The sixth London Australian Film Festival takes place over 4 days, from 12-15 September 2024, with 8 Australian feature films, including the Cris Jones Debut Feature Prize. This year’s festival will be held across 3 of London’s coolest cinemas: Picturehouse Central, Finsbury Park Picturehouse and The Garden Cinema
THE SOCIETY:
The London Australian Film Society (LAFS) is curated by a group of passionate and driven Australian and British citizens, based in London, working in various fields including Film and Television, Education, Gallery Curation, and Publishing.
The society screened its first film on 20 July 1973 in the Cinema Hall of Australia House, the home of the Australian High Commission on London’s Strand, where it held regular screenings and hosted visiting filmmakers for over three decades.
Today, the society is entirely self-funded and volunteer-run, with the current team organising events at venues across central London since 2009.
THE FESTIVAL:
In 2017, the society established the London Australian Film Festival (formerly OZ Film Festival). Dedicated to promoting Australian cinema in London and across the UK, the London Australian Film Society screen a broad range of new and cult/classic features, documentaries and short films, many of which don’t otherwise gain UK theatrical exhibition or distribution.
