# Latest News

> FCP Cafe is a community for professional Final Cut Pro editors and developers.

- [Explore LateNite's Tools](https://fcp.cafe/latenite.md): This website has been thrown together by Chris Hocking from LateNite.
- [Latest News](https://fcp.cafe/readme.md): Latest News
- [News Archive](https://fcp.cafe/news-archive.md): FCP Cafe is a technical community for professional Final Cut Pro editors.
- [Deals](https://fcp.cafe/deals.md): This page is dedicated to showcasing the latest deals for Final Cut Pro related tools.
- [New to Final Cut Pro?](https://fcp.cafe/newbies.md): If you're brand new to Final Cut Pro for Mac or Final Cut Pro for iPad - this is the place for you!
- [Update Guide](https://fcp.cafe/update-guide.md): All software has bugs, and new updates to software can sometimes have regressions that break features that were working fine in previous versions.
- [Cut on Final Cut Pro](https://fcp.cafe/cut-on-fcp.md): This page is dedicated to listing all the amazing projects cut on Final Cut Pro.
- [FCP Creative Summit](https://fcp.cafe/fcp-creative-summit.md): So far there's no news on the Final Cut Pro Creative Summit for 2026.
- [Open Letter](https://fcp.cafe/openletter.md): On Tuesday 19th April 2022, a group of over 100 people in TV and film production worldwide sent an open letter to Tim Cook of Apple about Final Cut Pro.
- [Wish List](https://fcp.cafe/wishlist.md): This page is dedicated to keeping track of Final Cut Pro feature requests, via our GitHub issues site.
- [Bug Tracker](https://fcp.cafe/bugtracker.md): Create a free GitHub account then create a ticket!
- [Troubleshooting](https://fcp.cafe/troubleshooting.md): This page is dedicated to getting help and support for Final Cut Pro.
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://fcp.cafe/faq.md): This page is dedicated to answering the most common questions about Apple's Final Cut Pro.
- [Release Notes](https://fcp.cafe/releasenotes.md): This page is designed to not just copy and paste Final Cut Pro's official release notes for Mac or iPad, but also keep track of changes/bugs/additions that weren't actually included in the official release notes.
- [iPad](https://fcp.cafe/ipad.md): This section is dedicated to Final Cut Pro for iPad.
- [Accessibility](https://fcp.cafe/accessibility.md): This section is dedicated to Accessibility.
- [Camera Formats](https://fcp.cafe/camera-formats.md): This page contains a collection of the latest Final Cut Pro Camera Formats.
- [Credits](https://fcp.cafe/credits.md): FCP Cafe was thrown together by Chris Hocking at LateNite.
- [Privacy Policy](https://fcp.cafe/privacy.md): Last Updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
- [Contribute](https://fcp.cafe/contribute.md): FCP Cafe is entirely open source and hosted on GitHub & CloudFlare Pages.

## Learn

- [360° Video](https://fcp.cafe/learn/360.md): Using Final Cut Pro, you can import, edit, and share 360° video to provide your audience with immersive viewing experiences.
- [Articles](https://fcp.cafe/learn/articles.md): This section of the site is dedicated to linking to great external articles, as well as providing a space to write FCP Cafe specific articles.
- [Educational](https://fcp.cafe/learn/educational.md): This page is designed to offer information for educational institutes such as schools, universities and colleges.
- [History](https://fcp.cafe/learn/history.md): This section is dedicated to the history and backstory of Final Cut Pro.
- [Immersive](https://fcp.cafe/learn/immersive.md): This page is dedicated to stuff that Chris Hocking finds interesting about Immersive workflows related to Final Cut Pro workflows.
- [Training](https://fcp.cafe/learn/training.md): We're big fans of Ripple Training.
- [Workflow](https://fcp.cafe/learn/workflow.md): This page will be dedicated to professional Final Cut Pro Workflows.

## Case Studies

- [An Arrested Moment](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/an-arrested-moment.md): Written by Dev Benegal
- [Nike](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/nike.md): Our friends at Orange Studios recently collaborated with Nike to do an incredible large format installation for the Olympic Games - all cut in Final Cut Pro.
- [Sixty Minutes](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/sixty-minutes.md): From script to line-by-line keywords, with CommandPost
- [Blood & Gold](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/blood-and-gold-vfx.md): Final Cut Pro to After Effects VFX Workflow
- [Women of Resilience: Tales of Kurdish Identity](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/women-of-resilience.md): CASE STUDY: BROADCAST MASTERING AND VERSIONING
- [Guardians of Himalayas](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/guardians-of-himalayas.md): Written by Achu P. Chandra.
- [Periodsomnia](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/periodsomnia.md): For those that have never come across his work, Thomas Grove Carter is a bit of a legend in the Final Cut Pro Community.
- [SCHOCK](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/schock.md): The Violent Footage Tornado (alternate title: “Final Cut is simply years ahead!”)
- [The Future of Everything](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/the-future-of-everything.md): Animated in Animate, Finalised in Final Cut
- [Der Schatten (The Shadow)](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/the-shadow.md): Case Study for a Mystery Thriller Series
- [India’s Space Odyssey](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/indias-space-odyssey.md): India’s Space Odyssey, the science documentary produced by Miditech Studios for Warner Bros. Discovery/Discovery+ India released in October, 2021.
- [Blood & Gold](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/blood-and-gold.md): Blood & Gold premiered on Netflix on Friday May 26th 2023. Fully edited in Final Cut Pro.
- [Turn of the Tide](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/turn-of-the-tide.md): Turn of the Tide premiered on Netflix on Friday 26th May 2023. Fully edited in Final Cut Pro.
- [Neighbours - Erinsborough High](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/neighbours.md): Written by Ronny Courtens.
- [External Case Studies](https://fcp.cafe/case-studies/external-case-studies.md): Here's a collection of case studies found outside FCP Cafe.

## Developer Case Studies

- [Building First Rush](https://fcp.cafe/developer-case-studies/first-rush.md): How a Korean on-set editor ended up building a macOS SDI recorder for the Final Cut Pro workflow.
- [Transcriber with AI Metadata](https://fcp.cafe/developer-case-studies/transcriber-ai-metadata.md): This is a story that starts not so long ago, about what I call the hardest job of all after being a dad: being a good husband...
- [Transcriber](https://fcp.cafe/developer-case-studies/transcriber.md): A Developers Story
- [Demystifying Final Cut Pro XMLs](https://fcp.cafe/developer-case-studies/fcpxml.md): Written by Philip Hodgetts & Dr Gregory Clarke from Intelligent Assistance

## Ecosystem

- [Asset Management](https://fcp.cafe/ecosystem/assetmanagement.md): This page contains a collection of Asset Management tools for Final Cut Pro.
- [Motion Templates](https://fcp.cafe/ecosystem/motiontemplates.md): This will eventually be a directory of the best Motion Templates.
- [Plugins](https://fcp.cafe/ecosystem/plugins.md): A directory of Final Cut Pro Plugins (FxPlug4).
- [Tools](https://fcp.cafe/ecosystem/tools.md): This page is dedicated to handy applications that can be used in conjunction with Final Cut Pro.
- [Workflow Extensions](https://fcp.cafe/ecosystem/workflowextensions.md): This page contains a collection of the latest Final Cut Pro Workflow Extensions.

## Community

- [Podcasts](https://fcp.cafe/community/podcasts.md): Final Cut Pro Radio has the best Final Cut Pro Professionals from around the Globe.
- [Social Media](https://fcp.cafe/community/socialmedia.md): This page is dedicated to Final Cut Pro communities on Social Media.

## Hardware

- [Control Surfaces](https://fcp.cafe/hardware/controlsurfaces.md): This page is dedicated to Control Surfaces in Final Cut Pro.
- [Monitors](https://fcp.cafe/hardware/monitors.md): This page is dedicated to monitors for Mac's.
- [Storage](https://fcp.cafe/hardware/storage.md): This page is dedicated to storage for Mac's.

## Motion

- [Motion Variables](https://fcp.cafe/motion/variables.md): On this page is a list of tokens you can use in Apple Motion to display metadata in Motion Templates, that will also appear in Final Cut Pro.
- [Motion XML](https://fcp.cafe/motion/xml.md): You can learn more about the Motion Project XML format on Apple's website.

## Developers

- [Application Bundle](https://fcp.cafe/developers/applicationbundle.md): This document is a random collection of notes, thoughts and comments as we start to research the "inside workings" of Apple's Final Cut Pro package.
- [Benchmark](https://fcp.cafe/developers/benchmark.md): This page is dedicated to benchmarking Final Cut Pro.
- [Custom Share Destination](https://fcp.cafe/developers/customsharedestination.md): You can receive rendered media (movies), editing descriptions for project timelines, library archives, and FCPXML for other Final Cut Pro items in your app.
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://fcp.cafe/developers/faq.md): This page is dedicated to answering the most common developer questions about FxPlug4, Workflow Extensions, etc.
- [FCPXML](https://fcp.cafe/developers/fcpxml.md): This section of the site is dedicated to FCPXML.
- [FxPlug](https://fcp.cafe/developers/fxplug.md): This section of the site is dedicated to FxPlug.
- [iXML](https://fcp.cafe/developers/ixml.md): iXML is an open standard for the inclusion of location sound metadata in Broadcast Wave audio files.
- [Library Bundle](https://fcp.cafe/developers/librarybundle.md): There's very limited information out there about the Final Cut Pro library bundle.
- [LLM Workflows](https://fcp.cafe/developers/llmworkflows.md): This section is dedicated to talking about how you can use LLMs (Large Language Models) for coding in the Final Cut Pro development space.
- [Patents](https://fcp.cafe/developers/patents.md): Alex4D has a great blog post on the Magnetic Timeline patent (Media-editing application with media clips grouping capabilities).
- [Tools & Frameworks](https://fcp.cafe/developers/toolsandframeworks.md): This section of the site is dedicated third party developer tools and frameworks.
- [Workflow Extensions](https://fcp.cafe/developers/workflowextensions.md): This section of the site is dedicated to Workflow Extensions.

