Northcliffe Bee Festival 2026

Photo courtesy of Melissa Zapelli at Wild Wings Images

Thank you for your entries to the Northcliffe CRC Bee Festival Photo Competition, for Hived - The Northcliffe Bee Festival. The festival will be held on 24th October 2026, with a few events in the preceding and following days. An exhibition of our favourite entries will be open for viewing daily from 9am-3pm at The Painted Tree Gallery from 24th October until 19th November. The exhibition official opening and prize announcements are at 11am on 24th October (the day of the Bee Festival). You are invited! On the day of the bee festival we will have voting for the People's Choice award. In total we will be awarding prizes worth $400.

Participants in the competititon who have their work chosen for the exhibition will be able to take home their printed mounted work after the exhibition closes. Collection in person only, is available at Northcliffe CRC from 20th November, weekdays 10am-5pm daily. Weekend pickups are possible if prior arrangements are made.

Northcliffe CRC are also running a bee film festival over the October festival week. You can see the films and dates listed here. We also wrote about each film (the yellow highlighted items) in this cinema program.

In a feature in the Northcliffe Karri Pigeon August 2026, we showed some of the early entries we received to the competition. Check it out here. You can follow updates about the festival on the Bee Festival Website or on Facebook.

What's On Highlights

  • Oct22

    The Swarm

    Northcliffe's bee film festival is kicking off with the best of the worst. The Swarm from 1978 was the big budget peak of a wave of 1970s disaster cinema which included no less than 6 killer bee movies. This is a legendary fixture in 'so bad it's good' cinema. We have obtained the a remastered copy of the original theatrical release. Presented as a partnership between Northcliffe Community Resource Centre and Southern Forest Arts. This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema starting at 7pm and no bookings are required. Popcorn will be supplied! Rated PG. Check out the details HERE.

  • Oct23

    Honeyland

    The big feature of Northcliffe's bee film festival is Honeyland, a dramatic documentary rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes which swept the 2024 Oscars. Presented by the Northcliffe Library in partnership with Northcliffe Community Resource Centre and Southern Forest Arts. This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema starting at 7pm and no bookings are required. Popcorn will be supplied! Rated M. Check out the details HERE.

  • Oct24

    Bee Festival

    The innaugaural Northcliffe Bee Festival will be held 24-25 October 2026. Check out the details HERE.

  • Oct24

    Opening and Prize Ceremony - Bee Photo Competition

    Come and join us at 11am for the opening and prize ceremony of Northcliffe CRCs Bee Photo Competition, on the day of the innaugaural Northcliffe Bee Festival. Votes will be open for the People's Choice Award on the day of the festival.

  • Oct25

    Bee Movie

    Closing out Northcliffe's bee film festival is Bee Movie. We'll have kids activities prior to this fun animated family film starring Gerry Seinfeld. Presented by Northcliffe Community Resource Centre in partnership with Southern Forest Arts. This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema starting at 11am and no bookings are required. Popcorn will be supplied! Rated G. Check out the details HERE.

  • Oct31

    Paranorman

    A Halloween party featuring a screening of the stop motion animation Paranorma. Presented as a partnership between Northcliffe Community Resource Centre and Southern Forest Arts. This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema starting at 2pm and no bookings are required. Popcorn will be supplied! Rated PG. Check out the details HERE.

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