FLiCKERFEST 2013
presented by Renault

22nd International Short Film Festival
Australia’s only Academy®Accredited
& BAFTA recognised short film festival

Fri 25th – Sun 27th  January 2013
A&i Hall, Bangalow

Best Of International 1 on Friday 25th
(with Opening Party pre-screening drinks/nibbles & music, starts 7.30pm)
Best Of International 2 on Saturday 26th
Best Of Australian Shorts on Sunday 27th

Doors open: 7.30pm each night – Films start: 8.30pm
Running Time: (approx 100min each session)
All sessions are 15+ (Children under 15 to be accompanied by an adult)

Prices:
Friday: Best Of International 1 programme + Opening Night Party with Crystal Head vodka, Little Creatures beer & Pipsqueak cider, Rosnay organic wine & Phoenix drinks. $20/17 conc

Saturday: ‘FlickerLab’ or Byron All Shorts $10/8 conc (each) free entry for SAE students

Saturday: Best Of International 2 programme $15/12 conc

Sunday: Best Of Australian Shorts programme $15/12 conc

Festival Pass: $50/40 conc (includes ‘FlickerLab’ Concept to Market & Byron All Shorts programme – details below)

Tickets: Available at the door or,
Barebones Artspace (Bangalow-noBF) | Mullum Bookstore (noBF) | Planet Corroboree (Byron.+BF) | All Music and Vision (Ballina, Lismore.+BF)

FLICKERFEST 2013 – RIDE THE SHORT FILM WAVE WITH RENAULT 25th–27th January, A&I Hall Bangalow
Flickerfest rides the short film wave into the Northern Rivers from the 25th until the 27th January for it’s 16th year screening a smorgasbord of shorts from the Byron Region, Australia and around the world over 3 jam-packed days at the A & i Hall Bangalow.

Flickerfest remains Australia’s only Academy® accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival, ensuring that it continues to present A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world.
A record 2300 entries were received for Flickerfest 2013, and only the top 100 shorts are selected in official competition, all handpicked to represent the most innovative, creative and cutting edge short films being produced in the world today.

Flickerfest Bangalow we will once again present an entertaining, inspiring and award winning range of selected highlights from the Sydney festival, many of which are world or Australian premieres, giving local Flickerfest audiences the first look at the hottest short films in the world today. The calibre of this year’s program is undeniable with several films screening at some of the world’s most prominent and revered film festivals including Sundance and Cannes.

Join us for a fabulous weekend of the best short films that the world has to offer.

Friday 25th Jan –
Opening Night Party + Best Of International 1 programme

7.30pm – The Flickerfest Bangalow festival will kick off with a fully catered Opening Night Party with drinks provided by our partners Little Creatures Brewing, Rosnay Organic Wine and Crystal Head Vodka and yummy catering from the Pantry 29 Bangalow. Enjoy music from local singer/songwriter and guitarist, Tim Stokes who effortlessly mixes and folds blues, roots, rock-country and folk into his own distinctive blend. You can hear natural beauty of the surf and soul of this area coming through his music.

8.30pm – Afterwards sit back and catch our Best Of International 1 programme with highlights including the delightful and whimsical Route 43 Miracle from Sweden, a humorous and bittersweet tale about a lonesome Swedish mans longing for something worthwhile the quirky and hilarious Herd Leader from Canada, winner of the audience award at Cannes film festival about Clara who is put in charge of her dead aunts pug dog. Little does she know that these are the first steps in and unlikely friendship and the beautiful and mesmerising animation Oh Willy from Belgium about Willy who when forced to return to his natural roots bungles his way into noble savagery. Also screening as a special feature of the night will be the Byron Premiere of locally made short Suspended, a heartfelt story about about Caleb who finds a world of magical possibility through his friendship with the blind man next door. The film officially selected for Australian competition at Flickerfest 2013 is written and directed by Award winning actor Damian Walshe-Howling, Suspended was shot on location at Murwillumbah and involves a cast of local actors starring alongside well known Australian faces including Damon Gameau, Ewen Leslie, Leeanna Walsman and Clare Bowen.