## Off-topic Rants

- [Off-topic Rants](https://fcp.cafe/blog/index.md): This is a very random collection of old blog posts from the original LateNite blog, Unreal Cafe, Resolve Cafe and Chris Hocking's past personal blogs.
- [Unreal Fest - 30th June 2023](https://fcp.cafe/blog/unreal-20230630.md): We just watched this awesome 8min pilot for a kids television show called BELLYFANT: Sleepover - created in Unreal Engine. Very fun!
- [Unreal Engine - 23rd June 2023](https://fcp.cafe/blog/unreal-20230623.md): The awesome team at S1T2 have done a great blog post about their Unreal Fest presentation titled, UnrealFest 2023: How lateral thinking could revolutionise your real-time pipeline.
- [Unreal Fest 2023 - Day 02](https://fcp.cafe/blog/unreal-fest-2023-day-02.md): Today is day two (and the final day) of Unreal Fest 2023 in the Gold Coast. Woohoo!
- [Unreal Fest 2023 - Day 01](https://fcp.cafe/blog/unreal-fest-2023-day-01.md): Today is day one of Unreal Fest 2023 in the Gold Coast. Woohoo!
- [Superannuation for Filmmakers](https://fcp.cafe/blog/superannuation.md): This blog post was last updated on the 8th June 2018.
- [Death Star Movie Night](https://fcp.cafe/blog/death-star-movie-night.md): I know this is dumb, but it made me giggle. Nice to see Tarkin looking normal again.
- [Final Cut Pro Hacks](https://fcp.cafe/blog/final-cut-pro-hacks.md): blog-banner
- [The Bourne Wipe](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-bourne-wipe.md): Where do they go?
- [Acting in The Wizards of Aus](https://fcp.cafe/blog/acting-in-the-wizards-of-aus.md): In today’s blog post, we have yet another very special guest. Best known for her role as Priya Kapoor on iconic Network Ten television series Neighbours,
- [Makeup on The Wizards of Aus](https://fcp.cafe/blog/makeup-on-the-wizards-of-aus.md): In today’s blog post we have a very special guest, our absolutely incredible Makeup Designer, Marie Kealy. Enjoy!
- [Shooting The Wizards of Aus](https://fcp.cafe/blog/shooting-the-wizards-of-aus.md): In this blog post we have two very special guests – first up is longtime collaborator and close friend, our amazing Director of Photography on The Wizards of Aus, the awesome Benjamin Hidalgo De la Barrera, followed by his trusty 1st Camera Assistant, the incredibly hardworking Jonathan Haynes.
- [Writing The Wizards of Aus](https://fcp.cafe/blog/writing-the-wizards-of-aus.md): Hello there.
- [Producing The Wizards of Aus](https://fcp.cafe/blog/producing-the-wizards-of-aus.md): 01_nick_on_phone
- [Year in Review 2015 - Part 2](https://fcp.cafe/blog/year-in-review-2015-part-2.md): If you haven’t already, check out Part 1 here.
- [Year in Review 2015 - Part 1](https://fcp.cafe/blog/year-in-review-2015-part-1.md): So this is pretty weird.
- [Directing The Wizards of Aus](https://fcp.cafe/blog/directing-the-wizards-of-aus.md): I shot the very first footage for The Wizards of Aus at age nineteen with a couple of my friends acting in it. Upon reviewing said footage, I thought ‘Oh, this is kinda shitty,’ and continued living my life.
- [Blocking](https://fcp.cafe/blog/blocking.md): The most important (and neglected) aspect of directing…
- [Djokovic v Abrams Semi-Final](https://fcp.cafe/blog/djokovic-v-abrams-semi-final.md): Tennis brings out the big guns.
- [Year in Review 2014 – Part 2](https://fcp.cafe/blog/year-review-2014-part-2.md): Sure the first half of the year seemed relatively quiet in comparison to previous years. But the second 6 months (ok 7 cause my mathematics when doing the last blog was way off) was when stuff got a little cray cray.
- [Year in Review 2014 – Part 1](https://fcp.cafe/blog/year-review-2014-part-1.md): Just the other day after purchasing a pork roll (no chirri) from my favourite Vietnamese pork roll emporium on Smith Street, I took a moment to think about the ridiculous year that 2014 had been.
- [White Christmas](https://fcp.cafe/blog/white-christmas.md): Kris Kringle Khristmas.
- [Michael Shanks on Star Wars Podcast](https://fcp.cafe/blog/michael-shanks-on-star-wars-podcast.md): Earlier this week Michael Shanks was a guest on Steele Saunders podcast, ‘This Isn’t The Podcast You’re Looking For‘ talking about his recent George Lucas The Force Awakens teaser parody.
- [48HFP Singapore](https://fcp.cafe/blog/48hfp-singapore.md): 48-bts-00
- [Star Wars - Episode VII Trailer](https://fcp.cafe/blog/star-wars-episode-vii-trailer.md): It’s so dense.
- [Stare Down](https://fcp.cafe/blog/stare-down.md): The final duel…
- [Sweatshop](https://fcp.cafe/blog/sweatshop.md): Today we have a special guest blog entry from long-time friend and collaborator, Alistair Marks. Alistair has worked with MTV, Nickelodeon and recently spent a year following Samuel Johnson around Australia as director of the Network 10 documentary Love Your Sister.
- [Introducing Sumah](https://fcp.cafe/blog/introducing-sumah.md): After some deliberation and a few lacklustre attempts, I asked myself what exactly I was trying to do with this little corner of the Internet. Perhaps it’s best to start simple.
- [Here Be Dragons](https://fcp.cafe/blog/dragons.md): On 19 July 2014, Inspiration Rentals screened three short films commissioned to show off the brand new Dragon camera from Red Digital Cinema. We were very fortunate to be given the opportunity to create one of those short films!
- [Late Nights and Big Swells](https://fcp.cafe/blog/late-nights-big-swells.md): It’s midnight on the last night of shooting what was an incredible documentary project in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. I’m exhausted beyond belief – but I’m going to write this blog post.
- [MAN](https://fcp.cafe/blog/man.md): Early last year Chris Hocking flew up to Western Australia to help our very good friends Dave Christison (Producer) and Richard Hughes (Director) with
- [Sportsbet World Cup](https://fcp.cafe/blog/sportsbet-world-cup.md): Written by Chris Hocking on 19th July 2014
- [Vance Joy – Mess is Mine](https://fcp.cafe/blog/vance-joy-mess-mine.md): Michael Shanks recently helped out with Visual Effects on this beautiful and quirky music video for Vance Joy’s debut album, Dream Your Life Away, directed by the very talented Luci Schroder.
- [Dan Webb – Coming Up Roses](https://fcp.cafe/blog/dan-webb-coming-roses.md): Michael Shanks recently helped out on this impressive (and slightly silly) music video for Dan Webb’s debut album Sandstorm, directed by our good friend, Kess Broekman-Dattner.
- [Calculating Timecode in Google Sheets](https://fcp.cafe/blog/calculating-timecode-in-google-sheets.md): One of the most popular blog posts we’ve ever done has been on Calculating Timecode in Excel. Even though it’s now around 3 years old, it still gets a constant amount of views each week.
- [Chris gets geeky on FCPX Grill](https://fcp.cafe/blog/chris-gets-geeky-on-fcpx-grill.md): fcpxgrilllogo
- [Planting the Seeds of Change](https://fcp.cafe/blog/planting-seeds-change.md): I sat in the bumpy back seat of the car gazing out the window, surrounded by rugged cliffs, leaning palms and paddy fields, wondering what my Christmas day would be like this year.
- [SOCHI 2014 – Speed Skating](https://fcp.cafe/blog/sochi-2014-speed-skating.md): Men’s 500 metre In Sochi’s Baby Park Stadium.
- [Fragile – All The Colours](https://fcp.cafe/blog/fragile-all-the-colours.md): Michael Shanks recently helped out on this beautiful music video for All The Colours, directed and shot by our very good friend, Edward Goldner. It was colour graded by the amazingly talented CJ Dobson from Pocket Post.
- [FCPX’s Hidden Debug Preferences](https://fcp.cafe/blog/fcpxs-hidden-debug-preferences.md): UPDATE (JUNE 2017): The PEAppDebugPreferencesModule.nib file no longer exists in the Final Cut Pro 10.3.4 package, but has been replaced with PEAppAudioPreferencesModule.nib and PEAppUserPreferencesModule.nib.
- [Dolby Atmos](https://fcp.cafe/blog/dolby-atmos.md): Last night, thanks to the fantastic people at the Australian Screen Sound Guild, I had the opportunity to check out the latest ground-breaking Dolby Atmos
- [FCPX Rant](https://fcp.cafe/blog/fcpx-rant.md): fcpx
- [Documentary Translation Workflow](https://fcp.cafe/blog/documentary-translation-workflow.md): This Guest Blog has been written by our good friend, Joel Sharpe. Enjoy!
- [Year In Review 2013 – Part 3](https://fcp.cafe/blog/year-review-2013-part-3.md): Woody Allen’s possible “loose retelling” of A Streetcar Named Desire starring a perfect cast consisting of award worthy performances by Sally Hawkins and Cate Blanchett and featuring a strong support cast with the likes of Bobby Cannavale, Alec Baldwin and Louis CK?
- [Year In Review 2013 – Part 2](https://fcp.cafe/blog/year-review-2013-part-2.md): There is no better place to learn about building a sustainable film and television industry than Denmark. Those clever Danish folk have continued to build
- [Year in Review 2013 – Part 1](https://fcp.cafe/blog/year-review-2013-part-1.md): For the past couple of years, Chris and I have had the same conversation when the end of the year rolls around. It starts with me pacing back and forth,
- [Keep Our Waterways Clean](https://fcp.cafe/blog/keep-our-waterways-clean.md): 001
- [Horrorshow – Dead Star Shine](https://fcp.cafe/blog/horrorshow-dead-star-shine.md): Michael Shanks recently helped out with the Visual Effects on this impressive music video for Horrorshow, directed by the very talented Kess Broekman-Dattner.
- [Itacoatiara](https://fcp.cafe/blog/itacoatiara.md): Way back in March this year, I once again had the privilege of filming for the Swiss non-profit organisation myclimate. The more I work with this energetic team, the more respect and admiration I have for their projects.
- [The Hard Drive Challenge](https://fcp.cafe/blog/hard-drive-challenge.md): drives
- [The Impeccable Imaginings of the Incredible Ian Barry](https://fcp.cafe/blog/impeccable-imaginings-incredible-ian-barry.md): drblake
- [Making Mornings Magnificent](https://fcp.cafe/blog/making-mornings-magnificent.md): Here are some 15sec videos we produced recently for DMG Radio Australia and Hungry Jack’s. Enjoy!
- [The Making of PLASTICIZED](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-making-of-plasticized.md): Mike Lutman is a great friend and collaborator, who we’ve worked closely since 2010 when he washed up on our shores from San Francisco. He’s currently
- [Half-Life - Counting to 3](https://fcp.cafe/blog/half-life-counting-to-3.md): Written by Michael Shanks on 9th June 2013
- [Keeping up with the Comstocks](https://fcp.cafe/blog/keeping-up-with-the-comstocks.md): Meanwhile, in a Parallel Universe…
- [The OceanMaker](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-oceanmaker.md): After working in this industry for many years now, one amazing and almost unexpected trend we constantly see is that most people, even if they’re Academy Award Winning, are more than happy to share their knowledge, experience and advice.
- [Importing AVCHD Footage into Avid](https://fcp.cafe/blog/importing-avchd-footage-into-avid.md): We have thrown together a quick little PDF tutorial on how to import AVCHD footage (specifically footage from a Sony NX5) into Avid Media Composer 6.5 using AMA.
- [AWG Screenwriters Conference - Part Three](https://fcp.cafe/blog/awg-screenwriters-conference-part-three.md): priscilla
- [AWG Screenwriters Conference - Part Two](https://fcp.cafe/blog/awg-screenwriters-conference-part-two.md): Written by Nicholas Colla on 4th March 2013
- [The Oscars 2013](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-oscars-2013.md): oscars
- [AWG Screenwriters Conference – Part One](https://fcp.cafe/blog/awg-screenwriters-conference-part-one.md): AWG Conference Image 1
- [Tropfest - The Rock Show of Film Festivals](https://fcp.cafe/blog/tropfest-the-rock-show-of-film-festivals.md): tropfest
- [Hansel & Gretel - Witchhunters](https://fcp.cafe/blog/hansel-gretel-witchhunters.md): HANSEL GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS
- [Hitman - Playstyles](https://fcp.cafe/blog/hitman-playstyles.md): Written by Michael Shanks on 13th January 2013
- [2012 Summary – Part Three](https://fcp.cafe/blog/2012-summary-part-three.md): And so we got into the final stretch of the year with the much-anticipated follow up to his debut film Brick from writer/director Rian Johnson with Looper. The film starred Bruce Willis and a heavily made up (to look like a younger Bruce Willis) Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- [2012 Summary – Part Two](https://fcp.cafe/blog/2012-summary-part-two.md): The month of May started off fairly disappointing in the theatres, with films such as The Dictator, Men In Black 3, Get The Gringo and my most hated film of 2012, Dark Shadows hitting the big screen.
