BROAD talks to Alison Maclean

BROAD’s Sonja Hammer has the honour to interview NZ/Canadian film maker  Alison Maclean about her new film feature called The Rehearsal starring James Rolleston and Kerry Fox described as :’At its best, “The Rehearsal” is the rare paean to art and performance that makes you want to join in on the experience.’- indiewire.com. poses for a portrait during the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival at the Intercontinental Hotel on September 10, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. Above, Left to Right Alison Maclean with James Rolleston, with rest of cast including Jane Campion’s daughter Alice Englert and Kerry Fox in The Rehearsal. Alison talks about her career, from ‘Kitchen Sink’ a surreal suburban nightmare short film from 1989 which was her 1st breakthrough, ‘Crush’ the Lesbian coming of age film that to this day is still such a rare and unique film ahead of it’s time for it’s queer representation, Jesus’s Son,making music videos like the famous ‘Torn’ by Natalie Imbruglia and now The Rehearsal which is based upon the Eleanor Catton novel set in NZ. Alison Maclean talks as well about feminism and the lack of opportunities still for women film creators and how much more needs to be done to rise above the “implicit bias” in the film industry. The Rehearsal has a limited run at Melbourne’s ACMI from jan 18 to Feb 06 2017. Details here: Following the 6.20pm screening on Wednesday 18th January, join us for She Speaks First, a special screening and Q&A event.Director Alison Maclean will join us with a video-introduction from LA. After the screening we’ll be joined by Kim Krejus, artistic director of 16th Street Actors Studio. She Speaks First is a female-focused film series presented by Grey Gardens Projects. The series screens films made by women followed by conversations focusing on the space women occupy in cinema; her gaze, her voice, and her story. Finally, find out what Alison’s film maker women heroes are and why in this special podcast. Many thanks to Alison Maclean and ACMI. Featured music track in this podcast is Maya Payne with If Only, which is featured in The Rehearsal. The post BROAD talks to Alison Maclean appeared first on BROAD.