A great joy I have is interviewing filmmakers, screen academics and practitioners. Here are some of the interviews as part of my work on Out Takes , the queer film and tv review and interview show on JOY Radio 94.9 .
ACMI Live outside broadcast for Drag Week Andres Veiel, director of ‘Riefenstahl’ Anna Brenner, writer & director of ‘The Karamazovs’ Bina Bhattacharya, writer & director of ‘From All Sides’ Claire Burger, writer & director of ‘Langue Étrangère’ Erika Addis, the National President of the Australian Cinematographer Society Faraz Shariat, director of ‘Prosecution’ Gabriel Carrubba (writer & director), Zane Borg (producer) and Liam Mollica (lead actor) of ‘Sunflower’ Grainne Brunsdon, COO of Screen Australia, about the Private Investment Toolkit Goran Stolevski, writer, director and editor of ‘Housekeeping for Beginners’ Jane Schoenbrun, writer & director of ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Dr Janice Loreck, Senior Lecturer in Screen and Cultural Studies, Melbourne University, about the collection of experimental and avant-garde shorts from the 1990s and early 2000s that explore the era of Australian third-wave feminism, riotgrrl, and the 90s surrealist revival screening in Melbourne Women in Film Festival Dr Janice Loreck, Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies in the School of Culture and Communication, Melbourne University about the screening of ‘Daughters of Darkness’ in the Cinema Reborn Film Festival Jessica Smith, writer & director, and lead actor Emmanuelle Mattana about ‘Videoland’ Jill Bilcock, acclaimed editor of some of the most iconic films of Australian cinema, including ‘Strictly Ballroom’, ‘Romeo + Juliet’, ‘Muriel’s Wedding’ and ‘Head On Kate Jinx, Senior Programmer at Melbourne International Film Festival, about the Chantal Akerman retrospective Kate Jinx, Senior Programmer at Melbourne International Film festival, about the Ulrike Ottinger retrospective Radical Travels Kristen Bush, lead actor in ‘American Parent Leela Varghese, writer & director of ‘I’m the most racist person I know’ Louise Lever, director of ‘Riot She Said’ Louise Lever, writer & director of their short film ‘Joey’s Heart’ Margherita Vicario, director of ‘Gloria’ Marion Pilowsky, director ‘Isla ‘s Way’ Mitch Nivalis, director of ‘Equal the Contest’ Naomi Bennett, CEO of Lesflicks Natalie Bailey, direct or of ‘Audrey’ Onir, Indian di rector Dr Patrick Kelly, academic, talking about ‘My Own Private Idaho’ and ‘Scorpio Rising’ Saara Lamberg, filmmaker, director, writer, producer and actor who is presenting screenings of her films under the banner of the Winter Warmers Film Festival Sarah Kambe Holland, writer & director of ‘Egghead & Twinkie’ Sophie Hyde (director) and Aud Mason-Hyde (actor), Jimpa Tara Thorne, the writer / director of ‘Lakeview’ Timothy Despina Marshall, writer & director of ‘In the Room Where He Waits’ Tracie Laymon, writer & director of their feature film ‘Bob Trevino Likes It’
