2025 Space Faring Civilisation (SFC) Film Festival

Join us for a unique cinema experience that celebrates short films envisioning a positive future. 🍿🎬

This festival is proudly part of the National Science Week 2025 events, celebrating science and its positive impact on humanity. The program highlights space exploration, science, and building a better future as its central themes; in both documentary films and sci-fi films. Immerse yourself in inspiring, educational, and entertaining documentaries and fiction films that offer a glimpse into humanity’s potential as an ever-advancing civilisation founded on compassion, unity, and justice—hallmarks of an evolving spacefaring society.

Program Overview:

1. 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM 🚀 - Screening of 17 curated short films, documentaries & Sci-Fi. Films that speaks of our imagination, our place in the universe, what's out there and our better future. At Dendy Cinemas Canberra - Cinema 3

2. 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM 😃 - Join us at Dendy Foyer for networking opportunity, vote for your favourite film, and take part in audience prize draw.

Attendees will have the opportunity to vote for the “People’s Choice Award”. We encourage impartial voting—please vote for films based on their merit, not personal connections.

As a token of our appreciation, each attendee will receive a gift bag.

Food and soft drinks are available at Dendy Cinemas candy bar.

📸 Please note: We’ll be taking photos and filming during the event to promote the festival. If you prefer not to appear in any content, just let our photographer or staff know on the day. We respect your privacy!

🎉Prizes to be won at this event, so stick around until the end.🎁

CHECK OUT OUR FESTIVAL WEBSITE FOR MORE FESTIVAL EVENTS - including a free public filmmaking workshop at Canberra Centre during the day before the screening https://sfcfilms.com/film-festival/