Showreel Annie McLoughlin

Today we chat with Mushroom Studios' Chief Operating Officer Bethany Jones here. Mushroom Studios' has been producing and distributing independent content for 30 years, starting with Chopper, including miniseries Molly and now a new film following the journey of an Afghani translator as she tries to settle into working class Freemont USA. Committed to independent and interesting Mushroom Studios is distributing Fremont into the Australian/ New Zealand market May 2 with earlier weekend screenings at select cinemas.We follow with news about whimsical $30K debut film PACO by South Australian comedy duo "tim&TIM!" Takes Festival Circuit by Storm. We chat with director Tim Carlier here.Screenings:MELBOURNE ~ LIDO CINEMAS | 6TH MAY 2024BRISBANE ~ FIVE STAR NEW FARM | 7TH MAY 2024ADELAIDE ~ THE REGAL | 8TH MAY 2024SYDNEY ~ RITZ CINEMAS | 9TH MAY 2024HOBART ~ REWIND CINEMA | 10TH MAY 2024

We talk with director Tom Haramis about his new documentary feature Fight to Live which takes us into the life of Australian UFC and Bare Knuckle Fighting champion and domestic abuse survivor “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings. Fight to Live is one of the Australian features screening at this years Setting Sun Film Festival.

We chat with writer/director/ actor John Jarrett about his new film What about Sal? which focuses on the question what happens to a person with down syndrome when their parents die. A rousing, domestic drama starring Gerard O' Dywer supported by a great cast of actors is a truly life affirming film. Catch it in its first week to support Australia film.

We talk with Lucy Nelson from AWG and last years winner of the short form Emerging Writers' Award, Kayti Murphy about how useful entering the award is for aspiring screen writers.

Today we are going to the last night of the Melbourne Women's Film Festival. Jeni Thornley's film Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary was the final film of the festival. It is a mediative film cafted from Thornley's visual diary made up of super 8. It was commissioned by the Australian Film and Sound Archive. Here is the q&a after the film screening with Jeni Thornley. 

We chat with Greg Dolgopolov, co-curator of the Inner West Film Festival running from 11-21 April. In it's second year this festival gives opportunities for an electic program which hosts the work of local Western Sydney creatives while digging deep to the past and present of different world cinemas. Greg gives and insight into why a festival and why it is important for local film makers. launchinstragram