Council has four funding streams open for applications for eligible community, sporting and not-for-profit groups with suitable event, initiative or project ideas. Our Community Events Grant, Minor Support Grant, Community Events Sponsorship and Community Sponsorship are open until all available funds have been allocated.
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Looking for fun things to do with the kids these school holidays? Check out activities from our libraries, Stawell Sports and Aquatic Centre and other places and spaces around the shire.
The Multicultural Film Festival celebrates multiculturalism through the lens of short films that explore stories of cultural diversity and living in multicultural Australia, home to the world’s oldest continuous cultures and people who identify with more than 300 ancestries. This year there will be a special screening in Halls Gap to celebrate and help share the story telling where you can watch the short films that won the 2026 Victorian Multicultural Film Festival, including:
Best Victorian Short Fiction Film
✨Tabbeh
✨ The Sun Comes Up
Best Victorian Short Non-Fiction Film
✨ Huí Jiā
✨ With Love, Nouria
Best National Short Film
✨ Everyone Gets Bored of Everything
✨ 20 Years Later
✨ Squata Locks
Chairperson's Refugee Stories Award
✨ From No Voice to Big Voice
✨ Maksym & Milana
✨ I came from there
Free tickets here.
Centenary Hall, 115-117 Grampians Road, Halls Gap, 3381, View Map
115-117 Grampians Road , Halls Gap 3381