Astra has announced the finalists for its industry awards, which recognise excellence in marketing, advertising and promotion across subscription television.. .The Astra Industry Awards acknowledge the creative minds that drive the success of subscription television. They are the people whose imagination makes subscription television bolder and more creative, setting it apart from other forms of television,. said Astra CEO Andrew Maiden. .This year we.ve received some standout nominations, including from young adults in the early years of their television careers. Many are now working in the channels they watched as children, which is a new development as the industry racks up two decades in Australia.. The awards — in 10 categories for outstanding individual and team achievement — will be determined by leaders from a wide range of creative industries and subscription television executives. Winners will be announced on July 28 in Sydney. Leading nominations in the team awards is Foxtel with 20 finalists...
- 6/20/2016
- by Staff Writer
- 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
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