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Let Them Stay: Join us in March

03.03.2016 by Lucy // Leave a Comment

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.

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Call for Submissions: Possible Futures

08.04.2014 by Lucy // Leave a Comment

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.

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It’s very nearly a wrap…

03.20.2013 by Lucy // Leave a Comment

Tomorrow night is the closing night of Seen & Heard for 2013 and we’re ready to be shedding a tear.  Before we do though, and before our final farewell, we have another massive night ahead of us – it’s been a big year, our first with guest performers each night and our biggest range of international films.

Tomorrow will also be our biggest night of performances so far: we’ll be featuring musicians Bron Watkins and Si of Golden Orb, comic Greta Lee Jackson, magician Belladonna and band Persian Lovecake.

The Example

Alongside the talent, we’ll be screening films from the UK, Germany and Australia. We’re particularly pleased to be screening our headliner for the night, Gabi, a Puerto Rican film screened at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. A Puerto Rican saying haunts single women in their 30s: “If such a woman is not married by this time, she must be a slut, a lesbian, or a prude.” This is the story of that woman. Gabi Padilla lives a life of pleasure and independence. But after her mother’s unexpected death, she is forced to return to her rural hometown—a place where Gabi’s sensual flair is not welcome. View the Gabi trailer.

Thank you for being a part of everything so far – it’s not over yet! Come to the Red Rattler tomorrow night from 7pm to get your $15 worth.

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // australian film, disability, documentary, film, film festival, filmmaking, glass ceiling, queer, red rattler, sexuality, short film, sydney, sydney film, terrorism, the celluloid ceiling, tribeca film festival, women and sexuality, women in film

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What we’re about

Seen & Heard Film Festival showcases films that have been either written, directed, produced (and/or all three) by people identifying as female. In the past, the festival has proudly screened films made by women from indigenous communities far and wide, including Australia’s many nations. We have screened films by and about women with disability. We have screened many works by filmmakers of the queer community. We have screened films from across Europe, South America, the United States and the Middle East (namely Iran), but have specialised since our initial screenings in showing local content.

We are a grassroots operation, established in 2009, working on a semi-annual basis based on resources available.

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