- [The Underwater Realm](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-underwater-realm.md): Onwards Upwards
- [2012 Summary – Part One](https://fcp.cafe/blog/2012-summary-part-one.md): 01
- [Africa](https://fcp.cafe/blog/africa.md): Essentially, my work as a documentary filmmaker specialises in branded content for non-profit, social and environmental development organisations.
- [When Gordon Met Chell](https://fcp.cafe/blog/when-gordon-met-chell.md): Anticitizen Fun! Made on a budget of absolutely nothing.
- [Back to the Whoture](https://fcp.cafe/blog/back-to-the-whoture.md): 88 mph? Wipe off 5.
- [Tour de Timor 2012](https://fcp.cafe/blog/tour-de-timor-2012.md): It’s no doubt that filming almost 400 cyclists through an (albeit incredibly inspiring) developing nation is an arduous mission. When you also add a film
- [Waiting On Sound…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/waiting-on-sound.md): After a solid 1,274 blog posts, one of my heros, Stu Maschwitz has finally taken the time to write a detailed article about the pain of getting good audio, titled Production Audio is Ripe for Revolution.
- [Blackmagic Cinema Camera](https://fcp.cafe/blog/blackmagic-cinema-camera.md): This is probably going to be a fairly long blog post, so let’s just start with my personal conclusion in regards to the Blackmagic Cinema Camera:
- [Swinburne Lecture August 2012](https://fcp.cafe/blog/swinburne-lecture-august-2012.md): For the last couple of years I’ve been very fortunate to be invited along to Swinburne University to talk to the 3rd and 4th Year Students about the sleepless world of Post Production, and was lucky enough to be invited back again a few weeks ago.
- [Sightseers](https://fcp.cafe/blog/sightseers.md): Admittedly I didn’t really know anything about this film going in. I was told that one of my hero’s, the amazing Edgar Wright executive produced it (which basically was the big selling point for me!) – but apart from that all I knew is that it was “bloody” and I assumed it was going to be a comedy.
- [HAIL](https://fcp.cafe/blog/hail.md): I’ve been waiting to see this film for a very, very, very long time. Admittedly, it’s not the kind of film I would normally seek out to see – as I’m not the biggest fan of drug use and graphic violence up there on the big screen – in fact watching people injecting themselves really freaks me out.
- [Adventures in Asia!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/adventures-in-asia.md): In 2010, LateNite documentary film-maker Jacqui Hocking started working with social entrepreneur Ashwin Subramaniam, the young founder of the GoneAdventurin’ Social Enterprise.
- [From Little Things. Big Things Grow.](https://fcp.cafe/blog/from-little-things-big-things-grow.md): MIFF Weekend #1
- [The Day I Remembered My Childhood.](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-day-i-remembered-my-childhood.md): MIFF Day 6.
- [Australia’s Ron Howard](https://fcp.cafe/blog/australias-ron-howard.md): …or Why Our Safety Is Not Guaranteed.
- [Soul Sister, Brown Sugar.](https://fcp.cafe/blog/soul-sister-brown-sugar.md): MIFF Opening Night. Best in Years.
- [ASE Digital Workflows Event Summary](https://fcp.cafe/blog/ase-digital-workflows-event-summary.md): Tonight I had the pleasure of talking to members of the Australian Screen Editors guild about “Digital Workflows”. The event was recorded, so at some stage
- [It’s not about knowledge – it’s about feeling…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/its-not-about-knowledge-its-about-feeling.md): LateNite Films is lucky enough to be situated in the heart of Australia’s upcoming acting scene – 16th Street Acting Studio. As part of our support and collaboration with this inspiring collective, we often work with them on their films.
- [5am, Sri Lanka in May…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/5am-sri-lanka-in-may.md): The Making of the tentatively titled documentary, Cycle on Ceylon. Written by Guest Blogger and our very good friend, the amazing Michael Lutman.
- [A Day in the Life of Max Payne](https://fcp.cafe/blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-max-payne.md): All good ‘Payne’ puns have been made. No Description then.
- [Box Art Battle](https://fcp.cafe/blog/box-art-battle.md): It’s like Toy Story, only shittier.
- [No Holds Barred - The Making of Misery Lane](https://fcp.cafe/blog/no-holds-barred-the-making-of-misery-lane.md): Up until this year LateNite has never really dabbled in music videos.
- [2012. Best Year In Movies since… sliced bread?](https://fcp.cafe/blog/2012-best-year-in-movies-since-sliced-bread.md): Ok so it’s been a while since I’ve written a blog entry.
- [Finding Global Perspective as a Filmmaker](https://fcp.cafe/blog/finding-global-perspective-as-a-filmmaker.md): Last April I flew from Rio (where my TOPtoTOP footage will be shown at the Rio20+ World Earth Summit) - to Sao Paulo to meet, film & play with World X Cycle.
- [On The Borderline](https://fcp.cafe/blog/on-the-borderline.md): Here is an exciting video clip Directed, Edited and Performed by Michael Shanks, for his own band, Roadgeek.
- [Filmapalooza 2011](https://fcp.cafe/blog/filmapalooza-2011.md): First up… some people are a tad confused as to why I’ve called this blog post Filmapalooza 2011, and not 2012. No, I haven’t forgotten what year it is (surprisingly!) – it’s just that the competition is for films we all did LAST YEAR.
- [Performances](https://fcp.cafe/blog/performances.md): Great Story. Check.
- [2011 Summary (Part Two)](https://fcp.cafe/blog/2011-summary-part-two.md): So just before Christmas you heard about the first 6 months which were very exciting at LateNite HQ, so who would have thought the next 6 were going to be
- [2011 Summary (Part One)](https://fcp.cafe/blog/2011-summary-part-one.md): And what a bloody busy year it has been at LateNite HQ! As the year comes to a close, we here at LateNite feel like it’s important to reflect on an incredibly tough but ultimately rewarding 2011.
- [The Gosling Factor](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-gosling-factor.md): Some of you might be wondering why Ryan Gosling is worth an entire blog post. Or perhaps why a young man in his mid 20’s (and not a horny girl/woman between the ages of 15 - 40) is writing about Ryan Gosling at all.
- [SPAA Conference 2011](https://fcp.cafe/blog/spaa-conference-2011.md): What an absolutely exciting and intense few days it’s been!
- [The Script Machine](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-script-machine.md): What an incredible weekend it’s been, and it’s only going to get more exciting as the days and months go on!
- [Swinburne Lecture August 2011](https://fcp.cafe/blog/swinburne-lecture-august-2011.md): Back in October last year, I was invited to speak to the 3rd and 4th year students at Swinburne University about Post Production Workflows (if you haven’t already, you can read about everything I discussed last time here).
- [Calculating Timecode in Excel](https://fcp.cafe/blog/calculating-timecode-in-excel.md): UPDATE (26th January 2017): As Brad mentions in the comments below, you can now download the TC.XLAM 2.0 beta, which is no longer password protected and works on modern versions of Excel.
- [Melbourne International Film Festival 2011](https://fcp.cafe/blog/melbourne-international-film-festival-2011-2.md): I would like to firstly apologise to all our teamsters out there who have been disappointed with our lack of blogging in recent times. It has been a busy one for the whole team so we have unfortunately been snowed under with work.
- [The Fairy](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-fairy.md): With last year’s tragic The Wedding Party opening last years festival, I think that it’s fair to say that my bar had been significantly lowered in terms of what I was expecting.
- [The Hollywood Complex](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-hollywood-complex.md): What would be a more fitting way for a former child actor to officially start his festival than with a documentary about child actors trying to break through in the states.
- [So Close, No Matter How Far](https://fcp.cafe/blog/so-close-no-matter-how-far.md): SO. How are you? Good golly, miss molly, it has been some time since I posted any kind of update. Thanks for sticking by, and having a glance every now and then to see what’s going on.
- [Mamma Gogo](https://fcp.cafe/blog/mamma-gogo.md): Unfortunately, due to horrible traffic in South Beach, Miami, I missed the start of this film – which is a real shame, as I’m sure I missed some really important set-ups and character development.
- [Sound of Noise](https://fcp.cafe/blog/sound-of-noise.md): We didn’t really plan to go and see this film – we were supposed to head to another film on the other side of Miami, however the large taxi ride didn’t really seem that appealing.
- [Filmapalooza 2010](https://fcp.cafe/blog/filmapalooza-2010.md): Last night was the official awards night for the 48 Hour Film Project International Competition – strangely named Filmapalooza – in which our film, Fallout was competing.
- [Elite Squad 2 - The Enemy Within](https://fcp.cafe/blog/elite-squad-2-the-enemy-within.md): We have seen a lot of documentaries and low-budget films so far at this years festival – however Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within is certainly at the other end of the spectrum.
- [Project Nim](https://fcp.cafe/blog/project-nim.md): After seeing the movie poster and promotional stills for this film – who wouldn’t want to go and see it? Nim is just so darn cute! Project Nim was the name
- [The Greatest Movie Ever Sold](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-greatest-movie-ever-sold.md): One thing that has really surprised me thus far at the festival is just how many fantastic documentaries have been on show! Boundary-pushing Oscar-nominated Morgan Spurlock is a true expert in his field.
- [A Quiet Life](https://fcp.cafe/blog/a-quiet-life.md): A Quiet Life is the story of an Italian expatriate Rosario who runs a quiet, yet successful roadside restaurant and hotel with the help of his beautiful younger business driven wife, Renate.
- [Page One - A Year Inside The New York Times](https://fcp.cafe/blog/page-one-a-year-inside-the-new-york-times.md): Despite the occasional dodgy film, we have been so lucky to see so many quality films so far at the festival. Page One: A Year Inside The New Work Times, for me now however has definitely been a highlight.
- [Freedom Riders](https://fcp.cafe/blog/freedom-riders.md): Every now and again you come across a documentary that is slick, sophisticated, and really makes you think. Freedom Riders has got to be one of the most professional, and thought provoking films I have come across in recent years.
- [In A Better World](https://fcp.cafe/blog/in-a-better-world.md): At the Academy Awards this year, the beautiful and incredibly intelligent Susanne Bier picked up the Best Foreign-Language Film award, so the expectations for this film were obviously fairly high when we walked into the cinema.
- [Marimbas From Hell](https://fcp.cafe/blog/marimbas-from-hell.md): I am currently travelling with two other LateNite Films people at MIFF, and we all went and saw this film, titled Marimbas From Hell. One person thought it
- [Armadillo](https://fcp.cafe/blog/armadillo.md): At film festivals, there are always a few war documentaries thrown into the mix. Normally they are either very anti-war, or very pro-solider. One of the
- [Potiche](https://fcp.cafe/blog/potiche.md): Potiche (slang for “trophy wife”) is one of the funniest films that I have seen in a long time! From the opening Disney-like scene where the Madame Pujol
- [You Are Here](https://fcp.cafe/blog/you-are-here.md): Daniel Cockburn’s debut feature film, You Are Here is a bizarre and mindstraining experimental film (despite what the director claimed in the Q&A session)
- [Chico & Rita](https://fcp.cafe/blog/chico-rita.md): Over the next few weeks I will be uploading as many brief reviews as I can manage, from films that I come across at the Miami International Film Festival.
- [2010 Summary](https://fcp.cafe/blog/2010-summary.md): What a crazy year 2010 was for everyone at LateNite Films! As we already start to get completely crazy busy in the new year, we thought we’d give you a
- [Lightworks – Day One](https://fcp.cafe/blog/lightworks-day-one.md): At 3:30 in the morning today, I received an e-mail from EditShare announcing that the first public beta release of Lightworks 10.0 was released into the wild.
- [Turn The Page](https://fcp.cafe/blog/turn-the-page.md): Well I’ve just come off one of the more intense weekends I’ve had in a long while, stretching from Friday afternoon to Monday night (quite a contrast to the intense weekend before, an marathon of MetallicA).
