NSW, creating jobs, and significantly contributing to the State’s economy. The fund will be managed by Screen NSW to attract international film and television production and to support major new Australian TV drama and feature films.... Checkto know more.

03.01.2022 Filming is set to resume on ABC drama Wakefield next month in Sydney, the Southern Highlands and the Blue Mountains, starring Rudi Dharmalingam, Mandy McElhinney, Dan Wyllie, Harriet Dyer.

03.01.2022 The full Japanese Film Festival - Australia Plus is out, for FREE, now! Enjoy the Online Festival with over than 25 Japanese films, from the latest titles from Japan to JFF Australia favourites from 4-13 December. Check the full program and sign up for your free account now!... https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp Streaming online in Australia and New Zealand #jffau2020

02.01.2022 If you haven't already! sign up to our webinar at 10am today and learn about the recent changes to cinema capacities. NSW Health will join us to provide advice and answer your questions about operating in a COVID-Safe environment. Register now https://bit.ly/2GLPlIs

01.01.2022 Interweaving freshly uncovered archival material and lively personal accounts, Brazen Hussies reveals how a daring and diverse group of Aussie women joined forces to defy the status quo and create profound social change. Full of raw energy and determination that fuelled feminism for the next 50 years, these are the women that defined one of the greatest social movements of the 20th century. Sydney Premiere, 15 & 17 October at Palace Chauvel Cinema https://bit.ly/2S5ljlq

01.01.2022 The International Emmy Awards and Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) award winner, Artist and filmmaker Lynette Wallworth is set to Australian Film Television and Radio School inaugural artist-in-residence. Lynette will offer the students a weekly access open door, where students are encouraged to seek mentorship from Lynette, ask questions and learn from her creativity. Lynette Wallworth awarded the inaugura 2016 Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award https://bit.ly/3h8QGWd

01.01.2022 Due to the ongoing travel restrictions, FIN Partners CNXN, Canadas most established co-pro market, will take place this September 21st-23rd, with a series of interactive digital sessions, designed to help international co-productions happen, including co-production focused case studies, buzz sessions, one-to-one meetings that will build industry connections. #fpcopro2020 #FINPartners Register today at www.finpartners.ca