Imagine screening your film on Bondi Beach in the height of the Australian summer. Flickerfest is Australia’s premier short film festival and its Academy- and BAFTA- accredited to boot. We spoke with their Festival Director Bronwyn Kidd for the scoop on the upcoming edition. She came up with some helpful tips that will be indispensable […]
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Sydney Filmmakers #2: Grace Julia
The Sydney Film Festival is one of FFL’s brightest stars, coming to the Australian city every June for a cinematic bonanza. To celebrate, we’ve spoken with some of our filmmakers who were lucky enough to screen at the prestigious film festival. The Sydney Film Festival shines a spotlight on a number of crucial issues deserving more attention. […]
FLICKERFEST, Sensational Shorts, Surfing and A Unique Vibe
Filmmakers dream of seeing their films screened in OMG-I-CAN’T-BELIEVE-I’M-HERE settings. And settings don’t get much cooler than Flickerfest. Situated smack-bang on the Bondi Beach in the middle of the Australian Summer, Flickerfest really offers up that dreamy Summer in Oz vibe. Particularly for us Europeans in the middle of rainy January. The Academy-qualifying festival has gone […]
FilmFestivalLife Filmmakers Selected For Sydney Film Festival 2015
The Sydney Film Festival is upcoming, and it’s looking like a vintage year for the festival. And the stats don’t lie. According to Festival Director Nashen Moodley, ‘as well as adding two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool, the numbers of titles to be screened have jumped from 183 last year to 251 this […]