- [Wah Wah](https://fcp.cafe/blog/wah-wah.md): Have been away for a few days with my lovely lady and managed to take a load off for the first time in god knows how long. The great thing about this trip being that I got the opportunity to read the Wah Wah diaries by Richard E.
- [Balls To The Wall](https://fcp.cafe/blog/balls-to-the-wall.md): I had been pretty fucked off after the script read. Not because of the feedback, not because the script was not where I thought it was. Because I felt like we lost our balls.
- [Jess Jacobs 14.11.90 – 10.05.08](https://fcp.cafe/blog/jess-jacobs-14-11-90-10-05-08.md): We quite often have people who come and go in our lives, some making more of an impact than others. And occasionally those people who make the biggest impact leave your life so quickly that you never get to thank them for what it is they have done for you or what it is they have meant to you.
- [Marketing](https://fcp.cafe/blog/marketing.md): So after what can only be described as a bizarre few weeks since the reading – the boys and I are back in the saddle and working our little asses off as per usual, and on a saturday no less.
- [New Logo!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/new-logo.md): As I’m sure you’ve noticed by now, we’ve recently got ourselves a new SHOTGUN! logo – which is VERY exciting!
- [Assistant Editor Lecture](https://fcp.cafe/blog/assistant-editor-lecture.md): Last week I had the pleasure of being invited to Swinburne University to speak to 3rd and 4th year students studying towards their Bachelor of Film & Television in Prahran.
- [Live Read Aftermath!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/live-read-aftermath.md): Deary me! What a week it has been! Things have been non-stop for me personally – and today is the first day for a long while where I’ve actually been able to just sit down for five minutes and ponder things.
- [The End of the Beginning](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-end-of-the-beginning.md): This is a saying that I love to use (because it makes me sound smart, is apt & is a throw away to the expected), because in life, nothing ever really ends (aside from life itself & even then, it’s a new beginning), things only ever begin.
- [And fade out…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/and-fade-out.md): Well, despite all odds, we did it! From all reports, for those in the live audience, and those watching at home, the live script read was a big success! Thank you so much to everyone who attended in person, and those that made use of the live stream via the Internet!
- [Photos from the Live Script Read](https://fcp.cafe/blog/photos-from-the-live-script-read.md): Here are a collection of amazing photos from the live script read taken by the extremely talented Michelle Leong. Thank you to everyone who attended!
- [Not long to go now…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/not-long-to-go-now-3.md): Yesterday was a BIG day! We bumped into the venue and set up all the streaming gear, and Al and Nick also did some rehearsals with the actors for the live event.
- [The read from AL’s POV](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-read-from-als-pov.md): Written by Guest Blogger on 17th October 2010
- [ALL ABOARD!!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/all-aboard.md): There’s no turning back now!
- [Cue Camera One!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/cue-camera-one.md): OK… So I have to admit – my life is way too much fun! Despite the fact that this whole “live stream” event has now blown completely out of proportion, I am so excited about the whole thing.
- [My eyes are bleeding…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/my-eyes-are-bleeding.md): I just read Chris and Al’s last posts and sat for a minute in silence.
- [Let the games begin!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/let-the-games-begin.md): Like a lot of things we try and do, what started off a little script read with a few actors, a director and a kitchen table has all of a sudden blown up into a full scale event!
- [International Team of Mystery… (aka The 444 Club)](https://fcp.cafe/blog/international-team-of-mystery-aka-the-444-club.md): Written by Guest Blogger on 11th October 2010
- [Fran-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-toc… And so the count down begins.](https://fcp.cafe/blog/fran-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-toc-and-so-the-count-down-begins.md): Greetings to all of our droogies (or SHOTGUNIES as we have now coined you all), closely following the every which move of the party here at LateNite. This
- [Scheduling in Celtx](https://fcp.cafe/blog/scheduling-in-celtx.md): In the past 12 or so hours a few things have, understandably so, kept me from sleeping. For starters last night I had to take part in emergency evac training at work where we were put in a “situation” that we may or may not have to deal with on a daily basis.
- [First Vidcast – The Joys of Scheduling](https://fcp.cafe/blog/first-vidcast-the-joys-of-scheduling.md): At long last, we finally got around to putting together our very first video blog! We have to be honest – the camera work is pretty awful, as is the audio, and we did notice those little lines at the start of the video… however!
- [Scheduling OR why my brain hurts…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/scheduling-or-why-my-brain-hurts.md): I had two maths teachers when I was at high school. One was frighteningly similar to a certain Hannibal Lectar and used to hang a mirror on the black/white
- [A Good Place To Start](https://fcp.cafe/blog/a-good-place-to-start.md): A question I often get asked about script writing, film making, acting is – Where do I start? How do I start? What’s a good place to start? My answer is always invariably… at the beginning.
- [Inside Insanity](https://fcp.cafe/blog/inside-insanity.md): Written by Guest Blogger on 23rd September 2010
- [Another Day… Another Logo…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/another-day-another-logo.md): LateNite Films
- [August 2010 Reel](https://fcp.cafe/blog/august-2010-reel.md): LateNite Films Reel 2010
- [Workshopping SHOTGUN!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/workshopping-shotgun.md): So we are about to head into Draft 9 territory which is a bit of a scary thought. Scary mainly because we have taken (when I say we I mean mostly Al) a 135 page MONSTER script and managed to get it to a slightly less daunting length of 90-100 pages.
- [Sir Peter Jackson](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-journey-begins.md): I was in Bali over the last week and was reading Peter Jackson’s biography and one thing became evident to me. There is a single reason why that man succeeded, in not only becoming a brilliant film maker, but also making people stand up and take notice of his homeland.
- [Photos from the Short Film](https://fcp.cafe/blog/short-film-photos.md): If we step back in time to 2007, Alistair Marks was just your average film student studying towards a Bachelor of Film & Television at Swinburne
- [And so, the adventures begins…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/and-so-the-adventures-begins.md): It’s with great pleasure and excitement that I welcome you to the all new SHOTGUN! behind the scenes blog. For those of you that have been following some
- [Synopsis](https://fcp.cafe/blog/synopsis.md): Sam Robinson wants to be taken seriously. After years of frustration, indifference and rejection, Sam’s had enough. Today’s the day that all of that changes.
- [The Disappearance of Alice Creed](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-disappearance-of-alice-creed.md): Well it’s that time of year again – MIFF time!
- [Failure is an option. Fear is not.](https://fcp.cafe/blog/failure-is-an-option-fear-is-not.md): For those of you that are needing a bit of inspiration, make sure you have a look at this TED Video staring James Cameron discussing life before Avatar. It’s well worth a look!
- [There’s a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake](https://fcp.cafe/blog/theres-a-hippopotamus-on-our-roof-eating-cake.md): It seems like so long ago now that we were on the hunt for people to help us build an animatronic hippo for Pocket Bonfire’s production of “There’s a
- [Good Morning Vietnam!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/good-morning-vietnam.md): Chicken Village in Vietnam
- [The Curse of Black Bones](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-curse-of-black-bones.md): The amazingly talented director Rhett Dashwood has just wrapped post production on his video clip “Black Bones”, for a great band called Teenagersintokyo.
- [Update! Update!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/update-update.md): It seems like ages since I last gave you all a progress report on the blog – and guess what, it has been! The last time I gave you a proper update was in June, and it’s now already November.
- [New MacPro Monitor Issues](https://fcp.cafe/blog/new-macpro-monitor-issues.md): The company I work for (when I’m not busy doing latenite films related work) recently purchased a brand new MacPro. Nothing too fancy, just something that can easily handle offline editing in Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro.
- [Avid Experiments](https://fcp.cafe/blog/avid-experiments.md): If you have read any of my previous blog entries here you would know that I am a long time Final Cut Pro user, but since the beginning of this year I have been working at an offline edit house (in addition to the time I spend doing latenite things!) that primarily uses Avid on Macs.
- [Happy Sundaes hits IMDB and SAKOOZ hits YouTube!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/happy-sundaes-hits-imdb-and-sakooz-hits-youtube.md): At long last, finally some of our hard work is hitting a little thing they call the world wide web! Due to various reasons, we have decided to release Happy Sundaes to the world, free of charge and have also put the SAKOOZ teaser/trailer up on YouTube.
- [Mac Hardware Predictions – Death to the Mouse](https://fcp.cafe/blog/mac-hardware-predictions-death-to-the-mouse.md): As most of you will know, I recently wrote an article on this blog listing my Final Cut Studio 3 Predictions. It has gotten a really great response so far, and has helped generate a lot of incredibly interesting discussions.
- [No time, free cake and lots of hits!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/no-time-free-cake-and-lots-of-hits.md): Hello everyone! Well, it really feels like it’s been a long time since I last posted any updates, and guess what… it has been! As always we’ve been incredibly busy behind the scenes with so many different things.
- [Avid vs FCP – My thoughts…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/avid-vs-fcp-my-thoughts.md): There has been a lot of discussion on the Internet over the last few months in regards to Avid vs FCP. People have been blogging about it. Scott Simmons from The Editblog has written many entries over the years discussing this topic, as has Shane Ross on his blog Little Frog in High Def.
- [Chris featured on Kaltura Developers Site!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/chris-hocking-featured-on-kaltura-developers-site.md): Kaltura has just released it’s brand new Developers Community website, and I’ve actually been fortunate enough to feature in the developers spotlight!
- [Two Fists One Heart](https://fcp.cafe/blog/two-fists-one-heart.md): A month or so ago, whilst doing some research for the “cut your own trailer” SAKOOZ site, we came across a film called Two Fists One Heart. This is a
- [Don’t worry… We’re not dead! Just busy!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/dont-worry-were-not-dead-just-busy.md): Apologies for keeping you all out of the loop last month. It was certainly never my intention – we’ve just been flat out as always! However, those that have been following us on twitter at least know we’re alive, as we’ve been regularly posting cool things we come across.
- [Knowing](https://fcp.cafe/blog/knowing.md): I’m inspired. I want to swear a lot. In a positive way. But I won’t. At least not at the moment. I’ve literally just got back from the cinema after watching Alex Proyas’ latest film, Knowing.
- [The problem with full time work…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-problem-with-full-time-work.md): I’m extremely lucky to have landed a fantastic job a few weeks ago as an assistant editor full time this year at a amazing boutique edit house in
- [So many things to do!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/so-many-things-to-do.md): The last couple of weeks have been hectic, but unfortunately it’s been mainly projects outside of latenite. I’ve personally been interstate working on
