Celluloid Dreams' Podcast

Marty talks to the big wigs of Australian Film Production at Metro Screen's "Take a Film to Market" workshop.
Neda Vanovac Talks to Mike Mills about his new, deeply personal film "Beginners".
Kate finds out what the Israeli Film fest has in store for Sydney-siders over the next couple of weeks.

Marty talks to Bradley, the Director of The Breath of Fresh Air Film Fest down in Launceston, Tassie.

Kate Aubusson lets us know what we can expect from the Cap and the new breed of evil Nazi nemeses.

Angele & Tony was a hit at the recent Alliance France Festival of French Cinema. Actress Clotilde Hesme talks about her role in this surprisingly sweet love story set in a Normandy fishing village. 

Dan McHugh take a unique look at YouTube's genital obsession.  

Playing as part of the 14th Spanish Film Festival Anything You Want is a unique film from Director Achero Manas, that takes a different look at gender identity. When 4 year old Daphne loses her mother she turns to her father to help her adjust to the loss in a way that is both surprising and ultimately touching. With this simple idea Manas explores the nature of gender and the roles we play in our modern lives. Achero Manas spoke to Evan Shapiro about the film, its origins and themes. 

Dr David Suzuki’s career has seen him at the forefront of science, environmentalism and the peace and civil rights movements. Force of Nature is a new documentary centred around Suzuki’s Legacy Lecture series but  the film goes deeper into Suzkui’s life and the moments in history that shaped his career and ideas.

Go behind the scenes of the award winning film agency, The Solid State in this chat with key creatives Walter and Danny.
www.thesolidstate.com.au/

Daniel Scharf from the Screen Producers Association of Australia talks about the DigiSPAA feature film competition – a must for digital film makers. www.digispaa.org.au

In this installment of 'Director's for Dummies' James Russell and Evan Shapiro discuss the work of Spanish master Luis Buñuel.

Dan McHugh takes us further into the world of YouTube and explores the notion that many favourites of the online video sharing phenomenon may be suffering from a 'Look at Me' complex. 

Andrew Traucki talks with Evan Shapiro about the production of his new film THE REEF and some of the unique marketing he's used to promote the film, including a live internet cross during production and the giveaway of a swim with a live shark!

The Australian Writers’ Guild, Inscription and AFTRS are giving Australian writers a rare chance learn from a teacher who has inspired some of the greatest box office hits of the past 15 years.

Richard Walter is a celebrated storyteller, movie industry expert and longtime Chairman of UCLA’s graduate program in screenwriting.

His graduates have written dozens of Hollywood blockbusters and indie productions, including Benjamin Button, Forrest Gump, Milk, Sideways, Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones to name a few.

Evan Shapiro spoke with Richard about his seminars but naturally enough the conversation soon turned to the art and origins of good storytelling.

Now some film afficionados may well have heard about Tom Cowan's rather controversial film from the 70's, JOURNEY AMONG WOMEN. It was inspired by the heated gender politics debates of the time and starred members of the feminist rock band CLITORIS. Well  a 35mm print has just been restored and will be screened once again. In this chat Tom talks about what inspired him to make the film and the rough conditions both political and physical that gave birth to this forgotten Australian classic.

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