MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL AT HOTA Real life stories of the artists who create the soundtrack to our lives Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd September - curated by Gold Coast Film Festival HOTA, Home of the Arts will present a 2-day mini film festival of the best Music...

GOLD COAST FILM FESTIVAL 2019 DATES! Have you missed us? The Gold Coast Film Festival will be back from April 3-14, 2019, bringing film to life across the Gold Coast. To stay up to date with sneak peeks for 2019 and our year-round events sign up to our monthly...

BURLEIGH BREWING CO. OUTDOOR CINEMA: TROPIC THUNDER Thursday 30th August from 6pm - Burleigh Brewing Co., 2 Ern Harley Way, Burleigh Burleigh Brewing is turning it up a notch with a brand new outdoor cinema at the Brewery! Burleigh Brewing will be transforming into an...

SPECIAL EVENT: MARY SHELLEY + Q&A WITH WRITER EMMA JENSEN Thursday 12 July, 7.15pm - HOTA, Home of the Arts Join us for a special screening of Mary Shelley, followed by an insightful Q&A with the film’s scriptwriter, Emma Jensen. Hear about Emma’s journey from script...

PROLIFIC AUSTRALIAN PRODUCER SUE MILLIKEN TO RECEIVE 2018 CHAUVEL AWARD   The Gold Coast Film Festival will award national screen industry award, the Chauvel Award, to producer Sue Milliken this month. With a career across film and TV stretching from the late 1960’s...

That's a wrap on the 2018 Gold Coast Film Festival!  Over 13 days and across 11 different Gold Coast locations, we presented: ✨ 40 feature films ✨ ✨ One world premiere ✨ ✨ Seven Australian premieres ✨ ✨ Seven Queensland premieres ✨ ✨ More than 100 film and...

Feature and shorts winners from the 2018 Gold Coast Film Festival  STRANGE COLOURS, Alena Lodkina’s debut feature is the winner of the Blackmagic Design Best Australian Independent Film Award at the Gold Coast Film Festival. Established two years ago, the festival’s...

Short film finalists and winners from SIPFest 2018 The Gold Coast Film Festival awarded $8000 in cash prizes for its national short film competition SIPFEST: Shorts in Paradise, presented by Surfers Paradise Alliance on Sunday 22 April on Surfers Paradise Beach....

TWO NEW FILMS ANNOUNCED! We're excited to announce two new films joining the Gold Coast Film Festival program! TULLY: We're thrilled to announce our mystery movie is Sundance-favourite, TULLY. Charlize Theron is dynamite as Marlo, a mother struggling to deal with two...

MEDIA RELEASE: 2018 GOLD COAST FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED Special guests include Simon Baker, Shane Jacobson, Jill Bilcock, Jenny Cooney, Vince Colosimo, Rachael Blake and more Over 100 film and film-related events planned, including a world-class VR film...

MEDIA RELEASE: SIMON BAKER’S BREATH MAKES QUEENSLAND PREMIERE AT 2018 GOLD COAST FILM FESTIVAL Gold Coast Film Festival (GCFF) organisers today announced they have secured the Queensland premiere of Simon Baker’s new film Breath, as part of the city’s flagship film...

Registrations are now open for volunteer positions at the Gold Coast Film Festival 2018. Our amazing team of volunteers are part of the bigger family of people dedicated to making the festival a truly enjoyable experience for all our guests. With a variety of...

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a free outdoor screening of Mulan on Saturday 17 February from 4pm to 9pm at Gold Coast Chinatown, Young and Davenport Streets, Southport. The celebration is a free event featuring a delicious Asian street food market, superb local...

We are so thrilled to announce new prizes for Australian independent filmmakers as part of the 2018 Gold Coast Film Festival.  The Blackmagic Design Best Australian Independent Film Award will be awarded to the best film selected in the Gold Coast Film Festival’s...

Gold Coast Film Festival and APSA present a special Q&A Screening with writer/director/producer David Wenham and executive producer Rob Connolly. In the middle of a crowded city the paths of two strangers, a man and a woman, collide. This accidental, chance occurrence...

We're excited to announce that The Green Room has come onboard as an Industry Partner of the Gold Coast Film Festival 2018! The Green Room was created to change the way Indie films are made. By improving the way filmmakers connect, communicate, collaborate and find...

BETTER WATCH OUT: Are you a horror fan looking for a festive fix? Christmas has come early with new horror comedy BETTER WATCH OUT – it’s Home Alone with knives! When you think the suburbs, you think safety, but this holiday night the suburbs are anything but safe....