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In October each year, the Victorian Seniors Festival aims to recognise the contribution that over 65s make to the community.

Boroondara Seniors Film Festival

Our 2023 season was a huge success with over 1200 people attending film screenings across our three local Boroondara cinemas: Lido Cinemas, Palace Balwyn and Village Rivoli.

The theme of the 2023 film festival program was ‘Stories that inspire, challenge, and connect us'. Each film was selected to illustrate the wide spectrum of experience, stories and wisdom that only come with age.

Feature films screened at the 2023 festival included:

  • The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023)
  • Sweet Bean (2015)
  • The King Sun: John Olsen, a portrait at 85 (2014)
  • Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022),

Short films

This year’s festival was open to submissions from the public. 

We had a fantastic response with submissions of over 220 films either made by or featuring older adults. A selection of these were screened at cinema events and a larger range were available for a limited time on City of Boroondara's YouTube Channel.

We invite you to submit your own short films to the 2024 Boroondara Seniors Film Festival. Short films can be up to 15 minutes in length and must fall into one of the following categories:

  1. Film makers 60 years and over, open subject matter with no age requirement, or
  2. Film makers under 60 years of age, with an older adult as the main character.

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You can find out more by emailing [email protected] or calling the Active Ageing team on (03) 9278 4777.


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