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Clean Review - May We All Find Inspiration in Sandra Pankhurst

Clean Review - May We All Find Inspiration in Sandra Pankhurst

Nadine Whitney Sep 4, 2022 3 min read
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An interviewer asks Sandra Pankhurst, the subject of Lachlan McLeod’s documentary Clean what she would like to be remembered for. Sandra answers “Being kind, nothing more, nothing less.” After the pub…

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Discontent Writer/Director Sam Rogers Talks About the Millennial Bond to Social Media in This Interview

Discontent Writer/Director Sam Rogers Talks About the Millennial Bond to Social Media in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Sep 4, 2022 11 min read
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Sam Rogers rollercoaster ride of a web series Discontent is a short-form look at a group of millennials linked to one another through their phones and social media. With a rip-roaring level of comedy,…

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Embrace Kids Director Taryn Brumfitt Talks Body-Positivity for Kids, Chico the Schnauzer, and the Joy of Dancing in this Interview

Embrace Kids Director Taryn Brumfitt Talks Body-Positivity for Kids, Chico the Schnauzer, and the Joy of Dancing in this Interview

Andrew F Peirce Sep 1, 2022 14 min read
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Taryn Brumfitt’s 2016 documentary Embrace helped show women of the world the way to embrace a body-positive message, and with the utterly essential 2022 documentary Embrace Kids, she takes that same m…

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Three Thousand Years of Longing Review – George Miller’s Unabashedly Original Piece About Desire

Three Thousand Years of Longing Review – George Miller’s Unabashedly Original Piece About Desire

Blake Ison Sep 1, 2022 4 min read
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The world is a weird place. Everything is strange. Life. People. All of it. This has never been more apparent than the past few years. The COVID-19 pandemic trapped people in their homes, away from fa…

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Sissy Review – A Brutal, Chillingly Funny Film That Could Have Been More Engaging

Sissy Review – A Brutal, Chillingly Funny Film That Could Have Been More Engaging

Nadine Whitney Sep 1, 2022 4 min read
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Sissy, written and directed by Australian duo Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes, is a brutal yet often chillingly funny examination of influencer culture and how much our collective dopamine levels are ele…

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Unique Program Launched To Recruit Military Veterans To Film Sector

Press Releases Aug 31, 2022 3 min read
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PRESS RELEASE A world first program to recruit, train and mentor defence veterans into Australia’s burgeoning film and television industry is being launched as a joint initiative of the highly regard…

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SBS confronts the Frontier Wars that shaped our nation in The Australian Wars, presented by Rachel Perkins

Press Releases Aug 31, 2022 4 min read
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PRESS RELEASE The story of Australia’s longest and perhaps most defining war has been kept silent - until now. Over three parts, this ground-breaking documentary series gives voice to the story of Th…

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The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay Comes to Select Aussie Theatres This September

The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay Comes to Select Aussie Theatres This September

Press Releases Aug 31, 2022 2 min read
Articles australian film Steve Jaggi THE CURIOUS CASE OF DOLPHIN BAY

PRESS RELEASE The latest Young Adult feature film from The Steve Jaggi Company, THE CURIOUS CASE OF DOLPHIN BAY, will release in select cinemas across Australia from September 22. A fun, adventure-fi…

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Frozen The Musical Review – You Will See Magic Happen in Front of Your Eyes

Andrew F Peirce Aug 30, 2022 6 min read
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I was transported to the magical world of Arendelle when I entered the grand Crown Theatre in Perth for the opening night of Frozen the Musical in a way that I was not prepared for. Already keenly fam…

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Jub Clerc's Highly Acclaimed Directorial Debut SWEET AS Secures 2023 Release

Press Releases Aug 29, 2022 2 min read
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PRESS RELEASE Roadshow Films acquires ANZ distribution rights for Nyul Nyul / Yawuru director Jub Clerc’s directorial feature debut, SWEET AS. Described as The Breakfast Club meets the Outback, SWEE…

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Friends Of Mine Director Andréas Giannopoulos Talks His Australian Directors Guild Win, Shooting in Autumnal Melbourne and More in This Interview

Friends Of Mine Director Andréas Giannopoulos Talks His Australian Directors Guild Win, Shooting in Autumnal Melbourne and More in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Aug 27, 2022 13 min read
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Filmmaker Andréas Giannopoulos’ short film Friends Of Mine won him the prestigious award of Best Direction in a Student Film at the 2021 Australian Directors Guild awards. Made as part of his Masters…

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Monique Kalmar and Max Brown to star in directorial feature film debut from HERE OUT WEST writer Bina Bhattacharya 

Press Releases Aug 25, 2022 2 min read
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Following the successful cinematic release and television screening of HERE OUT WEST on ABC TV, writer Bina Bhattacharya, whose chapter The Eternal Dance was praised as “one of the standout stories” (…

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