The 2021 Screenwave International Film Festival will be held between January 7th and the 22nd in Coffs Harbour and Bellingen. Local, regional, and national organisations come together to jointly present over 100 feature film screenings across the 16-day festival, with added events, filmmaker guests, and SWIFF’s dedicated regional youth film development program – Nextwave. Sponsorship …
Producer Hellen Rose-Gittoes joins SWIFF at 4:15pm this Thursday (Jan 24) for the Coffs Coast premiere screening of WHITE LIGHT. Together with internationally acclaimed Australian icon George Gittoes, who has embedded himself in almost all conflict zone hotspots since Vietnam, Hellen Rose-Gittoes embeds herself in an unexpected conflict zone for new documentary WHITE LIGHT – the streets …
Surely, you can’t be serious? We are… and don’t call us Shirley! This screening of Airplane! (or Flying High) will be an interactive audience experience unlike the world has ever seen (literally! We made it up!). This means you can expect: CUES from the film (watch for cues from our friendly flight attendants) YELLING from …
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SWIFF Live 2020: Surfing The Arctic Icebergs. Blizzards. Hypothermia. Just another day surfing the Arctic. See the adrenaline-chasers paddling out to the be in the world’s coldest line-up. This 90-minute dual-film session involves a unique screening experience featuring two new jaw-dropping surf films, A Corner of the Earth (dir. Spencer Frost), and Nordurland (dir. Ishka Folkwell), shot in the Arctic …
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Rodd Rathjen Director, Buoyancy Rodd Rathjen is a writer-director raised in central Victoria, Australia. Rathjen completed a Bachelor of Film and Television with Honours from the Victorian College of the Arts. He made short film The Stranger in 2011, but his breakthrough came with the 2013 short film Tau Seru in India about a young …
Four days into its 16-day run, audiences attending the Coffs Coast’s 2020 Screenwave International Film Festival have eclipsed their previous record of 6840 attendees set in 2019. The rise in attendance has been the result of more group bookings, stronger local following, expanded marketing campaigns, and new travelling audiences converging on the Coffs Coast for …
My Film Pass Picks – Stephanie Sims Although I am part of the SWIFF team, I think it should be noted that I’m really just an everyday punter (film nut) and have not seen any of these films – only the trailers. So I’m going by directors I love, actors I love and themes that …
My Film Pass Picks – Saige Browne Films. They’re good. Not just good harmless fun and an afternoon in the airconditioning (doesn’t hurt though) – movies let us connect with stories from around the world, from every perspective. From the risky to the heartwarming, the in-your-face to the slow movers. I love a movie that …
My Film Pass Picks – Dave Horsley “As a punter, I love how disarming film festivals are, taking you outside of your comfort zone, immersing in something unknown. “Take a dive into the deep end and surprise yourself this Summer. Here are my Top 12 picks” – – Dave Horsley, Festival Co-Director Midnight Family This …
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My Film Pass Picks – Kate Howat “I’m actually overwhelmed by the choice of films on offer for the 2020 program. I’m pressed to select just 12, but here goes… “There are some films in the festival that walk to their own beat – films that are unique, unconventional and challenging – but all command …
