Flickerfest has revealed the 53 films selected to screen as part of the festival's competitive program in its 25th anniversary year.
The films were chosen from more than 2300 entries.
This year.s official Australian Competition features 18 world premieres, six Australian premieres and 10 Nsw premieres..
Twenty-one female directors are represented across the official Australian competition.
The best of the australian films will be shown over seven sessions.
They will be competing for prizes across all areas of the filmmaking craft including the Academy Accredited Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Film, the Canon Award for Best Direction and the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation.
Flickerfest is Australia.s only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised festvial and runs from Friday January 8-17. .
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd, steering her 19th festival, said she was thrilled that Flickerfest was once again a platform for the Australia's most exciting, creative and talented short filmmakers.
The films were chosen from more than 2300 entries.
This year.s official Australian Competition features 18 world premieres, six Australian premieres and 10 Nsw premieres..
Twenty-one female directors are represented across the official Australian competition.
The best of the australian films will be shown over seven sessions.
They will be competing for prizes across all areas of the filmmaking craft including the Academy Accredited Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Film, the Canon Award for Best Direction and the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation.
Flickerfest is Australia.s only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised festvial and runs from Friday January 8-17. .
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd, steering her 19th festival, said she was thrilled that Flickerfest was once again a platform for the Australia's most exciting, creative and talented short filmmakers.
- 12/14/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Destroy All Movies! That’s the cheeky theme to the 12th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which will run on August 19-28.
Festival director Richard Wolstencroft lays out his philosophy for this year’s Muff in an excellent Director’s Statement, which is published in the fest’s program guide. He explains his provocative statement as thus:
“Destroy All Movies” can be taken as a query, a question and even a complaint about cinema itself. Most of us love movies. I still do, of course. I am obsessed by them as ever. Making, watching and showing them. But how often do we question our passion in this kind of ontological sense?
In that regard, Muff is a much more focused and scaled back event this year with less films screening, but with a tighter consideration of local talent, as well as a larger, more provocative stance as ever.
Muff has...
Festival director Richard Wolstencroft lays out his philosophy for this year’s Muff in an excellent Director’s Statement, which is published in the fest’s program guide. He explains his provocative statement as thus:
“Destroy All Movies” can be taken as a query, a question and even a complaint about cinema itself. Most of us love movies. I still do, of course. I am obsessed by them as ever. Making, watching and showing them. But how often do we question our passion in this kind of ontological sense?
In that regard, Muff is a much more focused and scaled back event this year with less films screening, but with a tighter consideration of local talent, as well as a larger, more provocative stance as ever.
Muff has...
- 7/29/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The first annual Bloodfest Fantastique genre film festival — which recently wrapped in Melbourne, Australia and was organized by the good folks of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival — has given out a slew of awards to films, filmmakers and actors. The big winner of the fest? The Sydney-based horror flick The Tunnel, directed by Carlo Ledesma.
The Tunnel took home three awards, including Best Film. Becoming a festival favorite is an especially interesting feat for a film that has eschewed the traditional distribution route and is already available for free online for anybody to view who wants to BitTorrent it through a deal with Paramount Pictures. The film also won Best Cinematography for the work of co-d.P.s Shing Fung Cheung and Steve Davis; while Davis also shared the Best Supporting Actor award with Michael Rooker, who appeared in Penance.
Amother big winner was Bloodfest’s Opening Night film Come and Get Me.
The Tunnel took home three awards, including Best Film. Becoming a festival favorite is an especially interesting feat for a film that has eschewed the traditional distribution route and is already available for free online for anybody to view who wants to BitTorrent it through a deal with Paramount Pictures. The film also won Best Cinematography for the work of co-d.P.s Shing Fung Cheung and Steve Davis; while Davis also shared the Best Supporting Actor award with Michael Rooker, who appeared in Penance.
Amother big winner was Bloodfest’s Opening Night film Come and Get Me.
- 6/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The sick and twisted minds behind the Melbourne Underground Film Festival have launched a brand new horror and sci-fi themed fest: Bloodfest Fantastique! Australia gets a lot more blood-soaked on June 10-18, nine nights of some of the most gruesome, terrifying and far-out films, past and present, from around the world.
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
- 5/27/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Brian Friedman has predicted a great and talent filled series of X Factor this year.
The show’s creative director is currently working with hopefuls at the bootcamp in London and took to Twitter to praise the talented bunch. He tweeted:
Wow! X factor this year will be incredible! I’m working with the contestants now and am blown away!
Due to Cheryl Cole’s recent bout of Malaria, show bosses decided to cancel the live audience at the bootcamp stage, meaning there have been less leaks about who made it through to judges houses and who didn’t. However, we do know that Daniel Fox who made it through to Cheryl’s house last year was unsuccessful as was the incredibly talented Welsh singer Scott Dale and Dublin singer Keedie Green.
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The show’s creative director is currently working with hopefuls at the bootcamp in London and took to Twitter to praise the talented bunch. He tweeted:
Wow! X factor this year will be incredible! I’m working with the contestants now and am blown away!
Due to Cheryl Cole’s recent bout of Malaria, show bosses decided to cancel the live audience at the bootcamp stage, meaning there have been less leaks about who made it through to judges houses and who didn’t. However, we do know that Daniel Fox who made it through to Cheryl’s house last year was unsuccessful as was the incredibly talented Welsh singer Scott Dale and Dublin singer Keedie Green.
Related posts:x Factor 2010: Brian Friedman says Mel B won’t judgeX Factor: Brian Friedman – ‘Cheryl Cole has made some very big errors!
- 7/20/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Unreality TV member Scott Dale impressed Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Pixie Lott at Friday’s X Factor auditions and managed to win himself a place in bootcamp.
The 17 year old Welsh student was one of the later auditionees on the day and performed at 10pm for the panel. He sang ‘That’s Life’ by Frank Sinatra and received rave reviews from everyone except Louis Walsh….but then the Irish judge thought Jedward were talented, so we bet Scott’s not too worried by his indifference!
After his performance, guest judge Pixie Lott told Scott: ‘For me it’s a definite yes! You have such a rich tone, when I hear a voice like yours it makes me go ohhhhh.’
Cheryl Cole said: “I like you Scott. it’s a yes.” She added ‘You have a little twinkle in your eyes.’
Although Louis Walsh was unsure and asked Scott to...
The 17 year old Welsh student was one of the later auditionees on the day and performed at 10pm for the panel. He sang ‘That’s Life’ by Frank Sinatra and received rave reviews from everyone except Louis Walsh….but then the Irish judge thought Jedward were talented, so we bet Scott’s not too worried by his indifference!
After his performance, guest judge Pixie Lott told Scott: ‘For me it’s a definite yes! You have such a rich tone, when I hear a voice like yours it makes me go ohhhhh.’
Cheryl Cole said: “I like you Scott. it’s a yes.” She added ‘You have a little twinkle in your eyes.’
Although Louis Walsh was unsure and asked Scott to...
- 7/4/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
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