- [Final Cut Studio 3 Predictions](https://fcp.cafe/blog/final-cut-studio-3-predictions.md): There has been a lot of discussion on the Internet the last few months in regards to what Apple is going to do with the seemingly out-dated Final Cut Studio package.
- [Oh, look… It’s 2009!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/oh-look-its-2009.md): One minute it’s Christmas, then zap! Next minute, January is nearly over. How times flies! Hello everyone, and welcome to our very first entry for the new year – even if it is slightly late.
- [Happy Festivus & Thanks for All the Fish!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/happy-festivus-thanks-for-all-the-fish.md): It’s amazing to think that Christmas Day has already been and gone. This year has gone so incredibly fast it’s just not funny! On behalf of everyone at latenite films, I just want to wish you all a very merry holiday period, and an extra special New Years Eve!
- [Post Production Workflow](https://fcp.cafe/blog/post-production-workflow.md): When we first started thinking about the best way to put together the Sakooz trailer, we originally thought that Super 16mm and a film scan route would be the most appropriate option given our budget, and the “Hollywood trailer” look that we were after.
- [First Public Screenings!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/first-public-screenings.md): Once again time has gotten away from me – so this news is a bit old now! But, hey – better late than never! The Sakooz trailer had it’s first official
- [Done & Done!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/done-done.md): You won’t believe it – or at least, I certainly don’t! I think the trailer is actually finished. Actually scrap that – the trailer is finished! For now anyway!
- [Typical…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/typical.md): It’s typical! The day we finish the Sakooz trailer is the day that RED and Apple release a software update that would have made my life so much easier.
- [Only Music To Go!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/only-music-to-go.md): It’s official! All the pictures elements are all done. It certainly wasn’t easy – and there has been a lot of brain numbing rotoscoping the last few weeks, but all the effects are done, the grade is complete and everything is ready and waiting for the final soundtrack to be attached.
- [Not Long To Go Now…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/not-long-to-go-now-2.md): As always, time has flown, and deadlines are getting closer and closer. In a perfect world, we’d like to have everything completed by next Friday 7th. Whether or not we’ll be able to complete that deadline, well, only time will tell.
- [Picture Locked!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/picture-locked.md): Zap! One minute it’s September, and the next it’s all of a sudden October. It’s certainly been an incredible year and it’s rapidly disappearing. So what’s been happening since my last post – well, like always, lots!
- [Day Two Happy Snaps!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/day-two-happy-snaps.md): As promised, here are some absolutely gorgeous photos taken by the incredible Michelle Leong from Day Two of the Sakooz shoot. There will be lots more of
- [What’s up Doc?](https://fcp.cafe/blog/whats-up-doc.md): Once again, apologies for the lack of communication since my last post. It’s been a very, very busy time! Not only have I been flat out with everything Sakooz related, but I’ve also been working non-stop on other students third year films.
- [Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow.md): Here is a quick little video of the snow that decided to invade us whilst we were building the Sakooz spaceship set. It was freezing!
- [Photo Evidence…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/photo-evidence.md): As promised, here are a few snap shots of Pinky’s head and the spaceship construction in no particular order. Enjoy!
- [Then what happened…?](https://fcp.cafe/blog/then-what-happened.md): Firstly, for those that actually made it through the last blog entry – I’m amazed! It was a bit of an epic, so a massive thank you to those that took the time to go through it all!
- [It only gets worse before it gets better…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/it-only-gets-worse-before-it-gets-better.md): Ok, I’ll warn you in advance. This is going to be a BIG blog entry. Quite possibly the biggest blog entry known to man. And yes, I’ve read all the “how to
- [Stay Tuned!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/stay-tuned.md): I know, I know… we’ve been really slack in terms of updating this blog! But I’ll tell you what, boy, oh boy, have we got some news to tell you! So many dramatic things have been happening since my last entry.
- [Not long to go now…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/not-long-to-go-now.md): Yikes! We begin principle photography in tweleve days! That’s only 288 hours away (give or take)! Oh dear! So much to do, so very little time. What’s been happening since I last wrote?
- [Ready… Steady… Go! Wait, no, stop!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/ready-steady-go-wait-no-stop.md): Bang! Another two weeks gone! Just like that. The closer we get to shooting the more problems we solve, the more problems we discover, and the more things we try to jam into a day.
- [Just keep digging… Just keep digging…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/just-keep-digging-just-keep-digging.md): It’s July already. How crazy is that. The last two weeks just flew by. It’s scary. Seriously.
- [Up and down, and down, and down…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/up-and-down-and-down-and-down.md): Once again another two weeks has just mysteriously ran away from us. It’s really scary to think that we’re pretty much in the middle of the year now. I’m a little bit scared that if I blink it will suddenly be September, and if I blink again it will be January 2009!
- [I see RED! I see RED! I see RED!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/i-see-red-i-see-red-i-see-red.md): The last two weeks have been MASSIVE! After my last blog entry, we have had so many fantastic ups and so many depressing downs! It really has been an emotional roller-coaster of a couple of weeks!
- [Around, and around we go!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/around-and-around-we-go.md): OK… I’ll be honest. I haven’t absolutely no idea how anyone can maintain a daily blog – especially film makers. I just don’t understand how they can possibly find the time!
- [Another day another dollar…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/another-day-another-dollar.md): A lot has happening this week – and boy, oh boy do I mean a lot! When you’re only getting around two hours sleep a night (maximum) you sure do get a lot done.
- [Everything is going exactly according to plan…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/everything-is-going-exactly-according-to-plan.md): Ok, so there may be a slight hint of sarcasm in the title for today. Unfortunately everything is not going exactly according to plan – but it’s not a complete disaster either!
- [Zhan. Gu / The Drummer](https://fcp.cafe/blog/zhan-gu-the-drummer.md): Not to be confused with Yang Chuan’s 1980 film, also set in Hong Kong and as of the same English translation, Kenneth Bi’s “Zhan. Gu (The Drummer)” is his third feature film (despite popular belief, as his first feature film, “A Small Miracle” only received a straight to video release).
- [Smile! You’re on candid camera!](https://fcp.cafe/blog/smile-youre-on-candid-camera.md): It’s extremely hard to believe it’s already been four days since I last updated this blog! Where the hell does time go? No really – I honestly want to know! So what’s been happening since my last message, well, quite a lot!
- [Now, if you could just do it again, but better…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/now-if-you-could-just-do-it-again-but-better.md): Well, I’m very sorry to say that already we’re struggling finding the time to update this blog, and it hasn’t even been that long since we started it up! Thing is, we are absolutely flat out!
- [And now for something completely different…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/and-now-for-something-completely-different.md): So what exactly are we up to and the moment? What kind of crazy nut-case film are we trying to bring to life? Well, a quite a big one actually. At the end
- [Let’s start at the very beginning…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/lets-start-at-the-very-beginning.md): Aren’t there already enough blogs on the web? I’m mean seriously, if you type the word “blog” into Google, you get well over two BILLION results. Why on earth would we want to start another one?
- [Ladri di biciclette](https://fcp.cafe/blog/ladri-di-biciclette.md): Vittorio De Sica’s ninth film as director, Ladri di biciclette, has been widely cited as one of the finest films ever made and has helped cement the Italian-born actor/writer/director, as one of the world’s most influential and remarkable filmmakers of all time.
- [4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days](https://fcp.cafe/blog/4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days.md): I must have completely zoned out when I read the description of this film. If I had consciously known it was about an abortion, there is no way in hell I would have gone and seen it.
- [A Walk into the Sea - Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory](https://fcp.cafe/blog/a-walk-into-the-sea-danny-williams-and-the-warhol-factory.md): This is a documentary about the mystery disappearance of the Warhol Factory’s Danny Williams in 1966. Williams was in love with the art of lighting and film making, but was also heavily experimenting with drugs, sleeping with his male boss, Andy Warhol, and falling in and out with the other artists.
- [Alexandra](https://fcp.cafe/blog/alexandra.md): This is a very simple, very real, and very gritty tale about a woman who visits her grandson at his army base in war-torn Chechnya. There is no visible
- [Boxing Day](https://fcp.cafe/blog/boxing-day.md): This is a very simple film about a person living alone on home detention (after obviously coming out of jail recently), preparing for a Christmas lunch for his teenage niece, sister in law accompanied by her latest boyfriend.
- [Inland Empire](https://fcp.cafe/blog/inland-empire.md): What a complete and utter load of shit. I remember watching an interview with David Lynch a couple of months back and thinking, “this guy is an idiot”. He
- [Mister Lonely](https://fcp.cafe/blog/mister-lonely.md): This is a very odd, yet surprisingly entertainment and perplexing film about a young American who barely makes a living as a Michael Jackson impersonator in Paris.
- [Run](https://fcp.cafe/blog/run.md): This is a great short New Zealand film about a brother and sister, who live in fear of their overly protective father. They mother is no longer in their lives for some unspecified reason, and as a result the father focuses all of his attention on making sure his children are the best they can be.
- [Severance](https://fcp.cafe/blog/severance-2.md): This is one of the best slasher/horror/comedy film’s I’ve ever seen. Completely sick, absolutely hilarious, and extremely terrifying – this film really had it all.
- [Watching it Rain](https://fcp.cafe/blog/watching-it-rain.md): This is a beautiful and very well acted short film about two teenagers living in a small Mexican town. Sofia, a beautiful young lady, hates her life and the fact that her mother sleeps around, and doesn’t seem to care about her in the slightest.
- [A Few Days in September](https://fcp.cafe/blog/a-few-days-in-september.md): This is a fantastic action/adventure film about a sexy and cunning secret service agent, who is put in charge of looking after a former co-worker’s teenage children before he heads permanently underground.
- [Advantage](https://fcp.cafe/blog/advantage.md): This is a truly fantastic short film about a man and women who stumble home drunk, after an obviously fun and alcohol filled night. Everything is going to
- [Black Sheep](https://fcp.cafe/blog/black-sheep.md): Essentially this is a New Zealand film about a whole lot of mutant sheep that go on a rampage to try and kill everyone, due to a generic engineering experiment going horribly wrong.
