Posted on June 12, 2019
Festival Experience Studio || Assignment 3
Final Reflection on staging the 1st MIYFF Blog post #9: Panel Session with Rohan Spong and Erin Rosenburg Blog post #10: The Final Countdown Running a film festival was a task I never thought I was capable of… Read More
Posted on May 30, 2019
The Final Countdown
Festival Experience Studio blog post #10 These past three weeks for the festival have been incredibly chaotic, but somehow we’re making it and I think it’s because everyone has reached the point of genuine collaboration. I believe it’s… Read More
Posted on May 29, 2019
Panel Session with Rohan Spong and Erin Rosenberg
Festival Experience Studio blog post #9 I have already covered the feedback in this previous post, however, as I only explained what the feedback was, in today’s post, I will be going over the feedback in more detail… Read More
Posted on May 20, 2019
It’s Only Up From Here
Festival Experience Studio blog post #8 We did it! The fundraiser was such a success and I am so proud of us for pulling it together! This day was such an eventful day, beginning with presenting our film… Read More
Posted on May 11, 2019
Learning from Mistakes…
Festival Experience blog post #7 Is it really week 8 already? I swear just last week we were deciding the name of our film festival, but here we are now, organizing our first fundraiser event. This week’s readings… Read More
Posted on April 26, 2019
The Essence of a Film Festival + Fundraiser Preparations
Festival Experience Studio blog post #6 Before I address the updates for the fundraiser preparations, I briefly wish to discuss Robert Koehler’s article titled “Cinephilia and Film Festivals” as he raises issues of film festivals that I need… Read More
Posted on April 13, 2019
Knowing our Audience + Meeting Mia Falstein-Rush
Festival Experience Studio blog post #5 What a treat it was to have Mia Falstein-Rush come down and speak to us. Currently working as a Programmer for the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), Falstein-Rush gave us incredibly insightful… Read More
Posted on April 6, 2019
The Visuals of the Festival
Festival Experience Studio blog post #4 With our logo as the first design ever made and introduced to the team for the Melbourne International Youth Film Festival, my teammate Arnie and I had a lot of pressure to… Read More
Posted on March 30, 2019
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much
Festival Experience Studio blog post #3 So far one month into planning and to be perfectly candid, it is very overwhelming. Looking around the classroom, I reckon the general vibe is the discomfort of paddling in deep unknown… Read More
Posted on March 26, 2019
Meeting Richard Sowada and Thoughts on Film Spa (2015, Miroslav Janek)
Festival Experience Studio blog post #2 So, for our first week of this studio, we were very lucky to meet Richard Sowada, an incredible Festival Director with so much wisdom to share. Some of the key points I took away… Read More