November | 2009 | Rachael Turk

November 24, 2009 by Rachael

this week at FOMM: Michael Petroni

Seeing the Big Picture
Michael Petroni

A graduate of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles (AFI) and winner of both its Screenplay of the Year and the WGA/Scenario award for Best New Screenplay of 1996, Australian born writer/director Michael Petroni (Til Human Voices Wake Us, Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader) talks about his work in Hollywood amongst the likes of 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Spyglass Entertainment and Revolution Studios writing commercially rewarding films for an international audience.

With an aim to enhance the level of storytelling in Australia through his Australian production company See Pictures (with producer Jamie Hilton), Petroni discusses his work with local writers here to develop bigger stories and his own plans to write and direct projects in Australia in 2010/11.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, November 27
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.

November 16, 2009 by Rachael

this week at FOMM: Warp

Warp Mentality
Anna McLeish

Following a Screen Australia grant of $400K, Anna McLeish spills the beans on what Warp Films Australia shares with Warp X (UK), the specific opportunity they see in Australian talent and how the local industry can best engage with their slate encompassing low-budget genre pics, mid-range features and Australia/UK co-productions.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, November 20
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.

November 10, 2009 by Rachael

this week at FOMM: Prime Mover

Primed Viewers
Vincent Sheehan & David Caesar

With its unique distribution strategy of advance screenings in regional NSW, Prime Mover is going to the heart of its audience. We talk to its director David Caesar (Mullet, Dirty Deeds) and producer Vincent Sheehan (Little Fish) about making and maximising films for an untapped regional market.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, November 13
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.

November 6, 2009 by Rachael

Anode rays

Anode Festival
Fools Gold ‘Surprise Hotel’
Director: Matthew Lessner
Producers: Brian Davila and Tim Clark
until December 5

Ah, for the days before liposuction. When it was still okay to have girls in high cut bikinis playing sax, and kissing monitor lizards on the edge of swimming pools, while dirty old men walk around in T-shirts.

The ’80s are definitely back, with ‘Surprise Hotel’, the latest clip from LA band Fool’s Gold.

The video is inspired, says US director Matthew Lessner, by “those innocent days of summer, just being proud and strong and free and soakin’ up the rays.” A perfect backdrop for the band’s unique blend of Moroccan beats, African jive and ’80s pop.

Director Lessner’s films have won awards at numerous film festivals worldwide, including Sundance, SXSW and Clermont-Ferrand. His work has been featured on Wholphin, Canal +, PBS, iTunes and MTV.

The clip will screen in Video From the Borough – six video artists from Brooklyn, NY who feature as part of the Anode arts events in Sydney and Melbourne until December 5.

Check out the video here.
Find more about Anode here.

November 2, 2009 by Rachael

this week at FOMM: festival strategy

Short Cuts
Festival strategies of the Future

How big is the short film festival audience? How can they best serve a filmmaker’s career? Which ones should you enter and in what order? With over 400 short film festivals in Australia, and a bevy of A-listers overseas, our panel of industry experts will help navigate the most effective route for both your film and career.

Special guests:
• Bronwyn Kidd – Festival Director, Flickerfest
• Ian Gardiner – CEO of Viocorp / online broadcaster Nice Shorts
• Angie Fielder – producer (Crossbow, I Love Sarah Jane, Netherland Dwarf)
• Craig Boreham – writer/director (Transient, Love Bite, Stray)

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, November 6
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.