- [Bug](https://fcp.cafe/blog/bug.md): Set mainly in a single location, Bug is an American horror/thriller essentially about two people who believe bugs are invading their home and their bodies. An exceptionally strange, yet pleasant man is brought along to a woman’s hotel room, and despite all odds, the two quickly become friends.
- [Cages](https://fcp.cafe/blog/cages.md): I went into this film, just purely out of luck. I had a space free, and this film seemed the best out of the bunch in that timeslot. Luck was on my side this time, as Cages is a truly fantastic Belgium film, and is up there in my list of favourite films so far at the festival.
- [catch fish](https://fcp.cafe/blog/catch-fish.md): This is a film about a reclusive Chinese harp player who purchases a dead fish from a sexy lady at a seafood market, places it in his bath and lets his imagination run wild.
- [Clean Linen](https://fcp.cafe/blog/clean-linen.md): A New Zealand film, Clean Linen is a peculiar film about two children who spend their days doing chores around the house and secretly watching their father’s pornography video collection.
- [Crossbow](https://fcp.cafe/blog/crossbow.md): This is a fantastic Australian film narrated by a teenager who tells a story from the past, about his neighbours – a similarly aged boy, with a Bogan father and a sexy mother that everyone wants to sleep with (especially the narrator himself).
- [Day Watch](https://fcp.cafe/blog/day-watch.md): I’ve never seen the first instalment of this Russian trilogy before, so maybe I’ve missed a lot of the back story to the Matrix-like film, Day Watch. Essentially, it’s a film about an age old battle between good vs.
- [Everything’s Gone Green](https://fcp.cafe/blog/everythings-gone-green.md): I actually stumbled into this film by accident, as the many days of movie watching finally took a toll on my brain and logical thinking. However, it was a great mistake to make as Everything’s Gone Green is a really good film.
- [Exit](https://fcp.cafe/blog/exit.md): Exit, a Swedish film directed by Peter Lindmark, is probably one of the most thrilling and exciting films I’ve seen at MIFF so far. Thomas is a successful venture capitalist, with a beautiful wife and daughter, and a high-flying business that is making a tonne of cash.
- [Exterminating Angels](https://fcp.cafe/blog/exterminating-angels.md): Walking into the theatre, I really didn’t know what to expect from this film. Featuring in the “Forbidden Pleasures” section of the festival, I was sure that I was going to get a fair bit of nudity and adult themes.
- [Falkenberg Farewell](https://fcp.cafe/blog/falkenberg-farewell.md): This film is a snapshot into a lives of several young people holed up in a small town called Falkenberg. It’s not a traditional narrative – but more a mood
- [Fast Lane](https://fcp.cafe/blog/fast-lane.md): Fast Lane is a suburb Australian short film about a boy who returns home from a party one night clammy and pale. His mum knows that something is wrong, but Ash doesn’t want to reveal that he may have killed someone by throwing a rock onto a busy freeway.
- [Forbidden Lie$](https://fcp.cafe/blog/forbidden-lie.md): This is probably on of the greatest documentaries I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. What’s even better is that it’s Australian! It’s the story of Norma Khouri, the author of a best-selling book, Forbidden Love.
- [Forever Never Anywhere](https://fcp.cafe/blog/forever-never-anywhere.md): This film has a very strange beginning in retrospect. It opens with a comedy performer getting lost in the backstage maze of corridors, as he tries to find the stage door.
- [How Is Your Fish Today?](https://fcp.cafe/blog/how-is-your-fish-today.md): This is a very strange and unconventional film about a screenwriter who is trying to write a screenplay about a young man who is on the run after he murdered his lover.
- [I served the King of England](https://fcp.cafe/blog/i-served-the-king-of-england.md): This is a seriously funny and very peculiar film about an old man reminiscing about how, from a very young age, all he wanted in life was to become a millionaire.
- [Katoomba](https://fcp.cafe/blog/katoomba.md): This is a marvellous short film about two ladies, who live in the small country town of Katoomba, and both want to get out and travel the world. Everything looks as if it’s going to plan until one of the girl’s falls quickly and deeply in love with a new man to the town.
- [Maborosi](https://fcp.cafe/blog/maborosi.md): Directed by Tokyo born Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maborosi is an extremely slow, yet visually pleasing film about a young women’s struggle to get on with life after her husband commits suicide by jumping in front of a train – leaving their child fatherless.
- [Manufacturing Dissent - Michael Moore and the Media](https://fcp.cafe/blog/manufacturing-dissent-michael-moore-and-the-media.md): Documentary filmmakers Debbie Melnyck and Rick Caine set out to make a relatively simple and straightforward documentary about their hero Michael Moore, but as they start filming and putting together the film, they soon discover that the Mr Moore isn’t all he’s cracked up to be.
- [Mapantsula](https://fcp.cafe/blog/mapantsula.md): Released in 1988, Mapantsula was filmed in Soweto (South Africa) and tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who spends his days stealing from unsuspecting Whites and brawling with rivals in Black bars, as well as a little police informing on the side.
- [Men at Work](https://fcp.cafe/blog/men-at-work.md): Nothing really beats a film about some good old fashion rock rolling. As four men drive home after a failed skiing trip, they make a quick toilet stop along the way.
- [MIFF 2007 Animation Shorts Programme](https://fcp.cafe/blog/miff-2007-animation-shorts-programme.md): This year’s animation shorts programme offered a great deal of variety. Norbot, an Australian short animation, told the story of a child that was born with huge ears, and his fight to find his place in the world.
- [MIFF 2007 Australian Short Stories](https://fcp.cafe/blog/miff-2007-australian-short-stories.md): Australian Short Stories is a collection of Australian Indigenous films of all different shapes and sizes. It opened with Hush – a fantastic and very funny little film about a mother who works as a phone sex person during the night, and is eventually found out by her outraged daughter.
- [MIFF 2007 Documentary Shorts Programme 2](https://fcp.cafe/blog/miff-2007-documentary-shorts-programme-2.md): I Want to Be a Pilot, is a depressing and eye-opening film about a 12-year-old boy who lives in the slums of East Africa, and only has one dream in life – to become a pilot, so that he can escape the world he’s grown up in, and fly away to see his parents.
- [MIFF 2007 Experimental & Conceptual Shorts Programme](https://fcp.cafe/blog/miff-2007-experimental-conceptual-shorts-programme.md): When you walk into this programme, you know you’re going to witness some pretty abstract and crazy things. This was no exception. From strobing dots to 20
- [MIFF 2007 Short & Local](https://fcp.cafe/blog/miff-2007-short-local.md): I was really impressed with the Short & Local films this year. It opened with Sian Davies film, Poetry, a beautiful, yet shadowy film about two teenage girls struggling with the complexities of the schoolyard, relationships and growing up.
- [MIFF 2007 World Fiction Shorts - Programme 2](https://fcp.cafe/blog/miff-2007-world-fiction-shorts-programme-2.md): Once again, the short film sessions at MIFF this year have all been extremely impressive. Caught, is a short and simple one gag film about a man who sleeps over at a woman’s house, and is unfortunately greeted by a not-so-impressed boyfriend as he tries to leave.
- [Radiant City](https://fcp.cafe/blog/radiant-city.md): I’m not quite sure if you can call it a documentary, as it seriously pushes the boundaries of the genre, so I’ll just call it a film about suburbs. In documentary style, it examines the attraction and the bleak realities of suburban living.
- [Red Road](https://fcp.cafe/blog/red-road.md): Red Road is a dark thriller about Jackie, a surveillance camera officer, who watches over the dangerous streets of Glasgow on a matrix of television screens.
- [Rescue Dawn](https://fcp.cafe/blog/rescue-dawn.md): At the time, I really enjoyed this film. It was exciting, it was interested, and I actually cared for the characters. I thought the opening special effects were a bit suss, but apart from that, I thought it was a good fun, and dramatic movie.
- [Shahram and Abbas](https://fcp.cafe/blog/shahram-and-abbas.md): This witty yet tragic longish short film is about two Iranian refugees – a journalist in his 40s and an adventurous yet lonely man in his late 20s – who pretend to be a gay couple in order to obtain asylum.
- [Snow Angels](https://fcp.cafe/blog/snow-angels.md): Snow Angels is a naturalistic Canadian film that explores several different relationships that all interconnect in one way or another. Arthur is a
- [Soft Words](https://fcp.cafe/blog/soft-words.md): Soft Words is a very political film about how John Howard and the government misuse the English language for political gain. Mixing interviews with archive footage, as well as text overlay quotes; this is a very powerful short film that pushes its point incredibly well.
- [Spider](https://fcp.cafe/blog/spider.md): Spider is an absolutely fantastic short film about Jack – a man who loves to play practical jokes on his girlfriend – and what happens when things don’t go exactly to plan.
- [The Bet Collector](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-bet-collector.md): The Bet Collector, a Philippines film, follows the life of Amy, an uncanny saleswoman who runs around town convincing people to part with their hard earned
- [The Boss of it All](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-boss-of-it-all.md): This is a very funny and essentially harmless film about the owner of an IT company that decides to sell up and move on, forcing to wheel out the CEO to sign on the dotted line, sealing the deal.
- [The Hottest State](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-hottest-state.md): This is without a doubt, my favourite film of the festival so far. It tells the story of William, an aspiring actor, who meets and falls quickly and madly in love with Sara, a seductive singer/songwriter, just a few days before his 21st birthday.
- [The Mourning Forest](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-mourning-forest.md): Directed by Naomi Kawase, The Mourning Forest is a visually and emotionally beautiful film about a young lady called Machiko, who works at a retirement home nearby a vast forest.
- [The Signal](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-signal.md): This is a very low budget independent film – but in the best possible way. Full of blood and guts – this is a film, split into three parts by three
- [The Waimate Conspiracy](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-waimate-conspiracy.md): This is an extremely entertaining and obviously no-budget mockumentary about a fictional land rights claim in the town of Waimate, New Zealand. The Maori locals have been fighting for decades to regain their land, which they believe they were forcefully removed from in a bloody battle back in 1866.
- [Vengeance Is Mine](https://fcp.cafe/blog/vengeance-is-mine.md): Shohei Imamura’s 1979 film, Vengeance Is Mine, tells the story of a 78-day crime spree by a serial killer who is constantly evading police in Japan. The film constantly jumps too and fro in time; one moment the killer is locked up, the next we are seeing the crimes he has committed in the past.
- [Wolfsbergen](https://fcp.cafe/blog/wolfsbergen.md): What are the chances? The film I hated the most has been the only film with projection problems, forcing the screening to run for even longer. I think the projectionist fell asleep.
- [You, the Living](https://fcp.cafe/blog/you-the-living.md): This is one of the more bizarre films I’ve seen at the festival. I’m not exactly sure what it was about. It wasn’t your traditional narrative. It was
- [Severance](https://fcp.cafe/blog/severance.md): Another Bloody Office Outing.
- [It’s a Wonderful Life…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/its-a-wonderful-life.md): This film truly takes you on an emotional rollercoaster. It’ll make you laugh and it will [almost] bring a tear to your eye. But what I really liked about this film was that it was surprisingly unpredictable.
- [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind](https://fcp.cafe/blog/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md): How happy is the blameless Vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d.
