Gippsland International Film Festival
The home of Gippsland International Film Festival!
Bringing an international and local selection of films to people living in Gippsland.
The festival has run in 2026. Submissions are now open for March 2027.
3 days
12th – 19th March 2027
Autumn
2027
Location
West Gippsland Arts Centre
Plus community site activations
An exciting selection of short films
One night will be held at the iconic West Gippsland Arts Centre in Warragul in March 2027
Beautiful, entertaining, comedic, challenging, mysterious, dark and socially relevant films
Bringing engaging short films to people living regionally in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Community Activations in West Gippsland
Like 2026 we aim to have a number of community activations outside of regional centres to give people living regionally a number of different options to choose from.
About us
Gippsland International Film Festival is spearheaded by Alana Auden and Edward Yates and aims to increase accessibility to film culture within Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Our goal is to screen as many and as varied number of short films to as many people as we can in the month of March in Gippsland.
Both Edward and Alana are connected to a large network of filmmakers within Australia, the UK and Canada from their experience working within the film and television industry as well as on student short films and independent film projects. They have produced and exhibited three of their own short films, two of which were made in Gippsland, so appreciate the challenges faced by filmmakers as well as the joy of screening independently made film.
Film has the power to change lives and we believe we can deliver a remarkable result to regionally based people living in Gippsland!
While the festival is currently focused on curating short films under 20 minutes in length, we are open to screening feature length films if there are filmmakers interested in our reach. Feature length filmmakers please get in touch for discussion.
“We are going to exhibit as many and as varied local and internationally made films in Gippsland to as many people as possible. I think we’ll have a great selection containing Victorian, Australian, International and some made right here in Gippsland.”
Ed Yates
Festival Director 2025-2026
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