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17/10/2022

WATCH: LADYLIKE!! Ladylike screened at Freshflix back in 2018 taking out the best performance and audience choice award and after traveling the world to 15 festivals and winning 5 awards has finally released online! Check it out right here!! Bravo!!

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14/07/2022

🎉🥳🎊 WINNER of our Audience Choice Award! 👏Congratulations for this incredible short film. The prize is supplied by the legends at and is 12 Months AiF online membership (includes 12 monthly industry sessions), access to Charlies’ in LA and two personalised online meetings with AiF Staff.

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29/06/2022

TODAYS THE DAY!! LAST CHANCE TO BOOK YOUR FREE TICKETS FOR TONIGHTS EVENT! Click on the link below to reserve your ticket!!

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/nas-neo-and-freshflix-presentskiller-shorts-thursday-30-june-tickets-315162809447?aff=erelexpmlt

NAS NEO and Freshflix are absolutely stoked to bring you this exclusive and exciting event. It all kicks off with NAS NEO’s after hours cultural events at the National Art School Cell Block Theatre with the not-to-be-missed Gatekeepers Campfire session. 60mins of essential information what it takes to get your projects made and seen by incredible industry professionals – straight from the mouths of the people who have the power to green light your projects.

This incredible line-up includes: Senior Investment Manager Bobby Romia (Screen NSW), Director of Scripted Content Debbie Lee (Matchbox Pictures), Head of Features & Development Rachel Okine (Stan), Head of Scripted Julie Eckersley (SBS) and Development and Production Officer (Online) Phoebe Willems (Screen Australia)… Take a breath, we know, it’s overwhelming.

Following Gatekeeper Campfire session we have a screening of KILLER SHORTS, a mix of comedies and thrillers that will have you jumping out of your seat one minute and ROFLing the next. Specially selected comedy short films and thriller/ horrors from around the world to get the blood pumping and the giggles going.

WHEN: 6pm June 30th 2022
WHERE: National Art School Cell Block Theatre (fitting no?)
WHAT: Industry Gatekeepers, Killer Shorts, Live Music, booze and the buzz of inspired filmmakers.
HELP ME IM POOR: IT’S COMPLETELY FREE!

Thanks to Australian’s in Film we’re also giving away some incredible prizes: 12 Months AiF online membership (includes 12 monthly industry sessions), access to Charlies’ in LA (subject to availability) and two personalised online meetings with AiF Staff.

28/06/2022

ALSO ALSO ALSO!! Another incredible industry pro to add to our Gatekeepers Campfire Discussion! Freshflix and are stoked to welcome Phoebe Willems from Screen Australia to the chat!!

Phoebe Willems is a Development and Production Officer in Screen Australia’s online team, assessing production and development funding applications for emerging creators and short form projects. In the past, Phoebe has worked as a script report writer and was a co-writer on Season 3 of the online q***r series Flunk. Phoebe has a Masters of Film & Television from the Victorian College of the Arts and in a completely unrelated skillset, was a gymnastics coach for ten years. 👏👏👏

28/06/2022

Check out our OFFICIAL SELECTIONS for 2022 showing!! NAS NEO & FRESHFLIX presents KILLER SHORTS!

Showing on JUNE 30th at 6pm at the National Art School Cell Block Theatre, these Killer Shorts will be shown along with our Gatekeepers Campfire discussion (featuring an incredible selection of industry pro’s). Mix this with some live music, booze and networking? It’s a filmmakers dream come true. Oh, and it’s COMPLETELY FREE! Go to the link in our bio to book your ticket! They’re running out the door!! And stay tuned for a more in-depth look into the films we’ve selected to make this night hilarious…and terrifying.

27/06/2022

WE STAN. FOR THIS GATEKEEPER - Rachel Okine!! Head of Features and Development will be joining us at 6pm June 30th for our Gatekeepers Campfire session!! Followed by some incredible Killer Shorts!! Don’t miss it, it’s FREE knowledge on how to get your projects greenlit!! Link in our bio for tickets and info 👏👏

Rachel Okine is the Head of Features & Development Executive for Stan, Australia’s leading national streaming service. After starting her career in acquisitions at FilmFour, Rachel was the first employee of Hopscotch, later becoming the Acquisitions Executive for eOne ANZ and Head of Development for Hopscotch Features. Rachel moved back to Europe in 2015 to become Paris-based VP of International Production and Acquisitions for Studiocanal; and was subsequently appointed VP of International Acquisitions for STX. Returning to Australia in 2020, Rachel was appointed Managing Director of Academy Award-nominated production company Aquarius Films to strategically lead its film and TV operation.

24/06/2022

GATEKEEPERS CAMPFIRE CHATS June 30th!!! We can’t wait to discuss all things industry with Julie Eckersley from SBS!! 🤩 Secure your free ticket from the link in our bio!!

