Hollie Fifer

Hollie is a documentary filmmaker whose work has screened in festivals and broadcast globally. Her debut feature, THE OPPOSITION (Media Stockade), premiered at Hot Docs and IDFA in 2016, won the Grand Prize at FIFO, screened at the UN Human Rights Council, and won Best Documentary Feature at the Oz Flix Independent Film Awards. It has played in over 35 countries. Her latest short, UNBALANCED, premiered on The Age/Sydney Morning Herald’s Vox Dox series. Hollie serves on the boards of AIDC and GIPA, and has tutored at NIDA and AFTRS. Her leadership includes roles at the Wheeler Centre, Monash Art, Design and Architecture, RISING, and ACMI.

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18 to 20 June 2027, Theatre Royal, Castlemaine

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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which our Festival takes place, the Dja Dja Wurrung, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which our Festival takes place, the Dja Dja Wurrung, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

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