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HOTA Gold Coast | 5 - 9 Feb |

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Program

Adapting Boy Swallows Universe

Sunday

12:00 pm

The House That Joy Built: Sparking Creativity with Holly Ringland

Sunday

1:30 pm

Working Dog... It's the Vibe

Saturday

11:00 am

Unpacking Zombie Plane - Sneak Peek and Q&A

Sunday

3:30 pm

Red Carpet Premiere of 'SPIT' with David Wenham

Sunday

7:15 pm

Australian Premiere - Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up

Saturday

9:00 am

Best-Selling Author Shankari Chandran

Saturday

10:30 am

Shane and Clayton Jacobson Present Filmmaking 101

Saturday

3:30 pm

Best-Selling Author Benjamin Stevenson

Sunday

10:00 am

AACTA Screen Careers Expo

Saturday

9:00 am

AACTA Awards Ceremony

Friday

1:00 pm

AACTA Awards Industry Gala

Wednesday

4:00 pm

In Conversation with Oscar-winner Greig Fraser

Saturday

12:30 pm

VFX Deconstruction with Paul Butterworth

Sunday

10:30 am

Sparks Fly: Taylor Swift's Global Community

Sunday

1:30 pm

AACTA Awards: Live! by the Lake

Friday

12:00 pm

In Conversation with Oscar-winner John Seale

Thursday

2:30 pm

The Art of Action: Stunt Breakdown with Keir Beck

Sunday

3:00 pm

Marvel vs DC

Sunday

3:30 pm

The Music of Heartbreak High

Saturday

3:30 pm

Andrew Knight: Screenwriting Masterclass

Sunday

3:00 pm

Creator on Creator: Emily Grosser and Mackenzie McIntyre

Saturday

4:00 pm

Scream Queens Behind the Scenes: Women in Horror

Saturday

3:30 pm

High-Octane Indie Action: Behind the Stunts and Scenes of Homeward

Sunday

12:00 pm

Creating Fear: Behind the Making of Site Unseen

Sunday

12:00 pm

BAFTA Albert + Sustainable Screens Australia Showcase

Thursday

4:00 pm

Film Financing Models: The Road to 10% Box Office Share

Thursday

5:30 pm

Beyond Tokenism: Paths to an Inclusive and Accessible Industry

Thursday

10:00 am

Unlocking Queensland's Filming Locations

Thursday

1:00 pm

Meet the Nominees: Designers

Thursday

2:30 pm

Inside the Writers’ Room: Screenwriting for TV 

Thursday

4:00 pm

Abstract Costumes with Rachel Burke

Saturday

11:00 am

The Rise of the Australian Showrunner

Thursday

2:30 pm

Life on Set

Saturday

5:00 pm

Queer and Proud - LGBTIQ+ Screen Leaders

Sunday

1:30 pm

The 'It' Factor: Building a Brand with Millie Ford

Saturday

5:00 pm

Meet the Nominees: Composers

Thursday

11:30 am

Screen Industry Workforce Insights

Saturday

11:00 am

Screen Industry Top Golf Night

Thursday

7:00 pm

Meet the Nominees: Actors

Thursday

4:00 pm

Queensland Authors' Studio - The Art of Storytelling

Sunday

2:00 pm

Meet the Nominees: Scripted Producers

Thursday

1:00 pm

Creative Entrepreneurship

Saturday

9:00 am

Meet the Nominees: Editors

Thursday

1:00 pm

The Headshot Studio

Saturday, Sunday

10:00 am

Fear on Film: Crafting Horror

Sunday

1:30 pm

From Fruit Ninja to Feed the Deep with Luke Muscat

Sunday

10:30 am

Monsters Down Under

Sunday

3:30 pm

Meet the Nominees: Unscripted Producers

Thursday

2:30 pm

Beyond the Stars and Realms

Sunday

1:30 pm

Behind The Scenes of Beast of War

Sunday

12:00 pm

A Creator’s Guide to Making Money on Tiktok and YouTube

Sunday

12:00 pm

The Power of Story

Thursday

2:30 pm

Audition Masterclass

Thursday

4:30 pm

The Music of Storytelling

Sunday

12:00 pm

How To: Filming in Queensland

Thursday

4:00 pm

Meet the Nominees: Writers

Thursday

10:00 am

How To Start a Podcast with Rachel Corbett

Saturday

10:30 am

Fear on Film: Producing Horror

Sunday

10:30 am

Choreographer: Kate Wormald

Saturday

12:30 pm

The Process of Casting

Thursday

10:00 am

Impacting Producing

Saturday

12:30 pm

Behind the Screens: Digital Creators from Idea to Online

Sunday

3:00 pm

In Conversation with Dami Im

Sunday

4:00 pm

The Business of Show Business

Saturday

2:00 pm

BINGE Original film How to Make Gravy - Live in Concert

Saturday

7:00 pm

First Nations Authors in Focus

Sunday

3:00 pm

Drag Bingo with Ivyy Monroe & Kathy Pacific

Saturday

6:30 pm

Meet the Nominees: Directors

Thursday

1:00 pm

Queensland Crime Writers in Focus 

Sunday

4:30 pm

Navigating the Industry: A Survival Skills Workshop

Thursday

9:30 am

Australian Documentary: How to Reach Global Audiences

Thursday

11:30 am

Karaoke

Saturday, Sunday

6:00 pm

79 (More) Ideas and Thoughts to Improve the Screen Development Process

Thursday

11:30 am

First Things First Podcast with Matty Mills & Brooke Blurton

Saturday

12:30 pm

Additional events will be added soon, check back for more information.

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