“Necessity is the mother of invention; back in March the idea of running an online festival seemed beyond our technical capabilities”
Author: Glen Falkenstein
Glen produces film, theatre and television news, reviews and commentary for a number of outlets, covering Festivals, interviews and events.
Glen lives in Sydney where he enjoys making short films.
Tweets @GlenFalkenstein
The Sugar Universe
The world according to sugar – our short film sugar universe
All The President’s Minutes – Minute 119
All The President’s Minutes is a Podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet
Summerland
Set on an English shore less than typically idyllic against the impending Nazi blitz, a child is evacuated from London and lodged with Alice
The Queen’s Gambit
Moving a piece doesn’t matter if you don’t know what’s behind it
Just One Numpty
SF3 Smartfone FlickFest 2020 Finalist and first Film Championships + Kino Sydney Collaboration
Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
Borat hasn’t aged well of it’s own accord
Rebecca
You’re going to hear a lot about how Rebecca is both very alike and never as good as Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation. They’re not wrong, but that misses the important things
SF3 in 2020
“A lot of Festivals cancelled because of COVID so it’s a real testament that you went ahead this year”
Star Trek: Voyager
Yes this show ended some time ago; that doesn’t mean that it’s not still underrated
Making “The World’s Best Film”
“When I received the news of my diagnosis, I was told to stop everything that I was doing, my job, my studies and my life; I felt like my life was over”
‘Mukbang,’ Sydney Film Festival & Diversity in the Arts
There’s a lot to unpack here. Most of this is frustrating, for both the matters on which this author agrees with the Sydney Film Festival’s champions and that on which I diverge
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
There’s bad, there’s good, and there’s Eurovision
“We’ve Seen A Real Appetite For Film” – Sydney Film Festival Online
“The response from our audience has been fantastic, we’ve seen a real appetite for film.”
Sea Fever
It’s the mark of a great thriller when it hits the most well-worn horror tropes and you barely notice, nor care at all
Resistance
Those famous aren’t always known for their greatest achievements
The Frog and the Furious
No frogs were harmed in the making of this film. Several cars didn’t fare so well
Film Festivals Bridging the Void
“My son turns around to me and says, take it online, go for it”
New Filmmaker Challenges: Festivals Launch Isolation Comps
“The world has never been through a pandemic like this in our lifetime; we want to see what that world looks like from each individual’s perspective”
‘We Are One’ Brings the Many – SFF’s Nashen Moodley on a World of Festivals Brought Together
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for our audience to engage with the culture of these Festivals”
Film Festival Frontiers
“This is our contribution to pushing back against COVID-19”
