New Zealand writer Maria Majsa recalls the moment she met Morrissey.
He smiled, stared at his shoes and said Hello. He looked so pale and young. I said Hi in a voice I didn’t recognise.
New award for FIDA footy film
September 7, 2015 by 1 Comment
Road To Glory, the short film about Williamstown Seagulls FIDA team’s 2014 premiership, has won a third award.
FIDA footy film wins two awards
April 23, 2015 by 2 Comments
Mark Hellinger and Jesse Maskell have won the People’s Choice and Cultural Diversity awards at the 2015 Setting Sun Short Film Festival. Their film Road To Glory tells the story of the Williamstown Seagulls FIDA Football Club in the lead up to their thrilling 2014 premiership. The club plays in a league for footballers with [Read more]
The novice
January 27, 2015 by 3 Comments
Cricket and snorkelling give you plenty of time to ponder the big questions. Can I actually bat? Can I bowl? Am I breathing?
Taking flight
January 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
He tells me about the pigeons. Racing pigeons. He tells me about the nuns. Swimming nuns. He tells me about skin cancer, and marathons.
SCG Test: Australia v India – The Gift
January 11, 2015 by 7 Comments
It was the ball that he wanted to hold, cupped in his palms, either through skill or happenstance. Or both. But the ball is hard, even if a batsman has hit it many times. Even if a bowler has hurled it into the pitch many times.
Vin Maskell’s meditation on kick-to-kick (2007)
January 6, 2015 by 5 Comments
Following on from Richard Flanagan’s depiction of kick-to-kick, here’s some thoughts from Vin Maskell from a few years ago.
Short film about intellectual disability footy
November 24, 2014 by 5 Comments
Jesse Maskell’s latest short film is a five minute documentary about intellectual disability football. The five minute film focuses, in an understated way, on the Williamstown Seagulls team and the final weeks of their 2014 season.
Harms v Art: for whom the bell tolls
November 13, 2014 by 2 Comments
Almanac founding editor John Harms was lucky to escape censure at Wednesday evening’s sport versus art debate at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum of Art.
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