by GREG KING The Life I’ve Seen is a short film that is a reflection of Shirley Affleck’s life growing up in the Western Australian wheatbelt in the 1940s and 50s. The 92-year old grandmother’s life is created through found reels of 8mm film reels. The 5-minute film was directed by Sydney based filmmaker Dean… Continue Reading »
25 TRACKS – interview with Fiona Cochrane
by GREG KING 25 Tracks is a documentary looking at Cath Sheahan and Nick Larkins, two indie singer songwriters from Melbourne who planned to record and release a new song, every two weeks of the year. They invited local filmmaker Fiona Cochrane to record their project, and the result is this 52-minute documentary. Greg spoke… Continue Reading »
$50,000 Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship winners – interviews
by GREG KING The Sydney Film Festival has announced the four filmmakers who have recently been awarded the Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship. The four filmmakers will each receive a $50,000 grant to go towards making their own short film which will premiere at the 2018 Sydney Film Festival. Three of the winners are from… Continue Reading »
LIGHTS OUT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David F Sandberg Stars: Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, Billy Burke, Alicia Vela-Bailey, Andi Osho, Maria Russell. The best horror films have featured nasty boogeymen that haunt our dreams. In the 80s we had the likes of Michael Myers, Freddie Krueger and Jason Vorhees. More recently we’ve… Continue Reading »
THE PHOENIX – Nora Niasari interview
by GREG KING The Phoenix (Simorgh) is a short film from filmmaker Nora Niasari, who was born in Iran but moved to Australia. The Phoenix, which screened at MIFF in 2015, screens with Mustang at the Nova cinema during Refugee Week. Greg spoke to director Nora Niasari to find out more about Manouchehr Farid, the… Continue Reading »
THE STORY OF PERCIVAL PILTS – interview with Janette Goodey
by GREG KING The Story Of Percival Pilts is another of the great short animated films screening at the Cinema Nova on March 2 as part of the 17th Animation Show Of Shows. The film’s co-director Janette Goodey joined Greg live in the studio to talk about the making of the film. https://www.mediafire.com/download/b7rhgyaadk4f7ka/210211_003.MP3