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World Film Festivals - May 2009

DISGRACE Q&A at Nova

May 29th 2009 14:30
Meet Writer/Producer Anna-Maria Monticelli at a special advance screening of her new film Disgrace at the Nova Eastend Cinema on Tuesday, June 9.

Adapted by Anna-Maria Monticelli from the Booker Prize Winning novel by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace is directed by Steve Jacobs and features Academy Award® nominee John Malkovich as Professor David Lurie. The film was partly funded by the SAFC and did its sound post production in Adelaide.
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Sacred Ground Dreamong Selections

May 29th 2009 10:23
International and National award winning documentary Sacred Ground has received Official Selection to the Dreaming Festival in Queensland.

Sacred Ground was developed and produced in association with the South Australian Film Corporation, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Screen Australia.

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World Festival selections - Australian Films

May 29th 2009 06:21
Dean O’Flaherty’s debut feature Beautiful has been invited to screen at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, to run from June 13-21. This comes off the back of a successful international premiere last month at the Newport Beach International Film Festival in Los Angeles. Sales agent Maximum Films has just sold the film to France and all French-speaking European territories, to add to further recent sales to Japan, Poland, Middle East, Russia, Mexico and HBO Eastern Europe. Congratulations to the director Dean O’Flaherty and producer Kent Smith for their recent success.

SAFC supported documentary The Mayor, The Artist, The Farmer and His Wife has recently screened on Al Jazeera. The film was written and directed by Matthew Bate and produced by Noelene Hayes. Please click here for more information about this film.
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Official Competition Films SFF

May 28th 2009 15:03
Sydney Film Festival today announced the twelve films selected for its Official Competition. Three of the competition films (Altiplano, Face and Looking for Eric) have also been also selected for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Of the twelve competition films, two are World premieres, one is an International premiere and nine will have their Australian premieres at the Sydney Film Festival. Three Australian films (Beautiful Kate, Disgrace and Missing Water) feature in the competition line-up. Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric will also be the Opening Night film for Sydney Film Festival 2009.

The Sydney Film Prize is awarded for ‘new directions in film’ and recognises filmmakers for work that is ‘courageous, audacious and cutting-edge’. Selected films must be enterprising and bold with the power to provoke original thought and emotion. SFF is the first Australian film festival to have an Official Competition accredited by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations).
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EVERYONE LOVES MARY AND MAX! :

May 28th 2009 12:49
MARY AND MAX SELECTED "IN COMPETITION" FOR ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Acclaim for Australian feature Mary and Max continues as the film is selected In Competition for France's Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June.
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OFFICIAL COMPETITION JURY

May 28th 2009 10:44
MIRANDA OTTO AND LONE SCHERFIG JOIN SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

Australian actress Miranda Otto and Danish director Lone Scherfig will join Jury President Rolf de Heer as judges of the Official Competition at this year’s Sydney Film Festival.
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TELL YOUR STORY...

May 28th 2009 05:23
Finalist Screenings and Awards


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TEN DEAD MEN on DVD.

May 28th 2009 00:22
A little while back we posted an article on a newly released independent film called TEN DEAD MEN which recieved a limited release in the cinemas over in the UK.

Well now the film has gone to DVD and has made it onto the shelves at EasyCinema, LoveFilm and Blockbuster.co.uk. If you liked GET CARTER or MAN ON FIRE, then you will definitely enjoy this film.
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SUFF gets CREATIVE!

May 27th 2009 14:09
In what is a blatant plug for the Sydney Underground Film Festival, below is a little information on Creative Sydney and SUFF's part in this years festival. These events receive little or no funding and rely heavily on Sponsorship to continue each year. For those of you who might want to be part of this year's or next yea'r
s festival there are links at the bottom of the article to head over to. And no, I have no affilliation with CREATIVE or SUFF other than supporting them. Its a tough enough gig as it is to get your stuff (or SUFF) out there.

Congratulations to Stefan Popescu, one of the leading forces behind the Sydney Underground Film Festival on making the Top 100 Creative Catalysts in Sydney!
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Peaches to star in horror flick!

