Nothing short of magical. It was transformative for me.
Festival director BRIONY KIDD blogs about Girl Asleep, which returns to Tasmania this week to screen at the Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival in Launceston. Since being lucky enough to screen it as part of Stranger With My Face earlier this year, I’ve enjoyed seeing the accolades mount for the Adelaide-made Girl Asleep. Directed […]
Festival director BRIONY KIDD previews the new Australian film, Killing Ground, which has its Tasmanian premiere at the Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival this weekend. Anyone who’s seen Damien Power’s excellent short film Peekaboo will be excited to learn that his debut feature has begun its festival run. Killing Ground is a finely crafted tale […]
The 4th edition of Stranger With My Face International Film Festival wrapped up on Hobart, Tasmania over the weekend. With eight features films, a shorts program, and a screenwriting competition, the festival specifically focuses on women directors working in horror and related genres and highlights emerging and established filmmakers. The event features complementary activities to promote […]
The top 20 per cent of scripts of this year’s Tasmanian Gothic Short Script Challenge have been announced, out of a field of 93 completed scripts. Six prizes will be awarded on Saturday, 16 April, followed by a reading of the Best Australian and Best International Script. The judging is done blind, without any information about entrants. […]
Peruse the PDF below for full details of all film, Mary Shelley Symposium and industry events at Stranger With My Face International Film Festival 2016. (Or you can save the file to your desktop here). Then you can then either book a festival pass (highly recommended!) or book individual sessions.
The 2016 line-up includes the Australian premiere of Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Evolution; the Australian premiere of Bernard Rose’s Frankenstein; the international premiere of Ginanti Rona Tembang Asri’s Midnight Show The 4th edition of Stranger With My Face International Film Festival will take place in Hobart from 14-17 April, with a line-up of eight feature films, a […]
The organisers of the 48-Hour Tasploitation Challenge are pleased to announce the Grand Prize Winner for 2016 (as chosen by Special International Judge Julie Corman). A big thank you to all who supported the recent Tasploitation Challenge Screening & Awards Night at City Hall. The event was bigger than anticipated, with an enthusiastic audience of […]
The organisers of the 48-Hour Tasploitation Challenge are delighted to announced the winning films (as chosen by the jury on the night and an audience vote). Twenty-seven short films screened at City Hall to an appreciative audience of about 300 people. The event, which began in 2013, has grown in size every year, with a […]
The organisers of the upcoming 48-Hour Tasploitation Challenge have announced that the special international judge for 2016 is prolific producer Julie Corman. Corman’s career spans projects from 1972’s Boxcar Bertha (the sophomore feature of Martin Scorsese) to 2014’s Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda for the Syfy Channel. Often working with her husband, the legendary producer Roger Corman, Julie […]
Screen Australia today announced a $5 million plan to tackle the issue of gender imbalance in the film industry, especially as it relates to feature film production. Women are chronically underrepresented in this area, with recent figures showing just 16 per cent of feature films currently female-helmed (the rate of producers sits at 32 per […]