Meet The Filmmaker: Interviews From 20102012

Join director Mark Andrews (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) and producer Katherine Sarafian (The Incredibles, Monsters Inc.) as they discuss their new film ‘Brave’. Set in the mysterious Highlands of Scotland, Brave uncovers the tale of headstrong Merida, who defies age-old customs and inadvertently unleashes chaos, forcing her to discover the meaning of true bravery before it’s too late.

Join Academy Award©-winning director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) as he discusses his new film ‘Killer Joe’. A small-time drug dealer whose life-threatening debts force him to put a hit out on his mother in order to collect the insurance.

World-renowned Australian cinematographer Dion Beebe (Memoirs of a Geisha, Collateral,Chicago) discusses the transition from celluloid to digital filmmaking, as debated in SFF's International Documentaries selection Side by Side, in which he is interviewed. Beebe also shot The Zen of Bennett, directed by Unjoo Moon, which screened in SFF's Sounds on Screen.

Acclaimed Canadian director Philippe Falardeau (Congorama, It's Not Me, I Swear!) talks about his Oscar-nominated schoolroom drama Monsieur Lazhar, which screened as part of Sydney Film Festival's Official Competition.

Australian director Tony Krawitz (Jewboy, The Tall Man), Oscar-winning Australian producer Emile Sherman (The King's Speech) and Australian producer Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom) discussing their latest feature, Dead Europe, which screened in SFF's Official Competition.

AFI Award-winning Australian film and TV director Cate Shortland (Somersault, The Secret Life of Us) and actress Saskia Rosendahl discusses their latest film, the World War II drama Lore, which screened in SFF's Official Competition.

Join director David Cronenberg (A Dangerous Method, A History of Violence) and Robert Pattinson (Twilight, Bel Ami) as they discuss their new film, Cosmopolis. Eric Packer (Pattinson) is a billionaire chauffeured across New York in his extravagant limousine when wild activity erupts on the city’s streets.

Join Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Bridesmaids) and writer, director and producer Jennifer Westfeldt (24, Kissing Jessica Stein) as they discuss their new film Friends with Kids. A romantic comedy that centres around two best friends who decide to have a child together, whilst keeping their relationship platonic, Friends with Kids shows how having kids can change your life forever, in amusing and surprising ways.

Filmmaker Todd Solondz and actor Jordan Gelber discuss Dark Horse, a film about two thirty-somethings with arrested development who fall for each other.

Join actors Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Star Trek), Amara Karan (St. Trinian’s, The Darjeeling Limited) and directors Crispian Mills and Chris Hopewell as they discuss their new film, A Fantastic Fear of Everything. Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose research into serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck.  When a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in Jack’s script, his ‘big break’ rapidly turns into his ‘big breakdown.

Join David Attenborough (Planet Earth, First Life, Flying Monsters 3D), Naturalist and Filmmaker as he talks to Anthony Geffen, Producer of their major new project Kingdom of Plants 3D. Kingdom of plants with David Attenborough is a multi-platform project which includes a three part series in 3D produced by Atlantic Productions with Sky 3D in association with Galileo Digital Entertainment. Shot over a year in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the series reveals a new look at plant life through the use of 3D time-lapse filming techniques. A book published by Harper Collins and an app exclusively available on the iPad takes you on a fully interactive journey around Kew with David Attenborough.

Join filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld as he discusses his new film, “Men in Black 3,” with friend and filmmaker Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (“True Grit”).

Join actor Hugh Dancy (“Adam”) and director Tanya Wexler as they discuss their British comedy “Hysteria”. Set in the Victorian era, the film's title refers to the once-common medical diagnosis of female hysteria.

Co-writer/Actor Felicity Price, director Kieran Darcy-Smith and Producer Angie Fielder discuss in detail the process of moulding a promising script into a thrilling feature film. They offer an intimate glimpse into Australian filmmaking.

Join the producers of the hit BBC series as they discuss the show and how it updates Conan Doyle’s classic tales for 21st-century London.

NBC late-night veteran and host of “The Voice,” Carson Daly, discusses the hit TV show and how iTunes plays a role in the music narrative.

Join writer, director, and actor Julie Delpy for a discussion of her new film, 2 Days in New York, the follow-up story to her well-received 2 Days in Paris. We follow Marion (Delpy), now split from Jack and living in New York with their child. Her family decides to visit, and she’s unaware that the cultural differences between her new American boyfriend (Chris Rock), her father, and her sister Rose — added to the stress of her upcoming photo exhibition — will make for an explosive mix.

Join debut director Andrew Semans, his producer Vinay Singh, and cast members Will Rogers, Santino Fontana, and Eléonore Hendricks for a discussion of their new film, Nancy, Please. This stunning psychodrama revolves around Paul, a literature teacher at Yale whose life is about to unravel — thanks to the actions of a former roommate.

Join actor Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes) for a discussion of her Michael Winterbottom–directed drama, Trishna. The film details the tragic relationship between the son of a property developer and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner. It’s also an adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles.

Join director Chris Kenneally and industry experts for a discussion of the documentary Side by Side, produced and presented by Keanu Reeves. The film takes us on a journey through the rise of digital filmmaking — and addresses the aesthetic implications caused by the transition away from traditional film.