Saturday 26th Jan –
3 Sessions as follows

2.30pm – ‘FlickerLab’ Concept to Market: presented by SAE. Come and join us for an interesting and enlightening workshop on distributing your short form content across various platforms to audiences far and wide.
Panellists include Damian Walshe-Howling, who will share his experiences of the prestigious Locarno Film Festival where Suspended screened in Official Competition, ABC Open Producer Catherine Marciniak and Flickerfest Director Bronwyn Kidd. A must do for all keen film makers out there ! $10/8 conc (free entry for SAE students)

4.30pm – Byron All Shorts programme: Northern Rivers Short Film Competition supported by Southern Cross Credit Union & SAE Byron Bay; Sit back relax and enjoy a journey through the best of local storytelling as we present and screen the 5th year of Byron All Shorts, which showcases & celebrates the stories & talent of film-makers from our local region. This diverse programme of moving and funny documentaries and dramas includes Travis Hanley’s 6 minutes with Lee Kirkman about a passionate BMX bike rider, the funny and quirky drama Beyond the Beak by Sam Ducasse, the moving and intimate doco My Mechanics Love Story by Michelle Eabry and the political documentary about CSG Gas War by Evan Malcom; plus a selection of local documentaries on the subject ‘Day In The Life’ created by community contributors in workshops with ABC Open. $10/8 conc

8.30pm – Best Of international 2 programme: Take a trip around the world and experience some of our most talented Best Of International 2 programme with highlights including the clever and satirical Its Not A Cowboy Movie from France, about some teenagers who reinterpret broke back mountain in a poignant and hilarious way, the moving drama Kiruna-Kigali from Sweden, shortlisted for this year Academy®Awards about two single mothers giving birth in extremely diverse circumstances one in rural Africa and one in affluent Sweden and the hilarious Life Belt Under Your Seat from Spain where the calmness of a Madrid to Miami flight is altered by Mauro who completely ignores the strict rules of flight etiquette. $15/10 conc

Sunday 27th Jan –
Byron All Shorts Awards &
Best Of Australian Shorts programme

8.30pm – Join us for the Byron All Shorts Awards, and discover the most talented local film makers who have taken out this years highly contested prizes.

8.45pm – Best Of Australian Shorts programme: A don’t miss session, showcasing an impressive selection of home-grown talent from across the country selected from 5 Australian Short film programmes in official competition at Flickerfest Sydney. Highlights include Lois – starring Academy®Award nominated acting legend Jackie Weaver, which takes an ordinary women’s story into the realms of greek myth, the quirky and highly crafted animation A Cautionary Tale about a little girl born with a peculiar quirk who must choose between conformity and self expression, starring the voices of David Wenham, Cate Blanchett and Barry Otto and the funny and slightly twisted black comedy The Captain by award winning filmmaker and stunt man Nash Edgerton. In exciting news the Flickerfest Best Australian Short Film Award has just become Accredited to the Academy ®Awards joining our international competition, providing exceptional opportunities for Australian film makers on the world stage.

The Flickerfest Blue Hawaii Café will be open from 7.30pm Friday & Sunday & 2pm Saturday, serving delicious organic treats & drinks.

BYRON ALL SHORTS 2013

Northern Rivers Short Film Competition
presented by iQ

Screening: Sat 26th Jan: Films Start – 4.30pm (Doors open – 4pm)

Awards: Sun 27th Jan: 8.30pm (Doors open – 7.30pm),
prior to Best Of Australian Shorts

Bangalow, A&i Hall

Prices: $10 / 8 conc (Byron All Shorts is also included in Flickerfest 3 day Festival Pass $50/40)
Running Time: 100 mins (inc intermission)
Children under 15 to be accompanied by an adult

‘Byron All Shorts‘ celebrates the filmmaking talent of the Northern Rivers region and encourage audiences to experience the many amazing films & local stories that are produced in the region each year. 15 films were selected from over 50 entries region-wide.

This competitive programme will screen on Saturday 26th January 4.30pm at Bangalow A&i Hall; alongside the Byron Flickerfest 3 day screening’s of the best of the worlds short films.

See & support our local film-makers alongside the best in the world.

