Tasmania’s Stranger With My Face International Film Festival will return for its fifth edition from May 4-7 2017. “Events like this are needed more than ever, with women’s rights under threat around the world,” says Festival Director Briony Kidd. “Women are angry, and they have a lot to say. Genre filmmaking is enriched by that sense…
In Hobart this weekend? Whether you’re a zombie flick fan, a Western fan and/or you’re a filmmaker interested in unusual financing models and clever low-budget production, you won’t want to miss Bullets for the Dead presented by Monster Fest with assistance of FilmInk & Griffith University. A beautifully-lensed horror western out of Queensland that puts a…
This year’s Tasploitation Challenge takes place from 22 to 24 January. Filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers from around Australia are encouraged to participate, but must be in the Hobart geographical area on that weekend to take part. The films will debut at gala screening on Monday 25 January. The Tasploitation Challenge Jury consists of: award-winning filmmaker and renowned…
After a hiatus in 2015, Tasmania’s Stranger With My Face International Film Festival (formerly known as Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival) will return for its fourth edition from April 14-17, 2016. Named after the dark YA novel by Lois Duncan, Stranger With My Face focuses on female perspectives in genre film, with an emphasis…
Film goers attending this years Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival in August will have the chance to catch four great short films as part of the Australian shorts program. Check out the program below. THE KINGDOM OF DOUG Josie and her fellow cult members have gathered in an ice skating rink to mass…
It’s just been announced that Ann Turner’s Celia will open the Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival on August 21. The cult film, starring Rebecca Smart, will screen along with a discussion to shed new light on a remarkable work. The event doubles as the launch of a new book, Kid Power!, featuring an essay about the…
48 Hour Tasploitation Challenge Last year, a collection of filmmakers furiously wrote, produced, edited and delivered short horror films within a truly insane 48-hour period. A month later, these films were screened as part of the 2013 Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival in front of the filmmakers and a collection of peers and various…
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