#diy-filmmaking

#diy-filmmaking

As hosts of FBi Radio's Movies Movies Movies, our goal in life and love is to free cinema from pretty privilege. As film-makers-cum-critics we've spent years unlearning industry standard to find the essence of movies, and have accumulated an oeuvre proving time and time again that cinema is, actually, all around. So, in preparation for our upcoming film festival at the Sydney Opera House, we went Tomb Raider to mine the oceanic crust of our search history.

The seminal San Francisco rave film "Groove" starts with a party promoter laying out the ethos behind throwing an underground event: "Remember, no obstacles, only challenges." The same could be true for the film's production, a DIY affair that overcame disasters ranging from firing its star on Day 1 to a literal earthquake, and featured the type of naivete that could come only from a group of first-time filmmakers.