Each year, the Screenwave International Film Festival commissions artworks from local Coffs Coast artists to be the face of the festival – what audiences see, hear, and experience – ultimately enhancing the regional cultural identity of the region. The designer of the upcoming SWIFF 2021 festival’s front cover artwork is local Coffs Harbour artist and …
The Grigoryan Brothers will headline SWIFF Live, performing a live soundtrack to A Boy Called Sailboat at SWIFF ’21. Ready yourself for a wildly unique fusion of film and music. It will be joyful, heart warming family affair. SWIFF Live: A Boy Called Sailboat – featuring Grigoryan Brothers JMT · TUE 27 APR · 6.30PM …
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The Screenwave International Film Festival, presented by Ashton Designs, is thrilled to be announcing an exciting new partnership with TAFE NSW, Southern Cross University, and Coffs Harbour Secondary College, bringing the Coffs Coast’s annual 16-day film and screen celebration to the Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC) on Hogbin Drive as a major new venue for …
Secure your spot for the SWIFF’21 program reveal. Join the SWIFF team as we pop some bubbly and toast to the upcoming festival, including an exclusive preview screening of Another Round, starring Mads Mikkelsen. To celebrate the launch of the SWIFF’21 festival program, the SWIFF Preview Gala (Friday, March 5th) provides film lovers first access to …
Festival Announcement: Screenwave International Film Festival 2021 It’s a new day for major arts festivals in Australia, with COVID restrictions leading organisers to innovate and adapt to a new, safer festival experience for their audiences. The Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival has today announced it will re-emerge in 2021, confirming a new autumn timeslot, …
A word from festival directors Kate and Dave Hey SWIFF friends! It’s Kate and Dave here, and we’ve got a little bit of exciting news to share about SWIFF 2021. SWIFF 2021 has been confirmed to take place in April next year. We’re just working on final dates for you to lock in, but circle …
What’s new with SWIFF? New national program launches today! Nextwave Online: teaching young regional, rural, and remote Australians to capture their stories through film, nation-wide Hey SWIFF friends, Now that cinemas have reopened in NSW, with limited capacity, as a bunch of film geeks needing a good cinema fix – we’ll take what we can …
SWIFF: Rewind We’re all spending a little (or a lot) more time at home, and one of the big pleasures to be found in these uncertain times, is getting to indulge in even more movie watching. So we dug around in some past SWIFF programming, from 2015/16, 2017 and 2018 for some films that are …
Announcing Nextwave 2.0 A new Australia-wide online film education program for regional youth Ready for Nextwave 2020? Coffs Harbour’s Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF) is excited to announce a new national service providing online film and mental health education to young regional Australians. The program, called Nextwave, has been operating for five years as Australia’s …
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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 …
