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12:30 am

Sunday

Fing!

5:00 am

Sunday

Celebrating 20 years of Kenny

11:00 pm

Sunday

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert at IMAX

11:00 pm

Saturday

Bob's Burgers Unpacked

9:30 pm

Saturday

The Philippous Unleashed

9:30 pm

Sunday

Hour by Hour - Shabana Azeez in The Pitt

11:00 pm

Saturday

Yerin Ha - Bridgerton's New Leading Lady

4:00 am

Sunday

Two Years Later: World Premiere

12:20 am

Saturday

Romeo + Juliet (1996) 30th Anniversary

8:00 pm

Saturday

Sarah Snook – AACTA Trailblazer In Conversation

9:30 pm

Saturday

AACTA SCE26 Best Student Film Award Showcase

12:30 am

Sunday

David Michôd & Antony Partos: Music in Film

2:00 am

Saturday

Render Ready: Getting Started in VFX

11:00 pm

Thursday

Industry Keynote with Wayne Garvie

12:30 am

Thursday

Meet the Nominees: Directors

8:00 pm

Saturday

The Studio

11:00 pm

Thursday

Inside the Buyer’s Mind

2:30 am

Thursday

Screenworks and AACTA Present a Live Read of Boomerang

8:00 pm

Saturday

Grit and the Art of Doing It!