Julie’s career in the film and television industry spans 20 years to date. She started her career as an actor and writer, then undertook further tertiary screen studies before moving into producing. As a writer and performer she co-wrote and developed work for the stage, touring nationally and internationally, with a speciality in Shakespeare. She then joined Rebel Wilson on her early comedy series, The Wedge as a writer and performer and spent 2 years working with Shaun Micallef on Newstopia.
Having completed her Masters in Communications (Swinburne University) and a Graduate Diploma in Producing (AFTRS) she joined Matchbox Pictures (NBCU) in 2011, producing award winning content that has sold around the world including Glitch Seasons 2 & 3, Maximum Choppage, Oddlands, Anatomy 3, The Turning, The Family Law Seasons 1, 2 & 3.
In 2021 after producing a musical comedy - Stories from Oz - for ABC and Princess Pictures she joined the SBS team as Head of Scripted.
Julie has a demonstrated track record of diverse storytelling gender equity and inclusion. Her workplace mantra is to create world class content, and to look after each other while we do it.
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22/06/2022

GATEKEEPER ANNOUNCEMENT!! Bobby Romia from Screen NSW will be joining the campfire discussion!! Thursday June 30th at 6pm, free tickets in the bio kids!!

Bobby Romia is a screen executive, producer, screenwriter and former broadcaster with a Master of Arts in Screenwriting at AFTRS. He currently works as a Senior Investment Manager at Screen NSW. Prior to this, he held producer and commissioning supervisor positions at SBS Australia and NITV across a slate of scripted, entertainment and documentary productions which included Deep Water, The Family Law, Eurovision, Sydney Gay and Le***an Mardi Gras, The Logan Project, Living Black and Awaken. As a freelancer, he worked in scripted television drama productions such as Network Nine’s Underbelly: The Golden Mile, Underbelly: Files Telemovies, Underbelly: Razor, and projects from Hopscotch Films/Eone Entertainment and Screentime New Zealand. 👏👏👏

15/06/2022

GATEKEEPER ANNOUNCEMENT!! & Freshflix are jumping with joy to announce that Debbie Lee from will be speaking at our June 30th event!! Grab your tickets from the link in our bio!! This FREE event is not to be missed!! We can’t use enough exclamation marks!!

Debbie is Matchbox Pictures’ Director of Scripted Development where she provides creative leadership to the development of scripted content across a broad range of genres and markets. She also serves as executive producer on various projects including The Heights, Safe Harbour, The Family Law, Mustangs FC, Hungry Ghosts and on upcoming shows Irreverent, Class of ’07 and Bad Behaviour.
Prior to Matchbox, Debbie was ABC TV’s Head of Comedy where she commissioned shows including A Moody Christmas, Please Like Me, Laid, It’s A Date, Upper Middle Bogan and The Strange Calls. She also spent a number of years at SBS and SBS Independent , starting her career in TV with the short film program eat carpet which lead to several years at SBS Independent as a Commissioning Editor for Drama and Comedy.

13/06/2022

The deadline to submit your Thriller/Horror or Comedy short film in KILLER SHORTS for NASNEO/ Freshflix 2022 June 30th event is fast approaching!! And by fast approaching we mean you have THREE DAYS!! Get on it!!

Follow the link in our bio and make sure you submit your thriller/ comedy film to ‘KILLER SHORTS’.

Stay tuned because we’ll also be announcing our event GATEKEEPERS over the next few days and you can bet we are over the freakin moon about the legends coming to talk to YOU about getting your project green lit. Submit your film and check out ‘s June 30th FINALE event for more info!

You can also grab your FREE tickets here 👇👇👇👇👇

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/nas-neo-and-freshflix-presentskiller-shorts-thursday-30-june-tickets-315162809447?aff=erelexpmlt

28/05/2022

While you’re waiting for KILLER SHORTS on June 30th… WE HAVE A GIVEAWAY! Sydney film festival is giving away two tickets to a session of the Dendy film Awards, screening dates are Sat 18th & Sun 19th of June at Event Cinemas George Street. All you have to do is:

(1) Tag a mate in this post
(2) Like this post
(3) Be following Freshflix and

Extra entries if you share this post on your stories!! (and tag us so we know) We’ll announce the winner and send out tickets next week. May the most obsessed filmmaker win!!

26/05/2022

EVERYBODY WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE. NAS NEO and FRESHFLIX are extremely stoked to be presenting KILLER SHORTS as part of NAS NEO’s after hours finale! The event will kick off JUNE 30th at the National Art School Cell Block theatre at 6pm and have a ‘Gatekeepers Campfire’ session featuring industry pro’s having a yarn about what it takes to get your films green-lit. We’ll be announcing these legends soon so stay tuned! To follow we’ll have KILLER SHORTS ft. Terrifying and hilarious short films from around the world. Oh and guess what? THIS ENTIRE EVENT IS FREE.

Submissions are now open to submit your thriller/ spooky short films AND your comedy shorts in the KILLER SHORTS section of Film Freeway. Get your entries in via the link in our bio!!