Brisbane Worldwide Movie Pageant returns from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 November 2025.
The relaunch is delivered by For Movie’s Sake after its appointment by Display Queensland in July 2025. Pageant Director Sophie Mathisen leads the brand new period.
Occasions run throughout Brisbane, together with Streets Seaside, The Star Brisbane and Howard Smith Wharves.
Opening evening on 27 November includes a black tie Gala for the Australian premiere of Agon, directed by Giulio Bertelli. The twenty fifth anniversary screening of Carry It On follows on 28 November at The Star Brisbane’s Leisure Deck with director Peyton Reed attending. On 29 November, BIFF hosts the Australian premiere of A Life Illuminated. Closing evening on 30 November options the Queensland premiere of It’s By no means Over, Jeff Buckley with a stay efficiency of Grace.
This 12 months additionally highlights Gold Coast expertise with Badland Rising, a Queensland-made motion thriller directed by Gold Coaster Blair Moore and co-produced with Gold Coast–based stunt specialists Gorilla Leisure. It screens on Saturday 29 November at Dendy Coorparoo.
Mathisen stated the relaunch honours BIFF’s previous. “In reimagining BIFF, we returned to the Pageant’s extraordinary legacy of status premieres and director delegations,” she stated.
She stated audiences can meet greater than twenty filmmakers. “We’re thrilled to raise BIFF to a globally linked, globally related Pageant that showcases Queensland’s preparedness for the eyes of the world.”
Queensland Arts Minister John Paul Langbroek stated the occasion helps the Authorities’s Time to Shine arts coverage.
“We wish BIFF to be a competition for everybody, one which reactivates town, strengthens our artistic economic system and celebrates Queensland as a spot the place tales are made, shared and beloved.”
Display Queensland CEO Jacqui Feeney stated the occasion displays Queensland’s artistic goals. “This reimagining of BIFF displays Display Queensland’s artistic confidence and ambition for the display screen sector.”
BIFF lifts Queensland creators into a serious statewide occasion. Badland Rising brings Gold Coast locals to the entrance, together with director and author Blair Moore, stunt producer Steve Morris from Gorilla Leisure and actor Jake Ryan.
Their work sits alongside native musicians acting on the closing evening, and Queensland tales, akin to Jayden Martin’s FLATHEAD.
Queensland tales sit alongside international premieres. Venues throughout Brisbane and South Financial institution host the total four-day unfold.
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Greater than sixty movies type the 2025 program throughout 4 days.
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Twenty-nine movies display screen as Australian premieres.
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Roughly forty-two per cent of the titles are directed by ladies.
This system consists of Park Chan Wook’s No Different Selection, Takashi Miike’s Blazing Fists, Ildiko Enyedi’s Silent Good friend starring Tony Leung and Lea Seydoux, and Ted Evans’ Retreat.
Maria Lewis curates six movies by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and international Indigenous storytellers.
Queensland work options by way of Jayden Martin’s FLATHEAD and Gold Coast made Badland Rising.
George Miller returns as Pageant Patron after practically 20 years. He chosen MASH as the primary Patron’s Choose.
“This film, so wildly subversive, had an enormous cultural impression,” Miller stated. He famous how robust competition tradition helps cinema.
Audiences can browse this system, discover particular occasion costs, and e book passes by way of BIFF.com.au.
