Showreel

We talk with film director Rob Connolly about his adaption of the Tim Winton novel Blueback coming out in cimemas on New Year's Day.

First program of our Summer Season we speak to young director Rhiannon Bannenberg about her Christmas themed film focused on the American market Mistletoe Ranch.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Z4eVaZFAQ

Filmmaker John Soto talks to us about his filmmaking career and his new action thriller Avarice.

Following a successful festival run, Slovenian-Australian writer and director Sara Kern’s feature debut Moja Vesna has been released in Australian cinemas December 8. Sara came to talk to us about her film which explores family grief from the eyes of 10 year old Moya.

We speak with Sonja Hammer here about EFFA: Sovereign Cinema screening at ACMI Saturday Nov 10 starting with Shorts 1 at 3pm, Shorts 2 5.10pm and Feature 7.20pm. The program pays tribute and respect to First Nation's experience with land, water, sky and seas.We chat with Kaede Miyamura here VCA Film and Television graduate about her film Kotoba which is available on MIFF Play from 5-18 December.

Rob Murphy takes us on an informative and enjoyable ride down the past of film stock, film projection and film art in his film Splice Here: A Projection Odyssey showing in cinemas in major cities and regional centres now.

First up here we talk with Darren L. Downs and Will Weatheritt, about their webseries Flats. FLATS is a 6-part comedy series launched  Thursday  10th November on ‘Slap Bang’ YouTube Channel.  It stars real residents of inner-city Melbourne’s community housing in their first acting roles. FLATS is written and directed by the team of Darren L. Downs and Will Weatheritt, who also stars in the series as ‘Joey’. Will has been a part of this community for years, working in their local supermarket and living close by.  Second we talk with Australian composer Ashley Davies here about his upcoming film screening and exhibition at Sun Cinema of Gold. GOLD is a unique, animated musical creation inspired by a series of 10 watercolour paintings left in a will from a family’s favourite Uncle. These paintings are based on the story of Lasseter's Reef which became Australian folklore during the Great Depression. Harold Lasseter was on a journey to find a 15km gold reef in the most remote part of Central Aus. He encountered many obstacles on his journey, was eventually labelled a liar and was ultimately left in the desert to fend for himself, where he eventually died. However, Uncle Len’s paintings present a contrary perspective of the story. The watercolours highlight the beauty in Lasseter’s journey and even portray his death as radiant.

We talk to filmmaker and journalist Karl Malakunus about his environmental thriller Delilado. This Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominated film takes us to the island Palawan in the Philipines where big business and corrupt government is pushing the environment to the brink while local environmental defenders fight back for the land and their future generations.

We are speaking to Filmmaker Saidin Salkic and John Flaus about Saidin's recent films and the upcoming Saidin Salkic Film Festival showing at 2-5pm on Nov 19 at the Library at the Dock 107 Victoria Promenade Docklands. Films showing will be Boy Among the Ruins and Frightened.

We talk to Tully Arnot about his new Virtual Reality piece Epiphytes which explores how plants feel. It is the final VR commission in the $80,000 Mordant Family VR Commission series. It is accessible at ACMI in Gallery 3 from Nov 4-27 for free but booking recommended.