Production underway on Yamc’s first title ‘Grafted’ from Sasha Rainbow.
Head Gear Films’ Phil Hunt is partnering with Australia-New Zealand horror distribution specialists Monster Pictures on (Yet) Another Monster Company (Yamc), a New Zealand-based label for developing, distributing and financing horror and genre titles.
Yamc has an investment partnership with Hunt’s UK firm Head Gear, and is looking for projects from writers, directors, producers and creative teams. Operating out of New Zealand, Yamc has plans for an Australia-based version in the future.
The company is already in production on its first title Grafted, a coming-of-age body horror from New Zealand filmmaker Sasha Rainbow,...
Head Gear Films’ Phil Hunt is partnering with Australia-New Zealand horror distribution specialists Monster Pictures on (Yet) Another Monster Company (Yamc), a New Zealand-based label for developing, distributing and financing horror and genre titles.
Yamc has an investment partnership with Hunt’s UK firm Head Gear, and is looking for projects from writers, directors, producers and creative teams. Operating out of New Zealand, Yamc has plans for an Australia-based version in the future.
The company is already in production on its first title Grafted, a coming-of-age body horror from New Zealand filmmaker Sasha Rainbow,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Slate led by genre feature ‘Diabolic’.
Australian companies Monster Pictures, Pictures In Paradise and Sunjive Studios are partnering on a 12m production fund for an initial three-picture slate, opening with Daniel J. Phillips’ genre title Diabolic.
The slate is financed by Amcomri Productions, the UK’s Head Gear Films and Sunjive Studios, with international rights handled by UK-based 101 Films International.
The first project is Phillips’ genre title Diabolic, which is set to shoot in South Australia this year. The film follows a woman who takes part in a fundamentalist religious ritual to cure her debilitating chronic disease, only to...
Australian companies Monster Pictures, Pictures In Paradise and Sunjive Studios are partnering on a 12m production fund for an initial three-picture slate, opening with Daniel J. Phillips’ genre title Diabolic.
The slate is financed by Amcomri Productions, the UK’s Head Gear Films and Sunjive Studios, with international rights handled by UK-based 101 Films International.
The first project is Phillips’ genre title Diabolic, which is set to shoot in South Australia this year. The film follows a woman who takes part in a fundamentalist religious ritual to cure her debilitating chronic disease, only to...
- 5/21/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) has unveiled the finalists for two of its pitching competitions, one in partnership with Monster Pictures and the other with Sony.
Both events will be held during the upcoming Aacta Screenfest.
Aacta Pitch: Focus
Developed with Sony, Aacta Pitch: Focus is aimed at film students, offering the opportunity to pitch, develop, shoot a proof of concept and produce a short film, with
guidance from an experienced panel of short filmmakers. The grand prize is $15,000 in production funds along with an extensive suite of complimentary film equipment from Sony.
Finalists include:
I Can’t Get Next To You – Mollie McGregor, Jenna Woodhouse, London Hartard, Chloe Bobbin (Aftrs)
Trapped within her father’s grief and desperate to connect with her late mother, Glen
accidentally travels back in time, from 1988 to 1969, where she must contest with her teen father for her young mum’s...
Both events will be held during the upcoming Aacta Screenfest.
Aacta Pitch: Focus
Developed with Sony, Aacta Pitch: Focus is aimed at film students, offering the opportunity to pitch, develop, shoot a proof of concept and produce a short film, with
guidance from an experienced panel of short filmmakers. The grand prize is $15,000 in production funds along with an extensive suite of complimentary film equipment from Sony.
Finalists include:
I Can’t Get Next To You – Mollie McGregor, Jenna Woodhouse, London Hartard, Chloe Bobbin (Aftrs)
Trapped within her father’s grief and desperate to connect with her late mother, Glen
accidentally travels back in time, from 1988 to 1969, where she must contest with her teen father for her young mum’s...
- 11/30/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Applications are open today for Aacta Pitch: Bite, a feature film development initiative in partnership with Monster Pictures.
The call out is for horror or elevated genre feature film concepts; the theme of ‘bite’ can be taken literally, as in monsters, vampires, zombies or cannibals, or metaphorically, as in to ‘take the bait’.
The winner will receive $10,000 in development funds and an Australian theatrical distribution agreement with Monster Pictures, as well as two tickets to the Aacta Awards and a 12-month Aacta professional membership.
Last year’s theme was isolation, and in addition to the winning project, Julia Corcoran’s Burning, a further five projects were also optioned.
