The Showdown Showfest is a celebration of the growing and expanding film industry on the Sunshine Coast. A red carpet event for all the family sponsored by the Sunshine Coast Council and Visit Sunshine Coast. With awards, films and a night of fun, the Showdown Showfest premieres the locally made films made by...
Don’t miss out on seeing the Sunshine Coast’s most talented and aspiring filmmakers’ names in lights at this year’s Showdown Showfest film festival! It’s only weeks until the winners’ of the 2024 Showdown Showfest film festival are announced in a red carpet celebration at The Station SC in Birtinya. The two-day event held from 21-22...
The Sunshine Coast’s best film and TV talent will be on show at the Showdown Showfest film festival in June. The two-day red-carpet event on 21-22 June will premiere six winning short films, locally-produced by the Sunny Coast Showdown team and presented by Bendigo Bank Community Bank, as they compete for the festival’s prize...
The Sunshine Coast’s best film and TV talent will be on show at the Showdown Showfest film festival in June. The two-day red-carpet event on June 21 and 22 will premiere six winning short films, locally-produced by the Sunny Coast Showdown team and presented by Bendigo Bank Community Bank, as they compete for the...
From left, Showdown Co-Founder Dan Munday, third assistant director Jaymee Sudrajat, actors Darren Gilshenan and Anna McMahon, line producer Eve Donohue, producer Janneke Williamson, director of photography Andrew Maccoll, and director Ryan Neil Butler. Founded by Nambour High graduates, Jon Coghill (Powderfinger), and Dan Munday (US Survivor), Sunny Coast Showdown is presented by the...
A TOUCH of Hollywood came to the Sunshine Coast last week, with the filming of Sunny Coast Showdown flick, ‘Stiffs’.The short film – directed by Beerwah-based Ryan Butler – is a comedy mockumentary set in a morgue on the worst day of the year, April Fools Day.Stiffs will be screened as part of...
By Kirra Livingstone BEERWAH-based director, Ryan Butler, is sticking rigidly to theme of macabre comedy as he begins production of new short film ‘Stiffs’. Stiffs is a mockumentary that follows a day in the life of staff working in a local morgue. Set to be filmed over two days in Nambour this week, the...
Autumn 2024 Time for a Showdown with Sunny Coast Showdown Image source: Contributed Mar, 2024 By Jon Coghill It’s time to shine the spotlight on the Sunshine Coast’s creative community! Jon Coghill announces the winners for this year’s Sunny Coast Showdown and previews what’s in store for Showfest 2024. Six local filmmakers have won the chance of a lifetime with...
CommunityNews 24 Oct Former Nambour High students Dan Munday, a producer on Survivor, left, and Powderfinger drummer Jon Coghill. by Janine Hill NAMBOUR will get the last look, for now, at eight locally dreamed, locally driven film projects. A special screening of a collection of four short films, a documentary, two reality shows and a Powderfinger music video...
A Sunshine Coast film and TV competition that uncovers the region’s best up-and-coming screenwriters and producers has announced its 2023 winners. Each winner receives mentoring, support and funding to elevate their projects, produce them locally, and deliver the final product at the Sunny Coast Showdown showcase festival on June 24. The Sunny Coast Showdown also...
