 CAFE
CONNECTIONS
SUNDAY
31st August 08
Time: 4-6pm
FREE ENTRY for WIFT Members
$5 for Non-Members
ALL WELCOME!
Venue: Upstairs Lounge,
MICKY’S CAFÉ, 268 Oxford Street, Paddington 2021
Join the members of WIFT NSW at Micky’s Café in Paddington on Sunday the 31st of August from 4-6pm and connect with your industry colleagues.
Café Connections is pleased to welcome colourist Heather Hay from Frame Set & Match, a Post Production Company based in Sydney as the guest speaker for the afternoon. Heather will talk about her experiences working internationally in post-production and there will be the opportunity to ask questions.
RSVP: 29th AUGUST 2008
Email: info@nsw.wift.org or
Text/phone: 0400064601
www.nsw.wift.org/calendar
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Media MENTORSHIP for Women
Round 1 deadline: 15th August 08
The Media Mentorship for Women program will establish mentor relationships between industry professionals and women who are seeking to further their careers in key technical areas such as Cinematography, Editing, Sound Design, Script Writing and other areas in which women are consistently under represented.
If you are interested in applying please download the Guidelines and Application form from our website. The application deadline for Round 1 is 15th August 2008.
All applicants will be invited to attend free workshops and forums. Moreover they will have free access to our online forum called i-Mentoring and other helpful web resources. We are also in the process of making podcasts of our Sydney events available to all applicants who live in regional NSW or other States.
If you would like to participate as a Mentor or Sponsor please email Ana Tiwary (Mentorship Coordinator) at wift.mentorship@gmail.com
www.nsw.wift.org/MENTOR
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WOW FILM FESTIVAL 2008 launches a new look!
Exciting new design and webpages for the WOW Film Festival have just been launched by WIFT NSW. Produced by multi-media company JAM Directions, it features web TV, which will be continually uploaded with trailers and filmmaker interviews including : Margaret Pomeranz, Darlene Johnson (Crocodile Dreaming, River of No Return), Frances Daingangan (Ten Canoes, River of No Return), Laura Sivis (I Wish I Were Stephanie V), Inka Stafrace (Eye of a Lie), Pat Fiske (Producer), and other leading women in screen.
Enquiries: wowfilmfestival@nsw.wift.org
Phone/ text: 0402 246 601
See the World Through the Eyes of Women
Get inspired at :
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The Metro Screen SPEED NETWORKING November Event
When: Tues, September 2nd, 6.30-8pm
Where: Paddington RSL, (opp. Paddington Town Hall) 220-232 Oxford St Paddington.
Cost: FREE for Metro Screen members, $10 for non-members.
REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL
Meet a new contact every 5 minutes! Always popular and always frenetic, Speed Networking fosters collaboration within the Australian screen industry by bringing like-minded filmmakers together. Placed within focused groups, attendees will be given five minutes to meet and greet other a cross section of the industry. Following this will be a networking session where you can discuss your projects further or continue to meet new contacts. Metro Screen is dedicated to assisting people to create a strong network base to develop and produce projects. Registration forms can be obtained by contacting metro@metroscreen.org.au or call 02 9356 1818. Contact Michael, Metro Screen Network Coordinator on network@metroscreen.org.au
Website: www.metroscreen.org.au
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TRICKY WOMEN Animation Film Festival
Tricky Women is the first and only festival of animated film that is dedicated exclusively to animation by women. Since 2007 it has been held annually in Vienna each March. The sixth edition of Tricky Women Animation FilmFestival will take place in March 2009, 5th-9th. The deadline for applications for the preliminary selection is 14 November 2008.
Awards: Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna worth 3,650 Euro, 3-month scholarship in the artist-in-residence programme of quartier21/MQ, Synchro Film & Video Material Prize worth 1,500 Euro, Hubert Sielecki Award worth 500 Euro (for Austrian animation) and Audience Award.
The entry form is available on our website where you can find more information:
Website: www.trickywomen.at
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FTO to host INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
The FTO will host the innovative Asia-Australia Media Executive Leadership Program (AAMELP) in Sydney from 23 to 28 November, 2008.
