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Cinema : Fist Full of Films Festival starts Thursday
The biggest ever NT made film festival starts Thursday so there is plenty to do on the weekend and its all free.
* Spicing up the Shorts or how to write a script in ten days with Mary Anne Butler.
* Goolarri Television Broome is calling for short films.
A few reminders . . .
The Minister for the Arts Gerry McCarthy MLA is launching Festival
7.30pm Thursday 3 June in Civic Park come along a little early and hang out at the FISTIVAL Club and mingle in the screen scene and watch the MUSIC CLIP entries on the big screen.
4.30pm - 7.30pm Thursday and Friday The NT SCREEN SCENE
@ The FISTIVAL Club Browns Mart
Come along and NETWORK, it’s all very informal and designed for you to socialise, meet people and promote your business or what you do, or see what people in the screen business do, on 2 afternoons after work. Set in the Browns Mart courtyard with a bar and food available and a soloist for entertainment.
Stay for the screen program starting at 7.30pm in Civic Park.
Thursday 3 June - music clip entries screen in Civic Park 7.30 - 8.30pm
Followed by Movie & TV themes Karaoke at the FISTIVAL Club
Friday 4 June - short film entries screen in Civic Park 7.30 - 9.30pm
Followed by DJ efflip and Mark Hilton at the FISTIVAL CLUB
Saturday 5 June 10am - 12pm Sessions with Southerners
Screen Australia Q & A session in the Browns Mart Theatre.
Screen Australia is the key Federal Government direct funding body for the Australian screen production industry. Its functions are to support and promote the development of a highly creative, innovative and commercially sustainable Australian screen production industry.
· Chris Oliver - Senior Manager, State and Industry Partnerships
· Gillian Moody - Investment/Development Manager, Indigenous Department
· Mary-Ellen Mullane - Investment/Development Manager Documentary
· Susan Boehm - Development Manager, Features and Professional Development
· Kathleen Drumm - Head of Marketing
Cut and paste this link so you can see what they do and what they look like. http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/news_and_events/Events/2010/realisator_briefings.asp
Saturday 5 June 1pm - 3pm Forum Get to know your screen industry - panel Q & A
As many locals and some southerners in the screen business that we can muster up will tell you what they do. Then you get the chance to ask them questions.
The GALAH Awards Saturday 5 June
Screening from 7.30pm Civic Park -28 short films and music clips will vie for
17 Galah Awards
· Best Emerging Music Clip People’s Choice Award- sponsored by BCCinemas
· Best Emerging Film People’s Choice Award - sponsored by BCCinemas
· Best use of the Keyword - sponsored by Deckchair Cinema / Darwin Film Society
· Best Film Sound Design or Original Soundtrack - sponsored by FATANT
· Best Cinematography - sponsored by the Australian Cinematographers Society NT
· Best Screen Play - sponsored by the NT News
· Best Edit - sponsored by Cutting Edge
· Best Experimental Film - sponsored by Hallmark International Computers
· Best Animation - sponsored by Digital Mojo
· Best Comedy - sponsored by Deckchair Cinema / Darwin Film Society
· Best Drama - sponsored by Deckchair Cinema / Darwin Film Society
· Best Actor - sponsored by Sprout Creative
· Best Documentary - sponsored by TEABBA
· Best Music Clip - Sponsored by CDU
· Best Film - sponsored by Simon Says Television - SSTV
· Best Indigenous Film - sponsored by Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcast Association
· Vote on Galah Night for the People’s Choice Award Best Film or Clip announced Sunday
11pm - 1am
AFTERAWARDS Party at the FISTIVAL Club with 70’s funk from Barry Brown and the GetDowns & DJ Lisa Bee from Happy Yess at the Mart
Day #4 Sunday 6 June
3pm - 6pm Forum Pitch It Local - Browns Mart Theatre 5 great ideas for films being pitched
These guys pitching their films all have a variety of experience in filmmaking and they all have films screening during Fist Full. They seriously want to get their next films made but can’t do it without help from actors, crew, script writers, production assistants , camerafolk, soundies, artists, wardrobe, makeup - all those talents that go toward making a great film.
So come along and hear the pitches and see if you want to get involved and get some experience working on a film.
