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Kate Nicholson

Kate Nicholson has written 4 posts for A New Leaf Media

Ramblings: Second Movement

Ramblings: Second Movement is about an Aussie piano bar singer’s exploration of Europe (oh, and an attempt at Singapore). She broke it off with her boyfriend and, without him even realising she was gone, left in search of her place in the big, wide world.
Although the portrayal of other cultures, including German, Scandinavian, Japanese and [...]

Insert Name Here: The Prequel Sequel

Here at the festival for the second time around, Insert Name Here: The Prequel Sequel runs like a mini-film festival. What makes this unique is that all films submitted are shown’no matter what the quality. This idea stemmed from the organiser’s exasperation (being a film-maker himself) at repeated rejections from film festivals.
There was the usual [...]

Roadhouse

‘What happens in the Roadhouse stays in the Roadhouse.’
Although I have been warned against it, I feel obliged to let you know what went on all the way out there. We were on a tour bus when a terrible storm broke out. All thirty-odd of us were trapped by flooding in the middle of the [...]

N.A.F.F. Film Festival (The)

Turning up to a comedy event looking sweaty and disheveled is not my preferred choice of entrance, but, when you get off a tram two blocks from the Trades Hall with roughly two minutes before the gig starts and have chosen to wear tight blue heels, that is usually how you appear on arrival.
The NAFF [...]

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