Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival 2024 - Official launch and Koorie Youth Flick Fest

The Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival is back in 2024 to celebrate National Reconciliation Week. Experience a range of films, videos, activities and discussions in local venues and online. This year’s festival showcases an exciting range of First Nations films, documentaries and videos starring and telling stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People from Central Victoria and across Australia.  

Join us at the Bendigo Library lawn for the festival’s official opening with a Dja Dja Wurrung Traditional Owner Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony. This event also includes the awards ceremony and screenings of the short film entries for this year’s Koorie Youth Flick Fest, followed by a film screening of The Sapphires (screening hosted by Intereach).

The Sapphires: Inspired by a true story, four young Aboriginal women from regional Australia, who like singing country music, suddenly get the chance to change their tune and their lives. Wearing sequins and armed only with microphones they find themselves performing Motown hits to soldiers in the hell that is the Vietnam War. Against the backdrop of personal change and massive social upheaval, this is an energetic, fun and engaging play that affirms life and the realisation of dreams.