12:30 am

Sunday

Inside Runner

11:00 pm

Sunday

In Conversation with Anna Torv & Emma Freeman

11:00 pm

Sunday

Dance Academy: Reunion

9:30 pm

Sunday

Chloe Hayden on Move Over Mama

3:30 am

Sunday

Christopher Nolan’s Editor: Lee Smith

9:30 pm

Sunday

Beast - Sneak Peek

8:00 pm

Sunday

Dichen Lachman Talks Severance

9:30 pm

Sunday

Bruce Beresford In Conversation

12:20 am

Saturday

Baz Luhrmann Double Bill: Romeo + Juliet & EPiC

8:00 pm

Saturday

Masters of Crime

4:30 am

Thursday

Drag Bingo

4:30 am

Saturday

Australian Premiere – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

8:00 pm

Saturday

Kiwi Creators in Oz

4:30 am

Sunday

The Devil's Playground: 50th Anniversary Screening

12:30 am

Thursday

How Film & TV Drive Tourism

12:30 am

Sunday

David Williamson on writing Gallipoli

2:00 am

Saturday

Dacre Montgomery In Conversation

8:00 pm

Saturday

How Can Creators Do Business with Broadcasters

11:45 pm

Saturday

Turning a Channel into a Media Company

12:30 am

Saturday

30th Anniversary of Shine

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Thursday

Women Leading Queensland Screen: Building Sustainable Careers

6:00 am

Saturday

The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World LIVE

9:15 pm

Saturday

How I Built a $5M/year Creator Business

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Friday

AACTA Awards Ceremony

11:00 pm

Saturday

Big Brother Housemates: Then & Now

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Saturday

AACTA Netflix Screen Careers Expo presented by Essential Screen Skills

12:45 am

Saturday

Creating Australia’s Biggest YouTube Channel

5:00 am

Saturday

Jimpa: Queensland Premiere

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Wednesday

AACTA Awards Industry Gala

9:30 pm

Thursday

Creating Your Path Direct to Audience

12:30 am

Saturday

Writer Tony McNamara In Conversation

11:00 pm

Saturday

How to Make Money on YouTube

3:30 am

Thursday

We Interrupt This Broadcast

9:30 pm

Saturday

Feel-Good TV

8:00 pm

Sunday

Kids Acting Workshop: Primary Schoolers

11:00 pm

Sunday

Crimes That Stay With You

9:30 pm

Thursday

Tony Ayres in Conversation

9:30 pm

Saturday

The New Wave of Aussie Filmmakers

12:30 am

Thursday

Queensland on Screen: Iconic Locations, Iconic Stories

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Friday

AACTA Awards Live! By The Lake

11:00 pm

Sunday

Cracking the Secrets to The Algorithm

2:00 am

Thursday

Queensland: The New Global Production Hub

7:30 pm

Thursday

Lead the Way: Delivering Safe & Inclusive Sets

9:30 pm

Thursday

Beyond Tokenism II: The Pathway Forward

2:00 am

Thursday

Building Grouse House

2:00 am

Saturday

Navigating the Screen Industry as an Actor

12:30 am

Thursday

What Audiences Want

9:30 pm

Thursday

On The Cutting Room Floor

9:30 pm

Saturday

Inside the Writers Room: Comedy

9:30 pm

Saturday

Meet the Nominees: Actors

8:00 pm

Saturday

Digital Comedy Creators

9:30 pm

Sunday

In Conversation with Author Andy Weir

9:30 pm

Thursday

Meet the Nominees: Music Supervisors

3:30 am

Thursday

Meet the Nominees: Broadcast TV Producers

11:00 pm

Thursday

Kangaroo: From Development to Cinema

12:30 am

Saturday

Networking 101

1:00 am

Sunday

Kids Acting Workshop: Preteens

12:30 am

Saturday

Life on Set

2:00 am

Sunday

Mandy Walker AM ASC ACS: Behind the Lens

12:30 am

Sunday

Into the Jungle with I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

12:30 am

Saturday

True Crimes, Truth and Justice

3:30 am

Sunday

Reality Check: Behind The Screens

2:00 am

Sunday

Making Noise: Meet the GCMA Winners

8:00 pm

Saturday

Breaking into the Screen Industry

8:00 pm

Thursday

The Making of Journey Home, David Gulpilil

4:00 am

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Karaoke Nights

2:00 am

Thursday

Meet the Nominees: Film Producers

12:30 am

Thursday

Inside Curio Pictures

8:00 pm

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Live Music in the HOTA Atrium

2:00 am

Thursday

International Sales & Presales

9:30 pm

Sunday

Inside Genre

2:00 am

Saturday

Women at the Helm

11:00 pm

Saturday

In The Thick Of It - Shorts Momentum to Feature Launch

8:00 pm

Saturday

Dissecting First Nations Characters On-Screen

3:30 am

Thursday

Audiences Now and into the Future

9:30 pm

Thursday

Celebrating Blak Joy - Proper Loved Up

8:00 pm

Thursday

Meet the Streamers

11:00 pm

Saturday

Inside the Writers Room: Adaptation

11:00 pm

Thursday

Meet the Nominees: Writers

8:00 pm

Sunday

Next Gen of Aussie Film Stars

9:30 pm

Saturday

Hands-On Futures

8:00 pm

Thursday

Preparing Actors for Professional Auditions

12:30 am

Thursday

Film Financing Q&A with Jack Christian

11:00 pm

Thursday

Games Unpacked

4:30 am

Thursday

The Great Entertainer: Special Screening

11:00 pm

Sunday

The Sound of Fury Road

2:00 am

Thursday

Meet the Showrunners

2:00 am

Saturday

Jason Baird: Special Makeup FX Showcase

9:30 pm

Sunday

Meet Formation Effects

8:00 pm

Saturday

Foyer Films: Tjanpi Desert Weavers

12:30 am

Saturday

Sacha Horler & Susie Porter In Conversation

7:00 pm

Sunday

Kids Acting Workshop: Early School-Aged Children

9:30 pm

Thursday

Tomorrow’s Screen Workforce

12:30 am

Sunday

From Online Content to Live Career

8:00 pm

Thursday

Inside Bunya Productions

9:30 pm

Thursday

Industry Update 2026

8:00 pm

Sunday

Becoming Wolverine with Liam McIntyre

9:30 pm

Saturday

John Seale: Life in Pictures

8:00 pm

Saturday

Ken Done: No Rules

5:00 am

Saturday

Premiere of Floodland

10:00 pm

Sunday

Bollywood Dance Lessons

1:00 am

Thursday

Feature Story Development Panel

12:30 am

Saturday

Fearless Filmmaking with Causeway Films

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

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