Gold Coast Film Festival

The Gold Coast Film Festival is an annual film festival held across the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The festival is a celebration of film culture that delivers a program of feature films, special events, seminars and workshops, special guests and art. The Gold Coast Film Festival’s purpose is to emerge the dynamic and creative culture community and to encourage the next generation of homegrown filmmakers. The Gold Coast Film Festival celebrates and promotes all aspects of film and filmmaking from one of Australia’s pre-eminent filmmaking locations and holiday destinations – the Gold Coast. The festival offers a culturally diverse program of films such as genre films, internationally acclaimed dramas, Japanese anime, local independent films and national and international special guests within the film industry.

The Gold Coast Film Festival is the city’s flagship film event and enhances the reputation of the city as one of Australia’s major filmmaking hubs.

Festival Director Lucy Fisher leads the GCFF, Academy Award winner John Cox holds the position of festival patron, and our board consists of notable industry figures including Mike Selwyn (ex Managing Director – Paramount Pictures) and producer Chris Brown (The Railway Man, Daybreakers).

The GCFF is supported by the QLD State Government through Screen QLD and Tourism and Events QLD, and the City of Gold Coast.

The Gold Coast has had over two decades of international film production with the world-renowned Warner Brothers Studios, the Gold Coast is a profound location for film and television production from its natural endearments, climate, beaches, marine life, rainforest and hinterland that made it an ideal location for film and television production. The Gold Coast Film Festival has become a major event for the Australian Film Industry and ambitious filmmakers alike worldwide.

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