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by J. Fletcher|24 February 202224 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

As part of the 2022 Australian International Documentary Convention (AIDC), organisers recently announced a stellar line-up of screenings and sessions on the state of documentary filmmaking. The event is set to touch on a broad range of topics and styles,...

Rob Livings: Creating Content under COVID.

by J. Fletcher|21 February 202221 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a brutal learning curve for film production, with any number of studio production forced into hiatus, shelved indefinitely or relegated from theaters to a streaming service. But for independent films, and filmmakers alike, the pandemic...

2022 French Film Festival: Announced

by J. Fletcher|13 February 202225 February 2022|Features, News, Post Category

With 2022 seeing a strong comeback for Australia’s International Film Festival circuit, the latest cinematic indulgence to return to our screens is Alliance Française French Film Festival. Marking it 33rd edition, this year boasts a remarkable line-up of filmic treats...

Valerio Zanoli: Film with Heart

by J. Fletcher|08 February 202224 February 2022|Interviews, Post Category

You’ll often hear filmmakers claim they’re looking to make to ‘make a difference’ with their art; perhaps improve upon the world with a revelatory legacy film or traverse the human condition through the eyes of the disenfranchised. Usually, these good...

Ari Gold: Adventures of Power Redux

by J. Fletcher|25 January 202215 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

It’s hard to specify that elusive quality which elevates a movie into the category of Cult. Is it a successful indie that penetrates the mainstream like Rocky; a fearless commitment to absurdist content such as Flying High or Blazing Saddles;...

Alex Proyas: The Heretic Within

by J. Fletcher|15 January 202223 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

Having enjoyed a prime position as judge in last year’s Flickerfest Short Film Festival, Australian filmmaker Alex Proyas returns to Bondi’s premiere short film competition to compete with a number of other thematically charged entries for this year’s top gong...

Falling with Viggo Mortensen

by J. Fletcher|15 December 202123 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

Since first making his feature debut in Peter Wier’s seminal 1985 thriller Witness, Viggo Mortensen has earned a reputation as one of Hollywood’s finest character actors, adding to his resume such notable modern classics as The Indian Runner (1991), Carlito’s Way (1993), The Road (2009), Captain Fantastic (2016) and Greenbook (2018)...

Peter Skinner: Finding His Lost Boy

by J. Fletcher|23 November 202114 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

The short film Lost Boy has been making waves throughout the Australian and International festival circuit recently, not only having taken Best Short Film Award at the 2021 St Kilda Film Festival but landing its accomplished director, Peter Skinner, a nomination for...

Yang Feng: Winter Soldiers

by J. Fletcher|18 November 202123 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

The fabled story of the Lunan Railway Brigade, officially known as the 115th Division of the Eight Route Army, might not be familiar to many western audiences, but the small band of railway workers, situated in cold wastes of China’s Shandong...

Adam & Edward & Isabella

by J. Fletcher|09 November 202123 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

COVID-19 has been a difficult period for many creatives, especially as Australian filmmakers and content creators have faced rolling lockdowns and border closures, but for celebrated novelist Adam Morris, who latest work Bird received a nomination for a Miles Franklin Award, the...

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