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Program

Event Category

Event Year

Date

8 February 2026

Fing!

Date

7 February 2026

The Studio

Date

5 February 2026

Screenworks and AACTA Present a Live Read of Boomerang

Date

7 February 2026

AACTA SCE26 Best Student Film Award Showcase

Date

8 February 2026

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert at IMAX

Date

7 February 2026

Render Ready: Getting Started in VFX

Date

7 February 2026

Grit and the Art of Doing It!

Date

7 February 2026

How Can Creators Do Business with Broadcasters

Date

7 February 2026

How to Make Money on YouTube

Date

7 February 2026

Turning a Channel into a Media Company

Date

7 February 2026

Creating Australia’s Biggest YouTube Channel

Date

7 February 2026

How I Built a $5M/year Creator Business

Date

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Women Leading Queensland Screen: Building Sustainable Careers

Date

7 February 2026

Dacre Montgomery In Conversation

Date

5 February 2026

Inside the Buyer’s Mind

Date

8 February 2026

Inside Runner

Date

7 February 2026

Sarah Snook – AACTA Trailblazer In Conversation

Date

7 February 2026

Romeo + Juliet (1996) 30th Anniversary

Date

5 February 2026

Kangaroo: From Development to Cinema

Date

5 February 2026

Beyond Tokenism II: The Pathway Forward

Date

7 February 2026

Baz Luhrmann Double Bill: Romeo + Juliet & EPiC

Date

7 February 2026

In The Thick Of It - Shorts Momentum to Feature Launch

Date

8 February 2026

Making Noise: Meet the GCMA Winners

Date

7 February 2026

Dissecting First Nations Characters On-Screen

Date

7 February 2026

Ken Done: No Rules

Date

7 February 2026

Breaking into the Screen Industry

Date

7 February 2026

Women at the Helm

Date

5 February 2026

Preparing Actors for Professional Auditions

Date

7 February 2026

Networking 101

Date

7 February 2026

Navigating the Screen Industry as an Actor

Date

7 February 2026

Yerin Ha - Bridgerton's New Leading Lady

Date

7 February 2026

The Philippous Unleashed

Date

7 February 2026

Life on Set

Date

5 February 2026

Feature Story Development Panel

Date

5 February 2026

Lead the Way: Delivering Safe & Inclusive Sets

Date

8 February 2026

Into the Jungle with I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

Date

5 February 2026

How Film & TV Drive Tourism

Date

7 February 2026

Hands-On Futures

Date

7 February 2026

Feel-Good TV

Date

7 February 2026

Fearless Filmmaking with Causeway Films

Date

8 February 2026

Dichen Lachman Talks Severance

Date

8 February 2026

Celebrating 20 years of Kenny

Date

8 February 2026

Beast - Sneak Peek

Date

7 February 2026

Sacha Horler & Susie Porter In Conversation

Date

8 February 2026

In Conversation with Anna Torv & Emma Freeman

Date

7 February 2026

Australian Premiere – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

Date

5 February 2026

Creating Your Path Direct to Audience

Date

7 February 2026

AACTA Netflix Screen Careers Expo presented by Essential Screen Skills

Date

5 February 2026

Tomorrow’s Screen Workforce

Date

5 February 2026

Games Unpacked

Date

8 February 2026

Mandy Walker AM ASC ACS: Behind the Lens

Date

5 February 2026

Celebrating Blak Joy - Proper Loved Up

Date

5 February 2026

Audiences Now and into the Future

Date

8 February 2026

Next Gen of Aussie Film Stars

Date

5 February 2026

Film Financing Q&A with Jack Christian

Date

5 February 2026

The Making of Journey Home, David Gulpilil

Date

5 February 2026

International Sales & Presales

Date

7 February 2026

Inside the Writers Room: Comedy

Date

8 February 2026

Meet Formation Effects

Date

8 February 2026

Kids Acting Workshop: Primary Schoolers

Date

5 February 2026

Queensland on Screen: Iconic Locations, Iconic Stories

Date

5 February 2026

Queensland: The New Global Production Hub

Date

8 February 2026

Chloe Hayden on Move Over Mama

Date

8 February 2026

Crimes That Stay With You

Date

8 February 2026

Hour by Hour - Shabana Azeez in The Pitt

Date

5 February 2026

Building Grouse House

Date

7 February 2026

The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World LIVE

Date

7 February 2026

Masters of Crime

Date

7 February 2026

Writer Tony McNamara In Conversation

Date

8 February 2026

Bruce Beresford In Conversation

Date

8 February 2026

Becoming Wolverine with Liam McIntyre

Date

8 February 2026

Kids Acting Workshop: Preteens

Date

8 February 2026

Two Years Later: World Premiere

Date

7 February 2026

Premiere of Floodland

Date

7 February 2026

Jimpa: Queensland Premiere

