If you love music and are into art then this is the night for you! Twisted Tales is a multi art form collaboration between Yunyu (a former triple j unearthed winner) and New York Times #1 Best Selling Manga Artist Queenie Chan and leading animators from around the world. The result is the compelling corruption of childhood fairytales launching them into a modern paradigm. Yunyu meshes her songs with contemporary animation and manga art to give a… Continue Reading…
Local Lennox Head filmmakers Stephen Jones and Chilean born Tatiana Velasco will launch show ‘El Mar, Mi Alma‘ this weekend at the Pighouse Flicks on Saturday 14th April (7pm) and Monday 16th (4:30pm). Tickets are $12.50 and can be bought HERE. Shot entirely on 16mm, the film captures the essence of coastal Chile via a surfing journey led by Dave Rastovich joined by some of the worlds top surfers including Joel Parkinson, Dane Ward, Chris… Continue Reading…
Bimblebox is a peaceful 8000 hectare sanctuary in central-west Queensland. A remnant of semi-arid woodlands, it is home to a rich diversity of birds, reptiles and other animals, including endangered species. Back in 2000, the rapacious land clearing sanctioned by the Queensland government was off the Richter scale. The potential for Bimblebox to face this same fate motivated a group of concerned local individuals to petition for the area to become a Nature Reserve. Paola… Continue Reading…
Last night ‘s opening of the 6th Byron Bay International Film Festival didn’t disappoint. First up the fabulous Garrett Kato performed to an audience that fell in love with him, J’aimee Skippone-Volke, Festival Director welcomed all and introduced the first film of the festival – a brilliant short, The Maestro directed and produced by Adam Anthony. Well worth seeing. Opening night’s feature film was Face to Face by Australia’s most acclaimed playwright, David Williamson, it… Continue Reading…
An interview with Adam Anthony, on his film The Maestro, opening The Byron Bay Film Festival on the 2nd of March. Get your tickets and info HERE. Q- What inspired you to make ‘The Maestro’ (how it came about) ? I think the first wave of inspiration came after I shot a bunch of time-lapse footage of the city at night. Everything moving in large numbers like traffic and hoards of pedestrians, stuff you see… Continue Reading…
The Byron Bay International Film Festival is seriously stoked that legendary surf filmmaker Jack McCoy will be both screening a sneak preview of his latest film at this year’s festival, and presenting a Masterclass, as part of the official Festival Program. With over 25 award-winning films to his credit, McCoy’s Masterclass will focus on water photography. He’ll share clips and stories from some of the television commercials, documentary, music video and feature films he’s worked… Continue Reading…
It has been a long term dream for the Byron Bay International Film Festival crew to be able to offer a free outdoor cinema screening experience for the people of Byron Bay on Thursday 8th March (7:30pm). Finding the right location?….well, it doesn’t get bigger or better than a beachfront screening…and that’s exactly what BBFF 2012 will be giving us this year, at their inaugural outdoor film event. Festival Director, J’aimee Skippon-Volke said “We are… Continue Reading…
Shoplifting is one of the top picks for this year’s Byron Bay Film Festival starting 2nd of next month …..This 10 minute-masterpiece is by Young Australian filmmaker Neil Triffett. Awarded the most outstanding undergraduate of Victoria College of Arts and Music back in 2010, Neil’s skills were recognised by the Byron Bay International Film Festival in 2011 when he was nominated for the ‘Best Young Australian Filmmaker’ award. An intimate perspective into a family with… Continue Reading…
