Happening Films

27/10/2021

20/08/2021

Aaron Wilson, Co-Director of IOPU speaks to Inside Film about immersion and communal viewing in MIFF XR's platform:

“We were trying new things to tell a story that had the right feeling and gave you a sense of immersion in a world that felt real, but at the same time was almost like a dream with fragmentations of memory.”

Read now at: https://www.if.com.au/excursions-into-immersion-welcomed-at-miff/

13/08/2021

Talofa! Iopu Auva'a spoke this morning about identity, belonging and communication in IOPU as part of MIFF XR on ABC's Pacific Beat. Listen to the interview here: https://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/pacific-beat/13487336 from 1:15:45!

06/08/2021

Live tomorrow: MIFF XR!

Join with your headset or laptop, create an avatar, and mingle with other patrons as you view MIFF's mixed reality films this year through a virtual environment.

Details will be available tomorrow at 10AM from miff.com.au/xr.

14/07/2021

Exciting news!

IOPU, our VR short written and directed by Aaron Wilson and Iopu Auva'a, supported by Film Victoria and Unreal Engine, is a part of the official MIFF 69 lineup. IOPU is joined by 9 cutting edge international XR projects in this year's festival. The Melbourne International Film Festival runs this year from the 5th-22nd August. Tickets for IOPU and many more fantastic films are available at https://miff.com.au/program/film/iopu.

14/03/2021

Strangers to the World is having an in-person screening on Sunday the 28th of March at 1PM, at the fabulous Cinema Nova.

Come and join Director Grant Fraser and DOP Ellery Ryan for this very special screening, followed by a Q&A.

Grab your tickets at this link: https://fb.me/e/1W932bStG

28/01/2021

In six short weeks, we made Iopu – A VR Film shot in live action and built in Unreal Engine. With a dedicated team, we were up for the challenge. See Iopu on your VR headset or in 360º at https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/events/unreal-short-film-challenge-australia, along with 15 more brilliant teams from finalists across Australia.

17/01/2021

We couldn't be more excited to be collaborating with the team of Dee and Cornelius that bought S**T first to the theatre and now together with Trudy Hellier and Eyvonne Carfora are bringing it to the screen. Click on the link to view the teaser and please support this compelling and raw look into social boundaries and expectations placed on women with a share or a pledge.

13/07/2020

Just two days left to see Strangers to the World and a host of other amazing documentaries at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Catch them online now until the 15th of July.

There's just two more days to watch Strangers to the World with Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Visit http://mdff.org.au/films/strangers-to-the-world to watch the premiere screening before it runs out!

08/07/2020

A couple of free passes up for grabs to see Strangers to the World online at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Share this post for a chance of a free ticket!

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Share this post for a chance to win a free ticket to Strangers to the World, screening online with Melbourne Documentary Film Festival until July 15.

Starring Rachel Griffiths, Strangers to the World brings the diaries of two people in the Second World War to life, affirming the power of conscience amidst political supremacy.

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Two winners will be chosen at random from post shares on July 9 12:00PM AEST.

30/06/2020

Strangers to the World is now available to watch on-demand through the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival's online festival site, http://mdff.org.au/films/strangers-to-the-world, until July 7. Be sure to check out MDFF's fabulous selection of films this year!

15/06/2020

The diaries and letters of two people living through the Second World War come to dramatic life, affirming the power of conscience amidst political supremacy.

See the premiere of Strangers to the World online with the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Limited tickets are available now at http://mdff.org.au/films/strangers-to-the-world.

30/11/2019

New Trailer for Happening Films latest production Strangers to the World.

Strangers to the World – How Unsettling Moral Courage Can Be Strangers to the World examines individual moral courage in the face of almost overwhelming…

01/12/2018

Experience 30 Minutes of Danger for yourself next weekend at the virtual reality cinema in Melbourne. Time is not in your side.

11/07/2018

Happening Films interactive 360 VR Film 30 Minutes of Danger will make it's World Premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Produced in partnership with The Pulse, funded by Screen Australia and Mind the Gap, the film is based on Jack Heath's best selling YA novel 300 Minutes of Danger and is directed by Grant Scicluna and stars the amazing Maude Davey and newcomer Nicki Bacon. Come experience it for yourself at MIFF. Tickets on sale from Friday via the link below.

Downriver (MIFF Premiere Fund 2015) director Grant Scicluna jumps into VR with an adaptation of one of the tales from Jack Heath’s short-story collection 300 Minutes of Danger. Here, in a potentially ...

04/06/2018

In 1943 Franz Jaegerstaetter was guillotined. His crime was his refusal to join the N**i Party as he didn't believe that the values of the N**is were aligned to his own Catholic beliefs. He was abandoned by his own church who took the view that a simple Austrian farmer was incapable of interpreting God's law and that his refusal to join was in turn blasphemous. Oscar Redding plays Franz in Strangers to the World.
We are currently seeking post production funds to complete this important film. Please support by donating by the link below. All donations are tax deductible in Australia.

https://australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/strangers-to-the-world-post-production/

21/05/2018

Catch author Jack Heath this afternoon on the radio talking about the adaptation of his best selling 300 Minutes of Danger into a film.

21/05/2018

Latest Happening Films project the VR film "30 Minutes of Danger" funded by Screen Australia. You have just 30 minutes to outwit The Technician in order to survive. Based on the best selling novel by author Jack Heath and in partnership with The Pulse Originals starring Nicki Bacon (pictured), Maude Davey and Shareena Clanton.

Screen Australia has announced $320,000 in funding for two animated comedies, a satire and a VR project based on a popular children’s novel.