Africa Film Fest Australia: The Art of Storytelling
Every great film begins with a story. Every great story begins with a voice.
Event details
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Friday, 4 September 2026 | 2:00pm |
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard | $20 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
The only authorised ticket agency for this event is Sydney Opera House. For more information about Authorised Agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
General Public tickets on-sale
For those requiring assistance, wheelchair or companion seating, accessible seating locations are available. Bookings can be made by calling the Box Office on +61 2 9250 7777 or by email.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
Meet the speakers
Ratidzo Mambo is an award-winning Australian-Zimbabwean actor, writer, and producer with a background in international film and TV distribution. She heads Jacaranda Dreams Productions, where she is developing several funded projects, including a half-hour comedy series supported by Screen Australia and SBS, now acquired by an international streamer.
Her screen credits include Strife, The Gloaming, GLEE, Neighbours, and Escape From Pretoria. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 2023 Houston International Film Festival for Cognitive, and has received multiple accolades across film, theatre, and podcasting — including as the voice of Private Affairs, winner of two 2021 Australian Podcast Awards.
Rati brings a combination of artistic vision and commercial insight, and is passionate about bold, character-driven storytelling that centres outsider perspectives.
Malla Nunn is the author of four internationally published crime novels set in apartheid era South Africa. A Beautiful Place to Die, Let the Dead Lie, Blessed Are the Dead and Present Darkness have, between them, received two Edgar Award nominations, a Davitt Award and two Antony Award nominations. Her debut YA novel, When the Ground is Hard was short listed for the Prime Ministers Literary Awards and won the L.A Times Best YA novel award. Her next YA novel, Sugar Town Queens was a notable CBCA notable book of the year.
Her crime novels are currently being developed for television.
Born and raised in Eswatini, Malla now lives and works in a falling down weatherboard house in Sydney, Australia.
Huna Amweero is a screenwriter and graduate of AFTRS, where she completed the Graduate Certificate (2012) and Diploma (2013) in Screenwriting. Raised amongst diverse artists and activists, Huna’s work aims to unravel all forms of oppression while embracing the fictional freedom of allowing marginalised characters to play out their imperfections on-screen.
In 2014 her script ALONE (dir. Erin Good, 2014) was selected for Screen NSW’s Emerging Filmmaker Fund. That same year, she ranked 8th in the world for the NYC Short Screenplay Challenge. Huna’s short films have screened at film festivals including Sydney Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival and Cleveland International Film Festival.
Huna has co-written two feature scripts with visual artist Del Kathryn Barton; Blaze for Causeway Films (earning her a 2022 AWGIE win for Best Feature Film – Original) and Flower for Aquarius Films. Blaze (2022) had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, and its Australian Premiere at the Sydney Film Festival. In 2023. Huna and Del earned the Betty Roland Prize for Screenwriting in the NSW Premier Literary Awards.
Most recently she wrote and produced the TikTok supernatural comedy series Krystal Klairvoyant. Garnering over 100K views on TikTok, the series won Best International Short at Series Fest 2023 and Best Newform Drama at C21 International Drama Awards. Huna has been participating in writers’ rooms for several productions including Surviving Summer for Netflix, for which she gained her first episodic credit and Black Snow (s2, Stan, Goalpost).
In 2023, Huna was awarded an Enterprise Grant through Screen Australia. The grant places for one year at Djali House, a production company focused on First Nations storytelling. While working at Djali House, Huna will work across development of their feature slate.
Huna served as co-writer on the Screen Australia-funded web series Jade of Death (dir. Erin Good, 2018) for Last Frame Productions. Huna has participated in professional development programs including the Bunya Productions Engendered Masterclass for Female Genre Writers and Directors and Belvoir Theatre’s associates program. Huna’s non-fiction writing was recently published in the book Arab, Australian, Other (PacMacmillan, 2019) - an anthology exploring the experience of the Arab diaspora in Australia.
Jenevieve Chang is a story developer, writer and performer who has worked in the UK, China and Australia. Most recently, Jenevieve was Development Executive at ABC Drama & Comedy . She has also been Development Executive at Screen Australia, Creative Executive at Arclight Films and Senior Course Manager at NIDA.
In Australia, Jenevieve has worked with Malthouse Theatre, Griffin Theatre and Monkey Baa Theatre in the development of new work and in the UK, she has worked with The National Theatre, The Young Vic and Yellow Earth Theatre. As a solo performer, she has toured widely, performing in venues in Germany, Austria, France, Canada, Luxembourg, Slovenia and China.
Attending this event
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see the Wilson Parking website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a 7-10 minute walk to the Opera House.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
The authorised agency for this event is the Sydney Opera House.
Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered reliable. If you purchase tickets from a non-authorised agency such as Ticketmaster Resale, Viagogo, Ticketbis, eBay, Gumtree, Tickets Australia or any other unauthorised seller, you risk that these tickets are fake, void or have previously been cancelled. Resale restriction applies. For more details, please refer to our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Attendance at Events.
Please contact Box Office on +61 2 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend.
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House became a smoke-free site in January 2022. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.
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Location and access
Playhouse
The Playhouse is located in the north-western corner of Sydney Opera House, best accessed through the Western Foyers.