SWAN Film Festival

SWAN Film Festival is a short film festival for students. Our festival is dedicated to inspiring students and connecting audiences through short films that champion the Student With A Narrative as a filmmaker and storyteller. 2021 commenced as a year of continued uncertainty but the year revealed a raft of challenges across Australia with each of us witnessing lockdown after lockdown. But we managed to WFH work from home and SFM school from home. Australians, with their spirit and optimism, are witnessing an acceptance of these uncertain times knowing that better times are ahead. Festival Information This year our festival celebrates the theme of ‘Acceptance’. Students are encouraged to explore and celebrate the topic ‘Acceptance’ in the genre and style that supports their narrative. We accept short or animated films in the form of fiction and non-fiction, and across the spectrum. Amidst all that is going on in our world today, there is one common element: acceptance. We find this to be the perfect time to have important conversations on accepting, emerging, progressing, growing, and developing. Sometimes it is also about taking a step back or distancing, so that we could then move on and truly understand how to move forward. We encourage students to think outside the box as the theme is entirely open to interpretation. There is no limit or suggestion on how the theme becomes incorporated. 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: http://swanfilmfestival.com/ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 with festival deadlines and winners announcements: https://www.facebook.com/swanfilmfestival/ https://www.instagram.com/swanfilmfest/