While enjoying the solitude of nature, Margie, an inquisitive young woman, has an encounter with something disturbingly familiar. Through her subsequent pursuit she finds herself venturing off the beaten track to the very edge of reality. Shot in the luscious green bushland of West Gippsland, Victoria and written in 2020/2021 as a “Lockdown Script” – […]
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Fossil fuels are the result of pressure and time. One example is brown coal, of which there is an abundant supply for literally centuries beneath the Latrobe Valley: it’s dredged up, burnt and in turn, creates pressure, resulting in the generation of electricity. In early 2014 during an intense summer, embers from a nearby grass
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A three-years-in-the-making and passion project for Melbourne-based director Peter Yacono and producer Anissha Vijayan, Our Power is a documentary feature exploring the impact of the Hazelwood Mine Fire, which occurred in the Latrobe Valley during February and March of 2014. The feature also strives to present the region’s history of power generation, spanning close to
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Embedded into our cultural fabric, seeping into almost every facet of popular media, from Mrs. Doubtfire to Gwen Stefani’s initial run as a solo artist, Fiddler on the Roof has an undeniably infectious quality. Based on the stories of Sholem Aleichem, the celebrated and record-breaking musical tells of a poor Jewish milkman named Tevye, living
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Melbourne based filmmaker Luci Schroder serves up an unflinchingly raw slice of reality in the form of Slapper, a short feature which follows destitute teen Taylah, who is desperately in need of some quick cash for the morning-after-pill, following a brief and unceremonious sexual encounter. Shot unstylishly in my home town of Morwell, situated in
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I’ve lived in Gippsland all my life and I’m still amazed by what exists within the many tiny crevasses of this vast region, like the Mount Best Community Hall, which was the venue of a short film event this past Saturday. Despite being led astray by a misinformed GSP, my girlfriend and I made the
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This may come as a shock being an avid film buff, but I’ve never seen Shrek, not in it’s entirely anyway. However, I am very much aware of the film’s immense popularity which ultimately lead to a full-fledged Broadway musical in 2008. Fortunately, I was able to enjoy for myself this past Friday night thanks
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Talented locals take to the stage for the latest musical offering from Class Act Productions Inc!
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For the first time the east Gippsland town of Briagolong presented a variety of award winning short features from a internationally recognized film festival.
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Capturing the sentiments of the much loved musical, Class Act Productions Inc. presents Annie Jr. to theatre audiences of the Latrobe Valley.
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