About the Festival



The Dungog Film Festival is something wholly unique to this country - a festival that celebrates Australian films exclusively in a non-competitive environment.

Our principle objective is to increase the appreciation of Australian screen culture and heritage. We showcase new Australian screen content, honouring leading Australian filmmakers, and create a context for contemporary Australian works by getting the classics out of the vaults and back into the cinemas.

In 2011, the founders of the Dungog Film Festival, created the Cockatoo Island Film Festival on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour.