Aussies in overseas festivals
April 18th 2008 07:19
Australia’s success on the international festival circuit is continuing with the selection of two films into the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, which has announced its 2008 program.
Chainsaw (d: Dennis Tupicoff) has been selected to screen in the International Competition, while Lucille (d: Tali Gal-on) will screen in the Children’s and Youth Film Competition.
Both directors are gaining significant international screenings: Chainsaw has been selected for numerous festivals including the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June; and another short film from director Tali Gal-on, Crooked, has also been selected to screen at Annecy.
The Oberhausen festival is the longest standing international short film competition in the world. This year it runs 1–6 May.
AND ..........
A privately financed super low budget horror shot in Queensland will make its international debut at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 17.
The film, The Dark Lurking, was shot over the 15 months between December 2006 and March 2008, on a budget of $180,000. First-time director Greg Connors also wrote the script.
The film is set in 2017 and tells the story of outpost 30, a secret international research facility one mile beneath a remote part of the Earth’s surface.
Something goes wrong and a team of survivors are forced to battle alien hordes through the thirteen levels of terror to the surface. Filmwerx is producing, while creature effects are being handled by Sharp FX, best known for their work in Sony Pictures’ Ghost Rider.
Source: Inside Film
Chainsaw (d: Dennis Tupicoff) has been selected to screen in the International Competition, while Lucille (d: Tali Gal-on) will screen in the Children’s and Youth Film Competition.
Both directors are gaining significant international screenings: Chainsaw has been selected for numerous festivals including the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June; and another short film from director Tali Gal-on, Crooked, has also been selected to screen at Annecy.
The Oberhausen festival is the longest standing international short film competition in the world. This year it runs 1–6 May.
AND ..........
A privately financed super low budget horror shot in Queensland will make its international debut at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 17.
The film, The Dark Lurking, was shot over the 15 months between December 2006 and March 2008, on a budget of $180,000. First-time director Greg Connors also wrote the script.
The film is set in 2017 and tells the story of outpost 30, a secret international research facility one mile beneath a remote part of the Earth’s surface.
Something goes wrong and a team of survivors are forced to battle alien hordes through the thirteen levels of terror to the surface. Filmwerx is producing, while creature effects are being handled by Sharp FX, best known for their work in Sony Pictures’ Ghost Rider.
Source: Inside Film
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