EUROPA EUROPA FILM FESTIVAL 2026 – interview with SPIRO ECONOMOPOULOSby GREG KINGThe Europa Europa film festival screens in Australian cinema from February to March. This year the festival is also screening in New Zealand for the first time, and artistic director Spiro Econompoulos is excited by the expansion of the festival. He joined Greg on Movie At Dusk on 3WBC 94.1FM to unpack this year’ program. The …
IMAGINE – INTERVIEW WITH TYSON YUNKAPORTA
IMAGINE – Interview with TYSON YUNKAPORTABy GREG KINGImagine is an animated film that follows a young girl named Kim on an adventure into a magical realm, accompanied by a dog named Jeff and the spirits of aboriginal elders. The film’s genesis lies in the COVID lockdowns. The film was codirected by Jack Manning Bancroft and Tyson Yunkaporta. Tyson spoke with Greg about the genesis of the film, its themes …
BUNNY – interview with writer/director JAMES BRANSON
BUNNY – interview with JAMES BRANSONby GREG KINGWritten and directed by James Branson, Bunny is set in a post-apocalyptic vision of Australia. The film centres around a young woman (played by Kate Wilson) who is roaming Australia following a post-climate change disaster. The only remaining source of reliable food is other people. The film was inspired by ‘70s and ‘80s Ozploitation and the tropes of modern …
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JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – INTERVIEW WITH FESTIVAL DIRECTOR EDDIE TAMIR
JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – interview with festival director EDDIE TAMIRby GREG KINGThe Jewish International Film Festival screens across Australia throughout October, November and December. The program includes several documentaries about seminal Jewish figures including comic Jerry Lewis, authors Elie Wiesel and Art Spiegelman, filmmaker Claude Lelouch, Franz Kafka and Sigmund Freud. It’s 80 …
KANGAROO – interview with KATE WOODS
KANGAROO – Interview with director KATE WOODSby GREG KINGKangaroo is loosely based on the story of former journalist Chris “Brolga” Barns, who founded a kangaroo sanctuary in Alice Springs in 2005. The film stars Ryan Corr, newcomer Lily Whiteley as Charley, Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair. Greg talks to Kate about the shooting of the film in the outback and what challenges that presented, working with …
WENT UP THE HILL – interview with SAMUEL VAN GINSVEN
WENT UP THE HILL – interview with SAMUEL VAN GRINSVENby GREG KINGWent Up The Hill is the sophomore feature film for Samuel Van Grinsven (the queer coming of age drama Sequin In A Blue Room), and is a psychological thriller about possession, grief, secrets and trauma. The film stars Vicky Krieps (The Phantom Thread, etc) and Dacre Montgomery (from tv series Stranger Things, etc). It is a New …
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