Q&A

Richard Sowada, Revelation Film Festival: 'Anything can happen'
'We're going to celebrate by focusing on the future,' says the Festival Director ahead of the silver jubilee edition of…

Want to be an actor? Jerome Velinsky says 'don't wait for the call'
Jerome Velinsky has acted in live-action series, voice video game characters, and written and directed his own series. So what's…

Natasha Wanganeen on Bunker, The Last Fleet: 'Sci-fi films saved my life'
Actor-writer-producer Natasha Wanganeen takes us behind the scenes on Bunker: The Last Fleet, a dystopian, intergalactic reimagining of first contact…

Sheldon Riley, Australia's Eurovision hope: 'I don't get nervous'
Representing Australia in Eurovision was in Sheldon Riley's five-year plan – next stop: this week's finals in Turin.

Granaz Moussavi 'lost everything' making her new film, When Pomegranates Howl
The second feature by Granaz Moussavi presents Kabul through the eyes of a street-smart boy working to support his family.

Danny Cohen on debut Courtney Barnett doco: 'it was like creating visual poetry'
From intimate audio diaries to bombastic tour footage, Danny Cohen worked with musician Courtney Barnett to create the antithesis to…

Want to be a showrunner? Paddy MacRae says 'make a killer cup of tea'
The showrunner life is made up of early starts, late nights, and not a lot of free time. But it's…

Nashen Moodley, Sydney Film Festival: 'the in-person event is the ideal'
The SFF director discusses new film talent, this year's program and the lessons – so far – of the pandemic.

Screen Team: Animatronics director Paul Trefry
Our new career Q&A series kicks off with Paul Trefry's insight into being an animatronics artist.

River director Jennifer Peedom: 'Our attempts to control rivers have begun to backfire'
River explores the waterways of 34 countries, from drone footage deep within, and – thanks to NASA – high above.…