Road Trip / Jenny Frazer / short feature / road movie / kidnap / drama.
This is a personal story of an extended camping trip that explores ideas of movement, family, place and the mindset of the 70's.
Dust Devils / Mike Holligan / Feature Project - 90 minutes / Action Drama.
A struggling Australian truck driver is drawn into a violent cycle of revenge in the harsh outback after his wife is murdered by a British gangster.
Darwin Crashdown / Chris Malseed / short feature - 30 mins / Action Comedy.
Undercover intelligence operative seeks to entrap global crime ring, gets unexpected help from a Darwin 'local'.
Wanna Go There / band Sex in the Desert / 8 min Music Clip & Documentary.
The rock group 'Sex in the Desert' encounter aliens in central Australia, who appreciate their song then cart them off in their UFO. Doco follows making of clip and road trip.
Black Girl, White Girl / Lillian Barter / 90mins feature film / Drama.
Topics: Themes that unite and divide Australians - childhood innocence and bonding, contemporary adolescent issues, divisive social forces, in particular racism. A story of an unbreakable connection between childhood friends despite the racial protocols that seemingly divide them.
7.30pm - 10pm - SCREENING Territory Screen Showcase NT made films
90 Second Champion Director - Salvatore Finocchiaro
An insight into the life and career of the Territory’s champion boxer John Siriotis and the controversy surrounding the Australasian title he held for just 90 seconds.
Balibo Ego Lemos / Skinnyfish Music / Director-Naina Sen
East Timorese singer-songwriter Ego Lemos saw rushes of the film "Balibo" on the directors mobile phone. Later that night he woke and wrote the title track to the film.
Regulating Sex Seranna Shutt / Sienna Productions / Director - Dixi Joy Bankier
Four women in the sex industry reveal what it is like to work in Darwin, and the incongruous "Prostitution Regulation Act" they have to work within.
Solid Place to Stand Lillian Barter / Chris Malseed
The life of a Darwin teenager comes to a turning point when festering guilt, a trouble past and a self abusing lifestyle comes to a head. The problems are confronted and dealt with, the demons are despatched, and she finds a solid place to stand.
Soul Sisters Chris Malseed
A disaffected party girl leaves home to live with her white 'soul sister'. Two concerned clan ladies take her to a sacred site and with deft firmness and compassion explain some of the history and 'womens business' culture pertaining to the site. Pennies start to drop, the relationship with her 'soul sister' remains solid but tempered by growing self-awareness and maturity.
10pm - 12am
The FISTIVAL Club wrap
For further information please email fistfulloffilms@brownsmart.com.au or call Dixi on 0403995751.
Fist Full of Films is proudly supported by the Northern Territory Government, Darwin City Council and Screen Australia. Media Sponsors - Channel 9 & ABC Local Radio
Spicing up the Shorts or how to write a script in ten days with Mary Anne Butler
An intensive workshop across two weekends: learn the tools of good script writing and leave with a completed short film script or stage play. June 12 and 13 and June 19th and 20th
Cost: full $260 / members $220 / member concession $190. Place numbers are limited. To book, please call the NT Writers Centre on 89 412 651 or email info@ntwriters.com.au
Goolarri Television - Broome is calling for short films. This is a platform for filmmakers to keep your short films alive and seen by a broad and diverse audience. Goolarri Television (GTV35), based in Broome, play a substantial and eclectic mix of short films, from drama and comedy to animations.
Goolarri Television is an Aboriginal owned and operated television station broadcasting to the township of Broome in Western Australia who broadcast mainly non-commercial and non-mainstream content, and are currently showing a great collection of material from various festivals, schools and works from independent producers Australia wide. Visit www.goolarri.com/shortfilms to get more information.
If you would like your film to be considered for GTV35, please send it (as a DVD, quicktime movie, or on a mini DVD or Beta SP) with a signed permission form to: Goolarri Television - short films,
PO Box 2708, Broome 6725 WA.
