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On
this page are provided some links to sites that have some pertinence
to independent or underground film-making in Melbourne. Note that
individual filmmaker sites are listed off that filmmaker's profile
and not here. There are some other sites also linked only off
the profile pages. The sites listed here are more general sites.
If you'd like to suggest a site for this page, please email
me.
Bill
Mousoulis
Moving
Image Coalition - The group that formed from the remnants
of the Melbourne Super 8 Film Group in late 2001. Site has programs
of previous screenings, plus general info.
Melbourne
Underground Film Festival - Since 2000, Melbourne's major
alternative film festival, devoted to experimental as well as
exploitational cinema.
Melbourne
International Film Festival - Melbourne's major forum
for international cinema, it also programs Australian indie work
from time to time.
Australian
Film Commission - Australia's federal funding body for
film. Site has funding guidelines and application forms for filmmakers,
as well as news, resources, etc.
Australian
Centre for the Moving Image - Melbourne's official film/video/digital
centre. Site has info on their collections, programming at their
cinemas, and much more.
Senses
of Cinema - Online film journal based in Melbourne, it
has critical pieces on Australian filmmakers such as the Cantrills,
Paul Cox, Lowenstein, etc.
RealTime
- Online version of the Australian hard-copy arts magazine, which
has a section "On Screen", which features digital /
new media quite prominently.
Scopofile
- The site of the Melbourne indie film magazine that existed from
2000-02 (you can order back issues), and also the site for Scopofile
Productions.
Experimenta
- Melbourne organisation that organises various events around
new media, film, sound, performance, and publishes the journal
Mesh.
Australia's
Cultural Network - The online gateway to Australian cultural
organisations, websites, resources, events and news.
Screen
Network Australia - SNA provides a thorough directory
of Australian film resources on the web, listing hundreds of sites.
ScreenSound
Australia - Our national screen and sound archive, collecting,
preserving and sharing more than one million items of Austalian
film and sound work.
Filmnet
- The well-known Australian messageboard, for all things filmmaking-related.
Acting
Up - Another Australian messageboard, especially
catering for actors.
Filmmaking
Careers - US-based resource for aspiring filmmakers and
industry professionals, with technical articles, career hints,
etc.
Flicker
- Great site based in US, devoted to alternative cinema. Has a
"Film and video artists" section, similar to MIF, with
profiles of filmmakers.
hi-beam
- Connected to the Flicker site, an online journal with critical
essays on experimental cinema.
Fred
Camper - Film critic with a passion for experimental cinema
- essays on Brakhage, Friedrich, Gehr, Warhol, others.
Avant-garde/experimental
film webring - From this link, explore various sites devoted
to alternative cinema.
Anthology
Film Archives - A museum based in NY, devoted to the preservation,
study and exhibition of independent and avant-garde film.
Film
Arts Foundation - FAF is a San Fran-based organisation
dedicated to the support of independent film and video makers.
Back
to Melbourne independent filmmakers index page
Melbourne
independent filmmakers -
a web resource
is compiled by Bill Mousoulis.
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