Get to know: Rebecca Leafe

As far as acting gigs go for someone just starting out in their career, Rebecca Leafe has hit the jackpot. The Perth-based actor has just wrapped filming on Adam Morris’ Frank and Frank (or The Valley and The Walrus: Ruminations on the Mystery from Soup to Nuts) starring opposite Myles Pollard in the Albany-shot drama which also…

Collaborative improv, placeholder punchlines and alternate takes: directing approaches to comedy with filmmaker Matthew C Vella

Matthew C Vella is an international award-winning filmmaker, comedian, podcaster and entertainer from Blacktown, Western Sydney. When he’s not writing and directing films, he’s usually talking about them on his podcast Upcoming Attractions, or hosting Western Sydney Filmmakers Hangout, a popular networking group for Western Sydney filmmakers. As a stand up comedian, Matt has performed…

MDFF Review: The Power of Activism

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Directed by Steven Posvolsky Review by Gavin Bond This passionate environmental and feministic documentary proves to be most timely. On one hand, this multi-faceted doco successfully taps into the current focus on Environmental reform in Australia, (recently illustrated by the emergence…

MDFF Review: Living in the Time of Dying

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Written, directed and produced by Michael Shaw Featuring Jem Bendell, Dahr Jamail, Catherine Ingram and Stan Rushworth Living in The Time of Dying is an unflinching look at what it means to be living in the midst of climate catastrophe and finding…