The FTO has partnered with Singapore's Media Development Authority and ScreenWest to bring AAMELP to Sydney for the first time and is offering five scholarships to senior and mid-level NSW screen professionals to participate in the course. AAMELP is a five-day course designed to develop entrepreneurial, strategic leadership and management skills to enable participants to strengthen their companies and to better meet the challenges of the evolving global marketplace.
Applications must be received by close of business 27 August 2008. Successful candidates will be notified by 15 September, 2008. Applications are to be addressed to:
Linda Tizard
NSW Film and Television Office
Level 13, 227 Elizabeth Street,
Sydney NSW 2000
GPO Box 1744, Sydney NSW 1043
Tel: (+61 2) 9264 6400
Fax: (+61 2) 9264 4399
www.fto.nsw.gov.au
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ASE 2008 Elephant AWARDS
The Australian Screen Editors Guild is calling for entries in its Annual ASE “Elephant Stamp” Awards. ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2008.
The ASE is pleased to announce the introduction this year of the Commercial category. Entries will now be accepted for Best Achievement in Editing in the following six areas: SHORT FILM, TELEVISION DRAMA, TELEVISION NON-DRAMA, DOCUMENTARY, COMMERCIAL, FEATURE FILM
The 2008 ASE Awards will be held in conjunction with the annual Accreditation Ceremony.
For more information contact Margaret Slarke at the National office on (02) 9380 6945 or by email : nswoffice@screeneditors.com For all details and entry forms visit:
Website: www.screeneditors.com
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CAMERA Assistants WORKSHOP
September 1 – 5 (five days)
9:30am - 4:30pm
Presented by AFTRS lecturers and recognised industry cinematography practitioners this hands on short course will prepare participants to become aware of the scope of the camera assistant's role and perform those duties to a professional standard.
Course presenter: Erika Addis
Erika Addis has worked in the film and television industry for over 25 years. Her work as a cinematographer and director of photography includes a broad range of documentaries, feature films and television series’. Her consistent delivery of high standard work has resulted in a raft of award wins including AFIs, awards from the Sydney Film Festival, an ACS Golden Tripod and a Kodak award from the St Kilda Film Festival.
Venue:
The Australian Film Television and Radio School
The Entertainment Quarter
130 Bent St, Moore Park NSW, 2021
For more information and to apply visit www.aftrs.edu.au/shortcourses
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NAFA presents
CHOC TOPS in the Attic
Date: MONDAY 18 August 2008
Time: 6.00 pm – 8.30 pm
Venue: Fox and Lion Hotel, 1 Bent St, Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
OPEN FORUM: "Film Friendly Sydney"
Is film and television production being driven out of NSW? This Choc Tops Open Forum is an opportunity for all concerned to express their opinions and discuss solutions. Producers, production managers, and production co-ordinators with extensive experience dealing with local councils are especially invited to attend. At least one member of the State parliament, or their representative, is expected to attend. Admission: $5 / NAFA Members free / All welcome. Full details at:
www.nafa.net.au/next-choctops
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Media MENTORSHIP for Women
Round #1 Application Deadline: 15th August 2008
Applications for Mentorship Round 1 will be closing on Friday. Please download Guidelines and Application Form from our website.
www.nsw.wift.org/MENTOR
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Cafe Connections
FREE for WIFT NSW members
RSVP by: 29th Aug 2008
Join the members of WIFT NSW at Micky’s Café in Paddington on Sunday the 31st of August from 4-6pm and connect with your industry colleagues.
www.nsw.wift.org/calendar
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INSITE COMPETITION FOR UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAYS
Deadline: 5pm 29 August 2008
Entry to INSITE 2009 is open to all financial members of the AWG. An entry form for the INSITE Competition, including guidelines, can be downloaded from the website. All inquiries should be directed to Miriam Katsambis, AWG Branch Manager, South Australia. Call 08 8232 6852 or email sa@awg.com.au
www.awg.com.au
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BREAST FEST:CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadline: August 24, 2008
Entries are FREE!