Keeping in line with the overall spirit of the initiative, the project ideas must work effectively with minimal locations, small casts and lower budgets.
“After such a successful first year, Monster Pictures is really looking forward to sinking our teeth into this year’s initiative.
The call out is for horror or elevated genre feature film concepts; the theme of ‘bite’ can be taken literally, as in monsters, vampires, zombies or cannibals, or metaphorically, as in to ‘take the bait’.
The winner will receive $10,000 in development funds and an Australian theatrical distribution agreement with Monster Pictures, as well as two tickets to the Aacta Awards and a 12-month Aacta professional membership.
Last year’s theme was isolation, and in addition to the winning project, Julia Corcoran’s Burning, a further five projects were also optioned.
Keeping in line with the overall spirit of the initiative, the project ideas must work effectively with minimal locations, small casts and lower budgets.
“After such a successful first year, Monster Pictures is really looking forward to sinking our teeth into this year’s initiative.
- 9/1/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
After last year’s iteration saw six projects optioned, Aacta is set to re-team with Monster Pictures to run a horror and genre film development initiative.
2020’s Aacta Pitch: Isolation saw close to 200 submissions, and through a series of development rounds, filmmaking teams were required to demonstrate clear planning around finance, marketing, and audience development. Ultimately, eight projects were selected to compete in a live-streamed pitching final at Aacta ScreenFest.
Writer/director Jordan Watton and producer Julia Corcoran’s Burning won that event, receiving $10,000 and an exclusive distribution deal with Monster Pictures.
However, Monster Pictures director Grant Hardie was so impressed with the concepts that following the 2020 competition, with Chris Brown’s production company Pictures in Paradise, he optioned five of the other first round finalists’ projects. They are now working with the teams to develop their projects and take them to market.
One of those projects is Aaron McCann’s Jonesy,...
2020’s Aacta Pitch: Isolation saw close to 200 submissions, and through a series of development rounds, filmmaking teams were required to demonstrate clear planning around finance, marketing, and audience development. Ultimately, eight projects were selected to compete in a live-streamed pitching final at Aacta ScreenFest.
Writer/director Jordan Watton and producer Julia Corcoran’s Burning won that event, receiving $10,000 and an exclusive distribution deal with Monster Pictures.
However, Monster Pictures director Grant Hardie was so impressed with the concepts that following the 2020 competition, with Chris Brown’s production company Pictures in Paradise, he optioned five of the other first round finalists’ projects. They are now working with the teams to develop their projects and take them to market.
One of those projects is Aaron McCann’s Jonesy,...
- 7/30/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
While Aacta’s Byron Kennedy Award is typically given to an individual or organisation who demonstrates “outstanding creative enterprise”, this year the award will go to a film.
The nominees for the honour, which celebrates the legacy of Dr George Miller’s original producing partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, are a short-list of the last decade’s best indie genre features.
The films are diverse, spanning comedies, Westerns, thrillers, horrors and sci-fis, but Aacta has determined each are in line with Kennedy’s “ethos of excellence”, resourcefulness and “the can-do spirit of independent, low-budget local filmmaking.”
They include: The Babadook, Beast, Cargo, Girl Asleep, I Am Mother, The Infinite Man, Mad Bastards, Mystery Road, Red Hill, That’s Not Me, These Final Hours and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
‘Girl Asleep’.
Many nominated are debut features, such as Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Zak Hilditch’s These Final Hours,...
The nominees for the honour, which celebrates the legacy of Dr George Miller’s original producing partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, are a short-list of the last decade’s best indie genre features.
The films are diverse, spanning comedies, Westerns, thrillers, horrors and sci-fis, but Aacta has determined each are in line with Kennedy’s “ethos of excellence”, resourcefulness and “the can-do spirit of independent, low-budget local filmmaking.”
They include: The Babadook, Beast, Cargo, Girl Asleep, I Am Mother, The Infinite Man, Mad Bastards, Mystery Road, Red Hill, That’s Not Me, These Final Hours and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
‘Girl Asleep’.
Many nominated are debut features, such as Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Zak Hilditch’s These Final Hours,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Eight finalists will compete in Aacta and Monster Pictures pitch competition, Pitch: Isolation, with the winner to receive $10,000 in development funding and a theatrical distribution agreement.
The call out was for original concepts based around any kind of isolation – physical, societal or psychological – and ideas that work effectively with minimal locations, small casts and low costs.
