Tag: "Feature film"

St Kilda Film Festival
0 Comments. 788 Views. Posted 7 May 2012 @ 12:40pm.
Every year it comes around, and every year we love it more and more. Now in its 29th year, there seems to be no slowing down for the mature (yet still young at heart) St Kilda Film Festival.  Think about it – six days of must-see short films and industry events. Can’t get much sweeter than that, right?   Renowned as the premiere short film festival in Australia, SKFF screens Australia’... Read More
Dom Romeo - Stand-Up Sit-Down: Comics in Conversation
0 Comments. 1,005 Views. Posted 20 Apr 2012 @ 12:27pm.
Australia’s leading comedy ‘nerd’ Dom Romeo brings a refreshing addition to this year’s MICF with this interview-based show which features a different guest each night. Romeo interviews extremely well, ensuring the limelight is always casted on his guest.   Tim Ferguson was the comic of honour on this particular evening, discussing the impact that Multiple Sclerosis has had on his life, and... Read More
Castaway with Warwick Thornton
0 Comments. 832 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2012 @ 3:35pm.
This April, writer, director, cinematographer and artist, Warwick Thornton, will join the team at ACMI as he reveals his top five films of all time in ACMI’s popular Desert Island Flicks program.  Having developed an extensive body of work as a cinematographer and short film director, with titles such as Green Bush and Nana, Thornton made a splash with his debut feature, Samson &... Read More
Due Paesi, Due Cuori
0 Comments. 1,606 Views. Posted 16 Feb 2012 @ 9:02am.
  Due Paesi, Due Cuori began as one of those rare true tales told to the director that so captivated him, he had to share. Translating to ‘two countries, two hearts’, Rob Lo Bosco offers the story fully formed, but in actuality it was revealed to him in snippets. The genesis of the story is almost as unique as the production itself. Lo Bosco, a practitioner of Chinese medicine, was regaled... Read More
The Shadow Electric Open Air Cinema
0 Comments. 2,409 Views. Posted 10 Jan 2012 @ 12:42pm.
When the sun goes down and the screens light up, Melburnians know that summer has truly arrived. The outdoor cinema has become a staple in our sunny season's cultural calendar, with each up-and-coming contender boasting a setting more spectacular than the last. This year's new kid on the block, the Shadow Electric, is no exception. Held in the courtyard of the historic Abbotsford Convent, the... Read More
Made In Melbourne Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,146 Views. Posted 2 Dec 2011 @ 8:11am.
This coming December the Astor Theatre will showcase the Made in Melbourne Film Festival. The festival exclusive to Melbourne filmmakers is now in its third year and will run for three nights in December. The range of entertainment on offer includes winning short films, premiers, music clips and feature films. Highlights for the event include best short film from the Cannes and Sundance... Read More
Toomelah
0 Comments. 1,214 Views. Posted 22 Nov 2011 @ 10:33am.
Ivan Sen is arguably our most important indigenous filmmaker, whose short documentaries and feature films have explored the issues surrounding aboriginal people, the conflicts of the past, and the crisis facing many of the communities today. His debut feature film, Beneath Clouds, is his most personal, as it related to his own experience of growing up with an aboriginal mum and an absent... Read More
The Guatemalan Handshake
0 Comments. 816 Views. Posted 23 Nov 2011 @ 7:37am.
Summer is on its way, people, and so too is the glory that is outdoor cinema screening. Think ciders, a comfy chair, a good film and being eaten alive by the mosquitoes that just love our blood. How tasty!  Being one of the first of several pop-up cinema events hosted by Melbourne-based filn criticism website, Screen Machine, St Heliers Street at the Abbotsford Convent is proud to present... Read More
Stop Violence Against Women Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,239 Views. Posted 17 Nov 2011 @ 8:21am.
A film festival with a difference? The Stop Violence Against Women Film Festival is a two-day festival showcasing dramas and documentaries as means of exploring current human right issues faced by women. The projection of women rights by Amnesty International's Victoria Women's team at Melbourne's Cinema Nova in November will bring stories from all around the world in order to evoke action and... Read More
New Egyptian Cinema At ACMI
0 Comments. 892 Views. Posted 17 Nov 2011 @ 8:22am.
Two cultures will collide on screen at ACMI in December as the national hub screens Winds of Spring: New Egyptian Cinema and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards Winners Circle. Winds of Spring: New Egyptian Cinema screening from Wednesday December 8- Saturday 18 this year presents a vibrant piece highlighting the revolutionary events of Tahrir Square. Representing new Egyptian Cinema is celebrated... Read More
Japanese Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,439 Views. Posted 25 Oct 2011 @ 2:13pm.
