“I saw in the marketplace so many sci-fi films barely getting a release in Australia so I thought let’s switch it up.” New Festival Director and also FilmInk publisher Dov Kornits sat down to discuss […]
Category: Interviews
A NIGHT OF HORROR/FANTASTIC PLANET FESTIVAL DIRECTOR ON FINDING NEW CLASSICS
“One of my great joys is finding a film that is very new on the genre circuit or is only literally just starting the genre circuit and presenting it to an audience long ahead of […]
ANTENNA FESTIVAL DIRECTOR RICH WELCH ON THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCUMENTARIES
“For me a great film’s a great film whether its 2D or 3D or virtual reality, that doesn’t change, but the way filmmakers are telling the story does change.” Antenna Documentary Film Festival Director Rich […]
SYDNEY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR ON NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING FILMMAKERS
“When you come you will see films with all sorts of budgets, there are some films with about a half-a-million-dollar budget and there are some that are very independent that are made with nothing; its […]
‘SPIN OUT’ DIRECTOR TIM FERGUSON ON KEEPING IT SIMPLE
Doug Anthony All Stars veteran and now Director Tim Ferguson, fresh off the release of his first feature Spin Out explains the genesis of the new rural-set Aussie comedy, describing the rev-heavy production as a […]
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO MAKE A FILM – “VIXEN VELVET’S ZOMBIE MASSACRE”
“It was kind of this communal snowball in a weird way where I was pulling all these voices together.” Following the screening of Vixen Velvet’s Zombie Massacre at this year’s Sydney Underground Film Festival, Festival […]
DIRECTOR THORSTEN SCHUTTE ON NEW FRANK ZAPPA BIOPIC
“If you have a close look at all this material and really see him evolve over the years, a whole different Zappa emerges from the one the general public seems to know.” Filmmaker Thorsten Schutte […]
“THE WORLD’S WORST FILMMAKER” HAS SHUT DOWN A SCREENING AT A SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
Watching a movie about the “worst film ever made” sounds like a terrible idea… but is it so terrible that it’s actually good? Unfortunately, audiences at the Sydney Underground Film Festival won’t get the chance […]
DIRECTOR BEN FERRIS ON ’57 LAWSON’
“About three years ago now, I started to have this niggling feeling that these buildings wouldn’t be around forever.” Sydney Film School Artistic Director Ben Ferris sat down to chat about his new film 57 Lawson […]
DIRECTOR ANDRES WAISSBLUTH ON ‘ELEPHANT: THE HORSE’/’UN CABALLO LLAMADO ELEFANTE’
“I decided to make a film for children and I started thinking about my childhood, my images, my fantasies, how was my childhood different – that imagery, it’s the imagery of my generation.” Chilean filmmaker […]
DIRECTOR FRANCISCO VARONE TALKS ‘ROAD TO LA PAZ’/’CAMINO A LA PAZ’
“I love comedies, I love to be able to do really funny films, making the audiences laugh is something very interesting and very difficult, but at the same time I wanted to have a serious […]
SF3 CO-FOUNDER ANGELA BLAKE & 2016 WINNERS ON PROMOTING GRASSROOTS AUSSIE FILMMAKING
“After about a minute your brain kicks and you think, oh wow, and when you start to realise what’s happening it’s a beautiful thing and you’re so engaged.” With the second annual Sydney SmartFone Flick […]
SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR STEFAN POPESCU TALKS SUFF 2016
“It’s a little bit arty, a little bit weirdo, a little bit cult, a little bit horror.” Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF) Director Stefan Popescu and the team are gearing up for their 2016 outing […]
DIRECTOR DAVID FARRIER TALKS ‘TICKLED’
“It’s about a tickling competition but then it gets a lot darker and I don’t really want them to know anything more than that.” New Zealand journalist, TV personality, andTickled director/star David Farrier sat down to […]
KYLENE ANDERSON TALKS ‘DESTINATION ARNOLD’
“I started because I wanted to take it to the extreme and see how far I could go.” Competing in the Arnolds – an amateur bodybuilding competition recently held in Australia for the […]
DIRECTOR ROSEMARY MYERS AND PRODUCER JO DYER ON ‘GIRL ASLEEP’
Australian comedy ‘Girl Asleep’ has its Sydney premiere at the Sydney Film Festival today. It’s a small budget, locally produced film that has gone on to tour the world and screen at the Berlinale and […]
DIRECTOR PADDY BREATHNACH TALKS ‘VIVA’
Filmmaker Paddy Breathnach is in town for the Australian premiere of his new film ‘Viva.’ An Irish production set amidst the drag scene in Cuba, Paddy sat down to talk about ‘Viva’ which is one […]
FERDIA WALSH-PEELO AND MARK MCKENNA TALK ‘SING STREET’
Director John Carney’s new feature has its Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival this weekend. Chronicling a band of Irish teenagers with their own eclectic take on the greatest hits of the […]
DIRECTOR SEAN BYRNE TALKS “THE DEVIL’S CANDY”
Australian filmmaker Sean Byrne and Director of ‘The Loved Ones’ is back in town with his new heavy metal horror hit ‘The Devil’s Candy.’ Set in a haunted house in Texas, the film […]
RORY O’NEILL AKA PANTI BLISS AND DIRECTOR CONOR HORGAN TALK ‘THE QUEEN OF IRELAND’
Ireland’s most famous drag queen and gay rights activist Rory O’Neill aka Panti Bliss is the subject of Irish Director Conor Horgan’s documentary on last year’s marriage equality referendum in Ireland, Rory’s life […]
VANGELIS MOURIKIS TALKS ‘CHEVALIER’
Greek comedy ‘Chevalier’ has its Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival today. A story about a large and eclectic group of men who venture out into the Agean sea on a not […]
DIRECTOR LEE TAMAHORI AND CAST TEMUERA MORRISON AND AKUHATA KEEFE TALK MAHANA
New Zealand period piece and inter-generational epic Mahana premieres today at the Sydney Film Festival. Famed Director Lee Tamahori’s latest chronicles the brewing conflict between a family patriarch (Temuera Morrison), his grandson (Akuhata […]
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