at ACMI cinemas
Saturday, 30 May 2026 Check your session 5:30 PM to 10pm 10:00 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time) + Add to calendar30/05/2026 17:3030/05/2026 22:00Australia/SydneyPeople Of Passion International film festivalPeople Of Passion International film festival
Saturday, 30 May 2026 Check your session 5:30 PM to 10pm 10:00 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time)
Organiser
Leanne Campbell
0419327034
popiffoffice@gmail.com
Address
ACMI cinemas
Flinders Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000 Australia
We are in cinema 2 and each screening starts exactly on time so please be in your seats before the session start time.
Event web page: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/idojsACMI cinemas
Flinders Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
AustraliaLeanne CampbellfalseDD/MM/YYYY2880
$30.00
Entry into both sessions 6.00pm session 1 8.10pm session 2 10pm after party (optional)
$130.00
Get a group ticket for 5 and Save on the 5th ticket! Entry into both sessions 6.00pm session 1 8.10pm session 2 10pm after party (optional)
$20.00
Entry into session 1 only 6.00pm session 1 10pm after party (optional)
$80.00
Get a group ticket for 5 and the fifth ticket is free! Entry into session 1 only 6.00pm session 1 10pm after party (optional)
$20.00
Entry into session 2 only 8.10pm session 2 10pm after party (optional)
$80.00
Get a group ticket for 5 and the fifth ticket is free! Session 2 only Entry into both sessions 8.10pm session 2 10pm after party (optional)
Welcome to the 12th season of the
People Of Passion (POP) International film festival!
We are pleased to present two sessions!
Yes, your festival pass ticket covers all sessions.
If your only purchasing one session, you will be seeing the films listed in that session only.
We will be screening in Cinema 2 at ACMI
Session 1 Please arrive by 5.00pm for Photo's, purchase food and drink for session and enter cinema room before 6pm
Session 1 Screening begins at 6pm till 7pm (there are no fillers before the first film starts at 6pm)
Q&A with the filmmakers in attendance who's films screened in this session 7.25pm - 7.30pm
Intermission for festival pass holders 7.30pm till 8 PM
Session 2 screening starts at 8:00PM to 9.25 (there are no fillers before the first film starts at 8pm) Awards Presented to all film makers in attendance 9.25pm to 9:45PM (as a part of session 2)
Q and A with the filmmakers in attendance who's films screened in this session 9.45pm till 9:55pm
Session one selection
Official selections (not in screening order)
1. Rotate by Director Les Zig - Comedy short
2. Here and There by Director Kora Lee - Animation
3. The Last Rooster: Artist Len Zuks by Director James Hyams - Mature person's short film
4. Tamah by Director John Nguyen - Mature person's short film
5. Heartwarming by Director Libby Goodhue - Animation
6. The Defender by Director andrew Genaille - Animation
7. Why We Pride submitted by Natalie Scarsbrook - LGBTQIA+ short film
8. Please Inform My Parents by Director Suzanne Kathleen Brimley - Comedy short
9. 5 Inches Under by Director Suzanne Kathleen Brimley - Mature person's short film
10. Devil's Debt by Director Trinity Phillips - Animation
11. Queer Up the Details by Director Anna Rose Ii-Epstein - LGBTQIA+ short film
12. Lorraine and the Ladybugs by Director Muriel Smith - Animation
13. I Have Tonnes of Work and Now I'm a Magical Girl by Directors Lucille Bell, Kayda Troost - Animation
14. Scarecrow by Director Kyden Hurst - Animation
15. Gotta Get Up And Dance Submitter Skylar king - Animation
16. Coach Days by Director Sue Parkhill - Comedy short
Run time 1:25:21
Session two selection
1. Under the Water by Director Isabella Andronos - Bechedel Test
2. Unlatched by Director Ruth Dudding - Musical short film
3. Catching Claus by Director Ian Blom - Comedy short
4. Levi By The Sea by Director leping cao - LGBTQIA+ short film
5. As Luna sees… by Director Zi Yin - Animation
6. Students of the World -Australia Submitter Jonathan Schneider - Australian First Nations film
7. The End Of Us - Byte Back by Director Karina Sorelli - SciFi short film
8. Wise Words by Director Louis Dickins - Mature person's short film
9. a culinary of errors by Director Sherree Dawn Halliwell - Mature person's short film
10. Prefer Not to Say by Director Shaun Foley - Mature person's short film
11. Nana by Director John Egelhoff - Comedy short
Run time 1:24:26
9. 25pm - 9.45pm Awards ceremony
9.45pm - 9.55pm Q and A with the filmmakers in attendance who's films screened in this session 9.45pm till 9:55pm
After party
After party 10pm at Transit Rooftop Bar.
TBA
Refunds up to 14 days before the event, Tickets are non refundable but can be gifted to someone else.
Leanne Campbell
People Of Passion International Film Festival
0419327034