Blue Heeler Film Festival Runs With The Times
"The theme of the Pandemic was chosen due to the times we are living in"
Festevez / / Adelaide Film Festival Youth, Antenna International Documentary Film Festival, Australia's Silent Film Festival, Capricorn Film Festival, Cinema Reborn, Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, Made in the West Film Festival, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, News, St Kilda Film Festival, Static Vision, Sydney Film Festival, Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Taiwan Film Festival, West End Film Festival
Film Festival Contradictions & COVID-Responses
There's a strange contradiction to Film Festivals endemic to their very existence
Festevez / / Armenian Film Festival, Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival, Fantastic Film Festival Australia, Filmonik Melbourne, Geelong Biennale, Interviews, Jewish International Film Festival, Kino Sydney, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, News, Scandinavian Film Festival, SciFi Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Static Vision, Sydney Film Festival, Taiwan Film Festival, Travelling Film Festival
Film Festivals, Moving Online & What’s Next
It’s frustrating although not entirely unexpected to have to move our event around
South African Film Festival opens online this week with vibrant film, doco program
We’re not getting to South Africa anytime soon, so the South African Film Festival brought it here
Inaugural Australian Womens Film Festival & “Fighting for Other Stories to be Told”
“The very first year for the second time”
The Godmother
The particular focus of The Godmother is a refreshing one
The Sign Painter
Set in Latvia on the eve of the Second World War and amidst the then Latvian dictatorship, a local, Christian sign painter finds himself in love with a Jewish girl
Irish Film Festival Navigates 2020
“Necessity is the mother of invention"
Festevez / / British Film Festival, Geelong Pride Film Festival, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival, Reviews
Summerland
Set on an English shore less than typically idyllic against the impending Nazi blitz, a child is evacuated from London and lodged with Alice
SF3 in 2020
“A lot of Festivals cancelled because of COVID so it’s a real testament that you went ahead this year”
Making “The World’s Best Film”
“The World’s Best Film” doesn’t need to be the world’s best film, nor is the title as audacious as it sounds
‘Mukbang,’ Sydney Film Festival and Diversity in the Arts
There’s a lot to unpack here
“We’ve Seen A Real Appetite For Film” – Sydney Film Festival Online
“The response from our audience has been fantastic"
Sea Fever
It’s the mark of a great thriller when it hits the most well-worn horror tropes and you barely notice
Resistance
Those famous aren’t always known for their greatest achievements
Festevez / / Film Club, Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, Interviews, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Monster Fest, News, Setting Sun Film Festival, SF3, South African Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Static Vision, Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival
Film Festivals Bridging the Void
"My son turns around to me and says, take it online, go for it"
New Filmmaker Challenges: Festivals Launch Isolation Comps
"We want to see what that world looks like from each individual’s perspective"
‘We Are One’ Brings the Many – SFF’s Nashen Moodley on a World of Festivals Brought Together
"It's a wonderful opportunity for our audience to engage with the culture of these Festivals"
Festevez / / A Night of Horror International Film Festival, Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival, Filmonik Melbourne, Gold Coast Film Festival, Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour, Interviews, Kino Sydney, Lorne Film, Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Monster Fest, News, Ocean Film Festival Australia, Revelation Film Festival, Scinema International Science Film Festival, South African Film Festival, Static Vision, Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival, Top Dog Film Festival
Film Festival Frontiers
"This is our contribution to pushing back against COVID-19"
Festevez / / Filmonik Melbourne, Interviews, Irish Film Festival Australia, Japanese Film Festival - Australia, Jewish International Film Festival, Kino Sydney, Monster Fest, News, Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival, Revelation Film Festival, Setting Sun Film Festival, Static Vision
Festival Live-streams, Innovation, Supporting Cinemas and Each Other
A lot can happen in a week
Festevez / / AACTA, Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, Bendigo Queer Film Festival, Byron Bay Film Festival, Caloundra Film Festival, Cinema Reborn, Geelong Pride Film Festival, Irish Film Festival Australia, Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Moonlight Cinema, News, Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival, Revelation Film Festival, Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Spanish Film Festival in Australia, Static Vision, Sunset Cinema North Sydney, Sydney Film Festival, Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival, Travelling Film Festival
COVID-19, Festivals, Film and where we’re at
It's a concerning time for the Australian industry with a number of Film Festivals cancelling or postponing events
Queen & Slim
You’re going to hear a lot about how Queen & Slim is a lot like other movies, except it’s not.
French Film Festival 2020 Set to Launch
The 31st Alliance Francaise French Film Festival is almost here and like the cheese and wine in tow the movies are reliably promising; here’s a few picks to see us through March
‘Challenging and Off The Radar;’ Static Vision Launches Hyperlinks
“When we started Static Vision, our main goal was to bring out audacious and experimental films that were either too small, too challenging or off-the-radar of Sydney's general Festival circuit”
“An attitude, an ambition;” Fantastic Film Festival lands in Sydney and Melbourne
“The thing that I found so exciting about programming the festival was that for a film to be a piece of fantastic cinema it doesn’t need to align with any conventional festival criteria”
A Hidden Life
There’s something really important (mostly) missing from A Hidden Life; peculiar for a film with so much
Flickerfest Launches Into 2020
Now entering year 29, Flickerfest has launched into action at its local home and mainstay the Bondi Pavilion
Festevez / / Canberra Openair Cinema, Jewish International Film Festival, Moonlight Cinema, Mov' in bed, Reviews, Screenwave International Film Festival, Sunset Cinema North Sydney, Sunset Cinema Wollongong, Sydney Openair Cinemas, Westpac Openair Cinema
Jojo Rabbit
The problem with ‘Jojo Rabbit’ isn’t that it’s offensive. It isn’t offensive, it’s just that it’s not especially good