Proudly supported by the Northern Territory Government, Darwin City Council and Screen Australia
SCREEN ARTS presents the 11th annual Fist Full of Films Festival
FFoFF 2010 Program
Day #1 Thursday 3 June
* 4.30pm - 7.30pm The NT Screen Expo at the FISTIVAL Club
* 7pm- 7.30pm Screen art display on the big screen
* 7.30pm - 8.30pm Screening MUSIC CLIP entries
* 9pm - 12am The FISTIVAL Club - Movie & TV Theme Karaoke with Glenny B with Happy Yess at the Mart
Day #2 Friday 4 June
* 4.30pm - 7.30pm The NT Screen Expo at the FISTIVAL Club
* 7pm- 7.30pm Screen art display on the big screen
* 7.30pm - 9.30pm Screening SHORT FILM entries
* 10pm - 12am The FISTIVAL Club - Happy Yess at the Mart with Mark Hilton and DJ efflip
Day #3 Saturday 5 June The GALAH Awards
* 10am - 12pm Sessions with Southerners - Screen Australia Q & A session
* 1pm - 3pm Forum Get to know your screen industry - panel Q & A
* 5pm - 7.30pm PREAWARDS Function at the FISTIVAL Club
* 7pm- 7.30pm Screen art display on the big screen
* 7.30pm - 10pm Screening FINALIST FILM & MUSIC CLIP entries
* 10pm - 11pm The GALAH Awards Ceremony
* 11pm - 1am AFTERAWARDS Party at the FISTIVAL Club Happy Yess at the Mart with Barry Brown and the GetDown & DJ Lisa Bee
Day #4 Sunday 6 June
* 3pm - 6pm Forum Pitch It Local - wanna make a film or be in a film?
* 6pm - 7.30pm FFoFF feedback session at the FISTIVAL Club
* 7pm- 7.30pm NT Wild film festival winners screening - NT Environment Centre
* 7.30pm - 10pm SCREENING Territory Screen Showcase NT made films
* 10pm - 12am The FISTIVAL Club
All screenings events and entertainment are FREE to attend
Please note - The screen program includes PG and M rated films, children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Civic Park screenings are FREE entry, some seating available, please bring a rug. NO BYO/ NO ESKIES.
BAR & FOOD stalls at Browns Mart. Parking - Supreme Court and Darwin City Council car parks. Location - Civic Park & Browns Mart 12 Smith St Darwin. Contact email fistfulloffilms@brownsmart.com.au or 0403995751.
Media Sponsors - Channel 9 and ABC Local Radio
* Spicing up the Shorts or how to write a script in ten days with Mary Anne Butler.
* Goolarri Television Broome is calling for short films.
A few reminders . . .
The Minister for the Arts Gerry McCarthy MLA is launching Festival
7.30pm Thursday 3 June in Civic Park come along a little early and hang out at the FISTIVAL Club and mingle in the screen scene and watch the MUSIC CLIP entries on the big screen.
4.30pm - 7.30pm Thursday and Friday The NT SCREEN SCENE
@ The FISTIVAL Club Browns Mart
Come along and NETWORK, it’s all very informal and designed for you to socialise, meet people and promote your business or what you do, or see what people in the screen business do, on 2 afternoons after work. Set in the Browns Mart courtyard with a bar and food available and a soloist for entertainment.
Stay for the screen program starting at 7.30pm in Civic Park.
Thursday 3 June - music clip entries screen in Civic Park 7.30 - 8.30pm
Followed by Movie & TV themes Karaoke at the FISTIVAL Club
Friday 4 June - short film entries screen in Civic Park 7.30 - 9.30pm
Followed by DJ efflip and Mark Hilton at the FISTIVAL CLUB
Saturday 5 June 10am - 12pm Sessions with Southerners
Screen Australia Q & A session in the Browns Mart Theatre.
Screen Australia is the key Federal Government direct funding body for the Australian screen production industry. Its functions are to support and promote the development of a highly creative, innovative and commercially sustainable Australian screen production industry.
· Chris Oliver - Senior Manager, State and Industry Partnerships
· Gillian Moody - Investment/Development Manager, Indigenous Department
· Mary-Ellen Mullane - Investment/Development Manager Documentary
· Susan Boehm - Development Manager, Features and Professional Development
· Kathleen Drumm - Head of Marketing
Cut and paste this link so you can see what they do and what they look like. http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/news_and_events/Events/2010/realisator_briefings.asp
Saturday 5 June 1pm - 3pm Forum Get to know your screen industry - panel Q & A
As many locals and some southerners in the screen business that we can muster up will tell you what they do. Then you get the chance to ask them questions.
The GALAH Awards Saturday 5 June
Screening from 7.30pm Civic Park -28 short films and music clips will vie for
17 Galah Awards
· Best Emerging Music Clip People’s Choice Award- sponsored by BCCinemas
· Best Emerging Film People’s Choice Award - sponsored by BCCinemas
· Best use of the Keyword - sponsored by Deckchair Cinema / Darwin Film Society
· Best Film Sound Design or Original Soundtrack - sponsored by FATANT
· Best Cinematography - sponsored by the Australian Cinematographers Society NT
· Best Screen Play - sponsored by the NT News
· Best Edit - sponsored by Cutting Edge
· Best Experimental Film - sponsored by Hallmark International Computers
· Best Animation - sponsored by Digital Mojo
· Best Comedy - sponsored by Deckchair Cinema / Darwin Film Society
· Best Drama - sponsored by Deckchair Cinema / Darwin Film Society
· Best Actor - sponsored by Sprout Creative
· Best Documentary - sponsored by TEABBA
· Best Music Clip - Sponsored by CDU
· Best Film - sponsored by Simon Says Television - SSTV
· Best Indigenous Film - sponsored by Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcast Association
· Vote on Galah Night for the People’s Choice Award Best Film or Clip announced Sunday
11pm - 1am
AFTERAWARDS Party at the FISTIVAL Club with 70’s funk from Barry Brown and the GetDowns & DJ Lisa Bee from Happy Yess at the Mart
Day #4 Sunday 6 June
3pm - 6pm Forum Pitch It Local - Browns Mart Theatre 5 great ideas for films being pitched
These guys pitching their films all have a variety of experience in filmmaking and they all have films screening during Fist Full. They seriously want to get their next films made but can’t do it without help from actors, crew, script writers, production assistants , camerafolk, soundies, artists, wardrobe, makeup - all those talents that go toward making a great film.
So come along and hear the pitches and see if you want to get involved and get some experience working on a film.
Road Trip / Jenny Frazer / short feature / road movie / kidnap / drama.
This is a personal story of an extended camping trip that explores ideas of movement, family, place and the mindset of the 70's.
Dust Devils / Mike Holligan / Feature Project - 90 minutes / Action Drama.
A struggling Australian truck driver is drawn into a violent cycle of revenge in the harsh outback after his wife is murdered by a British gangster.
Darwin Crashdown / Chris Malseed / short feature - 30 mins / Action Comedy.
Undercover intelligence operative seeks to entrap global crime ring, gets unexpected help from a Darwin 'local'.
Wanna Go There / band Sex in the Desert / 8 min Music Clip & Documentary.
The rock group 'Sex in the Desert' encounter aliens in central Australia, who appreciate their song then cart them off in their UFO. Doco follows making of clip and road trip.
Black Girl, White Girl / Lillian Barter / 90mins feature film / Drama.
Topics: Themes that unite and divide Australians - childhood innocence and bonding, contemporary adolescent issues, divisive social forces, in particular racism. A story of an unbreakable connection between childhood friends despite the racial protocols that seemingly divide them.
7.30pm - 10pm - SCREENING Territory Screen Showcase NT made films
90 Second Champion Director - Salvatore Finocchiaro
An insight into the life and career of the Territory’s champion boxer John Siriotis and the controversy surrounding the Australasian title he held for just 90 seconds.
Balibo Ego Lemos / Skinnyfish Music / Director-Naina Sen
East Timorese singer-songwriter Ego Lemos saw rushes of the film "Balibo" on the directors mobile phone. Later that night he woke and wrote the title track to the film.
Regulating Sex Seranna Shutt / Sienna Productions / Director - Dixi Joy Bankier
Four women in the sex industry reveal what it is like to work in Darwin, and the incongruous "Prostitution Regulation Act" they have to work within.
Solid Place to Stand Lillian Barter / Chris Malseed
The life of a Darwin teenager comes to a turning point when festering guilt, a trouble past and a self abusing lifestyle comes to a head. The problems are confronted and dealt with, the demons are despatched, and she finds a solid place to stand.
