Where we fight all things Sydney Film Festival 2020, ‘Kids Run,’ ‘Charter,’ ‘Sea Fever,’ Cinemas Re-Opening and the latest Oscars’ about-turn
Category: Festivals
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
Film Fight Club S4E21: Cornel Ozies on ‘Our Law,’ #SydFilmFest, Film & Festival Updates
Where we chat ‘Our Law’ with Director Cornel Ozies which has its World Premiere today as part of Sydney Film Festival 2020 + all things virtual Sydney Film Festival, ‘Resistance’ and Australian Film Festival, cinema & movie updates
Resistance
Those famous aren’t always known for their greatest achievements
Film Fight Club S4E20: #SYDFILMFEST Launch, Snyder Cut & The Lovebirds
Where we fight all things Sydney Film Festival Virtual Program Launch 2020, imagine what the Snyder Cut version of Film Fight Club would look like and fly off with Issa Rae & Kumail Nanjiani
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”
COVID-19 & Movie Chats on Another Bloody Movie Podcast
Talking all things COVID-19 and the impact on the Film Festival circuit and cinema in general (via Zoom) + Come to Daddy, Monos, Happy New Year Colin Burstead and It Must Be Heaven
Film Festival Frontiers
“This is our contribution to pushing back against COVID-19”
Film Fight Club S4E10: Film & Festivals Adapting + Bond, James Bond
Where we discuss a new coalface for film, filmmakers, festivals and upcoming live-streams as the sector reacts to COVID-19 and in lieu of No Time to Die all things 007
Festival Live-streams, Innovation, Supporting Cinemas and Each Other
A lot can happen in a week
Film Fight Club S4E9: COVID-19 Update, Film & Festival Implications + Best of 2019
Where we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on film, Festivals and creative industries and fight about our favourite flicks from 2019 which you can catch at home
COVID-19, Festivals, Film and where we’re at
It’s a concerning time for the Australian industry with a number of Film Festivals cancelling or postponing events
Film Fight Club S4E8: Queen & Slim, Honeyland, Honeyboy & Max von Sydow
Where we visit America, bee amongst it, see what Shia LaBeouf’s been up to, discuss the legacy of Max von Sydow, estimate the impact of COVID-19 on cinema and French Film Festival
Queen & Slim
You’re going to hear a lot about how Queen & Slim is a lot like other movies, except it’s not
French Film Festival Highlights
The only thing more satisfying than seeing France beat England in the Rugby is finding a bunch of people very happy it
Film Fight Club S4E7: In Fabric, Dark Waters, Sonic the Hedgehog & Hyperlinks
Where we address a dress, wade in with Mark Ruffalo, see if Sonic blue it, chat the Hyperlinks weekend that was and the impact of Coronavirus on the film and Festival circuit
Film Fight Club S4E6: Fantastic Film Festival, The Invisible Man & Guns Akimbo
Where we chat all things Fantastic Film Festival Australia with Festival Director Hudson Sowada, look through The Invisible Man (in cinemas tomorrow) and take a trip with Dan Radcliffe
The Invisible Man
First thing’s first; H.G. Wells this is not
‘Audacious and Experimental;’ Hyperlinks Festival expands Static Vision
“When we started Static Vision, our main goal was to bring out audacious and experimental films that were either too small, too challenging or off-the-radar of Sydney’s general Festival circuit”
Capturing “the Fantastic Cinema Spirit;’ Building Fantastic Film Festival Australia
“The thing that I found so exciting about programming the festival was that for a film to be a piece of fantastic cinema it doesn’t need to align with any conventional festival criteria”