May 27th 2009 07:26
Peaches Geldof lands role in slasher movie!

Peaches Geldof courtesy: peaches_geldof.net
The Producers of CROSS COUNTRYand WOODLAND CROSS have confirmed that Peaches Geldof the daughter of Bob Geldof will star in the feature film Woodland Cross (Thriller), alongside John Hannah and Beatrice Rosen. She will star in the lead female role in the feature film Cross Country (The indie horror slasher movie


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BAD BUSH a World First!

May 27th 2009 05:09
IN A WORLD FIRST, the Sydney premiere of BAD BUSH will take place simultaneously with the film's internet premiere free in streaming video for 24 hours from 6.30pm June 11, 2009 at:

www.movienetwork.tv
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TWO MORE SCRIPT WRITING DEADLINES!

May 27th 2009 04:15
Check out some of these screenwriting competition deadlines. If you want to get your scripts out there then keep on entering. If you've written the script its time you got it out there in the market. You never know....

EXPOSURAMA.com
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Friday on My Mind 290509

May 26th 2009 08:20
This week:: May 29 – New life for TV drama

With the healthy state of Pay TV and increased drama funding for the ABC, we talk to award-winning producer John Edwards (Love My Way, The Secret Life of Us) about his two new series Spirited (with Claudia Karvan and Jacquelin Perske) and Tangle, and the new opportunities for Australian television
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YOU'RE INVITED! New York Industry Party.

May 25th 2009 14:18
For those of you who may be in New York and trying to do a bitof networking, this might be the event for you.

If you think yuo know someone who may be interested as well forward this on. dont be afraid of turning up. They're all human just like you and me.
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62nd Cannes Festival Awards.

May 25th 2009 08:15
The official Jury of this 62nd Festival de Cannes, presided by Isabelle Huppert, revealed the Prize winners during the Closing Ceremonies on the evening of May 24th.

IN COMPETTION - FEATURE FILMS
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Samson and Delilah takes Cannes.

May 25th 2009 05:21
The Australian feature film Samson & Delilah (writer/director Warwick Thornton, producer Kath Shelper) has won the coveted Caméra d’Or, one of the major awards of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

The Caméra d'Or is awarded to the best first film screened in Official Selection (Competition and Un Certain Regard), Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week. This year 26 films were eligible. The award last went to an Australian in 1996, when Shirley Barrett won it for Love Serenade.
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BOX OFFICE 240509 TOP 5

May 25th 2009 02:20
'Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian' topped the box office this weekend with an estimated $53.5 million.

WEEKEND TOP 5 STUDIO ESTIMATES, MAY 22-24, 2009
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CRUSH selected for Shanghai International Film Festival

May 22nd 2009 17:45
Odin's Eye Entertainment is pleased to announce that CRUSH, a supernatural thriller created and written by John Soto and co-directed by John Soto and Jeff Gerritsen with Deidre Kitcher as Producer, has been selected for the Focus Australia section of the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) which runs from 13-21 June 2009.

The jury for the international competition in Shanghai will be presided over by Danny Boyle (Director of Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later, Sunshine).
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Documenta Madrid winners!

May 22nd 2009 13:23
"Los que se Quedan", wins the First Prize of the Jury for Original Full-length Film


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MARY AND MAX has won...

May 22nd 2009 09:36
the ANIMOVIE feature film award at Stuttgart!

MARY AND MAX has won the ANIMOVIE feature film award at the prestigious 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film.
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Hickory Nation in pre production

May 22nd 2009 06:14
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, JESSE JAMES AND BRIAN WHITE

JOIN VELVETEEN FILMS’ “HICKORY NATION”
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SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL

May 22nd 2009 03:04


FINAL DEADLINE 26 JUNE
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POPCORN TAXI SCREENINGS

May 21st 2009 16:40
The first and only theatrical screening of:

A DOCUMENTARY ON THE VIRTUAL PHENOMENA THAT IS GORILLAZ


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CLOSED FOR WINTER

May 21st 2009 14:47
starring NATALIE IMBRUGLIA, released in cinemas across Australia.

