“We distinctly set it in Perth, we set it in Australia, it is now an Australian story, we took the very broad concept that was the novel and did quite a lot of […]
Category: Interviews
AMANDA STHERS ON THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ‘MADAME’
“I think we all feel at a certain point that we are not welcome in a place or that we don’t fit in. We have all been the maid at a dinner party […]
DIRECTOR HO YUHANG TALKS ‘MRS K’
‘”It took a while to make, I wanted to work with the lead actress Kara Hui after I made At The End of Daybreak in 2009…. The film is tailor-made for her… she’s […]
SPOOKERS DIRECTOR FLORIAN HABICHT ON THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE’S SCARIEST THEME PARK
“The people that work there, they come up with their own make-up, their own designs, their own creatures, they take real artistic ownership of it, apart from being really scary, you get chased […]
ALICE FOULCHER & GREGORY ERDSTEIN TALK “THAT’S NOT ME”
“To be premiering here at the Sydney Film Festival is really quite surreal… from where we started making this small film with our friends, it’s amazing.” “It’s really heartening for us that we […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 6: SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR NASHEN MOODLEY & WONDER WOMAN REVIEW
Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley joins us in the studio to talk this year’s premieres and line-up, and we review DC’s Wonder Woman, in cinemas now – catch the Sydney Film Festival […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 2: SF3 SMARTFONE FLICK FEST, JONATHAN DEMME, STAR WARS SPIN-OFFS & COLOSSAL
For Film Fight Club Round #2 we talk to SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest co-Director Angela Blake, all things Jonathan Demme, Star Wars spin-offs and Colossal – in cinemas now. Tune in to 2SER 107.3 on […]
JURASSIC PARK MEETS ET: DIRECTOR MATT DRUMMOND TALKS ‘MY PET DINOSAUR’
“It’s been likened to some of those films from the ’80s in terms of its look and appearance. That’s something that I set out to do in the sense of trying to capture some of […]
TWICE SHY CLOSES SYDNEY LEG OF IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, LOOKS NATIONAL
The Festival closed in Sydney with the announcement of the Breakthrough Award and now heads to Melbourne and Perth. “It’s important for Australians to know and to see stories coming out of Ireland but it’s […]
YOUNG AT HEART FILM FESTIVAL TO TOUR NATIONALLY
“What we tried to do is find films that are ideally suited to the seniors audience, films that are entertaining, where you can learn something, where you can reminisce and where you can embrace yourself […]
“THIS FILM HAS CHANGED LIVES ALREADY” – SANCTUARY SCREENS AT IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
“To actually have a film that manages to change the law, change people’s lives, there’s nothing better than that.” Director Len Collin flew out from Ireland to attend a special screening of his film Sanctuary, […]
IRISH FILM FESTIVAL SET FOR ITS BIGGEST YEAR YET
“People are looking for a window on contemporary Ireland and that’s our goal. All of these films, 8 features, they’ve all been made in the last 12 months, so that’s certainly what they’re going to […]
SHORT+SWEET FILM FESTIVAL GALA FINAL
The inaugural Short + Sweet Film Festival Gala screened at Dendy Cinemas Newtown on Sunday night, will all but two of the Festival’s twelve finalists hailing from independent Australian filmmakers. “The 12 short films we […]
DIRECTOR SEVE SCHELENZ ON A NIGHT OF HORROR/FANTASTIC PLANET OPENER ‘PEELERS’
“I’m pretty excited, it’s the Australian premiere – its pretty wicked.” Canadian Director Seve Schelenz is in town for the Australian premiere of his new Festival hit Peelers, which on Thursday opened this year’s A […]
GERMAN FILM FEST TO TOUR AUSTRALIA
“I think it will be a great year because we have a lot of different things, we will have a very strong focus on female filmmakers which is great because there are a lot of […]
INAUGURAL WINDA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENS IN SYDNEY
The inaugural Winda Film Festival, described as a ‘cinematic dreamtime from around the world… (giving) voice to a diverse global Indigenous film community” will open tonight in Sydney. Screening a series of features, documentaries and […]
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR – TASMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR OWEN TILBURY ON WHAT MAKES BOFA SPECIAL
“It’s exciting being part of something that big that’s at the same time so immersive… Our mainland guests in particular and for that matter people outside Launceston love the fact that they come here, turn […]
REACHING NEW AUDIENCES AT THE 20TH CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
“99% of the films you’ll see in the Festival, you won’t have access to them at the cinema usually. They’re non-commercial films and they tell stories from people who we might not hear from otherwise.” […]
‘BEING BRUNO BANANI’ STAR ON BEING THE FIRST TONGAN IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS
“That was the best thing of the whole trying to get to the Olympics, to walk into the Opening Ceremony carrying the Tongan flag, that was the best thing ever, I was so happy and […]
BLOCKBUSTER LINE-UP FOR BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL’S FOURTH YEAR
“Our Festival is perfectly positioned soon after the Toronto and London film festivals so we’re able to really get the latest in British films and the best that are available.” British Film Festival Curator Kim Petalas […]
PASIFIKA FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR NIGEL VAGANA ON FINDING NEW WAYS TO TELL STORIES
“It’s actually the only one of its kind in the country and we searched around the world and its actually the only one of its kind.” Pasifika Film Festival Director and Rugby League legend Nigel […]
JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 20TH YEAR
‘’The Festival offers all the latest films out of Japan, films that aren’t more than 18 months old, films that will have their release in Japan right before the Festival starts; in terms of being […]
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