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...

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....

EVENT PRODUCER Contract role Period: 2 January - 9 May The Gold Coast Film Festival brings diverse Australian and International films, filmmakers and film events to the Gold Coast, enhancing the city’s cultural reputation, driving tourism and delivering economic...

The Gold Coast Film Festival will host a special preview screening of
THE BUTTERFLY TREE and Q&A with writer/director Priscilla Cameron. Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and garnering multiple AACTA nominations for Best Actor (Ewen Leslie) Best Original Score...

ROOT ME BOOT! Shaz and Trace are back for Season 3 of STAGE MUMS! Fresh from its World Premiere at the New York Web Fest (and an award nomination too), the Gold Coast Film Festival is proud to present a special, first look screening of the Gold Coast-created series...

We are excited to partner with the Bonjour GC French Festival to open the annual French Festival with film favourite Amélie! Amélie tells the story of a shy waitress, played by Audrey Tautou, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better, while...

Don’t miss a night of intense survival drama and see the Gold Coast hinterland as you’ve never seen it before! Jungle stars Daniel Radcliffe and was shot on the Gold Coast last year and the Gold Coast Film Festival is proud to present the Queensland Premiere screening...