The pitch will be streamed live, December 1, on Aacta Screenfest, judged by an industry panel including Monster Pictures owner Grant Hardie, Chris Brown and Fairvale Entertainment’s Toby Louie and Nicholas Levene.
The finalists:
Blackheath
Karina Banno, Raechelle Banno, George Maher
Max recounts her time in the strict religious community she recently escaped but struggles to move on as she fears her old ‘Family’ may be closing in on her and the only person she has left.
Burning
Jordan Watton, Julia Corcoran
A low-achieving outsider who works as volunteer firefighter ignites a series of...
The call out was for original concepts based around any kind of isolation – physical, societal or psychological – and ideas that work effectively with minimal locations, small casts and low costs.
The pitch will be streamed live, December 1, on Aacta Screenfest, judged by an industry panel including Monster Pictures owner Grant Hardie, Chris Brown and Fairvale Entertainment’s Toby Louie and Nicholas Levene.
The finalists:
Blackheath
Karina Banno, Raechelle Banno, George Maher
Max recounts her time in the strict religious community she recently escaped but struggles to move on as she fears her old ‘Family’ may be closing in on her and the only person she has left.
Burning
Jordan Watton, Julia Corcoran
A low-achieving outsider who works as volunteer firefighter ignites a series of...
- 11/22/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Kate Bonner and Natasha Wanganeen in ‘Waiyiri.’
After playing characters who were in chains or oppressed earlier in her career, Natasha Wanganeen is relishing the chance to portray a wide diversity of roles.
Demonstrating her versatility, the Ngarrindjeri, Narungga, Kaurna and Noongar woman plays Indigenous bushranger Mary Ann Bugg in Network 10’s upcoming Drunk History Australia; a chef in Closer Productions/ABC comedy Aftertaste; and a government official in Seth Larney’s 2067.
“What I would love to do now is take all the strength from action movies, fantasy and sci-fi and put that into our style,” the Black Lives Matter activist tells If. “We are some of the strongest people on Earth.
“I want our kids to wake up and see us doing powerful things instead of seeing the mainstream media put out news about another death in custody or Indigenous people as alcoholics or facing drug issues. A...
After playing characters who were in chains or oppressed earlier in her career, Natasha Wanganeen is relishing the chance to portray a wide diversity of roles.
Demonstrating her versatility, the Ngarrindjeri, Narungga, Kaurna and Noongar woman plays Indigenous bushranger Mary Ann Bugg in Network 10’s upcoming Drunk History Australia; a chef in Closer Productions/ABC comedy Aftertaste; and a government official in Seth Larney’s 2067.
“What I would love to do now is take all the strength from action movies, fantasy and sci-fi and put that into our style,” the Black Lives Matter activist tells If. “We are some of the strongest people on Earth.
“I want our kids to wake up and see us doing powerful things instead of seeing the mainstream media put out news about another death in custody or Indigenous people as alcoholics or facing drug issues. A...
- 9/21/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Occupation: Rainfall.’
Luke Sparke’s Occupation: Rainfall, the sequel to his 2018 sci-fi thriller Occupation, will have its world premiere at Monster Fest in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
The festival, which runs from October 29 – November 1, will provide the launch platform for the cinema release handled by Grant Hardie’s Monster Pictures.
Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies, Temuera Morrison, Dan Ewing, Trystan Go, Zac Garred, Mark Coles Smith and Dena Kaplan star in the sequel which picks up two years later as survivors of the intergalactic invasion of Earth fight back in a desperate ground war.
As casualties mount, the resistance and their unexpected allies uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end.
Sparke tells If a launch date is yet to be set, given the closure of Victorian cinemas and capacity limits on cinemas in other states, but he expects it will open soon after Monster Fest.
Luke Sparke’s Occupation: Rainfall, the sequel to his 2018 sci-fi thriller Occupation, will have its world premiere at Monster Fest in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
The festival, which runs from October 29 – November 1, will provide the launch platform for the cinema release handled by Grant Hardie’s Monster Pictures.
Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies, Temuera Morrison, Dan Ewing, Trystan Go, Zac Garred, Mark Coles Smith and Dena Kaplan star in the sequel which picks up two years later as survivors of the intergalactic invasion of Earth fight back in a desperate ground war.
As casualties mount, the resistance and their unexpected allies uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end.
Sparke tells If a launch date is yet to be set, given the closure of Victorian cinemas and capacity limits on cinemas in other states, but he expects it will open soon after Monster Fest.
