The inaugural Sunshine Coast Showdown is taking shape, with the winners for the talent development initiative announced this week.
Sasha Parlett and Owen Newcomb’s Thump (music video), Marlon Schwiersch’sThe Photograph (horror/sci-fi short), Anne Clarke’s Two Words (drama/comedy/action short), Shelley Davidow’s Every Time You Go Away (animation), Sam Robinson’s Zumbo’s Challenge (unscripted formats), and Chris Perry’s Ballet Dads (unscripted factual) will each receive $5,000 to assist with development and production.
The creatives have until December 10 to submit a final cut of their project, which will then be shown at a gala presentation and networking event at the end of January.
Mentors for the categories include Powderfinger drummer and screenwriter Jon Coghill; head of unscripted for Matchbox Pictures, Dan Munday; producer Josh Capelin; animation specialist David Zwierzchaczewski, and writer/directors Tam Sainsbury and Chris Sun.
Local producers Heather Macfarlane and Gareth Davis are...
Sasha Parlett and Owen Newcomb’s Thump (music video), Marlon Schwiersch’sThe Photograph (horror/sci-fi short), Anne Clarke’s Two Words (drama/comedy/action short), Shelley Davidow’s Every Time You Go Away (animation), Sam Robinson’s Zumbo’s Challenge (unscripted formats), and Chris Perry’s Ballet Dads (unscripted factual) will each receive $5,000 to assist with development and production.
The creatives have until December 10 to submit a final cut of their project, which will then be shown at a gala presentation and networking event at the end of January.
Mentors for the categories include Powderfinger drummer and screenwriter Jon Coghill; head of unscripted for Matchbox Pictures, Dan Munday; producer Josh Capelin; animation specialist David Zwierzchaczewski, and writer/directors Tam Sainsbury and Chris Sun.
Local producers Heather Macfarlane and Gareth Davis are...
- 10/7/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Jon Coghill knows the potential an idea can have.
As the drummer of rock band Powderfinger, he has seen first-hand how humble beginnings can form the foundation of successful careers within the arts.
“Powderfinger wasn’t all of a sudden a big band playing to 50,000 people,” he told If.
“It started in the early ’90s with five guys in a little rehearsal room with an idea and lots of ambition.”
Such is the inspiration for the Sunshine Coast Showdown, an initiative created to help emerging talent in the region take the next steps towards breaking into the film and television industry.
Coghill is one of a handful of founders for the initiative, which is being delivered in conjunction with the Sunshine Coast Screen Collective.
The contest offers production funding and mentoring across six categories, including short film (drama/comedy), short film (horror/sci-fi/action), unscripted pitch (light entertainment), unscripted pitch (ob/doc), music video,...
As the drummer of rock band Powderfinger, he has seen first-hand how humble beginnings can form the foundation of successful careers within the arts.
“Powderfinger wasn’t all of a sudden a big band playing to 50,000 people,” he told If.
“It started in the early ’90s with five guys in a little rehearsal room with an idea and lots of ambition.”
Such is the inspiration for the Sunshine Coast Showdown, an initiative created to help emerging talent in the region take the next steps towards breaking into the film and television industry.
Coghill is one of a handful of founders for the initiative, which is being delivered in conjunction with the Sunshine Coast Screen Collective.
The contest offers production funding and mentoring across six categories, including short film (drama/comedy), short film (horror/sci-fi/action), unscripted pitch (light entertainment), unscripted pitch (ob/doc), music video,...
- 7/12/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Powderfinger's frontman Bernard Fanning has revealed why the band split last year. The Australian musician, who now lives in Spain with wife Andrea Portela Moreno and 22-month-old daughter Gabriella, said that he wanted "independence" from the group and was growing tired of the "juvenile" fights they used to have. In Powderfinger's unreleased tell-all book Footprints, guitarist Ian Haug said that he wanted to "go on an indefinite hiatus" rather than split, calling the retirement announcement a "public spectacle". Drummer Jon Coghill said that he felt "exhausted" by the time the band went their separate ways because he found it hard to work with someone who "doesn't want to be there" anymore. It is believed that Coghill and Haig thought Fanning wanted to finish with Powderfinger (more)...
- 11/3/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Powderfinger have decided to release a tell-all biography. The book about the Australian rock band, which consists of Bernard Fanning, Darren Middleton, Ian Haug, John Collins and Jon Coghill, will reportedly reveal why they split at the height of their fame. The book's co-author Dino Scatena, who used to be the editor of Rolling Stone Australia magazine, told the Herald Sun: "I've conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with the band members, friends, family, contemporaries, colleagues, past and present. "I also travelled with the band on their final Sunsets tour late last year. It's literally the story of Powderfinger from beginning to end." Powderfinger Footprints: The Inside Story Of Australia's Best Loved Band will be published at the same time as record label Universal releases an (more)...
- 6/8/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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