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Melbourne International Film Festival Program Announced
0 Comments. 1,656 Views. Posted 10 Jul 2012 @ 6:54pm.
The Melbourne International Film Festival has just launched its 61st program, announcing P.J. Hogan’s Mental will close the festival on Saturday August 18.  Mental reunites writer-director P.J. Hogan with his original leading lady Toni Collette for the first time since Muriel's Wedding. Over 300 films make up the 61st Melbourne International Film Festival program, the largest and... Read More
The 12th Melbourne Underground Film Festival
0 Comments. 3,813 Views. Posted 10 Aug 2011 @ 8:27am.
Richard Wolstencroft, Director of The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF), last year famously stood in front of an overflowing theatre, screamed “fuck censorship” and illegally showed LA Zombie. When Australia’s acclaimed independent film, Somersault, swept up 13 ARIA Awards, Wolstencroft was there wearing a T-shirt that read “Somersault Sucks”. He spits venom upon the ruling elite... Read More
Zombie Porn? It's For The Kids
1 Comments. 2,857 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2011 @ 12:29pm.
Melbourne filmmaker Richard Wolstencroft was ordered to pay $750 to the Royal Children's Hospital in punishment for showing the refused classification cult flick, LA Zombie.   The Melbourne Underground Film Festival director screened the film last August after it was refused classification by Classification Australia, making the film illegal to... Read More
Mystery Muff
0 Comments. 1,397 Views. Posted 22 Feb 2011 @ 9:06am.
Director and film buff Richard Wolstencroft is an advocate of free speech. He's not likely to show Bruce LaBruce's LA Zombie again anytime soon, but the part-time activist is showing a documentary about the Canadian gay pornographer this weekend in hopes to educate and curb the cost of the hefty fine he acquired last year -- courtesy the Australian Film Classification Board.... Read More
The Election And MIFF
0 Comments. 1,576 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
It's hard to wade through all the party policy and whatnot sometimes, but this is just a little post about how the election will change things for the Melbourne International Film Festival, which is one of our greatest arts assets and probably the best film festival in the whole country.   Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings announced today that under a future Labor Government, MIFF... Read More
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