Now in its 18th year, London’s annual celebration of the latest Australian cinema regularly attracts over 5000 film fans hungry for the latest Australian new feature releases alongside documentaries, special events, animation and shorts. Garnering support from some of Australia’s finest acting and directing talent, previous festival patrons have included Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Bryan Brown
and John Hillcoat (The Proposition, The Road). The festival has also been thrilled to welcome guests such as Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah), Rolf de Heer (Ten Canoes), Sam Neill, Richard Roxburgh, Cate Shortland, Rachel Ward, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Stephan Elliott, Nick Cave, Noah Taylor and Nadia Tass to name just a few. The FFA team have programmed the festival for the last 6 years, opening last year’s season with the UK premiere of the acclaimed Red Dog which then went on to smash records back at the Australian box office a few months later. Our valued partners include The Australian High Commission in London, Screen Australia, the Australian Film Archive, Tropfest International - the largest short film festival in the world and Flickerfest - Sydney’s internationally accredited short film festival.
