Full audio at link – highlights below On Red Christmas “It is a horror film but some people at other festivals it has gotten into have started to describe it as a […]
Category: Interviews
SOUTH AFRICAN FILMMAKER CHARLIE VUNDLA ON THE SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE OF ‘CUCKOLD’
See above for audio, excerpts below On the film “The film is about a young college Professor whose wife leaves him and he falls into a pit of alcoholism, drug addiction and […]
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR NASHEN MOODLEY ON WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR
See above for full audio, excerpts below On the Festival theme: ‘Change Your View, Change Your World’ “It’s looking at the ability of cinema to alter your perspective. In some ways this can […]
SYDNEY’S SECOND ANNUAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS WITH ‘LOST IN THE LIVING’
Sydney’s second annual Irish Film Festival concluded at The Chauvel Cinema in Sydney’s Paddington following four days of screenings, closing with the Australian premiere of Lost In The Living, which chronicles an Irish musician’s (Tadgh […]
SECOND ANNUAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS WITH LOST IN THE LIVING
Sydney’s Irish Film Festival enjoyed another big year in 2016, and was capped off with a screening of Robert Manson’s vivid musical adventure, Lost In The Living. Sydney’s second annual Irish Film Festival concluded on […]
THE FILMS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: RICHARD TOGNETTI
On the eve of his Cinemusica tour (which will bring cinema’s most indelible music scores onto the concert stage), Australian Chamber Orchestra director, Richard Tognetti, picks the films (and the film scores) that have changed […]
SARAH BISHOP UNTANGLES A MYSTERY WITH CRUSHED
“I think there’s a definite international appeal to the outback and to areas that people don’t normally see in their own countries or on their own screens. You have this incredible history of films that […]
MEET THE TROPFEST 2016 WINNER
Spencer Susser has taken out the top prize at the Tropfest short film festival in Sydney for his stop-motion comedy Shiny alongside filmmaking partner Daniel Cloud-Campos. He sat down to share his thoughts on the importance […]
Are we capable of making Hollywood blockbusters?
The Matrix. The Great Gatsby. Mad Max: Fury Road. The Lego Movie. All were box office hits filmed right here in Australia; and with the news that several new major productions will be coming Down […]
CULTURE CAPITAL
Mark Reeder explains how he became the accidental protagonist in the doco ‘B-Movie: Lust & Sound In West Berlin’, which dives head first into the heady post-punk scene of the ’80s, and is screening at […]
Joburg Youth Story Unravels At Sydney Film Festival
Visiting South African filmmaker, Sibs Shongwe-La Mer discusses the inspiration behind his confronting debut film, Necktie Youth. “I hate Joburg (Johannesburg), it was more an ode to my friends, to where I was from, nothing […]
99 Homes + interview with Director Ramin Bahrani
Director Ramin Bahrani sat down with ScreenHub to discuss his new film 99 Homes, one of the most promising entries currently screening at the Sydney Film Festival. Set in Florida amidst the US mortgage crisis, in preparing […]
The Daughter Wows at Sydney Film Festival
Enfant terrible theatre director turned filmmaker, Simon Stone, makes a splash with his first film, The Daughter, which is vying for the lucrative Sydney Film Prize. “A group of actors made this more human than […]
Mel Gibson’s Film Loses Andrew Lesnie as DOP
The recently deceased Australian cinematographer had reportedly been set to lens Mel Gibson’s latest directorial effort, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, which is headed down under. Mel Gibson will be returning to Australia this year to shoot Hacksaw […]
Festival Report: Irish Film Festival, Sydney
The inaugural Irish Film Festival took place in Sydney 26 – 29 March 2015 with several Australian premieres. Glen Falkenstein sat down with the festival’s director, Dr Enda Murray, on the closing night to go […]
Irish Film Festival Wraps In Sydney!
The inaugural Irish Film Festival hit Sydney on the weekend with several Australian premieres. The Irish Film Festival’s director, Dr Enda Murray, worked in conjunction with the local Irish community to export some home-grown cinema […]
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