CQ's film community is getting ready for their biggest event of the year: the Capricorn Film Festival is back with a packed schedule to please everyone from amateur Youtubers to professional filmmakers.

The festival is taking over the Gladstone Entertainment Centre on Saturday, December 16 with a full day (11am-6pm) for local and visiting filmmakers to get together for masterclasses, virtual reality experiences, panel discussions, and screenings of the year's top short films.  Tickets are available here.

Festival schedule:

In the GEC foyer & conference room:
1100-1530 Virtual Reality: New filmmaker frontier
1115-1200 Masterclass: The Actor
1200-1245 Masterclass: The Cinematographer
1245-1330 Session: Low Budget Distribution
1330-1415 Session: Filmmaker Support
1415-1515 Session: Web series, VR & movies creation

In the theatre:
1300 - Short Film Competition - Junior Categories

• 1310-1340 CAPS Great Barrier Reef (G)
• 1350-1500 CAPS Junior (PG)

1530 - Short Film Competition - Adult Categories

• 1530-1610 CAPS Open (M15+)
• 1610-1800 World Open (M15+)