Producer Ross Grayson Bell (FIGHT CLUB), director Ian W Thomson (OUT IN THE LINE UP), actor Jack Thompson (THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER) and feminist writer Amy Gray consider shifting popular representations of masculinity in film. Does film have an impact on social constructions of masculinity? Have politics of gender & sexuality transformed the terrain […]
Award-Winning OUT IN THE LINE UP, Opens Brisbane Queer Film Festival
I worked as a script consultant on the independent documentary, OUT IN THE LINE UP, about homophobia in surfing, which opened the Brisbane Queer Film Festival in style last night and has gone on to win; Best Action Sports Film at Newport Beach Film Festival, Best Surf Film at both the Byron Bay International Film […]
Sydney Underground Film Festival – FIGHT CLUB Screening/Q & A
Sydney Underground Film Festival presents a Masters Class with Ross Grayson Bell, the producer of 1999’s most talked about film, FIGHT CLUB. Attend a screening of the film and then Ross will share his experiences producing the film. Ross has worked with directors – David Fincher, Gillian Armstrong, Pedro Almodovar, Gore Verbinski, and Sam Raimi. […]
Sydney Film Festival – 5 Films to Show an Alien
If you had to tell the story of cinema to an alien which five films would you choose? How would you explain the story of our civilization through film? Join filmmakers: Ross Grayson Bell (producer FIGHT CLUB); Al Clark (producer PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, executive producer CHOPPER); Catriona Mckenzie (director, REDFERN NOW); Kate Jinx […]
Queer Fruits Film Festival – Distinguished Festival Juror
Following on from a seminar I gave in Lismore in August on the power of a strong concept to drive film ideas, I returned to the Northern Rivers as a Distinguished Festival Juror for the Queer Fruits Film Festival. Now in its third year, Queer Fruits Film Festival is the only regionally produced independent queer […]
Gold Coast Film Festival – Future of Australian Film Marketing and Distribution
Festival Director Casey Marshall Siemer hosts a seminar on Australian filmmaking and distribution with Seph McKenna (Australian Acquisitions, Production and Distribution Manager – Roadshow Films), Chris Brown (Producer – DAYBREAKERS, THE PROPOSITION), Jonathan Page (Distributor – Bonsai Films) and Ross Grayson Bell (Producer – FIGHT CLUB, UNDER SUSPICION).
Gold Coast Film Festival – FIGHT CLUB Screening/Q & A
Gold Coast Film Festival is holding a 35mm screening of the cult-classic FIGHT CLUB, followed by a Q&A with the film’s Australian producer, Ross Grayson Bell. Date: August 11, 2011 Time: 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm Location: Australia Fair, Birch, Carroll and Coyle Cinemas, Gold Coast
Melbourne International Film Festival – The Future of Australian Film Comedy: Who’s Laughing?
With 7 of the top 10 grossing Australian films of all time being comedies, why have they all but disappeared from our screens? The multi-award winning actor, Adam Zwar (WILFRED) joins the legendary Tim Ferguson (THE BIG GIG) in a debate with producers Neil Peplow (WAKING NED DEVINE) and Ross Grayson-Bell (FIGHT CLUB / AFTRS […]
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival – Accelerator Program
Joined award-winning director, Samantha Lang, as a mentor in Melbourne International Film Festival’s Accelerator Program. The program provides four days of workshops, screenings, seminars and networking events on the business and creative aspects of the film industry for short film.
Origin8 Fast Film Festival (Toowoomba) – Guest Judge with John Batchelor
I was thrilled to join actor, John Batchelor (RED DOG), and Toowoomba Councilwoman, Ros Scotney, as judge of the Origin8 Fast Film Festival. Back for its third year, budding filmmakers are given a theme and twenty-four hours to make a film of up to 8 minutes for a chance to win up to $10,000 in […]