from the aff office...
The September/October period has seen the Adelaide Film Festival office abuzz with activity. New staff have started and are moving in with the swelling ranks of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) staff who share the office space. The call for entries for films for next year's festival has now officially closed with the total number of entries being about the same as last festival.
Crossover Australia submissions are still open and will be closing on October 31. This 5-day interactive workshop is designed to brainstorm cross-platform models and projects. The 20 successful applicants from around Australia will be supported to attend the lab which is funded by the SAFC, Screen Australia and presented by AFF with the support of the AIDC.
A highlights launch for the 2009 Adelaide Film Festival program will be held on November 18, please check our website for further details www.adelaidefilmfestival.org
fake film festival - call for entries
Returning to the Adelaide Film Festival in 2009, FAKE taps into the modern filmmakers repertoire byaskingaspiring and established directors, editors, animators and digital media practitioners to put together films in three categories.
FAKE Features: Big ideas, but no budget for your masterpiece? Squeeze that epic into a glorious three minutes - trailer style
FAKE Ads: Sell us a fake product and play with the formulas
FAKE Docos: Go behind the scenes where there are no scenes.
Entry forms and more info can be found at www.fakefilmfest.com.au or
fakefilmfest@gmail.com
deadline 16/1/2009.
hicks explores the life & work of phillip glass
In July 2005, filmmaker Scott Hicks started shooting a documentary about the composer Phillip Glass to celebrate his 70th Anniversary in 2007. Over the next 18 months, Scott followed Phillip across three continents - from his annual ride ont he Coney Island "Cyclone" roller coaster, to the world premier of his new opera in Germany and in performance with a didgeridoo virtuoso in Australia.
Allowed unprecedented access to Glass' working process, family life, spiritual teachers and long time collaborators, Hicks gives us a unique glimpse behind the curtain into the life of a surprising and complex man. "GLASS: a portrait of Phillip in twelve parts" is a remarkable mosaic portrait of one of the greatest - an at times controversial - artists of this or any era.
The screenings of Glass: a portrait of Phillip in twelve parts" are being presented by the Adelaide Film Festival and the opening session on November 1st will be followed by a Q&A session with director, Scott Hicks. Palace Cinema have 2x double passes to give away to this session.
Other screenings will be held on 1st & 2nd and the 8th & 9th of November.
To win one of two double passes, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'Glass' in the 'which film?' field.
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Young @ Heart
inspiring individuals of ‘Young@Heart,’ a New England senior citizens chorus that has delighted audiencesworldwide with their covers of songs by everyone from The Clash to Coldplay.
As Stephen Walker’s documentary begins, the retirees, led by their strict musical director, are rehearsing their new show, struggling with a discordant Sonic Youth number and giving new meaning to James Brown’s “I Feel Good.”
What ultimately emerges is a funny and unexpectedly moving testament to the simple things these seniors value: old friendships, new challenges and a little time in the spotlight.
In cinemas October 16 through Rialto Distribution.
To win one of twenty double passes and tshirts, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'Young @ Heart' in the 'which film?' field.
Man on Wire
On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged
between New York's twin towers, then the world’s tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released.
Following six and a half years of dreaming of the towers, Petit spent eight months in New York City planning the execution of the coup. Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, Petit was faced with numerous extraordinary challenges: he had to find a way to bypass the WTC’s security; smuggle the heavy steel cable and rigging equipment into the towers; pass the wire between the two rooftops; anchor the wire and tension it to withstand the winds and the swaying of the buildings. The rigging was done by night in complete secrecy. At 7:15 AM, Philippe took his first step on the high wire 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan…James Marsh’s documentary brings Petit’s extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that
became known as “the artistic crime of the century.”
In cinemas October 16 through Madman Cinema.
To win one of thirty double passes, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'Man on Wire' in the 'which film?' field.
Burn After Reading
Legendary film-makers the Coen Brothers bring to the screen the outrageous memoirs of former CIA Director Sanford Turner in BURN AFTER READING, a comedic thriller about an agent who is writing a tell-all tale about the agency, only to lose the disc containing the manuscript of his book.
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Tilda Swinton
In cinemas October 16 through Universal Pictures.
To win one of twenty double passes, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'Burn After Reading' in the 'which film?' field.
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, the epic novel of life, death and spiritual renewal among the English Catholicgentry, is widely described as Evelyn Waugh's greatest work. Whilst at Oxford University a chance encounter with the charming and decadent Sebastian Flyte, son of Lord Marchmain, draws Charles Ryder into the exclusive world of British high society. For the impressionable Charles, Sebastian's world of money, glamour and outrageous behaviour makes for a seductive cocktail. Sebastian takes Charles under his wing and when he's invited to 'Brideshead', the Flyte family's magnificent ancestral home, Charles becomes infatuated with Julia, Sebastian’s beautiful sister.
Starring Emma Thompson, Ben Wishaw, Michael Gambon & Matthew Goode
In cinemas October 16 through Universal Pictures.
To win one of thirty double passes, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'Brideshead Revisited' in the 'which film?' field.
