2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Mr Ian Darling
Ian Darling is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He is Executive Director of Shark Island Institute. His films include The Final Quarter, Paul Kelly - Stories of Me, and The Oasis. He is currently directing Confessions of a War Photographer. He received the AACTA Byron Kennedy Award in 2018, has won Best Direction in a Documentary at the AACTA’s, won two Film Critics Awards and has twice been a Walkley Awards Finalist.
Special Event
Cocktails by The Pool
Friday April 24
The Ballroom, The Continental
6.00pm
/
90 mins
Ian Darling with Laura Macdonald
A screening of The Pool followed by a Q&A with the Director, Ian Darling.
Streamers Or Steamrollers: Do platforms help the local film industry stay vital?
Sunday April 26
Sorrento Community Centre
9.00am
/
60 mins
Bryan Brown, Ian Darling and Michael Hirsh and Virginia Trioli