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🎬 Screen Mentors WantedWant to help shape the future of film + TV and be a part of SXSW Sydney?We’re looking for produce...
13/06/2025

🎬 Screen Mentors Wanted

Want to help shape the future of film + TV and be a part of SXSW Sydney?

We’re looking for producers, directors, editors, distributors, VFX artists, programmers (and more) to join our 2025 Mentor Program.

One-on-one sessions. Real advice, Big impact!

Step in, share what you know and meet the next wave of bold new voices.

👉 Apply now! Link in bio

🗓️ Deadline: Friday, July 11

🚨 YOUR LAST CHANCE 🚨This is it. Submissions for the 2025 Screen Festival close tomorrow night!If your film’s ready (or c...
31/05/2025

🚨 YOUR LAST CHANCE 🚨

This is it. Submissions for the 2025 Screen Festival close tomorrow night!

If your film’s ready (or close enough), we want to see it. Features, shorts, web series, episodic and music videos - the strange, the bold, the brilliant!

🕕 Closes 11:59pm AEST, June 1

🔗 Submit via FilmFreeway (link in bio)

Revealing more of the first speakers featuring in the Music program of the 2025 Conference. 🎤“SXSW Sydney is about big i...
27/05/2025

Revealing more of the first speakers featuring in the Music program of the 2025 Conference. 🎤

“SXSW Sydney is about big ideas, bold conversations and unexpected connections. It’s a chance to hear directly from the people who open doors — the buyers, curators and deal-makers — and to better understand how to cut through, stay independent, or scale globally.“ - Claire Collins, SXSW Sydney’s Head of Music

Swipe through to get familiar with who will be speaking this year. Explore the full speaker list through the link in our bio. 🔗

Revealing the first speakers featuring in the Music program of the 2025 Conference. 🎤The line-up features some of the wo...
26/05/2025

Revealing the first speakers featuring in the Music program of the 2025 Conference. 🎤

The line-up features some of the world’s best thinkers, buyers and culture-makers, speaking to topics including the state of independence, digital strategy, breaking out of the geobubble and into global markets, and the opportunities and challenges AI presents for the music industry.

Swipe through to get familiar with who will be speaking this year. Explore the full speaker list through the link in our bio. 🔗

🚨 ONE WEEK LEFT 🚨Filmmakers! You’ve got 1 week left to hit submit before Screen Festival submissions close.Got something...
26/05/2025

🚨 ONE WEEK LEFT 🚨

Filmmakers! You’ve got 1 week left to hit submit before Screen Festival submissions close.

Got something bold, moving, hilarious, terrifying, beautiful or just plain unclassifiable? We want it!

We’re not here for safe. We’re here for vision.

🗓️ Deadline: 11:59pm AEST, June 1

🔗 Apply via FilmFreeway (link in bio)

SXSW Sydney Games Festival is proud to announce that the winner of the Best Student Game Award will receive a 12-hour me...
22/05/2025

SXSW Sydney Games Festival is proud to announce that the winner of the Best Student Game Award will receive a 12-hour mentorship package with none other than

Renowned for publishing some of the most creative and genre-defying titles in the industry — including Cult of the Lamb, Inscryption, Katana ZERO, and The Talos Principle — Devolver has built a legacy of supporting daring ideas and indie brilliance.

Read the full announcement through the link in our bio. 🔗

A huge congratulations to the teams behind A GRAND MOCKERY and SALT ALONG THE TONGUE on their recent sales to Yellow Vei...
20/05/2025

A huge congratulations to the teams behind A GRAND MOCKERY and SALT ALONG THE TONGUE on their recent sales to Yellow Veil Pictures 🎉

Worldwide rights for both independently financed Australian features were picked up by the maverick US-based sales agent and distribution outlet, following their respective premieres in SXSW Sydney’s 2024 Screen Festival program.

SALT ALONG THE TONGUE recently had its international premiere at Fantasporo in Portugal, and A GRAND MOCKERY will head to Fantasia in Montreal later this year. Join us in celebrating this important milestone in each films’ global journey 👏

ANNOUNCEMENT: We have had an overwhelming amount of submissions this year with even more requests for the deadline to be...
02/05/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT: We have had an overwhelming amount of submissions this year with even more requests for the deadline to be extended so we’ve decided to open things up for everyone so you have more time to polish and submit for our 2025 Screen Program.

New deadline is on the 1st of June, head to our FilmFreeway portal for more info. 🔗

Prices for Passes rise tomorrow - secure your Pass for 2025 today. ⏳Purchase for you and the team with the link below, s...
30/04/2025

Prices for Passes rise tomorrow - secure your Pass for 2025 today. ⏳

Purchase for you and the team with the link below, save up to $200 before the offer ends. 🔗

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