Striving for social impact through drama – Flavio Alves on the battles behind ‘The Garden Left Behind’
Director Flavio Alves: “I became a filmmaker because I was attracted to the dream that I could make a difference in people’s lives.”
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Interviews
Wrestling with life’s big questions on a small scale in ‘The Bestowal’ – interview with writer/director Andrew de Burgh
“L.A. is definitely a superficial city. There’s a lot of nice, down-to-earth, genuine people but there’s also a dark, materialistic, shallow, vain side
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Aiming high while flying low: the exquisite stresses of making ‘Batsh*t Bride’ – an interview with director Jonathan Smith
Flying low: Independent filmmaker Jonathan Smith. Batsh*t Bride is the third feature film from independent filmmaker Jonathan Smith, following his broad comedy Breast
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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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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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Midsumma Festival 2020 – meet the two most interesting people there
T-shirt tale: this timely reminder of the 1969 culture-changing Stonewall riots in New York was a highlight at Midsumma Festival 2020.
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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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