It's 9 days packed with independent films and workshops that resonate with everything we love about Byron.
Social and environmental issues, diversity, creativity, positive living and multi-culturalism - it's all covered.  
On at the Byron Community Centre, March 5 - 14.

The Byron Bay Film Festival program features flicks like My Tehran for Sale - the story of a young Iranian actress, Footsteps in Africa - a look at the intricacies of the Tuareg tribe, Pirate for the Sea - about Captain Paul Watson, the youngest founding member of Greenpeace Canada and Garbage Island - a disturbing look at the Eastern Garbage Patch; a spot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean 1,000 square and over 30 feet deep where garbage collects.

BAS! A human story about the business of child trafficking from former Byron Shire resident Wendy Champagne.

Unorthodox, uplifting and unforgettable, the film paints a bold portrait of victims, perpetrators and rescuers. It reveals a world of contrasts: from remote Himalayan villages to the glare of Mumbai's red light district; from the sad and desperate reality of child exploitation, to a place where the resilience of youth can transform the worst of all possible experiences into a celebration