Attending Byron Bay International Film Festival

Finally a new appearance for Rhys! Will be great to see some new pictures :)

Film festival kicks off

5th March 2010

THE Byron Bay International Film Festival kicks off tonight with a gala red carpet and opening party.

Celebrating the centenary of film in Byron Bay, this year’s festival runs until Saturday, March 13.

“Opening night sold out yesterday,” festival director J’aimee Skippon-Volke said.

“We have film-makers and special guests arriving from around Australia and the world to join us here in Byron Bay. It’s very exciting.

“A real highlight of the festival will be the session of work from young Australian film-makers.

“This session will be attended by Rhys Wakefield (Home and Away), from The Black Balloon, as well as a number of young directors.”

With Byron Bay such a popular celebrity hang-out, every year rumours abound as to which famous faces will turn up to the festival. Previous years have seen Jack Johnson, Stephen Curry and Chris Haywood attend.

Screening tonight are two highly-acclaimed films Dark Horse, a short film by Australian director Marc Furmie, and BAS! Beyond the Red Light, a study of child trafficking by former Byron Shire resident Wendy Champagne.

Source:  Northern Star

Clearing the Air will screen at the festival on Saturday March 13th at 4pm. It’s in that occasion Rhys will attend. It’s session 30 “Young Australian Filmmakers”. You can buy your tickets over the phone by calling 02 66 856 807 or in person at the Byron Community Centre, Byron Visitors Centre or The Bookshop Mullumbimby. Tickets for this session is $6.50.

Posted by Ida in Appearances, Screenings on March 5th, 2010 | No Comments
Minor theme changes

Just wanted to let you know that I did some minor changes to the gallery theme. I played a little around with the coding and I think it looks more professional now than before. Hope you like the change :) I also made the corners of tables on the main site here rounded :P

Posted by Ida in Site stuff on March 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Misc photos added

I’ve found some photos that I’ve added to the gallery :) Some are just bigger versions of already uploaded pictures.

GALLERY LINKS
Public Appearances » 2008 Appearances » Show Fest 2008
Photoshoots » Session 010; Clearing the Air
Movies » Short films » Clearing the Air (2008) » Stills
Movies » Short films » Clearing the Air (2008) » Behind the scenes

Posted by Ida in Images on March 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Watch Lewis Johns

You can now watch Lewis Johns, a short film which Rhys features in.


[EDIT] Added screencaps to the gallery

Gallery links
Movies » Short Films » Lewis Johns (2009) » Screencaps

Posted by Ida in Images, Short films on February 27th, 2010 | 2 Comments
3D takes the plunge in a diving epic Down Under

Christine Sams Entertainment Reporter
February 21, 2010


THIS is the cave at the heart of a $30 million 3D film epic being made by an Australian team hand-picked by the lauded director James Cameron.

Using the same cameras from Cameron’s record-breaking film Avatar, Australian director and former Tropfest winner Alister Grierson is creating an underwater world for actors including Richard Roxburgh and Welsh star Ioan Gruffudd.

”It’s been really challenging for those guys,” Grierson said.

”We’ve got this amazing set that we’ve built, we’ve been shooting in jungles, we’ve been shooting in caves, we’ve been shooting underwater. It’s very physically challenging – they’ve been training really hard.”

Grierson spent time on the Avatar set watching Cameron’s directorial methods before making this film in Queensland.

”We’re using literally the same cameras he used on Avatar,” Grierson said. ”But he was working in a virtual world as well as a real world … whereas we are completely 100 per cent live action.”

Sanctum is the first 3D film to be made in Australia, with Cameron its executive producer.

”We’ve got another month underwater now,” Grierson said. ”There’s still a long way to go on this shoot and I’ve got a big post-production path ahead.”

The film has been made on location on the Gold Coast and inside the sound stage at Warner Bros studio, where a $2.1 million water tank has been built for the project.

”This is a big-budget film on Australian terms,” Grierson said. ”We’re trying to deliver a big film, with a big punch, with a broad appeal at the box office.”

Grierson, 40, was chosen by Cameron for the project, after the Hollywood director saw footage of his work on the film Kokoda.

”Getting the phone call – it all seemed too good to be true, then of course reality kicked in and a couple of years later, here we are,” said Grierson, who grew up in Canberra.

The director also won Tropfest five years ago and he is using many of the same crew members on Sanctum as he did for his short film.

Sanctum’s plot is based on a disastrous diving expedition experienced by the film’s Australian producer Andrew Wight. He developed the story with Cameron, to create the 3D film.

Source:  Sydney Morning Herald

Posted by Ida in Sanctum on February 27th, 2010 | No Comments
 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next


Next Posts »