It’s not long to go now until the 15th annual Japanese Film Festival hits Melbourne... and they’re bringing the goods, with their biggest line-up to date. The festival will feature 35 films – all of which are Australian premieres. Opening the 2011 festival is Koki Mitani’s comedy, A Ghost of a Chance. But comedy is only one of the many genres that we can expect from the event! With almost... Read More
Cosmo Jarvis
0 Comments. 1,591 Views. Posted 5 Oct 2011 @ 9:22am.
Gay pirates are not your average pop song topic, but then nothing is average about Cosmo Jarvis. The New Jersey born cum Englishman is a prolific songwriter and filmmaker, in Melbourne for the very first time to release his second album in the past two years. His unique alternative pop songs have commanded a diverse audience, and they are always complemented in cyberspace by his theatrical video... Read More
Abduction
0 Comments. 1,009 Views. Posted 30 Sep 2011 @ 5:42pm.
Abduction is a big budget attempt to present hunky Twilight star Taylor Lautner as an action hero, a sort of high school Jason Bourne. While his legion of fans will probably lap it up, the rest of us remain unconvinced. Lautner and his father Dan have produced the film through his Tailor Made Production company, but the film seems to have been rushed into production with a half finished script.... Read More
AFI AACTA Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,580 Views. Posted 23 Sep 2011 @ 10:28am.
There's nothing that us Melburnians love more than a good festival! Some of Australia's best films are getting set to screen in a new festival designed to showcase and critique the past year's cinematic success stories.   The festival will showcase 21 feature films, as well as the 12 non-feature nominees for Best Short Fiction Film, Best Short Animation and Best Feature Documentary in... Read More
2011 Israeli Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,795 Views. Posted 24 Aug 2011 @ 11:43am.
Now in its 8th year, the AICE Israeli Film Festival is heading to our shores to bring us the stories and vision of Israeli filmmakers. It will give the audience a chance to be thrilled, moved and excited by their story-telling. Including feature films, documentaries, tributes and shorts programs, the festival is sure to indulge in everyones senses!   And like any good event, there'll be... Read More
Bayside Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,543 Views. Posted 17 Aug 2011 @ 9:41am.
Amadeo Marquez-Perez is a very busy man. When he's not producing extraordinarily powerful films such as The Songs They Sang , he's selecting films as the artistic director of the Bayside Film Festival. "My role, is pretty much to watch as many movies as I can, and put my favourites into the program," Amadeo explains. He also admits, unable to hide his excitement for the festival, "It's... Read More
Sleeping Beauty
0 Comments. 2,175 Views. Posted 7 Jul 2011 @ 3:41pm.
 “I love films that I’m mesmerised by, that I can’t take my eyes off,” says Julia Leigh, Australian novelist turned filmmaker. “Personally I don’t like seeing a film on Thursday night and then forgetting it by Friday morning. My hope is that Sleeping Beauty is a memorable film.”   Her debut film, the erotic psychological drama Sleeping Beauty, is certainly a memorable film. It is a... Read More
Meth To Madness
0 Comments. 3,473 Views. Posted 21 Jun 2011 @ 10:20am.
Chris Mitchell’s latest gory short film,'Meth To Madness' , is a fast-paced rollercoaster ride through the dark world of naivety, methamphetamines and zombie horror. Screening at Bloodfest, the film tells the tale of drug addiction portrayed by an impressionable young woman who finds herself in a crack den of moral abandonment and slaughter. This is Chris’ second short film project for his newly-... Read More
Make A Film, Make A Difference: Chris Busuttil
0 Comments. 2,643 Views. Posted 14 Jun 2011 @ 2:08pm.
If you’re an aspiring young filmmaker aged 25 and under and you haven’t heard about MAFMAD then you’re missing out on a $25,000 opportunity and a chance to see your name on the silver screen. The Make A Film, Make A Difference project seeks young filmmakers with smart ideas for a two-minute film addressing the grim statistics of fatalities on Victorian roads. Since winning the comp in 2010, Chris... Read More
