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posted February 23, 2010
MIF filmmakers featured in Australian Film Festival
Several feature films by MIF filmmakers feature in this years Australian Film Festival, in Sydney, Feb 24 - Mar 7.
Actor and director Nathan Hill gives the lead performance in How to be a SexStar; MUFF director and general Melbourne film provocateur Richard Wolstencroft will personally present his F. Scott Fitzgerald modernisation The Beautiful and Damned; and the omnibus feature Little Deaths gets a screening, with an episode by Genevieve Bailey and Jarrah Gurrie.
posted February 22, 2010
Cinema Voltaire is launched! A NEW HOME FOR UNDERGROUND FILMS
Lovers of underground, avant garde, and experimental cinema will have a new venue from Saturday 27th February when Cinema Voltaire holds its first screening at the Australian Centre Of Performing Arts (ACOPA) in North Melbourne’s Raglan Street.
Cinema Voltaire is the brainchild of Lindsay Saddington, director of ACOPA, who said there was an obvious dearth of venues where underground, avant garde and experimental films could be seen.
Set in a cabaret lounge environment, Cinema Voltaire aims to show cutting edge shorts and features from all over Australia and the world, sometimes teamed with live performances. The aim is to have one curated program every second month from February.
The first film will be David King’s underground quasi-sci fi feature film, PURGE, praised by Dutch film critic Ton van Rooij as “unconventional”, “confronting”, and “visually arresting”. The film is unclassified so only those over 18 can attend.
Tickets will be $12 or $8 concession with all proceeds being used to set up and run future screening programs. A fully-licensed bar also operates at the venue.
Cinema Voltaire is seeking quality underground, avant garde, and experimental films for future screenings. Filmmakers and those wanting more information about screenings can contact Lindsay Saddington on 9326 9094 or via admin@acopa.com.au
The first screening will be on Saturday 27 February at 8pm. Address is 14 Raglan Street, North Melbourne.
posted February 22, 2010
Steven Ball to appear in Melbourne for film events
UK artist Steven Ball (who spent 10 years in Melbourne from the late '80s at the forefront of the Super 8 movement) will make a special appearance in Melbourne in late March for several film events --
27th March 2010, at The BAck doOR -
Complex Infrastructure Video works by London-based artists. Curated by Steven Ball.
More details can found at http://www.cogcollective.co.uk/complexinfrastructure
31st March and 7th April 2010, at The Melbourne Cinémathèque -
Figuring Landscapes UK and Australian works. Devised & curated by Catherine Elwes & Steven Ball.
More details can found at http://www.melbournecinematheque.org/landscapes.html
posted February 22, 2010
"One Minute Vol. 3" at The BAck doOR - Organised by sue.k., this program curated by Kerry Baldry.
Saturday 27th February 2010
"One Minute Vol. 3" follows on from One Minute Volumes 1 and 2 and features over 30 artists at varying stages of their careers. An eclectic range of moving image and includes works whose original formats include 16mm film, Super 8 film and video using approaches such as stopframe animation, superimposition etc. Yet all the works have one thing in common, they are constrained by a time limit of sixty seconds.
Entry by donation Doors open 8:30pm
entry off rear lane -- 658 Plenty Road, Preston 3072 (catch the 86 tram to stop no. 52)
+61 (0)3 9005 7054
posted February 20, 2010
Our best wishes to Paul Cox as he recovers from his liver transplant (for the cancer he has had the past 12 months).
posted January 23, 2010
"Cheap Thrills" TV series, indie features - Broadcast on C31 in Melbourne over the coming weeks is this great series, an initiative of Leo Berkeley's: the broadcast of a number of low-budget features which don't have official distribution. Several MIF filmmakers feature - Leo Berkeley himself, my good self, and Gregory Pakis.
The schedule of broadcasts, every Saturday night, at 10:00 p.m.
Saturday 23rd Jan The Garth Method (Gregory Pakis)
Saturday 30th Jan How to Change the World (Leo Berkeley)
Saturday 6th Feb Tri Cycling Africa
Saturday 13th Feb Re-Living Off The Land
Saturday 20th Feb Spring Rhapsody (Bill Mousoulis)
Saturday 27th Feb Kely
Saturday 6th March The Course
posted January 23, 2010
First screening for the year at The BAck doOR - Organised by sue.k., the first screening for 2010 is now coming up.
Saturday 30th January 2010
suek-artist and cogcollective presents
Delicate Matter: experiments with flesh and the analogue
A programme of experimental film curated by Richard Tuohy.
It’s the flesh, the touching physicality and tiny inconsistencies in approximation and decay that give the analogue physicality of cine film, with its fragility and its presence, with the vitality of its fleshiness.
(All works in this programme have at some stage used film as a source material in its production.)
Entry by donation Doors open 8:30pm
posted January 4, 2010
Solrun Hoaas tribute page Peter Tammer has written a beautiful, personal little tribute to the filmmaker Solrun Hoaas, who died unexpectedly on December 11, 2009. Read Peter's tribute here - Dear Solrun ...
posted December 19, 2009
iTunes watch out! Remo Camerota has recently directed a short film / ad for the company DoubleTwist, see it here, which is a parody of an ad Ridley Scott did back in 1984 for Apple Macs, see it here. DoubleTwist is software designed to be an alternative to Apple's iTunes, so it is obviously causing a little controversy, read about it here.
posted December 17, 2009
Final screening for the year at The BAck doOR - This great screening enterprise by sue.k., which has had monthly screenings all year, of mainly experimental work, is having its final screening of the year on ... Xmas Day! Well, in the evening, starting from 7:30 pm, it's "This Orphans' Christmas", BYO film, musical instrument, dance steps, etc. It's when I myself first met sue & co. last year, Xmas night. Highly recommended.
posted December 17, 2009
Vale Solrun Hoaas - Unexpected, tragic news has filtered through that this talented, intelligent filmmaker, who was based in Melbourne in recent years, has died of a heart attack suffered in hospital as she was about to undergo surgery for cancer. At 66 she was active and planning projects, so this is a great loss. Condolences to family and friends. Tributes from close friends can be found here.
posted December 17, 2009
Legendary "Flausfilm" completed! Peter Tammer has finally completed his legendary film (begun 20 years ago, then stalled) of legendary critic/actor John Flaus. This will truly be an invaluable document in years to come. There are no plans for a commercial release, with Peter happy for the moment to give out free copies of the film on DVD (free apart from postage/production costs) - email Peter for more details.
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