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Given the present uncertainty surrounding COVID, the Port Shorts Crew have made the difficult decision to cancel the outdoor screening component of this year’s festival, which was scheduled to run Friday 15th & Saturday 16th October in Rex Smeal Park, Port Douglas. Our focus will now be on the delivery
A unique collaboration between Australia’s coolest short film festival in the tropics, national broadcaster Channel 10 and the Far North Queensland tourism industry will showcase some of the best emerging filmmakers from our own backyard and around the world to a national audience over the summer months while promoting our
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The 2019 Port Shorts Film Festival has shone the spotlight on the best short films from our own backyard and around the world in a hugely successful celebration of the future of filmmaking.More than 1200 film enthusiasts gathered under the stars and swaying palm trees of Port Douglas’ iconic Rex
THE coolest film festival in the tropics just got a warm reception at Council chambers. Douglas Shire Council has moved to support the Port Shorts Film Festival, approving annual funding of $15,000 and $5,000 worth of in-kind support for the next three years. The 2019 event will be held in
The coolest film festival in the heart of the tropics is looking for fresh, new films of the season to be screened under the stars at the 2019 Port Shorts Film Festival. Port Shorts is Australia’s fastest growing film festival and is rapidly gaining a reputation for screening quality short
More than 800 people enjoyed some of the best short films from around the world under the stars in the most amazing film festival location on the planet at the 2018 Port Shorts Film Festival held in Rex Smeal Park last Friday and Saturday night. Fifty-two awesome short films were
We’ve recycled previous years event posters, you can download a program from our website, at Port Shorts 2018 we’re striving to do the best for our planet and bring you a single use plastic free festival. Come up to our bar and we’ll serve you wine in a recyclable can, with
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this beautiful country where the rainforest meets the sea.
We pay our respects to the Kuku Yalanji and Yirrganydji peoples as the original Nations of these lands. We honour Elders past and present, and recognise the enduring stories, songlines, and deep stewardship woven through this land, sea, and sky.
2025 Port Shorts Film Festival, Port Douglas, Australia