- 8/13/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Aacta, in partnership with Monster Pictures, is calling out for horror and genre feature film ideas based on the theme of isolation for a new development initiative and pitch competition.
The winner of the competition will receive $10,000 in development funds, an Australian theatrical distribution agreement with Monster Pictures Distribribution and a ticket to the 2020 Aacta Awards in December.
The call out is for original concepts based around any kind of isolation – physical, societal or psychological – and ideas must work effectively with minimal locations, small casts and low costs.
Projects that demonstrate the following are likely to be the most successful:
New, creative and unique ways to engage audiences; Strong characters that resonate with audiences; Concise stories demonstrating clear, dramatic tension; Ideas that bend genres and break new ground.
A shortlist of 20 projects will be determined by a judging panel comprised of established producers, distributors and film financiers including Chris Brown,...
The winner of the competition will receive $10,000 in development funds, an Australian theatrical distribution agreement with Monster Pictures Distribribution and a ticket to the 2020 Aacta Awards in December.
The call out is for original concepts based around any kind of isolation – physical, societal or psychological – and ideas must work effectively with minimal locations, small casts and low costs.
Projects that demonstrate the following are likely to be the most successful:
New, creative and unique ways to engage audiences; Strong characters that resonate with audiences; Concise stories demonstrating clear, dramatic tension; Ideas that bend genres and break new ground.
A shortlist of 20 projects will be determined by a judging panel comprised of established producers, distributors and film financiers including Chris Brown,...
- 7/1/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Grant Hardie and Chris Brown.
Monster Pictures’ Grant Hardie and Pictures in Paradise’s Chris Brown have formed a genre film investment and production company in partnership with new international financier Fairvale Entertainment.
They plan to launch with a slate of five films budgeted at $2.5 million – $3 million to be produced in Australia and New Zealand, and aim to have all released by 2023.
Today the Monsters in Paradise partners called for projects from Australian and New Zealand writers, producers, directors and creative teams. There will be a strong focus on inclusivity including female, Indigenous and Lgtbi filmmakers.
“We intend to create a mini-studio with a pool of talent, like the Blumhouse model, with the add-on of distribution in Australia,” Hardie tells If.
“As Australia and New Zealand are among the first countries to come out of Covid-19, we want to be there supporting filmmakers.”
Brown, whose credits include Bait, Daybreakers and The Proposition,...
Monster Pictures’ Grant Hardie and Pictures in Paradise’s Chris Brown have formed a genre film investment and production company in partnership with new international financier Fairvale Entertainment.
They plan to launch with a slate of five films budgeted at $2.5 million – $3 million to be produced in Australia and New Zealand, and aim to have all released by 2023.
Today the Monsters in Paradise partners called for projects from Australian and New Zealand writers, producers, directors and creative teams. There will be a strong focus on inclusivity including female, Indigenous and Lgtbi filmmakers.
“We intend to create a mini-studio with a pool of talent, like the Blumhouse model, with the add-on of distribution in Australia,” Hardie tells If.
“As Australia and New Zealand are among the first countries to come out of Covid-19, we want to be there supporting filmmakers.”
Brown, whose credits include Bait, Daybreakers and The Proposition,...
- 6/23/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Monster Fest.
Expanding the Monster Fest brand, Monster Fest and Event Cinemas are partnering on a new festival which will be staged at five Event Cinemas locations around Australia.
Under the banner Monster Fest Australia 2019, the event will run simultaneously from Thursday October 31 to Sunday November 3 in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Sydney.
Each location will feature highlights from the Melbourne program, plus screenings and special events unique to each city. As the opening night takes place on Halloween, the organisers are planning something “very special” to kick off the festival.
Monster Fest director Grant Hardie said: “While this festival initially will have a more refined program than the Melbourne counterpart, it is the first step in bringing the full Monster Fest experience to these cities in the near future and we are committed to making this festival the best experience possible for fans.”
Event Cinemas general manager of content...
Expanding the Monster Fest brand, Monster Fest and Event Cinemas are partnering on a new festival which will be staged at five Event Cinemas locations around Australia.
Under the banner Monster Fest Australia 2019, the event will run simultaneously from Thursday October 31 to Sunday November 3 in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth and Sydney.
Each location will feature highlights from the Melbourne program, plus screenings and special events unique to each city. As the opening night takes place on Halloween, the organisers are planning something “very special” to kick off the festival.
