From 3rd to 11th October 2025 at Cinema Nova in Melbourne, Monster Fest acts as the perfect Halloween primer with an all-fun lineup of feature and short horror film titles.
This year’s all-killer/no-filler jury tasked with judging the three big awards – Best Australian Feature, Best International Feature and The Golden Monster – consists of Kate Fitzpatrick (MIFF programmer), Spiro Economopoulos (Artistic Director of Europa!), Simon Foster (President of Film Critics Circle of Australia) and my favourite ‘Scotstralian’ film journalist, Stephen A. Russell.
Somehow, I’ve managed to sneak into the lineup of judges too, which is amazing (for me).
Are you coming to Monster Fest this year? Be scared, be very scared…
Emma Westwood 
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