BREAST FEST is the world's first film festival dedicated to breast cancer awareness. This annual festival includes short films, documentaries, animation, dramatic features and experimental works which span the emotional spectrum. Send us your short film, video, animation or PSA about breast health awareness or breast cancer. The first annual BREAST FEST Film Festival will be held November 21 and 22, 2008 at the ROM Theatre in Toronto. BREAST FEST is an initiative of Rethink Breast Cancer.
www.breastfestfilmfest.com
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AFI FELLOWSHIP: Applications Sought
Deadline: 5pm, Sept. 19, 2008
Now in its second year, the AFI Fellowship aims to enrich the Australian filmmaking community by providing $25,000 to an Australian film practitioner. For further details email info@afi.org.au
www.afi.org.au
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FLICKERFEST 2009 CALL FOR ENTRIES!
Deadline for International Films: 12th September 2008
Deadline for Australian Films:
29th August 2008
Flickerfest 18th International Australian Short Film Festival
Bondi Pavilion 9th 18th January 2009. Touring Nationally January March 2009. Flickerfest will screen for 10 days at Bondi Beach in January 2009 before heading off on a national tour.
www.flickerfest.com.au
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SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Call for Entries
Deadline: 15th August 2008
Filmmakers don't have long to get their entries in by the final submission deadline of 15 August 2008 for a shot at the lucrative prize pool exceeding $50,000. Selected works from the 2008 SHORTS Film Festival will also be showcased at the prestigious Rushes Soho Shorts Festival in the UK in 2009. The winner of the 2008 SHORTS Film Festival receives a trip to Cannes Film Festival including return airfare, festival entry, accommodation and $1,000 spending money.
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Congratulations to these WIFT NSW members!
SARAH JANE FORD: FTO Young Filmmaker Fund Recipient
Producer/Writer Sarah Jane Ford is among the successful applicants in Round 23 of the NSW Film and Television Office’s (FTO) Young Filmmaker Fund.
“Being selected for NSW FTO funding is extremely exciting, I’m hoping that this opportunity will assist me to get a leg up into the industry,” says Sarah. Sarah from Gulmarrad and Director Darius Devas from Byron Bay, have been funded to make an 8-minute drama Tea.
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ANNIE COSSINS: Writer/Producer/Actor
Annie's film 'Running With The Boys' has been selected to screen at five American film festivals:
- Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, USA, 2008;
- First Take Film Festival, Georgia, USA 2008;
- Woods Hole Film Festival, Cape Cod, USA, 2008;- Action on Film International Film Festival, Pasadena, USA, 2008;
- Temecula Valley International Film Festival, USA, 2008
It was nominated for Best Short Foreign Film at the Action on Film International Film Festival, USA, 2008 and made the finalist list at the Moondance International Film Festival, USA, 2008.
www.runningwiththeboys.com
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MELISSA ANASTASI: Writer/ Director
Bonfire, a new 20-minute short film, recently completed through the NSW FTO’s Young Filmmakers Fund, has been selected to screen in competition at the Budapest Short Film Festival in Hungary. The film, which is about a young girl’s troubled relationship with her father, will screen with some of the worlds best new short films, with the festival fast becoming Eastern Europe’s pre-eminent short film event.
Writer/Director Melissa Anastasi is thrilled that the film will be premiering at the festival. ‘Bonfire is very much about the migrant experience and how that affects identity and relationships’, says Anastasi. ‘I think it has universal appeal. It is about the fragility of people, and how, when hurt, they continue to hurt others until something stops them, and they are forced to take stock of their lives’. The film has also been selected for the International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece. It screens in Budapest in September, before touring to a range of other European film festivals which screen shorts from the Budapest Festival. (Writer/Director: Melissa Anastasi, Producer: Katrina Beck)
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SARAH TRACTON: Filmmaker 'White Sound'
WIFT NSW member Sarah Tracton's film White Sound is a finalist in the prestigious 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards for Best Short Documentary. The awards, which take place in Melbourne on Friday 24th October, recognise excellence in over thirty categories of Film, Television, Animation and Multimedia, celebrating the very best of Australian and New Zealand production.
Also selected to feature at opening night of The Other Film Festival, Sarah Tracton will participate in a post-screening Q&A, alongside Braindamadj’d Director Paul Nadler, on Friday 5th September, 8pm at the Melbourne Museum. -------------------------------- |
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