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Award-winning Australian filmmaker Jolyon Hoff and Afghani-Australian refugee and photographer Muzafar Ali are coming to Coffs Harbour to connect with audiences at the 2023 Screenwave International Film Festival (April 20 – May 5) for their new film about Australia’s hidden past – Watandar, My Countryman.  Watandar, My Countryman, which features an introduction by Australian screen …

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For the first time since 2020, the Screenwave International Film Festival is returning to the historic Bellingen Memorial Hall – bringing the festival back to the iconic venue and to film lovers all over Bellingen and surrounds. BMH will be pumping with films both weekends of the festival. YOU CAN GO NOW LEARN MORE / …

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France has long been a hot-bed of iconic cinema, and this year is no different. Whether you’re in the mood to laugh, cry, or anything in between, here is the most innovative, heartfelt, and thought-provoking French cinema that SWIFF’23 has to offer. THE PASSENGERS OF THE NIGHT LEARN MORE / GET TICKETS A gorgeously optimistic …

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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.  Starring Alexander Skarsgård (The Northman, SWIFF’22), Mia Goth (Pearl, X), and Australian actress Cleopatra Coleman (Dopesick), …

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Theatres across the Coffs Coast region of NSW are preparing for a record influx of film lovers from April 20 to May 5, with regional Australia’s largest film and screen celebration, the Screenwave International Film Festival, breaking its previous ticket presales record again last week, and bookings come in thick and fast now with the …

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What do Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Jennifer Kent, Andrew Dominik, Russell Crowe, Timothy Olyphant, Vince Gilligan, Walton Goggins, and Leonardo DiCaprio have in common?   The answer is Damon Herriman.    Damon’s Australian film credits include Nude Tuesday with Jackie Van Beek and Jemaine Clement, Judy & Punch, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival (2019 AACTA Award Winner …

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Australian conservation icon and the former Leader of the Australian Greens, Bob Brown, is coming to the Coffs Coast to connect with festivalgoers as part of the 2023 Screenwave International Film Festival (April 20 to May 5). Together with Tasmania’s Tarkine rainforest, Bob Brown is the focus of the new Australian documentary, The Giants, which …

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SWIFF isn’t just for grownups! This year, we have a whole program dedicated to the littles, so leave the babysitter behind and bring the kids to SWIFF’23 with events and screenings fun for the whole family. ALON ILSAR’S TRAVELLING AIRSTICKS LABORATORY LEARN MORE / GET TICKETS SUN 23 APR · VARIOUS TIMES · O BLOCK …

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