13. Megan Riakos Part 1: Curating Multiple Shorts into a Feature Horror Anthology
MEGAN RIAKOS
Megan Riakos is a dynamic filmmaker bringing a distinctive female lens to the world of genre filmmaking. As the writer/director/producer of the thriller Crushed, she was behind the film’s innovative Australian release becoming one of the most successful cinema-on-demand screening runs in the country and acquisitions by Qantas and Channel 10. She is the creator and producer of Australia’s first female horror anthology Dark Whispers – Volume 1 which premiered locally at Cinefest OZ and internationally at Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival and is now available on iTunes, Google Play and on SBS from 8 March. She is also the writer/director of an episode of the upcoming Deadhouse Dark horror series which screened at Canneseries and will release on Shudder on 29 April. She compliments her filmmaking with her role as co-founder and board member of the Not-For-Profit organisation Women in Film & Television (WIFT) Australia and merges these two fields of creativity and advocacy via her company Hemlock & Cedar Films, which focuses on amplifying female voices. Megan is also a mentor and teacher, having taught at UNSW, AFTRS, QUT, NIDA and ACA.
SHOW NOTES
Megan Riakos: https://meganriakos.com
Genre Films: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_genre
Crushed: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359650/
Qantas: https://www.qantas.com/au/en.html
Channel 10: https://10play.com.au
Dark Whispers Vol 1: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10448542/
CinefestOZ: https://cinefestoz.com
Cinequest: https://www.cinequest.org
iTunes: https://www.apple.com/au/itunes/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store
SBS on Demand: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/
WIFT: https://wiftaustralia.org.au
Hemlock and Cedar Films: https://meganriakos.com/hemlock-and-cedar-films/
The Shed: https://meganriakos.com/film/the-shed/
Stranger with my Face: https://www.strangerwithmyface.com
Enzo Tedeschi (EP of Dark Whispers Vol 1): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1456033/
A Night of Horror Vol 1: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4586114/
Screen Vixens: https://msha.ke/screenvixens/
Film Fatales: http://www.filmfatales.org
IF Magazine: https://www.if.com.au
TropFest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropfest
Briony Kidd (Co-curator of Dark Whispers Vol 1): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3434530/
The Little Share House of Horrors: https://www.darkwhispersanthology.com/the-team
Raising Films Australia: https://wiftaustralia.org.au/raisingfilmsau
Andrea Demetriades: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3433319/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Charlies: https://australiansinfilm.org/charlies/
Monster Fest: https://www.monsterfest.com.au
Bonsai Films: https://www.bonsaifilms.com.au
Australian Content and Broadcasters: https://www.acma.gov.au/australian-content-commercial-tv
City of Sydney: https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
International Women’s Day: https://www.internationalwomensday.com
Actors Centre Australia: https://www.actorscentreaustralia.com.au
Gladys Berejiklian (NSW Premier): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Berejiklian
Rosie Lourde: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5271436/
Dead House Dark: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10359820/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Shutter: https://www.shudder.com
Alter: https://watchalter.com