Festival overview

The Bayside Film Festival (BFF) celebrates young voices with a filmaking and screening program showcasing the diversity and vitality of film.  The Festival's theme developed by the Artistic Director, Amadeo Marquez-Perez, will in 2012 focus on 'transitions'.

Through this curated program the Bayside Film Festival puts local storyteling into a global context, encouraging dialogue between the contemporary ideas in international filmmaking and the fresh talent of local filmmakers.

The screening program features documentaries and shorts, film-related forums and workshops with industry practitioners. We also provide a platform to present the work of young people from across Australia and internationally in the Jump Cut sessions. Combined with the Festival's Opening and Closing evenings and the Awards Night, the Festival has something or all ages. 

We would like to invite everyone to participate in the ninth year of the Bayside Film Festival. It offers a fantastic networking experience for young people at the start of a career - or for a chance to weigh up whether film is something you want to make or just watch. BFF sessions are stimulating and tremendous fun, opening doors to like minded people and local and global stories.

Diary Note - March 2012!

That's the commencement of this year's Youth Documentary Project. Over a three-month period, professional filmmakers will work alongside media teachers to deliver film production workshops to 300 students at 11 secondary schools.

The production and subsequent screening of the youth documentaries and digital stories is a unique aspect to the Festival.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Page last updated: 11 Jan 2012