After 30 years, the curtain is lifting on the Brunswick Picture House. The iconic site on Fingal Street in Brunswick Heads has had a new lease on life and opens its doors this coming Easter weekend. A fun packed program of events has been created… Read More »The Brunswick Picture House
‘Double Barrel’ is one chapter of a global story. In places like Bali, Fiji, South Africa, even around our own coast, we are seeing the destructive force of development and greed. But, in just the same way, the project and the sustainable redevelopment of Lobitos… Read More »Double Barrel
The almighty, indomitable force of nature is all too evident. A casual waft through the broadsheets will usually uncover at least one tale of flooding, earthquakes, storms, forest fires or some other so-called act of God, a Damoclean sword swipe at our complacency. We sit… Read More »PISSING IN THE WIND
To ensure the future of video contains more than cats and cooking shows, a new Screenworks seminar will show content creators, filmmakers, vloggers and visual storytellers how to unlock the vast potential of online platforms. Held on Friday August 14 at the Byron Regional Sports… Read More »YOUTUBE HITS + ONLINE SUCCESS
Fair Food is Australia’s first feature-length documentary that tells the story of our farmers, social entrepreneurs and communities pioneering new approaches to food production, marketing and distribution. Our current food system is broken – two supermarkets control 75-80 per cent of the grocery market, cheap… Read More »Fair Food
The Byron Bay International Film Festival (BBFF) kicks off on Friday with a celluloid celebration of a politician revered for his principle and vision. Tony Benn: Will and Testament is a feature-length documentary about the late British political firebrand, socialist and maverick who tirelessly fought… Read More »CELLULOID SMORGASBORD
There is something a little voyeuristic in watching movies. We gain an insight into the lives of others, empathise with strangers, peek through the curtains of our closeted lives into a world that is not ours. Whether it is dreaming of gaining superpowers, finding that… Read More »BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL: VOYEURISTIC PURSUITS
Entries are now officially open for the 2014 Byron Bay Surf Festvail Surf Shorts Film Comp presented by GoPro. The increasingly prized key event is expected to draw many trailblazing filmmakers, of every age and background, from around the world. A new voting system has been designed to give film… Read More »CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS
Surfing, travel and ecology go hand in hand in hand. Just as surfers yearn for new, uncrowned waves in distant and exotic lands, so too do they recognise man’s detrimental impact on the environment in which they immerse themselves. Colder water and extensive, and expensive,… Read More »DOUBLE BARREL: THE PERUVIAN CONNECTION
Let’s face it – you’ve got more chance of finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn while munching a four-leaf clover sandwich than hearing the words, “you know, I think Tony Abbott is pretty good for this country” uttered by anyone outside the mining industry. Nestled… Read More »MALIA ROUILLON: SIRENS WILL SAVE US ALL
