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PORTABLE FILM FESTIVAL
PORTABLE FILM FESTIVAL: WIN A ROUND THE WORLD AIRFARE
ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY 20 JULY
The Portable Film Festival has teamed with the world’s leading student and youth travel company, STA Travel, to offer the winner of the ‘First Hand Capture’ category a Round the World airline ticket worth over $3000. Entering the competition is simple – just submit something you’ve filmed on your travels (mobile phone captures are fine) and hope for the best. From living it up in LA, overdosing on New York’s art, partying hard in London and checking out Asia’s mystical magic, you could be visiting the most exciting cities in the world all in the same trip!
Show us a secret location, amazing site or personal space in your town or life that you have captured first-hand. Show us the unexpected, unexplained and unbelievable and, more importantly, the unique. Capture it. The winner will also get the chance to visit Current TV in LA. Current is about what’s going on: stories from the real world, told by you. Meet producers and gain industry insight in a truly independent media organization. Current gets users to make ‘pods’ for their website which you can vote for to see it broadcast on US TV. Check out http://www.currenttv.com
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37 SOUTH:
37 SOUTH: BRIDGING THE GAP
Top international and Australian film financiers will face off in ‘Open Sessions’ at MIFF’s (Melbourne International Film Festival) 37 South: Bridging the Gap. The FREE Open Sessions program gives you the opportunity to witness discussions by key decision makers on the state of Australian cinema. 37 South is the first film festival forum of its kind to ever run in Australia and will be attended by some of the most influential industry figures from across the globe.
The 37 South’s Open Sessions are an exciting, rare opportunity that shouldn’t be missed:
THURSDAY 26 JULY Forum Theatre, 4.00 – 5.30pm “What’s what in the global film market – and Australia’s place in it” How do Australian films, scripts, producers and funding arrangements stack-up against the rest of the world? And what is it that the sales agents want from an Australian film?
Moderator: Sue Murray (Dr Plonk, Ten Canoes, Alexandra’s Project) Speakers: Iain Canning, Becker International; Kathleen Drumm, NZ Film; Beatrice Neumann, ContentFilm International; Ashley Luke, Fortissimo Films; Richard Guardian, Lightning Entertainment; Kirk D’Amico, Myriad Pictures.
FRIDAY 27 JULY ACMI Cinema 1, 2.30 – 4.00pm “Mind the Gap Financing and the new Oz rebates” Get the lowdown on how financiers feel about the changes in the Australian industry right now, how to cashflow the new incentives, and what sort of films recoup – and with what talent?
Moderator: Greg Sitch (Crackerjack, Boytown, Macbeth) Speakers: Tait Brady, Film Finance Corporation; Paul O’Kane, Pacific Film and Television Commission; Jennie Hughes, International Film Group; Simone Govic, A3 Crosby Fund; Matthew Street, Omnilab Group; Catherine Waters, Australian Film Commission; Ros Tatarka, Film Victoria.
Forum Theatre, 4.15 – 5.45pm “End Users – What they want and how they want it?” What are they looking for? Who is looking for it? What competition does Australia face? Are Australian films good releases overseas? Get the answers to questions you were too afraid to ask!
Moderator: Mark Woods (The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Breakfast on Pluto) Speakers: Ellen Pittleman, Paramount Pictures; Jane Smith, Seed; Joel Pearlman, Roadshow; Gail Gendler, Sundance Channel; Rachel Connors, Slingshot Distribution; Jude Troy, Hopscotch; Alan Finney, Buena Vista International. SATURDAY 28 JULY Forum Theatre, 9.00 – 10.30am “New Kids on the Block – Australian distributors” New Australian independent distributors have mushroomed in the last decade. Does Australian content work for them? What are they looking for? What sort of commitments do they make? When and how should producers approach them?
Moderator: Liz Watts (The Home Song Stories, Little Fish, Walking on Water). Speakers: Paul Wiegard, Madman Entertainment; Simon P Killen, Aztec International; Eric Cherry, Siren Visual Entertainment; John Davies, Arkles Entertainment; Sherard Kingston, All Interactive Media; Annette Smith, Kojo Pictures.
FRAMED #06: DIGITAL TALES
FRAMED #06: DIGITAL TALES
In 1994 OPEN CHANNEL, in association with the Film & Television Institute and SBS, began work on the ground-breaking series, Video Diaries.
In 2004 OPEN CHANNEL, in association with Telstra and the Australian Film Commission (AFC), produced the innovative Mobile Movies series resulting in ten 30-second shorts for the trial 3G network.
In 2007 and 2008 OPEN CHANNEL, in association with Digital Harbour and the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS), combines its foray into community story-telling and portable movies in a new project for a new community, Talking Docklands.
FRAMED #06 provides an overview of Talking Docklands, a mobile-movies series, and a snapshot history of video storytelling with OPEN CHANNEL’s Andrew Garton and Balinese filmmaker and artist, Tintin Wulia.
When: Thursday July 26, 12.30 – 1.30pm Where: Digital Harbour Theatrette, The Innovation Building, 1010 Latrobe St, Docklands Cost: Free
2007 SHORT & SHARP PITCHING
2007 SHORT & SHARP PITCHING COMPETITION: CALL FOR ENTRIES
It’s time again for our ever-popular OPEN CHANNEL Short & Sharp Pitching Competition… with a difference! In 2007 OPEN CHANNEL is proud to partner with the inaugural Human Rights Arts & Film Festival (HRAFF) in presenting Short & Sharp. This year, participants are asked to submit pitching proposals within the Festival’s themes of Freedom of Expression, Right to Livelihood, Right to Life, Liberty and Security, and Human Rights in Australia. The winning participant will receive funding to complete their film project within a three-month period for screening at the HRAFF, RMIT Capitol Theatre, Melbourne 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2007.
The project must be no more than 10 minutes in length and can be a short film of any genre (comedy, drama, documentary, experimental). The pitch can be presented by one or more people but must be no more than 5 minutes long.
As a ‘pitcher’, you will be one of seven lucky contestants as part of the Short & Sharp Pitching Competition Event on Wednesday 22 August, at Cinema Nova. Short & Sharp is your opportunity to hone the spiel and discover what it takes to sell an idea before a judging panel and live audience!
Entrants must be current OPEN CHANNEL members, or join with entry.
For more information and Download the Conditions of Entry and Entry Form at: