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2022 Veterans Film Festival Open for Submissions until 31 July!
The 7th Veterans Film Festival (VFF) is is open for submissions for our forthcoming festival! The VFF is an annual event that brings people together to explore recent work from veteran and other filmmakers providing diverse perspectives on conflict and veterans’...
New Board for VFF in 2022
Sydney, NSW - The Veterans Film Festival (VFF) is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Board of Directors, following the move from Canberra to Sydney at the end of 2021. The new board heralds the launch of the festival in Sydney and brings a broad range of...
DEFENCE ON-BOARD FOR VETERANS FILM FESTIVAL IN 2017
The Vice Chief of the Australian Defence Force, Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, says Defence will partner with the Veteran’s Film Festival in 2017 to help the festival reach even more serving personnel and their families. VADM Griggs used the closing night of the three-day...
Veterans Film Festival returns to Australian War Memorial
Veterans Film Festival returns to Australian War Memorial The 2nd annual Veterans Film Festival (VFF), in partnership with the RSL National, returns to Canberra with a three-day program on 13, 14 and 15 October, 2016 at the Australian War Memorial. The Festival kicks...
Film festival honours veterans
FIFTEEN original short films were honoured at the inaugural Veterans Film Festival awards held last night at the Australian War Memorial. Two films stood out in the Red Poppy Awards for Best Australian Film and Best International Film went respectively to “Brass...
Veterans Film Festival Red Poppy Awards
Best International Film - Birthday (USA) Best Australian Film - Brass Razoo (Australia) Best Film Commemorating WWI - No Man’s Land (Finland) Best Film Commemorating ANZAC’s in WWI - Trench (Australia) Best Director Chris King - Birthday (USA) Best Cinematography -...
Film about a homeless veteran takes out top honours
Peacekeeper, a short film about a homeless veteran, won top honours at the Project Homeless Awards night. Melbourne filmmaker, Joshua Hoareau, took out both the Parramatta prize for best film. Independent filmmaker, Hoareau, outdid submissions from across the world to...