The 6th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival, which was held back on Sept. 6-9, gave out a slew of awards to short films and features alike.
A two-member jury panel of Jane Mills and Alex Munt gave out awards to a half-dozen short films, recognizing many for their brutality and/or visual innovation. Two films by Emma Varker, Gashbag and White Russian, were notable for being a “very personal take on violence” and for “going the distance” respectively. Meanwhile, Rajee Samarasinghe’s 01.39411.999 “refuses to aestheticise violence” and Dylan Kohler’s Chilly is “creatively original.” All winners with full jury notes are below.
Also, there were three Director’s Choice awards given to feature films. Frankie Frain’s Sexually Frank won for being an “excellent indie film,” while Gil Kofman’s documentary Unmade in China — a work still in progress — was noted for being “a fascinating, train-wreck of a story” and another documentary,...
A two-member jury panel of Jane Mills and Alex Munt gave out awards to a half-dozen short films, recognizing many for their brutality and/or visual innovation. Two films by Emma Varker, Gashbag and White Russian, were notable for being a “very personal take on violence” and for “going the distance” respectively. Meanwhile, Rajee Samarasinghe’s 01.39411.999 “refuses to aestheticise violence” and Dylan Kohler’s Chilly is “creatively original.” All winners with full jury notes are below.
Also, there were three Director’s Choice awards given to feature films. Frankie Frain’s Sexually Frank won for being an “excellent indie film,” while Gil Kofman’s documentary Unmade in China — a work still in progress — was noted for being “a fascinating, train-wreck of a story” and another documentary,...
- 10/16/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 13th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, held back on Aug. 24 to Sept. 1, shined an especially bright spotlight on New Irish Low Budget Cinema, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the fest gave its top awards to a film from the land of Éire.
Terry McMahon’s crime thriller Charlie Casanova won for Best Film and Best Director, and star Emmet Scanlon tied for Best Actor with Shiver‘s John Jarrat.
Despite all the love given to Ireland, this year’s Muff didn’t ignore its home countrymen, either. Local filmmaker Chris Sun’s latest, Daddy’s Little Girl, also took home multiple awards, including Best SFX, Best Actress for Allira Jacques and tied for the Special Jury Prize with Donna McRae’s Johnny Ghost.
Also, as usual, Muff gave out a wide variety of awards to multiple films. Some of the other winners include Daryl Stoneage...
Terry McMahon’s crime thriller Charlie Casanova won for Best Film and Best Director, and star Emmet Scanlon tied for Best Actor with Shiver‘s John Jarrat.
Despite all the love given to Ireland, this year’s Muff didn’t ignore its home countrymen, either. Local filmmaker Chris Sun’s latest, Daddy’s Little Girl, also took home multiple awards, including Best SFX, Best Actress for Allira Jacques and tied for the Special Jury Prize with Donna McRae’s Johnny Ghost.
Also, as usual, Muff gave out a wide variety of awards to multiple films. Some of the other winners include Daryl Stoneage...
- 9/27/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 6th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival is taking over all three screens of the Factory Theatre for a blow-out four-day event on Sept. 6-9.
Making it’s World Premiere at the fest on the 8th is the highly anticipated President Wolfman, the latest “green movie” by director Mike Davis that he’s cobbled together from public domain footage and feature films and set to an outrageous new soundtrack. The film looks like it promises to be a rollicking good time.
Other highlights of the fest include Guy Maddin‘s latest trippy film noir, Keyhole, about a mobster revisiting his homestead’s old memories; Bob Ray‘s documentary about Austin, Texas’ homegrown Total Badass; Bobcat Goldthwait’s media takedown God Bless America; Michal Kosakowski’s underground murder fantasy documentary hit Zero Killed; Richard Griffin’s funky The Disco Exorcist; and more.
Some of the extra special events of the fest...
Making it’s World Premiere at the fest on the 8th is the highly anticipated President Wolfman, the latest “green movie” by director Mike Davis that he’s cobbled together from public domain footage and feature films and set to an outrageous new soundtrack. The film looks like it promises to be a rollicking good time.
Other highlights of the fest include Guy Maddin‘s latest trippy film noir, Keyhole, about a mobster revisiting his homestead’s old memories; Bob Ray‘s documentary about Austin, Texas’ homegrown Total Badass; Bobcat Goldthwait’s media takedown God Bless America; Michal Kosakowski’s underground murder fantasy documentary hit Zero Killed; Richard Griffin’s funky The Disco Exorcist; and more.
Some of the extra special events of the fest...
- 8/30/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
To celebrate their 13th anniversary this year, the Melbourne Underground Film Festival is going green!
No, they’re not out to save the kookaburra or anything. Instead, they’re hosting a special tribute to the New Irish Low Budget Cinema, featuring two films by acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Kavanagh, plus work by Colin Downey, Gary Kenneally and Gerard Lough.
Muff will host a repeat screening of Kavanagh’s celebrated thriller Tin Can Man — it previously screened at Muff in 2008 — as well as his latest film, The Fading Light. The three other Irish films screening all fall into the horror/thriller genres, from Downey’s The Looking Glass to Kenneally’s Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman and Lough’s trilogy-ending The Shaken 3. And, in addition, the entire fest kicks off with the opening night Irish thriller Charlie Casanova by Terry McMahon.
But don’t think Muff is all Irish all the time this year,...
No, they’re not out to save the kookaburra or anything. Instead, they’re hosting a special tribute to the New Irish Low Budget Cinema, featuring two films by acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Kavanagh, plus work by Colin Downey, Gary Kenneally and Gerard Lough.
Muff will host a repeat screening of Kavanagh’s celebrated thriller Tin Can Man — it previously screened at Muff in 2008 — as well as his latest film, The Fading Light. The three other Irish films screening all fall into the horror/thriller genres, from Downey’s The Looking Glass to Kenneally’s Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman and Lough’s trilogy-ending The Shaken 3. And, in addition, the entire fest kicks off with the opening night Irish thriller Charlie Casanova by Terry McMahon.
But don’t think Muff is all Irish all the time this year,...
- 8/17/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
I love documentaries. Next to martial arts flicks and monster movies, they’re my favorite form of cinematic entertainment. Not surprisingly, the more disturbing the subject matter, the better. Much to the horror of my co-workers at the time, I watched director Robinson Devor’s 2007 documentary “Zoo”, a film that explores the sexual relationship that sometimes exists between a man and his horse. I find films that deal with the dark side of the human condition, particularly when they’re true. It’s pretty safe to say that I’m kind of a sick individual. Enter producer Tyler Chandler and director Daryl Stoneage’s “Donkey Love”, a motion picture that explores the little-known Colombian tradition which encourages young men to have sex with donkeys. You know, to get them ready for the “real thing”. Here the problem: Sometimes the guys prefer to the companionship of donkeys over their wives. Yikes.
- 6/15/2012
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
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