
BBFF2023 Meet the Filmmaker: Hadley Perkins
Murphy is on an open road adventure with his love, Murphette, when he finds himself drawn into an infinite pursuit in order to fix his broken down bus. The road is paved, the future is in sight and it’s a race to the finish line.

BBFF2023 Meet the Filmmaker: Iván Bustinduy
Discover the mystery in ‘Animal Transport’ as a man returns to his job working for a company that transports animals. On his first trip, a cage doesn't seem to be carrying what it should. The mystery lurking in his truck pushes him to the limit of his own sanity.

BBFF2023 Meet the Filmmaker: Andrew Shaw
The darkness at the edge of a boy’s play threatens to turn him into a beast. ‘Boy/Beast’ delves into the challenging phase in boys' lives when they vigorously test limits to establish their identity. It's a narrative of a boy's anger driving him to discover his voice at any expense, uncovering the hidden grief it shields — a feminine perspective on masculinity at its core.

BBFF2023 Meet the Filmmaker: Susie Forster
Discover the moving story of Lee Stephenson, an 82-year-old artist, and her dying wish to spend her last days at home. Her daughter, Susie, captures this emotional journey as the family unites to fulfil Lee's wish. With COVID-19 restrictions adding complexity, the documentary reveals the power of love and determination in honouring Lee's final desire.

BBFF2023 Meet the Filmmaker: Kym Staton
The gripping story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks controversy, this powerful documentary directed by Kym Staton, takes you on a global journey of truth, exposing government secrets, personal sacrifice, and the battle for press freedom.

Edge of Nature World Premiere Opens BBFF2023
The World Premiere of The Edge of Nature by Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning filmmaker Josh Fox is the Opening Night Film at the Byron Bay Film Festival at Byron Palace Cinemas on October 20.

Miriam Margolyes to judge BBFF2023 docs
Well-loved film and television actor Miriam Margolyes is to be a judge in the Best Documentary category at the Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF) in October.

Save The Date
BBFF2023 - Incredible surf adventures, eye-opening environmental investigations, human interest stories and insightful music and art narratives explore the familiar and the strange, while feature dramas from home and abroad will entertain, enthral and challenge.

BBFF2023 Launches Poster
Join BBFF as we celebrate cinema's magic at our 17th edition, unveiling an inspiring tagline and official poster.
Experience hope, creativity and limitless possibilities from October 20th to 29th 2023 and explore a diverse array of films and events in the heart of Byron Bay.

Don't miss the BBFF2023 Extended Deadline - last chance to submit across most categories!
Attention all filmmakers and immersive content creators - don't miss your very last chance to submit your work across most categories to #BBFF2023, before the special extended deadline of Friday 21st July. Enter now before it's too late.

BBFF2022 AWARD WINNERS
A round-up of the winning films of the 2022 Byron Bay International Film Festival

2022 Screenplay WINNERS
Byron Bay International Screenplay Contest Director Alex Mankiewicz announced the competition finalists.

BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Paul Ashton
Paul Ashton takes us on a journey deep in a forest, where two friends Barry and Larry indulge in conversation that is by turns light-hearted and extremely topical, revealing surprising revelations, both good and bad, along the way.

BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmakers: Andrew Englisch and Hamish Pattison
Andrew Englisch is an award winning film maker, photographer, pilot and adventurer, with cinematographer Hamish Pattison comes a stunning, intimate and raw portrait of Andrew’s journey to raise himself out of the depths of depression and be the first person to cross one of the most dangerous stretches of water on the planet the treacherous Bass Strait on his Wing Foil.

BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Ismail Khan
Ismail Khan takes us on a journey as we follow a surrealist figure into a liminal space, a space of transition where one must embark on a journey of acceptance in order to move on from a reality that no longer exists.

BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Eddy Bell
While empathising with traditional Australian farmers caught between debt and devastation, Eddy Bell points a hard finger at the influential public figures who deny climate change. In this poignant and beautifully shot film, Eddy’s omnipresent giants – part of the Kaputar mountain range – serve as his call to action for modern approaches to sustainable farming.

BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Katrina Channells
Katrina Channells and writer Joe Hinchliffe bring us a compelling story of an eccentric Shakespearean actor who decides that this performance will be his final curtain call. As a celebration of Byran Nason’s dedication and absolute commitment to theatre.

BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Adam Finney
Adam Finney takes us on a story that follows Lanz Priestley, a charismatic homeless man who owns nothing but a phone and a Facebook page. When Lanz discovers that taps have run dry in the drought-stricken outback, he raises the money to deliver drinking water himself.

BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Georgina Richardson
We had a chat to Georgina Richardson about the making of ‘Positive!’, her own experience as a filmmaker during the pandemic and making a film about her own personal journey.

BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Gudmund Helmsdal
Gudmund Helmsdal has created a powerful story set in the Faroe Islands, about two lone brothers who struggle to save their fragile relationship after the sudden loss of their older brother.