The ocean along the North Coast of NSW – including, famously, Byron Bay and other popular tourist destinations – is a sparkling, inviting, and above all clean body of water. It is played in an on by crowds of people every day of the week,… Read More »Blue: Hope amid the threatened oceans
As part of its massive ten day program this October, Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF) proudly presents its second Virtual Reality (VR) Workshop Program: NCUBE8. After a successful, highly popular launch in 2016, NCUBE8 returns in 2017 to educate, inspire, and illuminate creatives with… Read More »NCUBE8’: Virtual Reality Workshops & Retreats  CALL OUT FOR PARTICIPANTS NOW OPEN
‘You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll tap your feet,’ Digby Hildreth explores some of the incredible films on offer at this year’s dazzling and diverse festival. THAT’S NOT ME Polly has a problem: she’s an actor with big aspirations, but it’s her identical twin Amy who… Read More »#CINEMAFORTHESENSES 11th Annual Byron Bay Film Festival October 6-15
Pictured: Elias Anton as Danny Kelly in the top rating Australian mini series Barracuda. Two episodes of this television drama were written by Mullumbimby based script writer Belinda Chayko. (source Screen Australia) With the number of television dramas in production in Australia being at an… Read More »SCREENWORKS IS PREPARING REGIONAL WRITERS FOR INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES IN TV SCRIPT WRITING
A rich tale of a young indigenous scientist’s struggle for truth between science and tradition as he enters an industry that many feel is threatening his homeland. His complex journey through the inner workings of GMO chemical companies and traditional Hawaiian elders reveals… Read More »AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE OF CYRUS SUTTON’S ISLAND EARTH ANNOUNCED!
THE Bentley Effect, a powerful documentary about the growth of the social movement that blocked the incursion of CSG exploration into the Northern Rivers, will have its World Premiere at the Byron Bay Film Festival in October. Made by Alstonville father Brendan Shoebridge, the film… Read More »The Bentley Effect: a record of the historic Bentley blockade
It’s BBFF’s 10th anniversary this year. Get set for a birthday blast across 10 days of cinematic celebration, with world premieres, parties, workshops, conversations, food and drink and, of course, films – more than 180 of them to choose from. Here are 10 suggestions to… Read More »Byron Bay Film Festival, October 14-23
Boys in the Trees is an Australian film about teenagers finding their way amid a mass of competing loyalties and emotions. Young Corey (Toby Wallace) is at the crossroads between past, present and future, and looking for a fresh start. Can he escape the time-wasting… Read More »Boys in the Trees: Skateboards, bikes and a jolt of Halloween horror
Since the days of Bill Shakespeare, poetry has been a conveyance of passion. Whether it was suicidally profuse amorousness or ragingly maniacal power-hunger, poetry was not only the food of love, but also the feast of fervour, the bounty of rebellion and the drive-thru un-Happy… Read More »The Word – Rise of the Slam Poets
The powerful new Australian feature documentary Legacy – A Ride to Conquer Motor Neurone Disease  – will launch a premiere screening tour starting on the East Coast, via TUGG cinema on demand with special filmmaker Q&As in May 2016. View the trailer here – http://legacyfilm.com.au/trailer The film,… Read More »Legacy – A Ride to Conquer Motor Neurone Disease
