Australian Films featuring in international competitions.
August 11th 2008 05:03
Here are just two of the films making it on the international festival circuit at the moment. With some bemoaning the state of Australian features at the moment the independents continue to come to the fore without the big money of the major companies. With more support both in production and distribution, the Australian Film Industry could have a bright future. Without the support so desperately needed they still manage to punch above their weight.
Cane Cutter selected to World Premiere at Palm Springs.
The directorial short film debut from writer/director/actor Dustin Clare, CANE CUTTER, will have its world premiere at the prestigious Palm Springs International ShortFest - Short Film Festival & Film Market in August. Cane Cutter, an independently financed short film, is the first project to be completed by production company Fighting Chance Films.
A story of mateship, and the lengths one will go to, to protect it., the 8-minute film was shot in the country town of Ballina on Super 8 by DOP Jim Lounsbury, produced by Dustin Clare and Clarke Richards for their production company Fighting Chance Films and stars Gillian Alexy (West, McLeods Daughters), Clarke Richards and Dustin Clare
“Palm Springs International ShortFest is a wonderful festival, from the quality of films they select to the marketplace they run. You have the opportunity to meet producers and production companies and you can forge relationships with film makers and directors, which is what I was able to do last year. To be invited to screen there with my first film as writer/director is something I am really excited about,” said Dustin.
[U]Bitter & Twisted to screen at Sarajevo fest[/U]
Australian writer/director Christopher Weekes debut feature ‘Bitter & Twisted’ is set to screen at the Sarajevo Film Festival where it will screen as part of the “international auteur” program alongside Guy Maddin’s ‘My Winnipeg’ and Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Synecdoche, New York’.
After 5 sold out screening at the TRIBECA Festival earlier on in the year, the film made its Australian debut at the up-and-coming Dungong Film Festival late last May to a delighted local audience and will also screen at the Montreal World Film Festival later this month.
Bitter & Twisted is an ensemble piece about a family’s reaction to son Liam’s untimely death three years before, and draws powerful performances from a diverse cast including Noni Hazlehurst, Steve Rodgers, Leeanna Walsman, Gary Sweet, and Matt Newton.
The film is set for a limited release in Melbourne to become eligible for this years AFI Awards later in the year and will be announcing an Australian distributor in the near future according to Executive Producer and sales agent Michael Favelle of Odin’sEye Entertainment.
Cane Cutter selected to World Premiere at Palm Springs.
The directorial short film debut from writer/director/actor Dustin Clare, CANE CUTTER, will have its world premiere at the prestigious Palm Springs International ShortFest - Short Film Festival & Film Market in August. Cane Cutter, an independently financed short film, is the first project to be completed by production company Fighting Chance Films.
A story of mateship, and the lengths one will go to, to protect it., the 8-minute film was shot in the country town of Ballina on Super 8 by DOP Jim Lounsbury, produced by Dustin Clare and Clarke Richards for their production company Fighting Chance Films and stars Gillian Alexy (West, McLeods Daughters), Clarke Richards and Dustin Clare
“Palm Springs International ShortFest is a wonderful festival, from the quality of films they select to the marketplace they run. You have the opportunity to meet producers and production companies and you can forge relationships with film makers and directors, which is what I was able to do last year. To be invited to screen there with my first film as writer/director is something I am really excited about,” said Dustin.
[U]Bitter & Twisted to screen at Sarajevo fest[/U]
Australian writer/director Christopher Weekes debut feature ‘Bitter & Twisted’ is set to screen at the Sarajevo Film Festival where it will screen as part of the “international auteur” program alongside Guy Maddin’s ‘My Winnipeg’ and Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Synecdoche, New York’.
After 5 sold out screening at the TRIBECA Festival earlier on in the year, the film made its Australian debut at the up-and-coming Dungong Film Festival late last May to a delighted local audience and will also screen at the Montreal World Film Festival later this month.
Bitter & Twisted is an ensemble piece about a family’s reaction to son Liam’s untimely death three years before, and draws powerful performances from a diverse cast including Noni Hazlehurst, Steve Rodgers, Leeanna Walsman, Gary Sweet, and Matt Newton.
The film is set for a limited release in Melbourne to become eligible for this years AFI Awards later in the year and will be announcing an Australian distributor in the near future according to Executive Producer and sales agent Michael Favelle of Odin’sEye Entertainment.
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