Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Maleny Festival of Australian Film

Australian film buffs are in for a treat at the Maleny Film Society’s 21st Festival of Australian films. By chance, two of the films chosen for the Festival are high on the list for national recognition in upcoming awards ceremonies in 2012. Eye of the Storm and The Hunter have been nominated in multiple categories, including [...]

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“Walk Talking Country”

International drama and documentary filmmaker, Robyn Hofmeyr has combined with Sunshine Coast hinterland Gubi Gubi elder, Bev Hand to produce an intriguing look beneath the surface of Bev’s ancestral land. Robyn, who directed the confronting Women and War documentary, has employed her directorial skills on this portrait of a hinterland unknown to most white residents. Here, Robyn [...]

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Maleny Festival of Australian Film

Actor, Director, Scriptwriter … Judy Morris … is Outspoken with writer, Steven Lang WE ALL KNOW writers have a hard time of it. Their business is words and let’s face it, they’re not shy of using them to let us know how difficult it is being them. But what about scriptwriters? Not only do they have to [...]

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FICTION … Moses

“As I get older, I admit to becoming a bit set in my ways and my cup of tea made with rainwater is one of life’s little joys.” WE NAMED him Moses because we’d rescued the scraggy scrap of fur and bones from a drain before his eyes had even opened. He quickly won us over, [...]

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They’re Looking Ahead at Art on Cairncross

A NEW YEAR is naturally a time for looking back and then for looking forward. 2011 was certainly an unpredictable and turbulent year, so all the more reason to embrace the new beginning with a sense of optimism! At ‘Art on Cairncross’ 2012 starts with a wonderfully positive array of artworks. The theme of Looking Ahead [...]

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ARTISTS for January & February 2012 Montville Art Gallery

WHEN Kendall’s school days were coming to an end and she told her teachers that she wanted to be an artist, she was told emphatically that “it is impossible to make a living out of art. You’ll need to get a proper job and paint as a hobby.” Kendall was devastated. When she told her mother [...]

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Explosive action in Last Cyclo

BOOK TWO of John Pullinger’s trilogy ‘The Last Cyclo to Thanh Da’, set in Vietnam, finds the hero, veteran Steve Conway, on a journey, to find an old wartime friend. The devastated city of Saigon has become a booming free-wheeling metropolis powered by the God, Honda. A romantic interlude engulfs Conway in a cocktail of violence [...]

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Blackall Range artists paint Oz

The first Exhibition in 2012 for the Blackall Range Visual Artists will be held on the Australia Day weekend at St. Marys Hall on the Village Green in Montville, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 26 -29 January. To coincide with this anniversary, the artists are busy painting works with an Australian theme, in pastel, oil, acrylic [...]

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Kristina Olsen back in Montville

Montville’s annual Kristina Olsen concert is on again, this year with support from Brisbane-based local singer, songwriter, Jessiah at the Montville Hall. Kristina is a professional musician. She loves Australia and this year become a permanent resident. She was previously Los Angeles based, and spends her time travelling the world attending festivals. She particularly loves our [...]

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Stories from the Stanley River

The fascinating mixed media, Stanley River Workshop is with Sonja Georgeson on March 3 and 4 at the Maleny Arts Retreat. Based on the Hawkesbury River Workshops that Sonja has conducted near Sydney, this workshop will take a palette from the Maleny environment and inspiration from the “rio abajo rio”- the river beneath the river – [...]

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