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February 6, 2010

The 24th edition of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival has passed, and the awards were given out. With the joy of a record-breaking attendance at the theaters, the Festival's director, Jose Martinez Suarez, thanked his staff and confirmed this year's slogan: the movies were the stars.

February 5, 2010

6 short films and drinks at bar prices.

Mark the 9th February in your diary. We will have the room open at 8pm so actors, editors and all filmmakers can network. Admission is $4.

You can check out a full program of the films on the night at www.angryproductions.org. Just scroll past all the Angry Film Festival info at the top.

Kevin Harrington will again be attending on the night to talk about his acting course that he is currently running.

January 12, 2010

The International Second Hand Short Film Festival will continue its philosophy, "Eliminated Films Are NOT BAD Films", by collecting the eliminated Short Films, make them to be analyzed by the Jury; including directors, actors, academicians, etc…, and show them on big screens. The only criteria to take part in the festival with a film is to have attended a national/international film festival from 2007 up to now and not found eligible in the pre-qualification.

January 8, 2010

The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman is a surrealo-absurdist theatrical re-imagining of the life and weird times of folk-rock legend and pop cultural icon Bob Dylan.

Written by award winning Sydney poet, playwright, and journalist  Benito Di Fonzo, The Chronic Ills is a reverently ironic homage to the man born Robert Allen Zimmerman sixty-eight years ago this May 24.

December 20, 2009

Keen filmmakers from around the globe have already beseiged the Flickerfest office with their short films for the 2010 Festival and entries are still open for both Australian and International Short films to be submitted for the competitions.

December 19, 2009

Applications are now open for both the Berlinale Talent Campus and Berlinale Co-Production Market.

The 7th Berlinale Co-Production Market takes place February 14-16, 2010.
The deadline for project submissions for the 7th Berlinale Co-Production Market will be October 29, 2009.

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2010 marks the centenary of 100 years of film being shown in Byron Bay - at the same spot where the BBFF is held - the Byron Community Centre. The festival's Centenary of Cinema celebration will highlight the importance of film appreciation and the role film has played in the region.

BBFF - Your world of film in the heart of Byron Bay.

Friday 5 March - Sunday 14 March

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Well, since 1980, through the Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Institute, Robert Redford has helped independent voices develop their craft—in film, in theater and music—to reach larger and newer audiences.

The Sundance festival takes as its namesake one of Redford’s best-known characters, from the 1969 film

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Movie Reviews

January 11, 2010
Kate Shearston

The Last Stations tells the story of the last year of Leo Tolstoy’s life, based on the novel by Jay Parini. As someone who knew Tolstoy purely as a novelist, albeit a great one, this film provides an introduction to Tolstoy the philosopher and social theorist, but does so without becoming didactic or mired in theory.

The film is told from the perspective of Valentin (James McAvoy), who we meet as he takes up a coveted position as Tolstoy’s secretary. Valentin arrives glistening with idealism, awed in the presence of Tolstoy and determined to live his life strictly by Tolstoyan ideals. He soon finds himself distracted by the free-thinking Masha (Kerry Condon), and by the increasing conflict in the Tolstoy home. This comes to a head when Tolstoy leaves the house and his wife to live as a wandering ascetic but his ailing health means he only reaches the nearby Astapov station before succumbing to pneumonia.


Events

Sat, 2010-02-13

On the anniversary of the Federal Government’s apology to the Stolen Generations, the Wheeler Centre presents a night of celebration and reflection, sharing the common and different experiences that define our past and our present.

Sat, 2010-02-13

On Saturday the 13th of Feburary, we're going to have a roving street party in Newtown! PLEASE invite your friends!
Suprise! bands, sound systems and installations along the way, ending up in a beautiful lost alleyway of the inner west.
To celebrate local music and art, to assert our rights to live in the roads usually given over to cars and to get to know our local laneways that make up our neighbourhoods.
This is not a protest against anything, more a celebration of our potential and the potential of our neighbourhoods.

Sun, 2010-02-21

30 years in the making, the SOUTH AMERICAN FESTIVAL is by far the biggest Latin event of the year, showcasing the best talents in the arts as well as the best culinary experiences... and event NOT to be missed...

Book Reviews

January 11, 2010

If you're looking for clear-cut information on how to make a film on a minimal budget that is based on tried and tested techniques - look no further. Elliot Grove has worked on hundreds of low-budget productions, teaches Lo-to-No Budget filmmaking courses and runs the Raindance Film Festival (the largest independent film festival in Europe.) His wealth of teaching and filmmaking experience combined with knowledge of the winning formulas that work is the basis of this book. Refreshingly clear, no-nonsense tricks of the trade.