Showreel

Today we are catching up with Anna Bourozikas from the Setting Sun Film Festival.  We follow up with a chat with Bonny Scott, producer of the short doc Why did she have to tell the world? showing this Saturday March 13th and the following Friday at Nova as part of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and also on TV on Sunday March 14 on ABC's Compass programme.

Today on Showreel we are talking to filmmaker Nik Kacevski whose short film Soulmate has just had it's global premiere on Premium platform Film Shortage. Nik was great to talk to generous with his time talking about his filmmaking adventure.

ACMI - reopened last week after a massive rejiging that has taken several years and $40 million dollars. And since ACMI is billed as Your museum of screen culture I spoke to Kristy Matheson ACMI Director of Film at ACMI for some information about the upgrade.

Charby Ibrahim's short film Bright Lights - the Perils of the Pokies is now showing on the Guardian Documentary Online service check it out here. I had word with him about the film, the topic and getting to viewers throught the Guardian service.

Today two films: Unsound & A Small Punch in a Little Town. Film director Ian Watson talks to me first about a little gem of a film called Unsound which is coming to screens around now. It has a romance as it's central plot but there is much more to this film set in Sydney with a young musician drawn to a relationship with a deaf dj. The second film by Luke Robson called A Small Punch in a Little Town takes us into the belly of the beast that is a small town society.

Ocean to the Sky is a documentary of an expedition of Sir Edmund Hillary or Ed as they call him and friends going against the current of the Ganges in India to its beginnings in the mountains using power boats a new New Zealand invention at the time. This all took place in 1977.

This week we are featuring a chat with filmmaker Sally Ingleton who is just about to launch her documentary Wild Things. It is a bout front line defenders of the environment in Australia. It is opening on February 4th with some special events which Sally talks about at the end of our chat.

Occupation: Rainfall a sci fi melodrama with high octane effects and masterful laying of plot and character like seams of gold in the rock of CGI. It is a truly impressive film. In today's program we get to chat with director editor Luke Sparke a man on a mission. Here goes.

Today I have the absolute pleasure to talk with Amanda Brown about winning three gongs at the recent AACTA Awards for her music scores for three different pieces of work Baby Teeth, Brazen Hussies, and The Secrets She Keeps. Here we go.

Filmmakers are using their skills to raise awareness of vital battles for social and ecological justice. This year the Bob Brown Foundation has released a new film tracking the defence of the Tarkine in Tasmania which is experiencing a new Government auspiced attack on it's ancient forests.They used a Youtube launch recently to raise awareness and to increase membership for the defense called Forest Defenders. A feature lenght film that takes us to the Tarkine and suggests avenues for your support in the struggle. I spoke to Scott Jordan from the Bob Brown Foundation about the film and the struggle down in Tasmania for this massive and mind blowing stretch of prehistoric forests.