Rachael Turk

Animal Kingdom
David Michôd

From his internationally acclaimed short films Crossbow and Netherland Dwarf to his Aurora script and Sundance winning debut feature, the films of my former fellow IF editor David Michôd find beauty in a rough, male world. Here, the Variety-listed ‘Director to Watch’ explains the lay of the land on the international circuit.

Time: 5-8pm
Date: Friday, March 26
Event: Friday On My Mind
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

Join me for this weekly AFTRS film event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome… but get in early!

FREE SCREENING OF BOTH CROSSBOW AND ANIMAL KINGDOM.

Seeing the Big Picture
Michael Petroni

A graduate of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles (AFI) and winner of both its Screenplay of the Year and the WGA/Scenario award for Best New Screenplay of 1996, Australian born writer/director Michael Petroni (Til Human Voices Wake Us, Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader) talks about his work in Hollywood amongst the likes of 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Spyglass Entertainment and Revolution Studios writing commercially rewarding films for an international audience.

With an aim to enhance the level of storytelling in Australia through his Australian production company See Pictures (with producer Jamie Hilton), Petroni discusses his work with local writers here to develop bigger stories and his own plans to write and direct projects in Australia in 2010/11.

Time: 5-6pm
Date: Friday, November 27
Venue: AFTRS Theatre, Fox Entertainment Quarter

Friday On My Mind is AFTRS‘ weekly event bringing you face to face with the industry’s brightest thinkers.

Free entry. Free 2-hr parking. All welcome.