Alyssa Dimarucut is an emerging filmmaker passionate about telling Asian female-led stories. She spoke to Film Festival guide about being in her graduation year at the Australian Film Television School (AFTRS), talks creating Bad Asians.
Matt Vella is an international award-winning filmmaker, comedian, podcaster & entertainer from Blacktown, Western Sydney. Born of Maltese immigrant parents, Matt is a proud pop-culture dork who has dedicated his life to entertaining others. He sat down to talk to Film Festival Guide about his new award winning short film 'She's Not Your Type' which took out the Best Audience Award at Made In The West Film Festival.
You can watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTfof6-nmQU
Film Festival Guide sits down with Director Ruby Challenger to talk about her new short film MumLife, She spoke about the film that screened at Cannes and Sydney Film Festival and her first time experience heading to Cannes.
Joe Hunting joins us as he arrives back from his time at Sydney Film Festival talking about his feature We Met In Virtual Reality. He talks about the process of creating the film, how VR uses self identification for non binary people, how VR helped people get through the pandemic as well as how VR could help change the film industry.
Luke Cornish Talks to Film Festival Guide about the lives of BBoys and BGirls that are featured in his new film 'Keep Stepping' screening as part of this year's Sydney Film Festival.
Craig Boreham joins Film Festival Guide to talk about his new film 'Lonesome' which screens as part of this year's Sydney Film Festival.
Producer of 'Sissy' and Co Founder of Arcadia Lisa Shaunessy joins Film Festival Guide to talk about the new film screening as part of this year's Sydney Film Festival, and shooting the film during the COVID lockdowns.
Filmmaker and Student Elyse Landsberry talks about her new short film 'Drawing The Line' which has just hit streaming on SBS on Demand as part of the AFTRS documentary showcase. She joins Film Festival Guide to talk to us more about it, how she has survived doing a film degree during COVID, as well as her advice on getting into one of the biggest film schools in the world.
You can see the full documentary by heading to: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/2017108035733/drawing-the-line
Youth Outreach Volunteer Kena Mallender joins Film Festival Guide to talk about joining Queer Screen as a volunteer, studying at UTS and what the next frontier of queer ideas is.
Catch the Winners of Flickerfest's 2022 Award-Winning Films. To read the full list of films head to:
https://filmfestivalguide.com/flickerfest-2022-winners-announcement/
Festival Director of A Night of International Horror Film Festival, Bryn Tiley joins Film Festival Guide to talk about the festival's programme streaming all across Australia.
Sydney Film Festival Festival Director Nasheen Moodley speaks to Film Festival Guide about the festival's programme for 2021.
Filmmaker and Disability Advocate Johanna Garvin Joins Film Festival Guide to talk about creating Rocky and Me which is currently streaming on ABC iView. She also talks about the importance of authentic disability representation in our industry.
Benson Wu Festival Director of Taiwan Film Festival Australia talks to Film Festival Guide about the festival's origins and what is on offer at this festival.
Check out more information about Taiwan Film Festival at: https://www.taiwanfilmfestival.org.au/
Filmmaker Adrian Chiarella (Black Lips, Touch) returns to the big screen with his new film Dwarf Planet screening at this year's Sydney Film Festival. He talks about creating the world, as well as his advice for younger filmmakers getting into film festivals.
Queer Screen Festival Director joins Film Festival Guide to talk about the upcoming Queer Sreen Film Fest programme for 2021.
David Luff & Nays Baghai stop by Film Festival Guide to talk all about the world of nature photography. They spill on all things their new project MALA (Monogamy Australias Love Animals) and Nays talks about taking out the best documentary award for his film 'Descent' at last year's Sydney Film Festival.
Writer, Producer, Lawyer and overall Film Festival Geek Glen Falkenstein joins Film Festival Guide to talk about the new article he wrote on Film Festivals and how they have changed in the COVID era.
You can read the full article here: https://falkenscreen.com/2020/03/18/covid-19-festivals-film-and-where-were-at/
Paul Struthers former Festival Director at Queer Screen and Director of Exhibition and Programming at Frameline Film Festival stops by Film Festival Guide to talk about life post-film festivals. He also talks about his life in London starting out as a sales agent, his advice for younger filmmakers getting into film festivals and what he is looking forward to doing now he is back in Australia.
Call For Entries have opened For Flickerfest 2022 and the festival director Bronwyn Kidd joins us to talk all about it with Film Festival Guide. She also spilled about how she landed the dream job and what she looks for in a great short film.
