Learn from some of the best in the business.
Learn all the secrets of screenwriting from LA-based writer and lecturer Wendall Thomas. She will host four seven-hour seminars covering ways to improve scene writing and how to create great chemistry. She’ll also give a scene-by-scene breakdown of Academy Award-winning film Ladybird.
Wendall Thomas Talks Scripts is on between Monday August 6 and Thursday August 9 at Village Roadshow Theatrette, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne.
This year there are a number of masterclasses covering acting, production design, cinematography, editing and composing. Featured presenters include actor Undertow actor Rob Collins, Cinematographer Bonnie Elliot and Actute Misfortune composer Evelyn Morris.
Accelerator Lab Masterclasses are on between Thursday August 9 and Sunday August 12 at ACMI, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne.
These will have you discussing, questioning and arguing all things cinema with filmmakers and film personalities. This year’s guests include Blaze actor Alia Shawkat, Leave No Trace director Debra Granik and filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch, Ben Hur).
MIFF Talks are on between Saturday August 4 and Saturday August 18 at various locations.