School of the Arts & Media
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2026 Antenna Documentary Film Festival
Antenna is an annual documentary film festival dedicated to bold, inventive nonfiction cinema from around the world. Each year, our team handpicks 50 outstanding documentaries that challenge expectations, spark curiosity and offer fresh ways of seeing the contemporary world.
The festival’s program is curated by a passionate team of programmers, including Honorary Associate Professor Jane Mills from The School of the Arts & Media, bringing deep industry insight and academic expertise to the selection of films.
Southerly EOI now open for 2026
Founded in 1939, Southerly is Australia’s oldest literary journal, publishing the most exciting new Australian writing.
We invite expressions of interest for Southerly 81.1 'Ireland and Other Islands' (2026). This issue will explore contemporary ideas of Ireland and Irishness, their influence on Australian life and literature, and why certain voices are heard while others are overlooked. We welcome submissions from writers of Irish heritage as well as from all backgrounds that engage with these ideas.
Natasha Brown: Blurred lines
Tue 3 Mar | 6.30pm | Leighton Hall, UNSW Kensington
Exploding onto the literary scene in 2023, Natasha Brown's first novel, Assembly, drew critical acclaim for its succinct prose and insight into race, class and privilege. Her latest novel, Universality, skewers nepotism and journalism and secured her a place on the 2025 Booker Prize longlist. In her first Australian appearance since Assembly, join Natasha alongside UNSW's Roanna Gonsalves as they chart the frontiers of privilege.
Laurie Woolever: The gluttony of life
Thu 26 Mar | 6.30pm | Roundhouse, UNSW Kensington
Laurie Woolever’s Care and Feeding was an immediate New York Times bestseller, tracing her life from small-town childhood to working with two of the most powerful men in the food business, chefs Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain. In an evening of raw, honest conversation, join Laurie on the love language of food, living life without guardrails and learning to curb her appetites.
Hamletmachine by Heiner Müller
Hamletmachine by Heiner Müller
25th, 26th, 27th of February – 7.30 pm
Esme Timbery Prqctice Lab
Performed by UNSW Theatre and Performance Students. Directed by Ugo Prasad. Designed by Cris Baldwin.
Find out more about current exhibitions, register for upcoming events and read about the recent achievements of our students, staff and alumni.
Discover degrees by study areas
Creative Writing
Creative writing empowers you to produce innovative contributions to contemporary literature. You’ll explore experimental writing across genres in fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and more.
Communication and Journalism
Recognised as the Australian university with the strongest connections to the journalism industry, we offer you the chance to gain hands-on experience and build valuable professional networks.
English Literary Studies
With our world-ranking English literary studies, you’ll study with teachers and researchers who are deeply passionate about their work and believe that English is more than an academic discipline.
Film Studies
Explore the power of moving images, from cinema to digital media. Film Studies combines critical theory with hands-on practice, helping you understand how screen cultures shape the world we live in. Develop your voice as a thinker, maker and storyteller as part of a dynamic community of creatives and scholars.
Media Studies
Contemporary media influences all aspects of our lives. You’ll investigate and learn from leading academics and have opportunities to work with real clients on live projects.
Music
Learn that music is more than just an expression. We’ll help you develop your ability to the highest standards in performing, composing, researching, producing or teaching.
PR and Advertising
Develop a strong understanding of current and emerging PR and advertising practices, and how they have evolved to influence our daily lives.
Screen Production
Screen Production offers hands-on courses in film, interactive and experimental media, sound, writing, and animation. You’ll develop creative, conceptual and professional skills for a dynamic career in the evolving global media industries and creative arts.
Theatre and Performance
Explore live performance. Be part of stage plays with professional directors, work with a team on collaborative creations, stage an action in public spaces or undertake work as a solo performer.