# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Creative Wollongong Short Film Festival
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 12:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The Creative Wollongong Short Film Festival will showcase the best entries from the 2025/26 Short Film Competition, along with a selection of commissioned films, all inspired by this year’s signature theme item - birds.

At Wollongong Botanic Garden as part of Sunset Cinema Wollongong.

Tickets: FREE, but spaces are limited and bookings are essential. Visit the website to secure your spot. 

Gates open at 7pm, with musical performances, red carpet photos and Q&A with film makers.

Screenings will commence at last light. 

We’ll also be announcing the Festival prize winners at the end of the night, as decided by our official judging panel: Vincent Sheehan, Yael Stone, Ian Collie and Skye Netting.

Running time: approx. 150mins 

This event is recommended for ages 15 years and over. Please note, these newly created films have not been officially rated. We are putting a M rating on the screening as a guideline as there may be some mature language and themes. Children under 15 years may attend with the supervision of their parents.

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Presented by Wollongong City Council in partnership with Screen Illawarra.

Thanks to our supporters: Sunset Cinema, Coequal, Bus Stop Films, Guardians of the Grassy Woodlands project (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water), ITeC Academy, TAFE NSW, TEN ALPHAS, Yours & Owls, Illawarra Film Society, Moonlander Media, Relativity Films, Sketchbook TV, Eye Candy Film Productions, Shellharbour Council and Who & Why Media.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wollongong/creative-wollongong-short-film-festival/200029594538430
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, festivals, contests, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 213

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://wollongongbotanicgarden.com.au/bg-events/sunset-cinema3/sunset-cinema-creative-wollongong-short-film-festival/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=wollongong-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wollongong
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Wollongong Botanic Garden
- **lat**: -34.410047499158
- **long**: 150.87550857826
- **full address**: Wollongong Botanic Garden, 40 Murphys Avenue,Wollongong,NSW,Australia

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: City of Wollongong (https://allevents.in/org/city-of-wollongong/4679502)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wollongong Botanic Garden, 40 Murphys Avenue,Wollongong,NSW,Australia
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** City of Wollongong
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, festivals, contests, live-music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Creative Wollongong Short Film Festival ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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