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World Film Festivals - August 2008

Rooftop Films Seeks Interns and Volunteers forSeptember and Fall

August 31st 2008 05:34
Rooftop Films Seeks Interns and Volunteers for August and the Fall
Rooftop seeks interns for this fall. We are now accepting applications for positions. Applicants can start immediately or any time this fall.

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WIFT - CAFE` CONNECTIONS - 31 AUGUST

August 30th 2008 09:17
Cafe`Connections' guest speaker is colourist Heather Hay, from Frame Set & Match. Heather will be talking about her experiences working internationally in post-production.

Join the members of WIFT NSW at Micky's in Paddington, at 4-6pm Sunday 31 August, for Café Connections.
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Keep Your Wits About You - (LINK)

August 30th 2008 05:15
Feature concept development workshop

Keep Your Wits About You is a two-day workshop run by Screen Australia, Warp X and Madman Entertainment. It aims to develop feature films concepts that steer two well known genres - comedy and thriller - in new and original directions.
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ROOFTOP FILMS this week (LINK)

August 29th 2008 17:43
Fri., August 29nd, 2008
Tricks
Open Bar Afterwards
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8TH ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

August 29th 2008 01:36
Press Release sent to me a week ago from Tribeca. Have a gander and if in NY start planning ahead

DATES AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS; 2009 FESTIVAL TO BE HELD APRIL 22 - MAY 3, 2009
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SUNDAY CLASSICS at THE CHAUVEL 310808

August 28th 2008 15:49
Curated by Sam Fielder.
4pm Sundays.
Tickets $11.
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SONY TROPFEST is no longer!

August 28th 2008 07:07
The team at TROPFEST announced recently that their major sponsor SONY Australia has decided to part ways with the World’s largest Short Film Festival after a partnership of five years which has also resulted in John Polson moving TROPFEST over to a sister festival in New York with TROPFEST/ NY.

“Since Sony began its sponsorship of Tropfest in November 2003, the film festival has gone from strength to strength,” said Toby Barbour, Head of Strategy and Brand Development for Sony Australia.
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Review: Stop-Loss.

August 27th 2008 16:32

RELEASE DATE: In Release
RUNNING TIME: 112 mins
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FRIDAY ON MY MIND 29th August

August 27th 2008 07:34
Its on again this week with the special guest Michael Hilliard from Radical Media on board to discus the merging of film and TV Commercials. Get along for a interesting and informative session once more.

AFTRS Sydney- the School is hosting FREE talks, every Friday from 5-6pm.
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Budgets released for SCREEN AUSTRALIA

August 26th 2008 17:30
SCREEN AUSTRALIA has released its new updated version of A-Z Budgets for features films and documentaries on its website. For any budding filmmakers out there, this is a perfect way to help realise your dream as the templates provided within the new package extremely useful for those trying to evaluate and assess the expense involved in producing a feature film. Although primarily set up to assist in calculating Australian Production expenditure, the document itself lends itself to providing a much needed tool for those wishing to produce their own films and documentaries. While not every page may be relevant for each different situation, this document also gives an insight into just how much attention is needed not only in the creative process, but also with regards to the importance of managing a sound budget.

With the templates developed with highly experienced individuals the attention to detail along with the Frequently Asked Questions supplement should be enough to assist even the most inexperienced filmmaker and producer .
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Censorship Iran Style.

August 26th 2008 07:27
If you thought censorship in the western world can be a little prudish at times, try making a living as an actor or actress in Iran.

State authorities have banned 25 year old actress Golshifteh Farahani from leaving the country after it was found out that she starred in the new Ridley Scott film ‘Body of Lies’ opposite Hollywood favourites Russell Crowe and Leonardo Di Caprio according to the official new agency IRNA. The film tells the story of a CIA agent (DiCaprio) sent to Jordan to track down an Al-Qaeda leader
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MUMBAI, India - Snoop Dogg's moving on to Bollywood.

August 25th 2008 16:21
"Yo, what up. This Big Snoop Dogg. Represent the Punjabi. Aye ya, Hit em with this," the rapper says while introducing the title song to "Singh is Kinng," the Bollywood film that opened last Friday.
In a song infused with rhythmic drum beats Snoop Dogg raps away with "I'm just a king sitting on my throne all alone. Singh is King. Singh is King. Snoop Dogg is also the King."
The video, which took just three days to shoot in Chicago shows Snoop dressed in a maroon slim-fitted Indian kurta and beige trousers and a diamond-studded turban, lounging on an oversized armchair draped with blue and pink silk alongside Akshay Kumar, the movie's lead star


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21st Tokyo International Film Festival

August 25th 2008 07:15
October 18-26, 2008 Roppongi Hills and Bunkamura (Shibuya)

With the Tokyo film festival now less than two months away, now would be the time to start planning your trip to Japan for the first major film festival that focus on the environment issues we have in front of us today.
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Screen Australia CEO announced

August 22nd 2008 16:18
Last Friday saw the announcement by the Minister for the Arts Peter Garret of the very first Chief Executive Officer of the new film agency SCREEN AUSTRALIA and what a surprise it turned out to be.

