2020 Freeplay Digital Festival: Belonging
JUNE 10–14
Freeplay is the world’s longest-running independent games festival, located in Melbourne, Australia.
Established in 2004, the festival embraces the fringes, spotlights grassroots artists and game makers, and acts as a response to and critique of the status quo. For over 16 years, Freeplay has been exploring the vital margins of independent, alternative, and experimental games culture. The festival continues to champion artistic exploration and experimentation in games and play, and positions game making as arts practice.
Join us in June 2020 for a 5-day digital festival filled with online talks, panels, workshops, and more!
Latest News
Dates, awards announced for Freeplay 2015
Welcome back to Freeplay for 2015! This is going to be a huge year for us. In fact, in the year of our tenth festival, it’ll be our biggest yet. We’ve got a ten-day festival for you this year in Melbourne between April 10 to April 19, culminating in an exciting...
Parallels wrap-up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiDZiS_sd6M If you missed our incredible 2014 Parallels event, the full video is available above. And, if you're looking for a recommendation, here's what the media said: The Age/Sydney Morning Herald: "Freeplay, Australia's premier...
Approaching Parallels
We're just under two weeks out from Parallels, our Showcase and Playday at ACMI on the 18th of October, and we're incredibly excited. We've got a lot in store for you. To get a preview, head on over to our brand new Freeplay Tumblr, we're we've been giving a sneak...
Freeplay acknowledges the Wurundjeri & Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the Lands upon which the festival takes place.
We pay respect to their Elders past, present, and emerging, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider community and beyond.
Sovereignty was never ceded, and this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.