As a freelance Brisbane based editor it is always amazing to see stories that I’ve created get nominated for awards and appear at international festivals. Stray has been making big waves for a short film born from the passion of a number of local Brisbane based filmmakers and with the amazing support of Screen Queensland.
Recently the production saw ‘official selection’ at the 20th Nevermore Film Festival in North Carolina. It’s a fantastic start to 2019 and we only hope these stories and the ones we make in the future continue to be seen and make waves at more screenings in the future.
The Nevermore Film Festival will be highlighting dark fantasy, sci-fi and horror shorts and features from around the world from March 8th to 10th.
Stray Screens at Hollywood Screamfest!
Over these last few months I have been working closely with the team at Sway Pictures to complete the editing and mastering of our new short horror film funded and developed with Screen Queensland
Since the inception of the idea it has been quite a fast turn around, completing the offline edit in only a few weeks. The team and I worked closely with Empire Post who produced the short’s fantastic VFX sequences. The colour grade (completed by our DOP Brian Loewe) is nothing short of spectacular!
Currently the production team is over in LA touring the short at Hollywood Screamfest, it is always a pleasure to see my edit recognised at these awesome festivals.
A Picture of Other People Wins Gold at WEFF
Last weekend the West End Film Festival came to a close and this year there was a range of fantastic films on offer. One film in particular that I was lucky enough to work on as Online Editor and Visual Effects Artist managed to take home gold!
A Picture of Other People, a film which follows the story of an emergency call center responder who guides a small child through their call for help. This film was the work of many local artists and filmmakers under the guidance of Director Jason Fitzgerald and fantastic production company, Lonely Sheep Productions.
West End Film Festival is always tough competition, however our film managed to woo the audience and take home Audience Choice award for Best Picture and Judges Panel award for Best Cinematography. This is the 3rd year in a row that we’ve managed to get our work into the official selection of WEFF and each year we are humbled by the support of the local community.
A Picture Of Other People | First Festival Wins
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to lead visual effects in the post production of Lonely Sheep’s newest film A Picture of Other People. Recently the film hit market and has won its very first awards at the Brisbane Backyard Film Festival.
The film follows an emergency operator who guides a young boy through trying to resuscitate his mother as ambulances rush to the scene. I find the film very impactful and I would not be surprised if it did very well over the next year at different festivals.
At the Brisbane Backyard Film Festival it took home Best Film and Audience Choice Award! In previous years we have also had success with The Bus Knight taking home Audience Choice too.
You can check out the recent awards posting here:
Sendereka Official Selection in MVUIF
Recently a music video that I had the pleasure to edit launched online. Sendereka by Blaq Carrie left post-production and was included as on official selection by the Music Video Underground International Festival.
This music video is had a nice launch but it is even better to see it make waves on an international stage.
You can checkout Sendereka on the link below.
Shakes takes home gold at the West End Film Festival
This Sunday Shakes had its second premiere screening at the West End Film Festival and it took home gold for the first time, winning the Audience Choice Award for best film.
I’m happy to have worked in the post-production department of with such a great creative team and it was a pleasure seeing my visual effects work up on the big screen. Director Jason Fitzgerald had such a clear and creative vision driving each VFX shot with precision and care which together made every on-screen element flow perfectly together. I’m happy to see the short production get some recognition.
Shakes will continue its festival run later this year at the Long Island International Film Expo
‘The Bus Knight’ Short Film Public Release
A couple of years ago I joined a tight knit crew of “The Bus Knight” as the editor and visual effects artist. After a few weeks in post-production the Brisbane based short film was complete and launched its way into national festivals.
The Bus Knight is a story based off one of Reddit’s most popular posts, written by a local comedian. It is a story about a sole bus passenger standing up and defending a racist attack on a bus driver and his passengers. The story revolves around the principles of Aikido, fighting without fighting.
The short film was selected to appear in 5 festivals including The ScreenIt Film Festival, Capricorn Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Backyard Film Festival and West End Film Festival. The film took home a total of 5 awards including Best Film and several Audience Choice Awards.
It was a pleasure to work closely with the director Tony Walsh from Stranger Films and cinematographer Brian Lowe to create such a well polished and popular short.
After a successful run the crew has decided to release it for all online to enjoy, so we present you The Bus Knight...
The Bus Knight Takes Home Gold at the West End Film Festival
A few weeks ago I was invited to attend the West End Film Festival with the crew from Stranger, we got the chance to watch and enjoy all the fantastic films on offer. The slate was a farmers market of raw local talent and it was refreshing see see so much creativity in one room, there was especially some very creative editing and post-production work this year.
Our short The Bus Knight was lucky enough to be chosen as apart of the official selection of the night and we were even more honored to receive the West End Film Festival’s Audience Choice Award for the night.
Thank you to everyone who voted and to the crew at the West End Film Festival for such an awesome night.