Screen Conversations
Adelaide Film Festival’s Screen Conversations series aims to unpack the importance of Australian independent filmmaking and its connections with the Festival. It brings leading screen figures to share their wisdom and inspire future South Australian creatives. Screen Conversions are co-presented with the Creative People, Products and Place (CP3) research centre at the University of South Australia.
Writing The Royal Hotel
Join director Kitty Green as she discusses writing her second feature, the AFF opening night film and the outback thriller, The Royal Hotel which had its world premiere at Toronto.
When: 4pm Thursday 19 October 2023
Where: Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 8
Moderator: Sandy George
Queerness in Australian Cinema
Join Goran Stolevski (Housekeeping for Beginners), Raghuvir Joshi (Sahela) and Gabriel Carruba (Sunflower) as they discuss their films in this year’s 2023 Adelaide Film Festival. Also joining the panel is Jess Pacella, Lecturer – UniSA & Feast Festival programmer.
When: 11am Friday 20 October 2023
Where: Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 8
Moderator: Sandy George
The Causeway Touch – taking the next generation of Australian filmmakers to the world stage
Kristina Ceyton, one of the two principals at Causeway Films, is the producer of AFFIF 2023 title Housekeeping for Beginners and previous AFFIF titles Talk To Me and Cargo.
When: 4pm Friday 20 October 2023
Where: Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 8
Moderator: Sandy George
Hugo Weaving with Sandy George
Hugo Weaving on the value of Australian film and television to the nation, what it means to him, and why he fears about its future. Oh, and don’t worry: he’ll also be talking about how he creates extraordinarily authentic characters. Hugo’s films The Royal Hotel and The Rooster both screen in this year’s festival.
When: 3pm Sunday 22 October 2023
Where: Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 8
Moderator: Sandy George
Choreography for the camera
An extended Q&A following the World Premiere of Rewards For The Tribe. Director Rhys Graham and Associate Director Jana Castillo will talk on filming the body, dance and movement in documentary.
When: 7pm Sunday 22 October 2023
Where: Piccadilly Cinema 1
Moderator: Saige Walton
Scott Hicks – the interplay of fiction and non-fiction
Join iconic Australian director and AFF affiliate, Scott Hicks for an extended conversation on his oeuvre; and his career-long interest in not only fiction and documentary but in capturing music on screen.
When: 1.30pm Saturday 28 October 2023
Where: Mercury Cinema
Moderator: Stephen Russell
Developing stories for the global market – Australian genre
Join Luke Rynderman and Adam Kamien, the writer/directors of Speedway and Colin Cairnes, co-director of Late Night With The Devil on how genre, content and style shaped their features, and the connections between ‘Australian’ filmmaking and global film markets.
When: 3.15pm Sunday 29 October 2023
Where: Mercury Cinema
Moderator: Stuart Richards
The “Screen Conversations’ convenor is Saige Walton, CP3 Associate Director and Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies (UniSA). Plus, returning to Adelaide in 2023 is Sandy George who, for 30 years, has been Australia’s leading commentator on the business of the Australian screen sector. Sandy is Australian correspondent for Screen International/Screendaily.com.
Talks are free but space is limited, registration is essential at the above links or via the AFF App.
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