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
Writer-director Martin Simpson is shooting Indigo Lake, a thriller about an artist who is pressured into painting the portrait of a nightclub owner.s beautiful wife, in Sydney.
Andrew Cutliffe (Home and Away, Wonderland) plays Jake, the painter who falls in love with his subject (Miranda O.Hare), which arouses the suspicions of her husband (Marin Mimica).
The lovers develop a plan to kill the husband by drugging him and driving his car into Indigo Lake. But murder is not as easy as it's painted.
Jonas McLallen is producing with Brian Cobb and Beyond.s Martin Fabinyi as EPs. Beyond will handle international sales and will collaborate with Ross Howden.s Screen Launch on the Australian theatrical release.
Cobb is spending two years with Beyond as part of Screen Australia.s Enterprise program. The feature is financed by private investors and the producer offset. The 4-week shoot is on various locations around Sydney.
Andrew Cutliffe (Home and Away, Wonderland) plays Jake, the painter who falls in love with his subject (Miranda O.Hare), which arouses the suspicions of her husband (Marin Mimica).
The lovers develop a plan to kill the husband by drugging him and driving his car into Indigo Lake. But murder is not as easy as it's painted.
Jonas McLallen is producing with Brian Cobb and Beyond.s Martin Fabinyi as EPs. Beyond will handle international sales and will collaborate with Ross Howden.s Screen Launch on the Australian theatrical release.
Cobb is spending two years with Beyond as part of Screen Australia.s Enterprise program. The feature is financed by private investors and the producer offset. The 4-week shoot is on various locations around Sydney.
- 11/25/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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