portABLE FILM FESTIVAL COMING TO TOWN!
official launch this thursday, 14 september
The Portable Film Festival 2006 is a free, international festival of short films downloadable to portable video devices. Launching on September 13 and running until October 22, this year’s program will feature over sixty pre-selected films compressed especially for viewing on Sony PlayStation Portables, iPod Videos, 3G phones, laptops and even deskbound computers.
Entries have been received from Australia, the Netherlands, the US, the UK, Romania, Canada, Austria, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Singapore, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The festival competition features two award categories: The Filmmakers’ Peer Review prize, for the film judged best overall by participating filmmakers, and The Portable Film Festival and MySpace Viewers’ Choice prize, for the online audience favourite.
Films submitted include animations, desktop experiments, video-clips, documentaries and short narratives.
There is also a category for new works by filmmakers under 18 years of age. From September 13, www.portablefilmfestival.com will transform into an interactive portal for viewing, downloading, reviewing, forwarding and voting. Users who sign-up will receive their own viewer profile and can manage their list of favourite films, talk to other viewers, adjust their ratings and submit reviews. From October 22, a ‘best-of’ videocast will beam the winners and festival favourites to subscribers around the world.
The Portable Film Festival is an initiative of a Melbourne-based network of creative monkeys. Live festival events - from parties, to workshops and symposiums will be based in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide this year. A portable trailer for downloading films in the street will tour Melbourne and Adelaide throughout the festival.
The Portable Film Festival is a cultural event set within a new culture. The festival encourages filmmakers to explore the potential of the small screen medium, and asks audiences to think about cinema from a new perspective. In short, without cinemas.
There will be a launch party this coming Thursday September 14 @ Rocket Bar 142 Hindley St from 9pm to 1am. Feel free to come on down. The Portable Trailer will also be out on the Adelaide streets from Thursday September 14 to Sunday September 17 providing film content to your phone, iPod and PSP. Check it out in the city or for more updates tune to Triple J.
For more info go to www.portablefilmfestival.com
Crossover Australia
A national hothouse for innovation : 16 – 21 February 2007
Crossover Australia, a 5-day interactive, residential workshop designed to brainstorm cross-platform projects, will soon be calling for applications for the 2007 event.
Taking place in the week leading into the Adelaide Film Festival and the Australian International Documentary Conference, Crossover Australia is a creative think tank bringing together national and international practitioners from film and new media sectors, with the aim of developing innovative digital and interactive projects.
Crossover Australia is a part of the SAFC's strategy to develop compelling digital and interactive projects that combine the storytelling skills of independent filmmaking with the new kinds of interactivity made possible by emerging technology.
Submissions open on August 1 until October 16. Places are limited and no fees apply for successful applicants.
Full details, guidelines and application forms are available at www.crossover.org.au
For more information for applicants, contact Sandy Cameron, Project Officer, Screen Industry Programs on (08) 8348 9320 or email crossover07@safilm.com.au
Crossover Australia is presented by The South Australian Film Corporation and the Adelaide Film Festival in association with the Australian International Documentary Conference and with financial assistance from the Australian Film Commission.
ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 16 OCTOBER 2006
Technology is bringing the moving image to us in a myriad of ways - the screen dominates our lives - from our phones, to our computers and the internet and television. The moving image has invaded every art form from the visual to the performing arts. Creativity and innovation are pervading all of these technologies. The Adelaide Film Festival shines a spotlight on the moving image in all its forms - revealing our history, celebrating our present and exploring our future.
In 2007 the Adelaide Film Festival [February 22 - March 4] will continue to develop its critically acclaimed celebration of the SCREEN with a dynamic program of screenings, special events, workshops and forums across its eleven day program.
For more information on the Adelaide Film Festival, visit www.adelaidefilmfestival.org
