13th Heathcote Film Festival 2025
Friday August 29th, 2025
and
Saturday August 30th, 2025

Tickets on sale from June 28th, 2025

Following on from the huge success of the 2024 Heathcote Film Festival, we are excited to announce the details of the two nights of the event for 2025.

Friday August 29th, 2025: Friday Picnic and Popcorn Session

A casual affair, bring your own picnic dinner and enjoy two hours of short films, with complimentary popcorn.
Local wines, beer and gin will be available for purchase on the night.

Saturday August 30th, 2025: Saturday Gala Dinner

A great chance for a special evening, withe a sit down, three course dinner.
We are very excited to announce the return of the much loved gourmet catering by Monsieur Pierre.
Enjoy two hours of short films with dinner served during intermissions.
Local wines, beer and gin available for purchase on the night.

Note: both evenings have the same movie selections, and for the AFL fans, this is the bye round weekend before the finals.

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The 12th annual Heathcote Short Film Festival was held over the weekend of 13-14th September, 2024 with over 230 people attending across the 2 nights.
We are pleased to announce the below winners of the Jury Prize, Emerging Film Maker and the 2 People’s Choice Awards.

The 2024 Jury Prize was awarded to La Banyera (the Bathtub) a film by Sergi Marti Maltas
The Inaugural Emerging Filmmaker Prize was awarded to: Ablaze a film by Danni Fenech

Attendees at each night were given the ability to vote for their favourite film. The People’s Choice voting was fierce with only 1 vote determining the winner on the Friday night – it was that close!
The winners are: Friday – La Banyera (the Bathtub) a film by Sergi Marti Maltas and Saturday – La Cena (The Dinner) by Jesús Martínez “Nota”