Date

8 February 2026

David Michôd & Antony Partos: Music in Film

Date

8 February 2026

Christopher Nolan’s Editor: Lee Smith

Date

8 February 2026

Dance Academy: Reunion

Date

8 February 2026

The Sound of Fury Road

Date

4 February 2026

AACTA Awards Industry Gala

Date

6 February 2026

AACTA Awards Ceremony

Date

6 February 2026

AACTA Awards Live! By The Lake

Date

7 February 2026

Digital Comedy Creators

Date

5 February 2026

Industry Keynote with Wayne Garvie

Date

5 February 2026

Meet the Showrunners

Date

5 February 2026

What Audiences Want

Date

5 February 2026

The Great Entertainer: Special Screening

Date

7 February 2026

Foyer Films: Tjanpi Desert Weavers

Date

5 February 2026

We Interrupt This Broadcast

Date

7 February 2026

Live Music in the HOTA Atrium

Date

5 February 2026

Inside Curio Pictures

Date

8 February 2026

Reality Check: Behind The Screens

Date

8 February 2026

Inside Genre

Date

7 February 2026

True Crimes, Truth and Justice

Date

7 February 2026

Big Brother Housemates: Then & Now

Date

8 February 2026

The Devil's Playground: 50th Anniversary Screening

Date

8 February 2026

From Online Content to Live Career

Date

5 February 2026

Drag Bingo

Date

5 February 2026

Industry Update 2026

Date

5 February 2026

Meet the Streamers

Date

5 February 2026

Meet the Nominees: Film Producers

Date

5 February 2026

Meet the Nominees: Broadcast TV Producers

Date

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Karaoke Nights

Date

8 February 2026

Cracking the Secrets to The Algorithm

Date

7 February 2026

Inside the Writers Room: Adaptation

Date

8 February 2026

Kids Acting Workshop: Early School-Aged Children

Date

7 February 2026

Kiwi Creators in Oz

Date

7 February 2026

Meet the Nominees: Actors

Date

5 February 2026

Meet the Nominees: Music Supervisors

Date

5 February 2026

Meet the Nominees: Writers

Date

5 February 2026

On The Cutting Room Floor

Date

7 February 2026

The New Wave of Aussie Filmmakers

Date

5 February 2026

Inside Bunya Productions

Date

7 February 2026

30th Anniversary of Shine

Date

8 February 2026

Bob's Burgers Unpacked

Date

8 February 2026

Bollywood Dance Lessons

Date

8 February 2026

In Conversation with Author Andy Weir

Date

7 February 2026

Jason Baird: Special Makeup FX Showcase

Date

7 February 2026

John Seale: Life in Pictures

Date

5 February 2026

Meet the Nominees: Directors

Date

5 February 2026

Tony Ayres in Conversation

Date

8 February 2026

David Williamson on writing Gallipoli

Date

6 February 2025

The Substance Q&A with Writer & Director Coralie Fargeat

Date

9 February 2025

Cody Simpson - In Conversation

Date

6 February 2025

Meet the Creators: Thou Shalt Not Steal

Date

9 February 2025

The Rings of Power Q&A with Tyroe Muhafidin

Date

8 February 2025

Dr George Miller In Conversation with the Philippou Brothers

Date

6 February 2025

Screenworks and AACTA present a live read of OVER HER DEAD BODY

Date

8 February 2025

Jack Thompson & Matt Carroll - Anniversary Screening of Sunday Too Far Away

Date

9 February 2025

Working with the Big Ones: Getting Work on International Productions

Date

6 February 2025

Behind the Blockbuster: Producing Iconic Films

Date

8 February 2025

Breaking into the Screen Industry

Date

8 February 2025

The Fairbairn's: Multiplatform Storytellers

Date

6 February 2025

Winning Over Australian Festivals: From Submission to Screen

Date

6 February 2025

Meet the Streamers: Shaping the Future of Australian Content

Date

6 February 2025

The Anatomy of a Co-Production: Jo Sargent & Todd Fellman

Date

8 February 2025

Actor on Actor: Damon Herriman and Kate Mulvany

Date

8 February 2025

Actor on Actor: Alyla Browne and Lee Tiger Halley

Date

6 February 2025

Australia’s Cinematic Future With India – A Look in the Crystal Ball

Date

9 February 2025

Free Family Screening of WICKED

Date

8 February 2025

The Philippou Brothers & ONEFOUR

Date

8 February 2025

Adapting Liane Moriarty’s The Last Anniversary – with Teresa Palmer

Date

6 February 2025

Meet the Creators: Memoir of a Snail – with Adam Elliot

Date

9 February 2025

House of the Dragon VFX Breakdown

Date

6 February 2025

Meet the Creators: Boy Swallows Universe

Date

6 February 2025

Creating the Soundscape for Sting

Date

8 February 2025

Colour Grading Masterclass with Kali Bateman

Date

6 February 2025

Industry update with Screen Agencies

Date

8 February 2025

Careers in Broadcast

Date

8 February 2025

How to Network 101
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