Festivals

At a special Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) media event highlighting the next generation of talented Melbourne filmmakers – Thomas Wright (The Stranger), Alena Lodkina (Petrol), and Goran Stolveski (Of an Age & You Won’t Be Alone) – we heard from the three trailblazers about their new buzz-worthy films and how they fit into the Australian film landscape today. Australian filmmaker Thomas Wright has always been attracted to dark material.

At a special Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) media event highlighting the next generation of talented Melbourne filmmakers – Thomas Wright (The Stranger), Alena Lodkina (Petrol) and Goran Stolveski (Of an Age & You Won’t Be Alone) – we heard from the three trailblazers about their new buzz-worthy films and how they fit into the Australian film landscape today. Alena Lodkina: “Petrol”  Writer-director Alena Lodkina moved with her family from St.

At a special Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) media event highlighting the next generation of talented Melbourne filmmakers – Thomas Wright (The Stranger), Alena Lodkina (Petrol) and Goran Stolveski (Of an Age & You Won’t Be Alone) – we heard from the three trailblazers about their new buzz-worthy films and how they fit into the Australian film landscape today. Goran Stolveski: Of an Age and You Won’t Be Alone  Australian-Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolveski had his second and third films both opening at MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival): You Won’t Be Alone, a horror film starring Noomi Rapace, and Of an Age, a wistful queer romance set in ‘90s Melbourne and picked up by Focus Features.

The world’s longest film festival – clocking up 25 consecutive days over 26 venues – announced two new MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival) awards at the Closing Night Gala on August 20. The AUD$140,000 “Bright Horizons Award” – supported by the state’s film commission, VicScreen – was given to Neptune Frost, from Rwandan filmmakers Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams and the AUD$70,000  “Blackmagic Design Australian Innovation Award” was won by Jub Clerc, indigenous writer and director of the coming-of-age drama, Sweet As.

Shortly before the HFPA partnered with the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, a Film Festival celebrating Black, Brown, and Indigenous artists was getting a great reception in Philadelphia. The Blackstar Film Festival, affectionally known as Philadelphia’s ‘Black Sundance,’ was founded in 2012 by filmmaker and writer Maori Karmael Holmes to showcase the work of filmmakers of color.

Sitting south of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard has long been favored as a New England summer getaway. Incorporating harbor towns, farmland, glorious beaches, and noted lighthouses, the Massachusetts islet has also been a retreat for such noted personalities as Bill Murray, Carly Simon, Maya Angelou, and Michael J.

The 70th edition of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) kicked off August 4 with an Australian classic in the making; Goran Stolevski’s Of an Age.   The Australian-Macedonian filmmaker’s second film follows the brief but lingering romance between two young men over the course of one sweltering summer’s day in Melbourne in the late 1990s.

There is something fascinating about combining the old and the new in one go. Such was the experience at this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival, which took place mainly at the modern cinematheque overlooking the ancient city.

There is something special about the Venice Film Festival, something that makes it unique and different, and it is not just its beautiful location. Venice, now in its 80th year - just like the Golden Globes - has always made it a point to celebrate and discover incredible talent.