Tag: director
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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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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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The Occasion #5 — Juan Carlos Castaneda
Interview with director Juan Carlos Castaneda for Continuance Pictures In a way, it’s where I’ve been all my life – between the magic and the darkness. There is so much horror in the world but you also see the most magical things. Juan Carlos Castaneda A director/cinematographer makes documentaries about extreme hardship all over the […]
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The Occasion #4 — Amanda Kaye
Interview with writer/director Amanda Kaye for Continuance Pictures “I find it interesting to delve in to see what is really dormant within us. It’s sometimes scary, it’s sometimes relatable. I have always been pulled into stories which are grounded by character. I think sometimes I’m on my own self-discovery, it’s like having a hard conversation […]
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The Occasion #3 — Eddy Bell
Interview with director Eddy Bell for Continuance Pictures “I love the madness of filmmaking! I love the circus of arriving in a location with trucks and ridiculous equipment. Things come out, you collectively pull off this amazing feat and then it all goes back in the truck and you drive away! Then there’s the catharsis […]
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The Occasion – a collaboration with Continuance Pictures
I am so excited to announce a collaboration with Continuance Pictures to interview local and international emerging filmmakers under a new title called ‘The Occasion’. Written interviews and podcasts will be on the Continuance website plus Apple and Spotify every month. When I first met Continuance co-founders Tristan Barr and David Gim I loved their […]
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Tristan Barr
Continuance
Pictures
Tristan Barr is co-founder of Continuance Pictures, alongside his business partner David Gim, who is based in Melbourne. Tristan and David are about identifying what different creators bring to the table, and finding the best ways to elevate their work. “Having faced my own mortality, I realise life is very short. I don’t want to […]