"It gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr Ruth Harley as the CEO of Screen Australia," Mr Garrett said.
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Venice film festival tastes Independent

August 22nd 2008 07:15
Thanks to the 14 week writers strike which ended in February this year the Hollywood Studios have been forced to take a back seat at The Venice Film Festival as independent filmmakers and Italian and Japanese productions highlight this years’ festival programme.

The writers strike forced the postponement of many film releases until the winter season in America as opposed to the usual Fall schedule
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LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2008

August 20th 2008 07:46
Below is an edited press release from the 9th Italian Film Festival ready to roll in Australia in September and October. With a retrospective on the great Federico Fellini, and some intermingling of out and out Italian idols combined with some rising stars, you can look forward to nearly three weeks of romance, combined with a little intrigue and corruption.

Not since the glory days of Fellini and Antonioni has Italian cinema enjoyed such a creative and critically acknowledged resurgence, with films like Paolo Sorrentino¹s witty political expose IL DIVO, Andrea Molaioli¹s beguiling thriller THE GIRL BY THE LAKE (La Ragazza Del Lago), Silvio Soldini¹s family
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FRIDAY ON MY MIND 240808!

August 20th 2008 00:12
If you want your weekly fix of inspiration from the Arts industry's most thought provoking minds its time this week to head over once again to the AFTRS at the Entertainment Quarter at FOX.

AFTRS Sydney is hosting FREE talks, every Friday from 5-6pm.
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Simpson brings Aussie independents into the mainstream.

August 19th 2008 07:27
When John L Simpson and Michael Joy got together to create the award winning film ‘Men’s Group’ they had little more to work with than a few tales and an idea of what the concept would be. This meant their choice of actors for this ensemble piece would have to be chosen very carefully if their ideas were to bear fruition.

The film had to be filmed in chronological order to maintain the sense of realism that was crucial to the success of the film and it was during the filming of one of these scenes that Simpson and Joy realized what a considerable movie their concept had become and how well they had chosen their cast. At one stage shooting had to stop completely as one of the actors so fully immersed in character had to take a few hours to get things back together again after a startling revelation about one of the characters was revealed.
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BIFF closes on box office high

August 18th 2008 23:25
Brisbane movie-goers have helped make this year's St.George Bank Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) one of the most successful in its 17-year history.

Arts Minister Rod Welford said the 11-day BIFF ticketed programme finished last night with sales up 10 per cent on last year's figures.
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US WEEKEND TOP 5 STUDIO ESTIMATES, AUGUST 15-17,

August 18th 2008 12:03


Rank. Movie Title (Distributor


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IF Awards voting closing.

August 18th 2008 06:58
Don’t forget to get on and start rating all of the films you’ve seen this year. There are less than four (4) weeks left to rate – closing date for scoring is the 12th of September. And with over 450 shorts, animations, documentaries, features and music videos, there’s plenty of chance to have your say and help decide the winners! A full list of eligible feature films follows, but don’t forget that a number of the docos have been screened on television as well – there’s a good chance you’ve seen something over the last year! So get your bums onto a seat in cinema near you and make sure you vote!

2008 Eligible Feature Films
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CALL FOR ENTRIES TO TROPFEST NY 2008. (LINK)

August 18th 2008 00:00
Tropfest@Tribeca is on again this year bringing the highly successful TROPFEST in Australia to audiences in the USA. John Polson has been running the Aussie event since the early 90’s after initially screening his own short film Beverly Hills 90210 Spring Roll some 16 years ago at the Tropicana Café in Sydney’s Darlinghurst Café district. The event now screens to over 120,000 people throughout the major Capital cities and some satellites throughout regional Australia.

The winners of Tropfest@Tribeca receive a prize pool worth $50,000including $20,000 CASH! Tropfest, the World's Largest Short Film Festival, returns to New York City as Tropfest NY 2008!
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ROOFTOP FILMS set for a musical weekend. (LINK)

August 15th 2008 16:08
Rooftop Films based in New York is looking towards a musical weekend with tonights offering a great documentary about how a band can overcomeall obstacles that stand in their way including learning disabilities to keep it rockin, followed by Saturdays narrative about a husband and wife team's rise tto fame covering Neil Diamond songs before misfortune strikes. You can also sign up for a karaoke session if you feel so inclined. For me, I think I would need more beer than they would be willing to provide!


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Portman flirts with Bollywood.

August 15th 2008 00:08
(Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies)
BEIJING, July 25 -- Recently reported in the press for leaving industry bosses up in arms after walking out on her role as ‘Cathy’ in Emily Bronte’s classic WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Natalie Portman has taken a break from Hollywood and moved to the land of Bollywood to play a princess in her boyfriend Devendra Banhart's new music video.
The Star Wars and V for Vendetta actress - who has been dating the Venezuelan folk singer since April - wears full Indian costume, complete with a bindi, and must be saved from peril by Devendra's "rebellious beard" in the promo for Carmensita. The video is very tongue-in –cheek with Natalie pouting, giggling and fluttering her eyelashes before the video ends with her being reincarnated as an octopus.Subtitles appear at the bottom of the screen, including: "The princess whose golden beauty sang through the soul of heaven waited three full eclipses for her love to return."
Before getting involved with Devendra, Natalie was romantically linked to stars including Gael Garcia Bernal, Orlando Bloom and Jake Gyllenhaal


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