Here I Am
0 Comments. 1,276 Views. Posted 30 May 2011 @ 12:38pm.
Here I Am , which launched the Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival, is a counterpoint to the recent Mad Bastards. Mad Bastards was set in the Kimberleys and dealt more with issues facing indigenous males, and Here I Am is a contemporary drama set in Adelaide and looking at the plight often facing indigenous females trying to survive in a hostile and often unforgiving environment.  ... Read More
The Jazz On Film Festival
0 Comments. 2,140 Views. Posted 25 May 2011 @ 4:44pm.
2011 marks the third year that ACMI has presented the Jazz On Film Festival in collaboration with the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. "Each year we try to theme it a little, and try to integrate it into the program that they have coming out," explains ACMI film programmer Spiro Economopoulos. This year the emphasis is on the way in which jazz and film work together in unconventional filmic... Read More
Here I Am
0 Comments. 1,498 Views. Posted 16 Jun 2011 @ 12:23pm.
Here I Am, which launched the Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival, is a counterpoint to the recent Mad Bastards. Whereas that film was set in the Kimberleys and dealt more with issues facing indigenous males, Here I Am is a contemporary drama set in Adelaide and looking at the plight often facing indigenous females trying to survive in a hostile and often unforgiving environment. Karen (Shai... Read More
Snowtown
0 Comments. 3,154 Views. Posted 19 May 2011 @ 4:28pm.
“This was definitely the scariest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” remarks director Justin Kurzel about his experiences of working on his debut feature film Snowtown. “Every day was an adventure.” Snowtown is a new film that explores the notorious "bodies in the barrels" murders that occurred in a small South Australian town during the '90s and it is sure to be a controversial and challenging... Read More
St Kilda Film Festival : Matt Day
0 Comments. 3,413 Views. Posted 19 May 2011 @ 4:16pm.
Writer and director of the thought-provoking short BEAT which features in this year’s St Kilda Film Festival, Matt Day's acting career has taken him from A Country Practice to Paper Giants. Ever wondered what would happen if he was in the driver's seat as writer/director? Find out at this year's St Kilda Film Festival. St Kilda Film Festival returns May 24-29 with a huge lineup including the... Read More
A Red Hot Short Royksopp Special
0 Comments. 3,101 Views. Posted 13 Apr 2011 @ 1:57pm.
Red Hot Shorts is back for the year and they're starting off with a bang. Well more a sort of thump. You know that techno sound. Anyway, Red Hot Shorts (RHS) is partnering with Genero.tv to put on a Royksopp special.   The special will be showing off some of the finalists and the winning video of the genero.tv music video competition. As well as the finalists videos for tracks from the... Read More
The Docs That Rocked The World
0 Comments. 2,364 Views. Posted 13 Apr 2011 @ 1:14pm.
Blow Up Cinema is bringing Melbournian's a month of the world's best music documentaries with their screening of The Docs That Rocked The World. The Docs That Rocked The World will be a month long event featuring documentaries on DIG!, Gimme Shelter, Soundtrack for a Revolution and Joy Division.The films will feature the stories of The Rolling Stones and The Dandy Warhols as well as... Read More
Force Of Nature : The Dr David Suzuki Movie
0 Comments. 2,380 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2011 @ 12:37pm.
Scientist, broadcaster and environmentalist Dr David Suzuki began his career on television in 1962 with the intent of sharing scientific knowledge so that we could make informed choices. 49 years later, some of us have accepted that climate change is caused by humans. And some haven't.   Now almost 75 years old, Suzuki holds a BA in Biology and a PhD in Zoology together with 24... Read More
MIFF Short Film Competition
0 Comments. 1,953 Views. Posted 28 Jan 2011 @ 3:43pm.
Have a story to tell?   The Melbourne International Film Festival is turning 60 this year, and to celebrate this milestone the festival is offering all filmmaking enthusiasts the chance to be directly involved with the event.   Whether you are professional, amateur, semi-professional, or other, you are invited to submit a short film, which will go into the running to be screened at... Read More
Four Lions
0 Comments. 2,011 Views. Posted 21 Jan 2011 @ 1:14pm.
British satirist Chris Morris has built his career on controversial comedy. In TV series The Day Today and Brass Eye, paedophilia and substance abuse become routine fodder for farce. Turning his hand to feature film in Four Lions, Morris’ takes on terrorism with a characteristic disregard for the politically correct. Unfortunately, the film fails to achieve one oh-so crucial element... Read More
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