Monster Fest director Grant Hardie said: “While this festival initially will have a more refined program than the Melbourne counterpart, it is the first step in bringing the full Monster Fest experience to these cities in the near future and we are committed to making this festival the best experience possible for fans.”
Event Cinemas general manager of content...
- 5/2/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Monster Fest
Monster Fest has called for submissions for the 2019 edition which returns to Cinema Nova with plans for continued expansion nationally in partnership with Event Cinemas.
The festival will run from October 10-13, five weeks ahead of previous years’ festivals to accommodate the extension to other cities.
Following the success of their partnership Monster Fest Travelling Sideshow, Monster Fest and Event Cinemas plan to take the Melbourne experience to select cities in the rest of Australia in November. More details will be announced soon.
Claire Gandy, Event Cinemas general manager content, says: “Having seen the continued growth of Monster Fest Melbourne in the last few years, we at Event wanted to bring that experience to some of our major sites around the country and we are very excited to see how we can work together.”
Grant Hardie, Monster Fest festival director, adds: “Since we started the festival our plan...
Monster Fest has called for submissions for the 2019 edition which returns to Cinema Nova with plans for continued expansion nationally in partnership with Event Cinemas.
The festival will run from October 10-13, five weeks ahead of previous years’ festivals to accommodate the extension to other cities.
Following the success of their partnership Monster Fest Travelling Sideshow, Monster Fest and Event Cinemas plan to take the Melbourne experience to select cities in the rest of Australia in November. More details will be announced soon.
Claire Gandy, Event Cinemas general manager content, says: “Having seen the continued growth of Monster Fest Melbourne in the last few years, we at Event wanted to bring that experience to some of our major sites around the country and we are very excited to see how we can work together.”
Grant Hardie, Monster Fest festival director, adds: “Since we started the festival our plan...
- 3/6/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
“Crazy Rich Asians” star Ken Jeong is starring in “Occupation: Rainfall,” the sequel to the 2018 Australian science-fiction movie “Occupation.”
Jeong will begin shooting in early October in Australian locations including the Hunter Valley and the Gold Coast. Other cast members include Temuera Morrison (“Aquaman”), Dan Ewing, Stephany Jacobsen, Aaron Jeffery, Zac Garred, Izzy Stephens, Trystan Go, Lawrence Makoare, Vince Colosimo and Tamala Shelton.
Director Luke Sparke returns to helm the sequel with Monster Pictures on board as distributors across Australia and New Zealand.
“We’re building a whole new world with ‘Occupation: Rainfall’ and to have Ken join the film alongside our awesome returning cast members is mind blowing,” Sparke said.”I’ve admired his work and his successes for years and can’t wait to see what brings to the project when he arrives here to shoot in October.”
“Occupation: Rainfall” picks up two years into the intergalactic invasion of earth,...
Jeong will begin shooting in early October in Australian locations including the Hunter Valley and the Gold Coast. Other cast members include Temuera Morrison (“Aquaman”), Dan Ewing, Stephany Jacobsen, Aaron Jeffery, Zac Garred, Izzy Stephens, Trystan Go, Lawrence Makoare, Vince Colosimo and Tamala Shelton.
Director Luke Sparke returns to helm the sequel with Monster Pictures on board as distributors across Australia and New Zealand.
“We’re building a whole new world with ‘Occupation: Rainfall’ and to have Ken join the film alongside our awesome returning cast members is mind blowing,” Sparke said.”I’ve admired his work and his successes for years and can’t wait to see what brings to the project when he arrives here to shoot in October.”
“Occupation: Rainfall” picks up two years into the intergalactic invasion of earth,...
- 9/19/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Ken Jeong.
In a casting coup writer-director Luke Sparke has signed Crazy Rich Asians’ Ken Jeong to play the lead in Occupation: Rainfall.
The sequel to Sparke’s sci-fi thriller Occupation starts a four-month shoot spanning the Gold Coast, Newcastle, Sydney, the Snowy Mountains and Alice Springs tonight.
Temuera Morrison, Dan Ewing, Stephany Jacobsen, Aaron Jeffery, Zac Garred, Izzy Stephens and Trystan Go will reprise their roles from the original film.
Also joining the cast for the sequel are Lawrence Makoare, Vince Colosimo and Tamala Shelton, with more names to be revealed.
