DAM: Matthew Keisoglu is an Armenian-Australian filmmaker and the Founder and Festival Director of the Multicultural Mental Health Film Festival. A descendant of genocide survivors, this is an important, family history – and one shared by many across the world in the past and currently – that Matthew often layers into the stories and filmsContinue reading “An honest and haunting look at inherited trauma: Matthew Keisoglu on ‘When Dogs Bark’”
Category Archives: Film Spotlight
From YouTube Series ‘Unknown Filter’ to Acting alongside Liam Neeson: Saksham Sharma on ‘Ice Road: Vengeance’
DAM: Instead of waiting for an opportunity, Indian-Australian Actor, Producer and Magician, Saksham Sharma, started his career by creating his own work on Youtube. A decade later and he’s grown an audience of over 5.7million subscribers, posting Magic and Hip Hop Dance videos – to becoming the youngest South Asian to write, produce and starContinue reading “From YouTube Series ‘Unknown Filter’ to Acting alongside Liam Neeson: Saksham Sharma on ‘Ice Road: Vengeance’”
Breaking chains to Dream bigger: Tigran Tovmasian on ‘The Circus Lion’
DAM: Tigran Tovmasian is an Armenian-Australian Actor & Writer who now adds Director & Producer to that title, with the completion of his new film ‘The Circus Lion’ – a drama following Samvel, a young wrestler in Western Sydney with Dreams of something greater for his life. What stood out on our first watch, wasContinue reading “Breaking chains to Dream bigger: Tigran Tovmasian on ‘The Circus Lion’”
The Australian ACTORS OF TOMORROW: Interview w/ the Main Cast & Creators of ‘Broke Actor’
BROKE ACTOR follows the pursuit of an Acting Career with a twist. Where most film and TV of the same subject matter follow the everyday struggles of Actors – Broke Actor takes this on from the point of view of Australians from Ethnically Diverse backgrounds. Beyond the ‘Starving Artist’ narrative, the series takes viewers out of audition rooms and into the real lives of each character, delving further into family expectations, stereotypes, typecasting & what it truly means to be ‘Australian’. Interview with the Creators and Main Cast here.
‘The Sikh Soldier’: Interview with the Directors
Today we speak with the Co-Directors Joseph Archer & Sky Cheema (who also stares) on their film ‘The Sikh Soldier’ and the important, untold WW1 story behind it.
The Disposables: Inspiring change through Story & Representation on screen
ABC’s latest teen series ‘The Disposables’ inspires change against Australia’s Recycling Crisis and it’s treatment of Refugees, in an entertaining genre-bending drama featuring a Sri Lankan Tamil Lead at the forefront. We spoke to Creator/Director Renny Wijeyamohan and Actor Sumi Gunaratnam who stars as ‘Priya’.
Maria Tran: Acting, Filmmaking & Creating your own Path
Interview with Maria Tran, Actor and Filmmaker. From humble beginnings to staring in Last King of the Cross, filming Echo 8 and everything in between – we talk her journey, representation and creating your own path.
‘Red Lantern’: A Homage to Ethnic Australian Creatives
Introducing ‘Red Lantern’ the latest short film by NOAH Films – one of 5 commissioned & selected to screen at the Magnify 2023 festival by Blacktown Arts
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