- [GPS raises significant issues of mobile privacy](https://fcp.cafe/blog/gps-raises-significant-issues-of-mobile-privacy.md): The government’s been in bed with the entire telecommunications industry since the forties. They’ve infected everything. They get into your bank statements, computer files, e-mail, listen to your phone calls…. Every wire, every airwave.
- [Philosophy of Open Source](https://fcp.cafe/blog/philosophy-of-open-source.md): The purpose of this document is to explain the philosophy behind Open Source. It will first examine the definition of the term, then reveal its history, and finally, explore how the philosophy is affecting all areas of society – not just the information technology world.
- [Documentary Interview Experiments](https://fcp.cafe/blog/documentary-interview-experiments.md): As part of our Language and Communications class, we split into groups of four people and conducted a series of interviews. One person acted as camera tech, another sound tech, an interviewer and an interviewee.
- [Elephant](https://fcp.cafe/blog/elephant.md): I have just realised that after half a year of studying film and television, my whole perspective of what makes a fantastic movie has changed. Last year, I would have said it has to entertain me and absorb me in its world.
- [In God We Trust](https://fcp.cafe/blog/in-god-we-trust.md): As Robert stands in the middle of a street contemplating the text written on a coin, he is suddenly hit by a SUV and instantly killed. In the waiting room of the afterlife, Robert soon is told by a clerk that he’s destined for Hell.
- [Like Minds](https://fcp.cafe/blog/like-minds.md): It truly is an amazingly uplifting sensation, when you leave a cinema knowing that you’ve just witnessed a cinematic masterpiece. It feels even better when the film has been produced by people from your own home country.
- [Summer 04](https://fcp.cafe/blog/summer-04.md): 15-year-old Nils invites his 12-year-old girlfriend Livia to spend the holidays with him and his mother and father at their summer home. One day whilst sailing, Nils returns home without Livia, much to his families shock.
- [The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-piano-tuner-of-earthquakes.md): One of the worst things about attending any film festival is that unfortunately, you will, at least once (although probably more often than not), be trapped in a jammed packed theatre and forced to witness some of the worst footage ever projected onto the big screen.
- [9 Square Metres for Two](https://fcp.cafe/blog/9-square-metres-for-two.md): This is a great experimental documentary, made up of a series of short clips filmed by actual inmates of Baumettes Prison in France. Basically, someone has given ten men a handheld video camera, some quick instructions on how to press record, and let the people do their thing.
- [911 Rio](https://fcp.cafe/blog/911-rio.md): This is an experimental film that shows a whole heap of seemingly random images and sounds. I really like the look and feel of this film. The images looked fantastic and really kept you interested making you want to watch more.
- [A Few Old Blokes](https://fcp.cafe/blog/a-few-old-blokes.md): This is a short Australian documentary that focuses on the stories from a group of “old blokes” that live in a public high-rise building. The occupants tell us about their daily routines, their past and dreams.
- [A Little Trip to Heaven](https://fcp.cafe/blog/a-little-trip-to-heaven.md): An insurance investigator is brought in to scrutinise a car accident in which a notorious scam artist has been allegedly burnt to a crisp. But as he digs deeper into the events leading up into the incident, the more complex everything becomes.
- [A Man](https://fcp.cafe/blog/a-man.md): This is a short Portuguese film about a drinking and smoking man who harasses a woman in his apartment. It was kind of entertaining to watch, as you didn’t know how aggressive this man would get, or whether maybe the woman was a “villain”, but the end was very anticlimactic.
- [A Prairie Home Companion](https://fcp.cafe/blog/a-prairie-home-companion.md): This is a really bizarre and comical film about the last performance of a fictitious radio variety show; before a Texas Company turns the old theatre venue they use into a multi-story car park.
- [Anne & Richard](https://fcp.cafe/blog/anne-richard.md): This is a short film based on Shakespeare’s Richard III, but set in present day Melbourne that explores the relationship between to people, murder, betrayal, emotional turmoil and seduction.
- [Apple Pie](https://fcp.cafe/blog/apple-pie.md): A tale of a butcher, a baker, a hunter, a dog, a cat, an apple pie and a series of misunderstandings and unfortunate events! This is a funny little animation that doesn’t have any dialog.
- [Bamako](https://fcp.cafe/blog/bamako.md): I’m not exactly sure what was going on a lot of the time in this movie. It seemed quite random. Set in Bamako in Africa, from what I could gather a trial was taking place between the African people and the World Bank, in someone’s courtyard.
- [Brothers of the Head](https://fcp.cafe/blog/brothers-of-the-head.md): This is a great little fake English documentary about Siamese twins, who are groomed into becoming commercial rocks stars. The script is really well done, and you seriously feel like you are watching history – not fiction.
- [Bubble](https://fcp.cafe/blog/bubble.md): This is a really simple and slow movie that shows the lives of two small town workers at the local doll factory. It shows Martha, a middle aged woman, and
- [Bye Bye Berlusconi](https://fcp.cafe/blog/bye-bye-berlusconi.md): This is a great fake documentary, about a group of people who make a fictional film about a terrorist cell that captures infamous former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
- [Champions](https://fcp.cafe/blog/champions.md): This is unique film about three dysfunctional men, who decide to leave their troubled city lives, and head out to the country to work on a farm, run by one of the men’s eccentric uncle.
- [Darkon](https://fcp.cafe/blog/darkon.md): Darkon is a fascinating and intriguing documentary about an endearingly bizarre live action role-playing game, whose hundreds of members dress up as wizards and warriors, and engage in simulated, un-choreographed medieval battles with homemade padded weaponry.
- [Detour De France](https://fcp.cafe/blog/detour-de-france.md): This is a fascinating documentary about a group of journalists who have travelled to France, to cover and report on the 2005 Tour de France cycling race.
- [Fantasma](https://fcp.cafe/blog/fantasma.md): This is a really, really boring film that shows a group of people aimlessly walking around a theatre, and eventually watching a section of an equally boring film.
- [Friday or Another Day](https://fcp.cafe/blog/friday-or-another-day.md): This is a fantastic film about an actor aboard a sailing ship that becomes shipwrecked on a deserted island. Phillippe de Nohan and the ships dog are the only survivors.
- [From Gold to Grapes - The Story of Landsborough](https://fcp.cafe/blog/from-gold-to-grapes-the-story-of-landsborough.md): This is a short film made up of local children’s drawings turned into animations and local adults voice over’s, that tell the tale of living in Landsborough.
- [Frozen City](https://fcp.cafe/blog/frozen-city.md): This is a depressing film about an affable man, who is left to look after his three young children, as well as trying to keep up his demanding taxi driving work, when his wife runs off with another man for several months.
- [Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot](https://fcp.cafe/blog/fumi-and-the-bad-luck-foot.md): This is a great little animation about Fumi and her cursed foot. After surviving a lighting strike, a hippopotamus attack and bank vaults falling on her foot, Fumi discovers a way of using her curse as a powerful tool to help others.
- [Funny Ha Ha](https://fcp.cafe/blog/funny-ha-ha.md): This is a film that explores the life of Marnie, a young lady who has just recently graduated from college, parties most nights, is looking for a good job and a boyfriend.
- [Funny Pets - Black Hole/Photography](https://fcp.cafe/blog/funny-pets-black-holephotography.md): These are funny little Japanese 3D computer animations about a cute girl and her two crazy pets. Although I’m not a fan of this kind of thing, it was quite refreshing to see something funny after watching a couple of emotionally draining films.
- [Gambler](https://fcp.cafe/blog/gambler.md): This is a really fantastic and insightful documentary about the Danish filmmaker Nicholas Winding Refn’s struggle to pay off his debts after the box-office flop of his latest film, Fear X, despite the fact that his debut film, Pusher, was a huge success.
- [Guide Dog](https://fcp.cafe/blog/guide-dog.md): This is a really funny short animation about an enthusiastic but unqualified dog that answers an advertisement for a guide dog position, but finds the task slightly more challenging than he could ever imagine.
- [Host and Guest](https://fcp.cafe/blog/host-and-guest.md): Despite its slow pacing, I really liked this film. It’s about a very improbable friendship between a miserable film teacher, and an overly friendly and understanding door-to-door religious educator who saves his life, after the film teacher is locked in his own bathroom.
- [I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed](https://fcp.cafe/blog/i-saw-ben-barka-get-killed.md): I’ll start off by saying I wasn’t really a fan of this movie. I just couldn’t be bothered trying to keep up with it – I just found it boring. It’s basically a film about an ex-criminal who receives a strange commission from an illegal organisation to produce a documentary about decolonisation.
- [In Between Days](https://fcp.cafe/blog/in-between-days.md): This is a film about a Korean-born girl struggling through life with her mother in America – although, to be honest, I didn’t realise it was set in the US till after the movie!
- [In The Pit](https://fcp.cafe/blog/in-the-pit.md): This is a documentary that follows a colourful construction crew over two years as they work on Mexico City’s Periferico Freeway, in an effort to cope with the ever expanding traffic.
- [Last Men Standing](https://fcp.cafe/blog/last-men-standing.md): This is a documentary about a community of a former mining town, which is dealing with poverty and illegal drug use. It’s a compelling, yet chilling portrait, but unfortunately, I found it kind of dull.
- [Last Train to Freo](https://fcp.cafe/blog/last-train-to-freo.md): I really liked this movie. It still amazes me that people can come up with such fantastic scripts, which only feature one location and a couple of actors.
- [Longing](https://fcp.cafe/blog/longing.md): Markus lives in a small German village, with his adoring wife, working as a metal worker, and a part time fireman. After saving the life of someone who attempts to commit suicide, he goes on a weekend training session with the fire brigade.
- [Lost & Found](https://fcp.cafe/blog/lost-found.md): This is a strange collection of different stories, and funny sequences. It begins with a story of a wedding party that waits in suspense for the bride and groom.
- [Love This Time](https://fcp.cafe/blog/love-this-time.md): Without being bias, as Rhys is one of my teachers at Uni, this is truly a fantastic short film. It tells the story of Nouria, as she deals with trying to keep a family together after the death of her mother.
- [Lovestruck - Wrestling’s No.1 Fan](https://fcp.cafe/blog/lovestruck-wrestlings-no1-fan.md): This is a fascinating documentary about Sue, a woman who has devoted her whole life and energy to professional wrestling. Her house is covered in wresting
- [Mr Schwartz, Mr Hazen and Mr Horlocker](https://fcp.cafe/blog/mr-schwartz-mr-hazen-and-mr-horlocker.md): This is a contemporary fable on the butterfly effect, the stress of apartment living and the challenges of modern policing. I wasn’t a fan of this animation as I found it technically poor, and lacking of a good storyline.
- [Mutual Appreciation](https://fcp.cafe/blog/mutual-appreciation.md): This film is basically exactly the same look and feel of “Funny Ha Ha” made two year before by the same team. Having seen “Funny Ha Ha” just a few days before this one, I’m not sure I was ready to watch this one just yet.
- [My Brother Vinnie](https://fcp.cafe/blog/my-brother-vinnie.md): This is a really magnificent observational documentary that explores the close relationship between two brothers. It crosses all cultural boundaries, capturing a loving relationship full of humour, wit and positive energy, whilst examining social issues, and Indigenous families.
