Showreel

Grant Dodwell talks about how his company has been able to launch ANT Live - Australian National Theatre to our cinema screens. The first in a series of productions David Williamson's Emerald City is our now.

In what could be the next Castle, Damien Hill's film Pawno set in Footscray is a darling of a film. It is about to be released by Village and you would be silly not to put it in your calendar to see. We are lucky this episode of Showreel to chat with Damien Hill hot from his Q & A with Margeret & David in Sydney.

Wide Open Sky is the amazing tale of a choir master who travels 4,000 kilometres a year to bring together kids from remote NSW communities to sing in a life changing performance. We talk to director Lisa Nichols about this amazing Australian documentary winner of the Audience Prize for best documentary in last years Sydney Film Festival.

Jessica Pearce from Running Panda Films from Melbourne tells us about their 5 part webseries Waiting on Sound that has just been selected for the Toronto WebFest later in  2016.

Q & A at Nova with director/ writer of Sherpa Jennifer Peedom.

Crushed the feature debut from writer/ director Megan Riakos. This murder/ mystery/ thriller was filmed in Mudgee. Opened recently in Sydney with screenings around Australia. Check out FanForce for screening details.

The Will to Fly  the story of Lydia Lassila, Australian gold medallist in aerial skiing. We speak to directors Katie Bender and Leo Baker.

The Australian film that captures the consequences of ice in country communities Watch the Sunset is almost finished. Co-director Michael Gosden talks about the lead up and shoot in Kerang and US interest in the production. To help out with the final touches you can contribute to their $10,000 crowdfunding request at https://australianculturalfund.org.au/

A little diversion from the Australian film industry to a chat with US director Catherine Hardwicke who directed Toni Collette in Miss you Already which has just come out on Blu-ray.

Sue Brooks writer/ director of Looking For Grace gives us an incite into the making of the film which is showing at selected Australian cinemas.