BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Paul Ashton
Paul Ashton takes us on a journey deep in a forest, where two friends Barry and Larry indulge in conversation that is by turns light-hearted and extremely topical, revealing surprising revelations, both good and bad, along the way.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmakers: Andrew Englisch and Hamish Pattison
Andrew Englisch is an award winning film maker, photographer, pilot and adventurer, with cinematographer Hamish Pattison comes a stunning, intimate and raw portrait of Andrew’s journey to raise himself out of the depths of depression and be the first person to cross one of the most dangerous stretches of water on the planet the treacherous Bass Strait on his Wing Foil.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Ismail Khan
Ismail Khan takes us on a journey as we follow a surrealist figure into a liminal space, a space of transition where one must embark on a journey of acceptance in order to move on from a reality that no longer exists.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Eddy Bell
While empathising with traditional Australian farmers caught between debt and devastation, Eddy Bell points a hard finger at the influential public figures who deny climate change. In this poignant and beautifully shot film, Eddy’s omnipresent giants – part of the Kaputar mountain range – serve as his call to action for modern approaches to sustainable farming.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Katrina Channells
Katrina Channells and writer Joe Hinchliffe bring us a compelling story of an eccentric Shakespearean actor who decides that this performance will be his final curtain call. As a celebration of Byran Nason’s dedication and absolute commitment to theatre.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Adam Finney
Adam Finney takes us on a story that follows Lanz Priestley, a charismatic homeless man who owns nothing but a phone and a Facebook page. When Lanz discovers that taps have run dry in the drought-stricken outback, he raises the money to deliver drinking water himself.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Georgina Richardson
We had a chat to Georgina Richardson about the making of ‘Positive!’, her own experience as a filmmaker during the pandemic and making a film about her own personal journey.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Gudmund Helmsdal
Gudmund Helmsdal has created a powerful story set in the Faroe Islands, about two lone brothers who struggle to save their fragile relationship after the sudden loss of their older brother.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Cassie De Colling
Cassie De Colling with a backbone in documentary storytelling has created a short surf film inspired by reflection, womanhood and Mother Nature.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Grant James
Grant James takes us on a journey with young Australian band “The Buckley’s” as they record their new EP in Nashville, TN.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Yoo Lee
Yoo Lee takes us on a journey based loosely on her own experience of moving to a new place. The story follows a young mother who moves into New Jersey and learns about the value of community and how her own perception determines her own experiences.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Shane Crosland
Shane Crosland delivers a story about diverse travellers and affluent locals, where Sunny the lead character struggles to find solace within his hometown and amongst his friends.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Marco Espirito Santo
Marco Espirito Santo has created a short film on gratitude and big-wave surfing featuring João ‘Massas’ de Macedo that is simultaneously a documentary and meditation on environmental consciousness.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Richard Yelland
Richard Yelland provides a fascinating recount of Californian surf pioneer Dick Metz’s journey as he vagabonds the globe from 1958-1961, revealing the untold story behind one of the most watched and beloved documentaries of all time, ‘The Endless Summer’.
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmaker: Wilkins Ho
Wilkins Ho has a created an exceptional proof of concept dramatic short film. Based on the first act of a feature length screenplay, 'Abrupt Chaos' follows two desperate souls who find themselves in bad company...
BBFF2022 Meet the Filmmakers: Sean T Barnes, Ela Furdas and Clancy Walker
In an intensely collaborative and fluid fashion, Sean T Barnes, Ela Furdas and Clancy Walker wrote and produced the dramatic short film ‘Kitten’, which explores loneliness and the ways we realise what we are through others.