Whose right to write? Kuba Dorabialski on Agata the Writer
One of the key questions in Kuba Dorabialski's Agata the Writer is who gets to tell the stories of other people’s pain?…
Interviews
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Kriv Stenders on Resuscitating The Illustrated Family Doctor
The Illustrated Family Doctor almost ended Kriv Stenders' career before it got started. A surreal comedy about white-collar office life with subtle body-horror elements. Doctor was unusual in Aust…
Hell on Earth is here and now in The Glorious Dead
The Adams Family’s dark comedy horror take on contemporary America: The Glorious Dead is chilling, gruesome, and all too real. Toby Poser and John Adams talk about their personal film.…
Arlo Dean Cook on capturing decades of one of Australia’s greatest bands on film with Jebediah: Are We OK?
When I think of the sounds of Western Australia, the licks of Wide Open Road by the Triffids hits my mind, or maybe The Waifs yearning to be back in London, or occasionally it'll be a wistful memo…
Culture Clash: Stéphane Demoustier on the battle between vision and reality in The Great Arch
The Great Arch is both surprisingly relatable and a fascinating character study of the men and women who built the past with an eye to the future.…
Michael Schwarz on his clever and fun small town slasher The Only One
One of my favourite genres is slasher films, and there's a certain joy that I get when I watch them. It's even the ones that aren't necessarily great, to me they're hangout films. You hang out with a bunch of characters, hopefully you like them, sometimes you don't.…
Tom Kerby on setting the foundation for Aussie filmmakers to embrace their own voices with the Adelaide Independent Film Festival
There's something in the water in Adelaide that's forcing a major change within the Australian film industry. The Adelaide Film Festival exists and has continued their great financial support…
Meet the film festival programmers who want you to submit your film shot on a Honda Odyssey rear view camera
So much of the discussion about cinema viewing this year has been about what cameras Christopher Nolan shot The Odyssey on. As someone who engages in film discussion as part of running this website, i…
Madison Dell'Aquila on the foundation of Heretica and how to force change in the Australian film & TV industry
Madison Dell'Aquila is, as her website proudly states, "constantly looking forward to challenging what people say can't be done." That mindset is strongly applied with the new platfo…
The poetics of chance guide Dry Leaf
Koberidze creates a conversation with all of the shifting moments of reality that exist for the individual and then become irrevocably “something else” when they form symbolic vestiges.…
The Heretica Interviews: Keisha Slocomb on bringing her voice to life through filmmaking
Keisha Slocomb is an emerging filmmaker who is looking to leave a mark on the world by utilising grounded performances alongside compelling visual storytelling. As a writer-director, Keisha is already…
The Heretica Interviews: Téa Mancini on her journey into filmmaking through production design
Téa Mancini (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate creative whose filmic body of work is growing in the realm of the art department and wardrobe, specialising in production design, while also building up a fi…