Seen & Heard Film Festival returns for a one-night only screening after a two year hiatus from Sydney.

Not only are we getting together again to celebrate women in cinema, but on this special night we’ll be asking you to help us raise money for charities supporting refugees in Australia.

Since the festivals inception, our aims have been to promote the work of women behind the camera, and bring to light gender differences in the mainstream film industry. From here, audiences take from the films what they will  we show a diverse range of filmmaking  thematically, stylistically and politically, from across the globe.

For the past six years, we’ve called The Red Rattler Theatre our home. Were thrilled to be returning this year for a one-off event.

Tickets are on sale now and they are by donation: pay as you feel. Let us know you’ll be there.

Seen & Heard is a Sydney based festival showcasing womens work in film, joining Critical Animals for the first time in 2014.

The Critical Animals Creative Research Symposium is an annual conference that takes place over the first weekend in October in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, as part of This is Not Art.

Critical Animals brings together students, researchers, writers, artists, academics and thinkers who are critically engaged in creative and experimental art practices. Participants and audience explore opposites and juxtapositions, unpack questions and conundrums, and cultivate new avenues for thought and creativity.

Critical Animals partnered with This is Not Art in 2002 to fulfil the creative research aspect of the festival. Critical Animals fosters the development of critical thought and reflection in artistic practice and research, while providing an environment in which ideas and relationships can develop in conversation. In 2010, the festival comprised approximately 250 events in 30 venues, attracting an audience of 5,500 from across Australia.