The London Australian Film Society (LAFS) is curated by a group of passionate and driven Australian and British citizens, based in London, working in various fields including Film and Television, Education, Gallery Curation, and Publishing.
The society screened its first film on 20 July 1973 in the Cinema Hall of Australia House, the home of the Australian High Commission on London’s Strand, where it held regular screenings and hosted visiting filmmakers for over three decades.
Today, the society is entirely self-funded and volunteer-run, with the current team organising events at venues across central London since 2009.
In 2017, the society established the London Australian Film Festival (formerly OZ Film Festival), with an inaugural event staged in June 2017 at Regent Street Cinema.
Dedicated to promoting Australian cinema in London and across the UK, the London Australian Film Society screen a broad range of new and cult/classic features, documentaries and short films, many of which don’t otherwise gain UK theatrical exhibition or distribution.
