Jewish International Film Festival: Jewish International Film Festival 2025

Ritz Cinemas 45 St Pauls St, Randwick, NSW, Australia
Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) is returning to Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick (20 Oct – 26 Nov) and Roseville Cinemas Roseville (30 Oct – 12 Nov) with a powerful collection of world-class cinema. An annual spotlight on the world’s best Jewish-themed films the 2025 JIFF program features award-winners from…
Mountain

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Mountain

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
After more than a decade of producing films, the ACO premiered Mountain in 2017 as one of its boldest explorations of music and nature. Only three centuries ago, the idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty. An upper world…

The Japan Foundation: Japanese Film Festival 2025

Palace Raine Square, Perth 300 Murray St, Perth, WA, Australia
Australia’s largest celebration of Japanese cinema returns this spring! Touring Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra & Perth from October 27th to December 19th 2025, the Japanese Film Festival (JFF), presented by The Japan Foundation, is back for its 29th year with new releases, anime favourites, thrillers, and timeless classics. Opening the…

Jewish International Film Festival: Jewish International Film Festival 2025

Ritz Cinemas 45 St Pauls St, Randwick, NSW, Australia
Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) is returning to Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick (20 Oct – 26 Nov) and Roseville Cinemas Roseville (30 Oct – 12 Nov) with a powerful collection of world-class cinema. An annual spotlight on the world’s best Jewish-themed films the 2025 JIFF program features award-winners from…
Mountain

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Mountain

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
After more than a decade of producing films, the ACO premiered Mountain in 2017 as one of its boldest explorations of music and nature. Only three centuries ago, the idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty. An upper world…

The Japan Foundation: Japanese Film Festival 2025

Palace Raine Square, Perth 300 Murray St, Perth, WA, Australia
Australia’s largest celebration of Japanese cinema returns this spring! Touring Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra & Perth from October 27th to December 19th 2025, the Japanese Film Festival (JFF), presented by The Japan Foundation, is back for its 29th year with new releases, anime favourites, thrillers, and timeless classics. Opening the…

Jewish International Film Festival: Jewish International Film Festival 2025

Ritz Cinemas 45 St Pauls St, Randwick, NSW, Australia
Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) is returning to Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick (20 Oct – 26 Nov) and Roseville Cinemas Roseville (30 Oct – 12 Nov) with a powerful collection of world-class cinema. An annual spotlight on the world’s best Jewish-themed films the 2025 JIFF program features award-winners from…
Mountain

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Mountain

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
After more than a decade of producing films, the ACO premiered Mountain in 2017 as one of its boldest explorations of music and nature. Only three centuries ago, the idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty. An upper world…

The Japan Foundation: Japanese Film Festival 2025

Palace Raine Square, Perth 300 Murray St, Perth, WA, Australia
Australia’s largest celebration of Japanese cinema returns this spring! Touring Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra & Perth from October 27th to December 19th 2025, the Japanese Film Festival (JFF), presented by The Japan Foundation, is back for its 29th year with new releases, anime favourites, thrillers, and timeless classics. Opening the…

Jewish International Film Festival: Jewish International Film Festival 2025

Ritz Cinemas 45 St Pauls St, Randwick, NSW, Australia
Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) is returning to Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick (20 Oct – 26 Nov) and Roseville Cinemas Roseville (30 Oct – 12 Nov) with a powerful collection of world-class cinema. An annual spotlight on the world’s best Jewish-themed films the 2025 JIFF program features award-winners from…
Mountain

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Mountain

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
After more than a decade of producing films, the ACO premiered Mountain in 2017 as one of its boldest explorations of music and nature. Only three centuries ago, the idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty. An upper world…

TILDE: Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival 2025

Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, Australia
Trans-led international film festival Tilde celebrates turning 11. This year’s theme, “Bites Back,” centers trans and gender-expansive authored filmmaking—amplifying voices that confront, resist, and reimagine the narratives imposed on us. In a time of heightened visibility and backlash, Bites Back is a celebration of creative defiance, self-determination, and the power…

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