Closed for Winter which premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on February 27 is now screening in cinemas across the country. The James Bogle-helmed film, starring Natalie Imbruglia and based on Georgia Blain's acclaimed Australian novel of the same name, will open in cinemas across Australia in April 2009


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Free TV and Sports movies

May 21st 2009 10:38
Some of you may be interested in this. Maybe you like myself are as mad about sport as you are about film. Or maybe not. I received a link request the other day for the website below Have a look and see what Hollywood and Bollywood fims are on offer. categories include
Bollywood Movies, Documentry, Hollywood History and Movies, Live Sports, Live Cricket and Live Television.

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ROOFTOP FILMS SEEKS VOLUNTEERS--

May 20th 2009 20:03
LOTS OF WAYS TO HELP, BOTH AT SHOWS AND BEHIND THE SCENES

VOLUNTEER WITH ROOFTOP FILMS
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Finalists announced.

May 20th 2009 15:56
Tell Your Story short film comp

Top 10 finalists in the Metro Screen Tell Your Story competition have been announced


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WEEKEND TOP 5 STUDIO ESTIMATES

May 20th 2009 12:38
MAY 15-17, 2009

Rank. Movie Title (Distributor)
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Hindus urged to keep the faith.

May 20th 2009 07:30
Hindus urge world filmmakers rushing to India to treat their faith with
respect

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LITTLE BIG SHOTS IS BACK!

May 19th 2009 15:25
Following its huge success in 2008, Little Big Shots, Melbourne’s International Film Festival for Kids, is returning to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and ArtPlay for a fifth year in 2009.

A truly international festival, Little Big Shots includes over 90 films from 25 countries as far-reaching as Russia to Argentina, Estonia to Bangladesh and Finland to South Africa. Festival director, Chloe Boulton believes, “The festival is the perfect way for kids to see great stories from all over the world that would never otherwise make it to Australia. The themes and ideas covered in the films are incredibly engaging and relevant to the lives of all children.”
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Ashland International FF lines up a dazzler!

May 19th 2009 10:56
Every Little Step A "Thrilling Combination of Documentary and Musical Dazzler"

Two special showings of the critically acclaimed documentary Every Little Step will continue the festival's Monthly Film Series Friday, June 12th at the Varsity Theatre at 6:00p and 8:20p. These screenings will benefit the non-profit ashland independent film festival and are made possible by Coming Attractions Theatres.
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Friday on My Mind 220509

May 19th 2009 06:42


This week:: May 22 – Developmentally Speaking Includes special screening of My Year Without Sex
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Flickerfest On EXTRA -

May 18th 2009 16:15
Friday's feast of short films is here!

Flickerfest on EXTRA launched onto our TV screens this Friday night, 15th May at 10.30pm on Movie EXTRA with the TV premiere of two gems of Australian short film, comedian Frank Woodley's 'Chicken of God' and host Damian Walshe-Howling's film 'The Bloody Sweet Hit'. The first episode of our 7 week series serves up a feast of hilarious dark comedy, with each episode promising to entertain and enlighten audiences with the hottest new talents of Australian short film alongside classic award winners. All films are sourced from the vaults of Flickerfest favourites over the past 18 years.
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TELL YOUR STORY AWARDS NIGHT and ..

May 18th 2009 07:00
METRO SCREEN FILMS AT DUNGOG.

Tues, Jun 2, 6.30pm at Metro Screen.
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POPCORN TAXI PRESENTS

May 16th 2009 07:15
RiP: A Remix Manifesto
a documentary about copyright and remix culture

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EXCLUSIVE’S AT THE SHOVEL

May 15th 2009 06:16
Chauvel Cinema – Paddington Sydney

RIP! A REMIX MANIFESTO (M)
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL Programme out now!

May 14th 2009 14:29
The Sydney Film Festival which opens in just over 3 weeks today released its festival programme to the general public. Below is the full programme. Details of special events and films in competition will be published over the coming weeks. The festival will run from 3-14 June 2009.

