In a season marked by daring, deeply personal storytelling, two Oscar®-qualified live-action shorts — Before You by Lauren Melinda and Beyond Silence by Marnie Blok — are rising to the top of the awards conversation. Each film, grounded in a female filmmaker’s lived experience, cuts through the cultural noise to deliver an intimate portrait of grief, trauma, and resilience. Together, they represent a…
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Josh Leong’s Chicken, inspired by true stories to world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
Director Josh Leong’s live-action narrative short, Chicken, was inspired by true stories of real children he first met while volunteering in NYC juvenile detention centres in the summer of 2021. This topical film will screen in competition at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, featuring a real prison chick-hatching program, that the filmmakers partnered with. In…
The Gold Movie Awards Launch the GMA Expo and Academy on the 9th January 2020
The Gold Movie Awards were created by Italian director Marco Recalchi, actor and producer Jason Matthewson and Antony Reolon, in partnership with The Old Film Farm, Ikon Films and Skyup Academy. The GMA’s exhibit the best in upcoming and seasoned filmmakers alike, providing a crucial platform to showcase their work and be awarded in a…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with The Paddy Lincoln Gang lead actress Amy Lawhorn
The Paddy Lincoln Gang are a smoking hot Los Angeles rock band on the verge of huge success. But their complex and troubled Irish lead singer, Rob McAlister (Dean S. Jagger) is haunted by his own paranoia and suspicions that something is not right with the band, his manager, Dan (Stephen Bridgewater – TWELVE MONKEYS)…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with director of Judas Ghost Simon Pearce
Simon Pearce’s Judas Ghost, starring Spartacus: War of the Damned’ Simon Merrells and Zero Dark Thirty star, Martin Delaney, won ‘Best Horror’ at the London Independent Film Festival. Based on the fan favourite ‘Ghost Finders’ novels written by The New York Times best selling author Simon R. Green, Judas Ghost tells the tale of 4 experienced Ghost Finders who think…
Exclusive Interview with Producer of Judas Ghost, Wolfram Parge
Judas Ghost, won ‘Best Horror’ at the London Independent Film festival. Based on the fan favourite ‘Ghost Finders’ novels written by The New York Times best selling author Simon R. Green, Judas Ghost tells the tale of 4 experienced Ghost Finders who think they have seen it all…that is, until they encounter the chilling Judas Ghost. This…
Review of BeActive’s British feature Beat Girl
“Beat girl”, a coming of age story of a young girl as she is torn between her late mother’s dreams of her getting a place in the prestigious Julliard performing arts School and becoming a world class pianist and the pulsating world of Electronic dance music. Pursuing the dream she has always loved, she gets…
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