Brisbane film festival mystery solved

QAGOMA takes BIFF on a Magical Mystery Tour. Who knows where, but already the organisers know roughly when.
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Amanda Slack-Smith, the new Artistic Director of the Brisbane International Film Festival, is grinning behind her blindfold at the centre of the frame. A perfect image of the moment. Source: QAGOMA blog.

The Brisbane International Film Festival is a poor battered beast which has been kept in several different zoos over the last few years. Whatever kind of animal film tragics wanted it to be, at least one of these versions would have shocked them to the core.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.