The first films that will screen in this year's festival have been revealed, presenting a diverse selection of titles that will screen in Australia for the first time. Here is the list of the films in competition.
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FRIDAY NIGHT SHOCKERS AT THE SHOVEL

May 14th 2009 07:38
Beware of ‘Uninvited Guests’ at the Chauvel Cinema

Friday nights just got scarier. Forget about the drunken fools staggering out of pubs and walking like a zombie in front of your car as you struggle in traffic two hours after you left the office. Now you can leave the car at home Friday and catch a bus down to the Chauvel cinema in Paddington where the only horrible and disfigured monsters you are likely to see are on the silver screen


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Latest news from the AFTRS.

May 13th 2009 16:18
One More Day, is a feature length film made up of four different stories, all set on the one day, in the same 24 hour period, connected by a single metaphor, of a city ringed by the threat of fires. The joint production will provide an opportunity for AFTRS’ Graduate Diploma students in Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, and Screen Music to collaborate with NIDA’s 3rd year Acting and Design & Production students.

Alice Bell at the 2008 FILMINK Awards. Picture courtesy of Getty Images
Filming will commence in mid June 2009 at AFTRS new state of the art facility located in the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park.
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LAKE PLACID screening in June

May 13th 2009 07:15
June 11-14 2009
This years Lake Placid Film Forum is gearing up for another year of premieres documentaries and retrospectives acknowledging film industries from Quebec, Marathon runners from Transylvania and social commentators from NCPR.

Of the many films screening this year, standouts include a re-screening of the 1991 period piece BLACK ROBE which follows a 17th Century Jesuit priest’s journey from New France to Quebec. This screening is part of a tribute to the Quebec Film Industry as well as a celebration of the Champlain region’s Quadra centennial and will screen the evening of June 11.
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Review – Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

May 12th 2009 16:49
RELEASE DATE : May 7 2009

RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes


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WEEKEND TOP 5 STUDIO ESTIMATES, MAY 8-10, 2009

May 12th 2009 07:48
'Star Trek' topped the box office this weekend with an estimated $72.5 million.


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Review - THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX

May 7th 2009 06:24
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still fragile German democracy

RELEASE DATE: May 7 2009
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2009 Spanish Film Festival

May 6th 2009 06:54
PELICULA de ESPANOLE

This years Spanish Film Festival is all but ready to launch with an impressive gala opening night miercoles (Wednesday) May 6 in Sydney and screenings at Palace Academy Twin and Norton Street as well as the Chauvel in Paddington before opening in Canberra May 7 followed by Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and finally Perth. Tickets for the Sydney opening night have completely sold out.butthere are still very limited numbers around the other capital cities Tickets include TAPAS from El Bulli, LIVE entertainment by OJ PROJECT, DRINKS (from festival wine sponsor Torres Wines) and FILM, plus all attendees will also receive a CD with the best songs from WATUSSI.
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CRUSH opens with highest screen average

May 5th 2009 17:14
CRUSH opened successfully taking $13,051 at box office during its exclusive, one-week preview season at Piccadilly Cinema in Perth.

"I'm really pleased with how well the Preview Release of Crush performed over the week at the Piccadilly Cinemas in Perth, particularly the fact that we easily beat every other film's screen average in Australia, including major Studio films, to reach the number one screen average. Feedback on the film has been fabulous and we have received dozens of emails from Crush fans asking when the film will be released in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. In other good news I can confirm that Crush has been picked up for DVD and Blu-Ray release by Paramount Home Entertainment in association with Horizon One, with October being the launch date." says Writer/Director, John Soto.
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POPCORN TAXI PRESENTS

May 5th 2009 07:05
A very special screening and live Q&A on the
'70s cult classic they tried to ban...

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BUÑUEL – RETROSPECTIVE & EXHIBITION

May 4th 2009 06:56
part of the 2009 Spanish Film Festival.

BUÑUEL - AMIGOS Y PELICULAS (FAMILY & FILMS)
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