Why We Run – ‘3100’ director Sanjay Rawal discusses the making & meaning of his documentary
The documentary 3100: Run and Become was to have been released in cinemas on 30 March, but the shutdown caused by the Coronavirus
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Interviews
What Becomes of the Cancelled Comedian? – Case Study #1: Andrew McClelland
“Throughout winter I guess I’m gonna be on Centrelink and hustling wherever I can. Maybe I’ll go back to K-Mart. I was there
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What Becomes of the Cancelled Comedian? – Case Study #3: Chris Ryan
“Look, my dad’s favourite saying is: ‘Don’t waste a crisis’.”- Chris Ryan Just three years into her rising comedy career and with her
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What Becomes of the Cancelled Comedian? – Case Study #2: Yianni Agisilaou
“In an industry which almost exclusively relies on live performance, that income stream’s just completely gone.” – Yianni Agisilaou Seasoned local comedian Yianni
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Feeling ‘Undertow’ – writer/director Miranda Nation discusses the meaning and making of her debut feature
‘Undertow’ writer/director Miranda Nation. Undertow began life as a 2013 short film called Perception. Miranda Nation filmed it in 2017 and completed it
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Rough Seas for A Boy Called Sailboat – Interview with Cameron Nugent & Andrew Curry
Editor/writer/director Cameron Nugent (left) & producer Andrew Curry discuss the ups and downs of making their independent film ‘A Boy Called Sailboat’. A
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I Am No Bird – interview with director Em Baker
Beyond the vow: Melbourne director Em Baker explores marriage from several perspectives in her feature-length documentary ‘I Am No Bird’. Interview with Melbourne
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Exploring the Underside of Australian Masculinity – Interview with ‘Happy Sad Man’ director Genevieve Bailey
Mythbuster: Melbourne director Genevieve Bailey challenges stereotypes about Australian men in her new documentary ‘Happy Sad Man’. Based in Brunswick, Genevieve Bailey received
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Shaping a New Kind of Zombie Movie – Interview with ‘Little Monsters’ director Abe Forsythe
Worst of all fears: Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o gives her all playing kindergarten teacher Miss Audrey in the zombie horror-comedy ‘Little Monsters’. Little Monsters
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The Slave Trade – interview with Kate Skattang, supply chain expert
The world presently has about 40 million slaves, and that’s a conservative number. Kate Skattang has some other startling facts and figures about
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