Soul Sisters Chris Malseed
A disaffected party girl leaves home to live with her white 'soul sister'. Two concerned clan ladies take her to a sacred site and with deft firmness and compassion explain some of the history and 'womens business' culture pertaining to the site. Pennies start to drop, the relationship with her 'soul sister' remains solid but tempered by growing self-awareness and maturity.
10pm - 12am
The FISTIVAL Club wrap
For further information please email fistfulloffilms@brownsmart.com.au or call Dixi on 0403995751.
Fist Full of Films is proudly supported by the Northern Territory Government, Darwin City Council and Screen Australia. Media Sponsors - Channel 9 & ABC Local Radio
Spicing up the Shorts or how to write a script in ten days with Mary Anne Butler
An intensive workshop across two weekends: learn the tools of good script writing and leave with a completed short film script or stage play. June 12 and 13 and June 19th and 20th
Cost: full $260 / members $220 / member concession $190. Place numbers are limited. To book, please call the NT Writers Centre on 89 412 651 or email info@ntwriters.com.au
Goolarri Television - Broome is calling for short films. This is a platform for filmmakers to keep your short films alive and seen by a broad and diverse audience. Goolarri Television (GTV35), based in Broome, play a substantial and eclectic mix of short films, from drama and comedy to animations.
Goolarri Television is an Aboriginal owned and operated television station broadcasting to the township of Broome in Western Australia who broadcast mainly non-commercial and non-mainstream content, and are currently showing a great collection of material from various festivals, schools and works from independent producers Australia wide. Visit www.goolarri.com/shortfilms to get more information.
If you would like your film to be considered for GTV35, please send it (as a DVD, quicktime movie, or on a mini DVD or Beta SP) with a signed permission form to: Goolarri Television - short films,
PO Box 2708, Broome 6725 WA.
Proudly supported by the Northern Territory Government, Darwin City Council and Screen Australia
SCREEN ARTS presents the 11th annual Fist Full of Films Festival
FFoFF 2010 Program
Day #1 Thursday 3 June
* 4.30pm - 7.30pm The NT Screen Expo at the FISTIVAL Club
* 7pm- 7.30pm Screen art display on the big screen
* 7.30pm - 8.30pm Screening MUSIC CLIP entries
* 9pm - 12am The FISTIVAL Club - Movie & TV Theme Karaoke with Glenny B with Happy Yess at the Mart
Day #2 Friday 4 June
* 4.30pm - 7.30pm The NT Screen Expo at the FISTIVAL Club
* 7pm- 7.30pm Screen art display on the big screen
* 7.30pm - 9.30pm Screening SHORT FILM entries
* 10pm - 12am The FISTIVAL Club - Happy Yess at the Mart with Mark Hilton and DJ efflip
Day #3 Saturday 5 June The GALAH Awards
* 10am - 12pm Sessions with Southerners - Screen Australia Q & A session
* 1pm - 3pm Forum Get to know your screen industry - panel Q & A
* 5pm - 7.30pm PREAWARDS Function at the FISTIVAL Club
* 7pm- 7.30pm Screen art display on the big screen
* 7.30pm - 10pm Screening FINALIST FILM & MUSIC CLIP entries
* 10pm - 11pm The GALAH Awards Ceremony
* 11pm - 1am AFTERAWARDS Party at the FISTIVAL Club Happy Yess at the Mart with Barry Brown and the GetDown & DJ Lisa Bee
Day #4 Sunday 6 June
* 3pm - 6pm Forum Pitch It Local - wanna make a film or be in a film?
* 6pm - 7.30pm FFoFF feedback session at the FISTIVAL Club
* 7pm- 7.30pm NT Wild film festival winners screening - NT Environment Centre
* 7.30pm - 10pm SCREENING Territory Screen Showcase NT made films
* 10pm - 12am The FISTIVAL Club
All screenings events and entertainment are FREE to attend
Please note - The screen program includes PG and M rated films, children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Civic Park screenings are FREE entry, some seating available, please bring a rug. NO BYO/ NO ESKIES.
BAR & FOOD stalls at Browns Mart. Parking - Supreme Court and Darwin City Council car parks. Location - Civic Park & Browns Mart 12 Smith St Darwin. Contact email fistfulloffilms@brownsmart.com.au or 0403995751.
Media Sponsors - Channel 9 and ABC Local Radio