Sparke said: “We’re building a whole new world with Occupation: Rainfall and to have Ken join the film alongside our awesome returning cast members is mind blowing. I’ve admired his work and his successes for years and can’t wait to see what brings to the project when he arrives here in October.”
Co-written by Sparke and Felix Williamson,...
In a casting coup writer-director Luke Sparke has signed Crazy Rich Asians’ Ken Jeong to play the lead in Occupation: Rainfall.
The sequel to Sparke’s sci-fi thriller Occupation starts a four-month shoot spanning the Gold Coast, Newcastle, Sydney, the Snowy Mountains and Alice Springs tonight.
Temuera Morrison, Dan Ewing, Stephany Jacobsen, Aaron Jeffery, Zac Garred, Izzy Stephens and Trystan Go will reprise their roles from the original film.
Also joining the cast for the sequel are Lawrence Makoare, Vince Colosimo and Tamala Shelton, with more names to be revealed.
Sparke said: “We’re building a whole new world with Occupation: Rainfall and to have Ken join the film alongside our awesome returning cast members is mind blowing. I’ve admired his work and his successes for years and can’t wait to see what brings to the project when he arrives here in October.”
Co-written by Sparke and Felix Williamson,...
- 9/19/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Monster Fest returns for its sixth edition November 24-27 at the Lido Cinemas in Melbourne, with support from Screen Australia and Film Victoria..
Writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse joins the team as festival director alongside festival co-founder and head of Monster Pictures acquisitions Neil Foley.
They're joined on the programming team by longtime programmer for the American Cinematheque, Chris D; scholar and author Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (Rape Revenge Films: A Critical History); pulp expert Andrew Nette (Beat Girls, Love Tribes and Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction and Youth Culture from the 1950s to the 1980s); film scholar and archivist Dean Brandum (Technicolor Yawn); curator Hussein Khoder (ex-Melbourne Underground Film Festival); media researcher Catherine Seccombe (ABC) and Trasharama programmer Dick Dale..
.I.m really excited about having someone of Chris D.s stature join the team this year,. said Janisse..
.He.s got exquisite taste and brings a wealth of experience to the festival.
Writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse joins the team as festival director alongside festival co-founder and head of Monster Pictures acquisitions Neil Foley.
They're joined on the programming team by longtime programmer for the American Cinematheque, Chris D; scholar and author Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (Rape Revenge Films: A Critical History); pulp expert Andrew Nette (Beat Girls, Love Tribes and Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction and Youth Culture from the 1950s to the 1980s); film scholar and archivist Dean Brandum (Technicolor Yawn); curator Hussein Khoder (ex-Melbourne Underground Film Festival); media researcher Catherine Seccombe (ABC) and Trasharama programmer Dick Dale..
.I.m really excited about having someone of Chris D.s stature join the team this year,. said Janisse..
.He.s got exquisite taste and brings a wealth of experience to the festival.
- 6/9/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Festival director Kier-La Janisse (photo: Cindy Titus).
Submissions are now open to the sixth annual Monster Fest, with an early bird deadline of April 29, a regular deadline of June 3 and an extended deadline of August 12.
Monster Fest ('Australia.s premier festival of cult, horror and the fantastic') runs November 24-27 at the Lido Cinemas in Melbourne, with support from Screen Australia.
Monster Fest was established in 2011 as the exhibition arm of Monster Pictures.
This year it's headed up by new festival director Kier-La Janisse, with programming support from genre scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and executive produced by Neil Foley and Grant Hardie of Monster Pictures.
.We.re already hitting the festival circuit, markets and schools, scouting new films, but I can.t wait for the submissions to start rolling in to see what unheralded discoveries await us., Janisse said.
This year Monster Fest will put a particular emphasis on innovative,...
Submissions are now open to the sixth annual Monster Fest, with an early bird deadline of April 29, a regular deadline of June 3 and an extended deadline of August 12.
Monster Fest ('Australia.s premier festival of cult, horror and the fantastic') runs November 24-27 at the Lido Cinemas in Melbourne, with support from Screen Australia.
Monster Fest was established in 2011 as the exhibition arm of Monster Pictures.
This year it's headed up by new festival director Kier-La Janisse, with programming support from genre scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and executive produced by Neil Foley and Grant Hardie of Monster Pictures.
.We.re already hitting the festival circuit, markets and schools, scouting new films, but I can.t wait for the submissions to start rolling in to see what unheralded discoveries await us., Janisse said.
This year Monster Fest will put a particular emphasis on innovative,...
- 2/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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