Congratulations to the team behind Becoming Colleen: Finding the Shoe that Fits, taking out the SWIFF’19 Audience Award! And thank you to everyone who voted! Becoming Colleen follows Coffs Harbour local, Colleen Young, as she navigates a late-life gender transition at 82. Touching on aged care, community and the transgender experience, the film explores Colleen’s relationship with her family, …
The 2020 Screenwave International Film Festival will be held between January 9th and the 24th in Coffs Harbour and Bellingen. Local, regional, and national organisations come together to jointly present approximately 90 feature film screenings, with added events, filmmaker guests, and SWIFF’s dedicated regional youth film development program – Nextwave. Sponsorship opportunities are now open …
Vote for your festival favourite! Was there that one film that really moved you during SWIFF? Were there a few? Vote in the SWIFF 2019 Audience Award-winning film. Your vote counts! We’ve extended the deadline to vote on all the films you saw at SWIFF this year until Monday February 4th, so grab your phone …
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To all the 9 to 5ers out there! Here is your post-5pm SWIFF movie line-up all this week. Clock off and hit the cinema at the Jetty Memorial Theatre in Coffs for your weekday film fix while the festival is on. Remember – SWIFF Festival Hub (Element Bar) has a couple of happy hours every …
For the 9-5ers – all SWIFF sessions after 5pm this week Read More »
Hi there! As programs assistant, I work with our incredible artistic director, Kate Howat, pulling together program strands and other exciting events. Seeing the printed program come to life, after a year full of watching, note-taking and writing about films was pretty special, and I’m thrilled to be sharing such special stories with audiences in …
SWIFF Staff Picks – Programmer Saige Browne’s top flicks of the festival Read More »
I’ve had the pleasure to work on SWIFF since its inception in a variety of roles. I also run a business with Dave and Kate, Film Outreach Australia, taking Screenwave’s awesome film programs to other lucky towns across the country. I’m a massive movie lover and also a lover of music (Uko Ono is my …
SWIFF Staff Picks – What Events Coordinator Steph Sims can’t wait to catch Read More »
Big changes this year for SWIFF. The Jetty Memorial Theatre has installed a brand new screen and 2k digital projector, just in time for SWIFF 2019. This new setup has opened up film options to a whole new catalogue of cinema, previously unreachable. This year’s line-up has an incredible 60 feature films – if you’re …
SWIFF Staff Picks – Festival Director Dave Horsley’s top picks Read More »
After months and months of watching films, travelling to festivals here and overseas, viewing screeners in dark rooms, drinking several thermoses of coffee, my head spins in trying to pick just a few standouts. But, here goes… Minding The Gap One of my favourite films of 2018. More than just a celebration of skate boarding, …
SWIFF Staff Picks – Artistic Director Kate Howat’s unmissible films Read More »
Working at the ‘intersection of documentary and speculative fiction’ Soda_Jerk’s work is inherently fun and painstakingly pieced together, with a fundamental interest in how we understand images. Here’s a little more about the radical collective, before you meet them face to face at SWIFF. 1. They are bad-ass Sydney-raised siblings, living in NYC by way …
SWIFF 2019 dishes up two full weeks of screen experiences for its fourth festival, screening over 60 different feature films from 20 countries, plus a big line-up of film industry guests, events, galas, film premieres, parties, and screen culture experiences. SWIFF’s 48-page printed program is in cafes, bars, pubs, and theatres throughout Northern NSW. It …