- [Nature’s Way](https://fcp.cafe/blog/natures-way.md): This is a really great, yet very creepy New Zealand short film about a man who murders a young girl in a rain forest, and is later haunted by her in the most frightening of ways.
- [Northern Light](https://fcp.cafe/blog/northern-light.md): This is a film about a kickboxing coach and his son’s struggle with life after losing their wife/mother and daughter/sister in a car crash two years previous.
- [Opal Dream](https://fcp.cafe/blog/opal-dream.md): I’m a really big fan of this movie. Set in Coober Pedy, a young girl called Kellyanne, spends all her time playing with her two make-believe friends Pobby and Dingan.
- [Paper and Sand](https://fcp.cafe/blog/paper-and-sand.md): This is a film about a foreign couple who move to a Sydney beachside apartment to start a new life. However, their expectations and experiences of Australian urban life create a conflict between them.
- [Punk’s Not Dead](https://fcp.cafe/blog/punks-not-dead.md): This is a really well structured documentary, exploring the history of Punk over the last 30 years. Mixing interviews with video clips, and animations, this is a really good film that sheds some really interesting and cool facts on a world I’ve never had anything to do with.
- [Raul the Terrible](https://fcp.cafe/blog/raul-the-terrible.md): This is an amazing insightful documentary that takes an extremely close look into the world of Raul Castells, an Argentinean man who is fighting for the rights of the poor people in his country.
- [Red](https://fcp.cafe/blog/red.md): This is a film about a young man who travels with his mother to a shopping centre after a really big night of heavy drinking. Whilst driving along, we watch and observe some really uncomfortable and depressing conversations between the two.
- [Seven Swords](https://fcp.cafe/blog/seven-swords.md): After watching so many slow films over the past couple of days, it was a relief to see a non-stop action packed movie. Despite the fact that I’m really not a fan of sword fighting movies, I was definitely ready for this one.
- [Shooting Dogs](https://fcp.cafe/blog/shooting-dogs.md): This is a film based on a true story of a Catholic priest and a young idealistic English teacher who found themselves caught up in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
- [Sleep City](https://fcp.cafe/blog/sleep-city.md): Why was this film in the festival? It’s basically just a whole lot of random shots of an empty town. It’s just ten minutes of boring footage with a poor soundtrack.
- [Small Boxes](https://fcp.cafe/blog/small-boxes.md): This is a really great short film about a young Latino-Australian man, who lives with his loving mother and grandmother at home and works night shifts at a produce market.
- [Small Station](https://fcp.cafe/blog/small-station.md): This is a cute little film about a mother and her intellectually handicapped son, who visit a remote regional train station, so that they can sit around and watch the express trains zoom by.
- [Sniffer](https://fcp.cafe/blog/sniffer.md): I really loved this short film. It’s basically about a society that has the ability to fly, and yet, everyone is locked down by gravitation boots. One day, a simple man’s ungratifying humdrum routine is broken when a bird invades his workplace, inspiring him to escape his dull life.
- [Snow](https://fcp.cafe/blog/snow.md): This is a really intriguing film about a father and son living in a remote snowing location. The son is doing some kind of weird experiment, burying rabbits in the snow.
- [Spitfire 944](https://fcp.cafe/blog/spitfire-944.md): This is a fantastic moving and revealing glimpse into history, as an 83-year-old World War II pilot views 16mm film footage of his 1943 Spitfire crash for the first time.
- [Suburban Mayhem](https://fcp.cafe/blog/suburban-mayhem.md): I’m sure this film is going to get a lot of mixed reviews, much like the opening night film, 2:37. It’s very, well, different, and very controversial.
- [Sud Express](https://fcp.cafe/blog/sud-express.md): This is a slightly boring film about six ordinary people whose lives are affected by their journeys on the Sud Express. Although all the character were
- [Thank You for Smoking](https://fcp.cafe/blog/thank-you-for-smoking.md): This film follows the life of tobacco industry lobbyist Nick Naylor, as he promotes and defends cigarette smoking in a time when the health hazards have become too plain to ignore.
- [The Betel Tree](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-betel-tree.md): This is a cute film about two people who reflect on their betel-chewing, teeth-lacquering and their displaced past while creating future memories for their grandchildren.
- [The Book of Revelation](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-book-of-revelation.md): I honestly believe this film has really changed me as a person. I’ve learnt a lot from it. Daniel, a talented male dancer is abducted by three hooded
- [The Carnival of Animals](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-carnival-of-animals.md): A really strange and distinctive erotic fantasy of growing pains, imagined fetishes and ravished rabbits. This is truly a weird and wonderful animation that really makes you laugh and wonder what the hell you are doing watching it!
- [The Dance](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-dance.md): This is very powerful Australian short film that gives a brief insight into the life of a seemingly depressed and troubled teenager in a typical suburban setting.
- [The Fence](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-fence.md): This is basically just twelve minutes of black and white grainy footage, of a group of boats catching giant tuna using a large net. It was more of an observational piece, but I just found it boring.
- [The Host](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-host.md): This may well be my favourite film so far! I have never seen such a fantastic audience reaction and participation, as I have with this film. It starts with
- [The Last Farm](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-last-farm.md): This is a quite powerful short film about an elderly man who has lost his wife, and is about to loose his farm, independence and his dignity. In desperation, he finds a way to keep it all.
- [The Luminary](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-luminary.md): This is a really nice animation about a grieving insect collector (with a light bulb for a head) and his search for understanding love and life. The look of this film is really fantastic, although the storyline is a bit too out there for me.
- [The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-nine-lives-of-korean-cinema.md): This is a broad documentary that explains the history of Korean Cinema. It tells the story of the countries cinematic history and shows interviews of artists who express their concerns, fears and aspirations.
- [The Short Films of Royston Tan](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-short-films-of-royston-tan.md): Having never seen a Royston Tan film, I must say I was really impressed! Starting with D.I.Y, Royston explores the music found in everyday life. The footage in this film was really bold and beautiful with some great panning/dolly shots.
- [The Way I Spend the End of the World](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-way-i-spend-the-end-of-the-world.md): This is a truly fantastic film about an attractive young woman called Eva that lives at her parent’s home with her brother and is coming to terms with adulthood and love.
- [The Wraith of Cobble Hill](https://fcp.cafe/blog/the-wraith-of-cobble-hill.md): This is an impressive animation about a Brooklyn teenager who is asked to look after a local store owner’s dog whilst he goes on holiday. Although the film is rather dark and depressing, the look of the film is quite incredible and overall it displays a powerful, yet tragic story.
- [Tideland](https://fcp.cafe/blog/tideland.md): I honestly don’t know what to make of this film. It’s really bizarre! It tells the story through the eyes of a highly imaginative young girl, the daughter of junkies, who’s taken to the country with her father after her mother dies.
- [Tragic Story with Happy Ending](https://fcp.cafe/blog/tragic-story-with-happy-ending.md): This is a beautiful looking animation about a girl who struggles to feel comfortable in her own body. Although the images are truly breathtaking, the story is a bit weird, and doesn’t do the images justice.
- [Transformers - The Art of Circuit Bending](https://fcp.cafe/blog/transformers-the-art-of-circuit-bending.md): Although, I love the idea of this movie (documenting a group of people who mess with electronics to make “cool” sound effects), the filmmakers just didn’t pull it off.
- [Troy](https://fcp.cafe/blog/troy.md): This is a really eye opening and interesting documentary about a man called Troy Davies, an intense and passionate artist. He’s an anarchist with a vibrant and colourful life as a man, a women, performer, and musician, owner of a fashion label, a prostitute, and a person living with AIDS.
- [TV Junkie](https://fcp.cafe/blog/tv-junkie.md): Despite the fact that everyone who saw this movie with me hated it, I thought it was really intriguing. It’s a feature length documentary that is made up of home video footage captured by American television personality Rick Kirkham, over his lifetime.
- [Twelve and Holding](https://fcp.cafe/blog/twelve-and-holding.md): Rudy and Jacob are twin brothers who are best friends, yet totally different. Jacob is quiet, shy and has a nasty birthmark on his face (which obviously doesn’t help), whereas his striking brother is oozing with confidence and bravery.
- [Unfolding Florence - The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst](https://fcp.cafe/blog/unfolding-florence-the-many-lives-of-florence-broadhurst.md): This is a unique documentary that gives a detailed insight into the life of an extremely colourful and gutsy Australian design innovator and artist, Florence Broadhurst.
- [Unrequited Love](https://fcp.cafe/blog/unrequited-love.md): I really hated this film. It explores stalking, but it does so in a very unique and bizarre manner. Personally, I hated every thing about this film. It used a lot of video footage that was supposed to look like security camera footage.
- [Veiled Ambition](https://fcp.cafe/blog/veiled-ambition.md): This is a short documentary about Frida, an Australian Muslim who attempts to set up a Boutique clothing shop in Melbourne. It documents her highs and lows, as she tries to bring in a profit.
- [We the Living](https://fcp.cafe/blog/we-the-living.md): This is a very well made New Zealand short film about a young woman who stumbles across a man that has hung himself just outside of the campsite she is staying at.
- [William](https://fcp.cafe/blog/william.md): This is a great little film about an Indigenous magician, who gets locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, after encountering an unwelcome passenger on a taxi ride home.
- [Yallourn Story](https://fcp.cafe/blog/yallourn-story.md): This is a really cute animation, about the memories of some old Yallourn’s residents, brought to life with illustrations drawn by primary school kids.
- [Books… Books… Books…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/books-books-books.md): Over the course of the film festival, I spent a lot of time travelling on trains, which although I hated, did give me a lot of time to spend reading books. I’ve spend so much money over the years on film-related books.
- [Life after MIFF…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/life-after-miff.md): To be perfectly honest, I quite enjoyed complaining to people about having to attend MIFF. No sleep, no food, too many films, I would whinge. Although, I didn’t really care!
- [Reality TV has no redeeming features…](https://fcp.cafe/blog/reality-tv-has-no-redeeming-features.md): When inventor Paul Nipkow completed his “electric telescope” in 1884, he could not have predicted the impact it would later make on the world. Nipkow’s device, which allowed the sending of images over wires, inspired others to build upon this exciting new technology (Wikipedia 2006).
- [Alien](https://fcp.cafe/blog/film-review-alien.md): You can tell a lot about a film by its opening titles. The first minutes of Alien gives a very accurate forecast of what you’re in for: dark, spine chilling and ominous.
- [Realism & Representation](https://fcp.cafe/blog/realism-representation.md): As you know, every time we come across a media text, we’re not seeing reality, but instead someone’s interpretation of it. The media take something that’s real, manipulated its form to suit a specific purpose, and we end up something very different to the original.