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Russell Edwards is an Australian film critic, teacher and film-maker.
Career: publications and film festival juries
Edwards’ first published criticism was in the weekly music paper On The Street in 1990 and soon afterwards he became a regular contributor of film reviews and international film festival reports to ''Filmnews''.<ref>"Conflict, conceit and consensus", Filmnews. Nov, 1993<ref>
Beginning with the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival, he began covering film festivals for a range of publications, placing a particular focus on Asian Film festivals including the international festivals of Hong Kong, Tokyo and Pusan (now Busan). He became a regular attendee at Pusan following his participation in the Festival’s 1999 FIPRESCI jury.<ref>"Japan – Land of the Rising Film (Again"), Metro, No 118, 1999, pp 38-41<ref>
Edwards has also been a member of the FIPRESCI juries of the Toronto International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival and, as jury chairman, the 2004 Pusan International Film Festival,<ref> http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/blog/editor/the_juries_0<ref>
In 2008, Edwards was a NETPAC juror at Kazakhstan’s Eurasia International Film Festival. He has also blogged for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) from a range of Asian Film Festivals.<ref>http://www.asiapacificscreenacademy.com/2009/03/apsa-blogs-russell-edwards/<ref>
In 2000, with the Australian launch of the film magazine Empire (Australia) published by Emap Publishing (Australia), he became the magazine’s Reviews Editor.<ref>Empire (Australia), Vol. 1. No 1, Jan/Feb, 2001, page 4<ref> From 2003 to 2012, Edwards was a film critic for the international trade paper ''Variety'',<ref>http://variety.com/author/russell-edwards/<ref> primarily reviewing Asian and Australian films presented at Australian, European and Asian film festivals. Currently, he writes film reviews and industry commentary for SBS Online, the website of the SBS Australian television network<ref>http://www.sbs.com.au/movies/author/russell-edwards <ref>.
Boards and Councils
In 1994¬997, Edwards was a Board member of the Sydney Film Festival<ref>45th Sydney Film Festival catalogue, 5-19 June, 1998, p 1<ref> and from 1999 to 2002 an advisor to the Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival.<ref>Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival 2 catalogue, 9 – 18 August, 2001, page 36<ref> In 2005, he advised the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) during the formation of that organization, later serving on its Nominations Council from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the APSA Academy.<ref>http://www.asiapacificscreenacademy.com/the-academy/academy-members-a-z/#qrst<ref>
Edwards is an executive committee member of the Film Critics Circle of Australia, having served as President from 2004 to 2006.<ref>http://fcca.com.au/about-us/<ref>
Film-making and scriptwriting
In 1997, Edwards made Letting Rip…, a wordless film based on a Japanese senryu poem<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2143952/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2<ref> and in 2006 the short drama The Agreement<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0839720/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1 about a troubled family contemplating a murder. The Agreement premiered at the St Kilda Short Film Festival and was screened at international festivals, including the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Montreal Festival du Monde.<ref>https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/Find-a-Film/detail.aspx?tid=23562<ref>
In 2012, as part of his Master of Creative Arts degree at the University of Technology, Sydney, Edwards wrote Swan Song, introducing Australian Rules football into the romantic comedy genre. His script project, White Zombies, was selected for the Network of Asian Fantastic Films competition at PiFan (Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival) and is currently in development.<ref>http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/genre-market-highlights-new-blood<ref>