Category: film
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Aven Yap, classical pianist and filmmaker – podcast
Sometimes we need to put a higher dollar value on the assets we have that are uniquely ours — and that we are uniquely qualified to tell. Aven Yap This interview with Aven Yap was done over Zoom. I recorded the audio just using my iPhone. Then I used Descript to edit the audio and […]
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Podcast with Joel Stephen Fleming
Had a chat with Joel Stephen Fleming today! I haven’t seen him for at least a year, and JACKS is about to screen at the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival, so I wanted to ask him about it and what happens next with the film. We did video chat on Messenger and I met his […]
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Benson Wu, Director, Taiwan Film Festival in Australia
“The festival is edgy,” said Benson Wu, Director of the Taiwan Film Festival in Australia. On a recent Zoom call, Benson said he’s all about bringing more diversity into film, whether it’s Asian representation in Western film or LGBT films to Taiwanese audiences. “We have around 12 films in the full programme and there are […]
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The Occasion #8 — Polaris Banks
Interview with director Polaris Banks for Continuance Pictures “I don’t just want to make movies. I want to make MY movies. I don’t want anything to be between me and what I fell in love with when I was a kid, and every little boy who grows up wanting to be a director says I […]
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The Making of ‘Giants’, a film by Eddy Bell
Sydney-based filmmaker Eddy Bell took a weekend trip to a polocrosse event in Narrabri, New South Wales. It became an 18-month journey with a farming family facing the harsh reality of unrelenting drought. Eddy witnessed their luscious green landscape evolve into an arid dust bowl, and the result is his short film ‘Giants’. While empathising […]
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The Occasion #7 — Alexei Slater
Interview with writer/director Alexei Slater for Continuance Pictures “I want to write. That’s what it’s always been. But I’m not some writer in an attic who’s got no understanding of the industry. I co-produced my first short film and got into this habit of learning what to do. If you look at my career trajectory […]
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Another festival selection and now we have an official poster
Crime comedy short film JACKS has been selected by Byron Bay Underground Film Festival (BUFF) and to celebrate, 13th Street Films and Visul made this poster. I am officially a gangsta mum.
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The Occasion #6 — Megan Smart & George Pullar
Originally written for Continuance Pictures ‘Stonefish’ is essentially about backing yourself, believing in yourself and finding your voice. As actors half the job is backing yourself. If you can do that you’re halfway there. Megan Smart Megan Smart and George Pullar are young award-winning Australian actors, playing lead roles in both film and television drama. […]
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FESTIVAL NEWS: official selection for Independent Producers Indie FF
Just when you thought I was done with Jacks… festival #15, I think? So happy for writer/director Joel Stephen Fleming and all the cast and crew.
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Celebrating Milestones
Continuance Pictures founder Tristan Barr says it’s important to remember milestones in our creative journey. He took a screenshot of us in Zoom today after one of our many 3 hour sessions and posted it on Instagram. I have some very driven and creative friends, and am so moved that they invite me into their […]