Dungog outdone as Cockatoo Island announced as world’s largest Australian film festival
The title of the world’s largest Australian film festival will in 2012 move from Dungog Film Festival to Cockatoo Island Film Festival.
Co-founders of the Dungog Film Festival have announced the arrival of this new festival which will host over 200 Australian and 100 international films over a five day festival in the final quarter of next year.
While the Dungog Film Festival attracted nearly 10,000 film lovers this year, Cockatoo Island expects 15,000 fans from Sydney and beyond in the first year.
As well as the five day festival, public programs such as script development workshops, education programs, student film projects and residencies will run throughout the year.
The sucessfull Dungog Film Festival is very unique on it’s own. There will be no other film festival like Dungog (The GOG).To achieve what Allanah & Stavros have done is truely an amazing experience for a small rural town. I wish them well in their new venture at Cookatoo Island & I know it will be very sucessfull.