Finalists selected for official competition
Byron All Shorts:

WE ARE WATER SPIRIT: 3min 2sec
Wri: Bunjalung Lewis Walker/Dove Joans
Dir/Prod: Dove Joans
A call for present and future generations to protect what’s vitally important, our sacred oceans! The “Water Spirit” – connecting us as we journey with a Bunjalung elder sharing ancient stories of who we really are… with our ancestors from the sea speaking through the music, ocean waves, and the yidaki (didgeridoo).

6 MINS WITH LEE KIRKMAN: 6min
Dir/Prod: Travis Hanley
Life revolving around one man’s passion “BMX”.
iQ & Flickerfest – Jury Award for Best Film

Day In The Life – CIRCUS MUM: 5min
Wri/Dir: Jemima Dunlop
Prod: Jemima Dunlop/Catherine Marciniak
Day in the life of a Circus Mum Juggle, juggle, juggle. Alice Cadwell shows us how she juggles running a community circus & being a mum, as we go behind the scenes during performance day for Spaghetti Circus. Alice says “sometimes it’s tricky to keep all the balls in the air”.

MELTING ICE: 1min 20sec
Wri/Dir/Prod: Mikayla Donnelly
‘Melting Ice’ is a claymation short with an environmental message.

GAS WAR: 10min 55sec
Wri/Dir/Prod: Evan Malcolm
This short documentary addresses some of the issues caused by CSG mining in the Northern Rivers & Southern QLD.

PERCEPTIONS: 5min 12sec
Wri/Dir/Prod: Elih d’Arcy
‘Perceptions’ is a visual monologue about a young man’s need to reconnect and discard the pressures of society.

Day In The Life – MY MECHANICS LOVE STORY: 5min 15sec
Wri/Dir: Michelle Eabry / Prod: Michelle Eabry/Catherine Marciniak
This ended up being a very different story to the one photographer Michelle Eabry thought she was going to make. It started as a mini documentary about her mechanic who stays incredibly fit so he can look after his wife. But then she realised that the real story was a day in the life of Mick and Miranda’s love story.
Byron All Shorts – Highly Commended by the Jury

intermission

THE TREE: 8min 50sec
Wri/Dir/Prod: Caroline Fisher
This film portrays our impact on the natural environment, the infiltration of human beings on our planet. “The Tree” represents strength, protection, wisdom, eternal life, evolution, unity, re generation, a potent symbol of immortality, beauty, redemption, creation. A short art film, a reminder of birth, journey and resolution, using a majestic Moreton Bay Fig tree as a symbol and metaphor.

Day In The Life – EMU RESCUER: 5min 36sec
Wri/Dir: Kaitlyn Moocow
Prod: Kaitlyn Moocow/Catherine Marciniak
Schoolgirl Kaitlyn Moocow is worried that many endangered species will disappear before she’s an adult. To raise awareness about this issue she documents a day in the life of an emu rescuer as they survey one of our local threatened species, the Clarence Valley Emu.

MELBOURNE TOWN: 4min 38sec
Dir: Oliver Buckworth/Melania Jack-Stevens
Prod: Melania Jack-Stevens
Music clip for Julia Rose’s song “Melbourne Town”.
SAE Institute – Jury Award for Emerging Talent

NOW I PLAY SOCCER: 1min 47sec
Wri: Sarah Stuart
Dir/Prod: Terese Van Twest
Sarah loves playing soccer & is the only player on her team that has a disability.

LIBERTE: 7min 56sec
Wri/Dir/Prod: Bibi Bradbury
‘Liberte’ is a documentary about skater’s passionate pusuit to conquer the next challenge.

INDIAN ROPE TRICK: 9min 9sec
Wri/Dir/Prod: Romany Lee
Consumed by self-loathing, Tobias stands on a precipice. He has one decision to make – will it be the right one?

Day In The Life – PLATYPUS STALKER: 6min 10sec
Wri/Dir: Stephen Axford
Prod: Stephen Axford/Catherine Marciniak
Nature photographer Stephen Axford has a new obsession. He wants to document the lives of the platypus living in his creek but he knows it’s not going to be easy. Join him for a morning stalking session and meet one of the weirdest animals on the planet.

BEYOND THE BEAK: 6min 2sec
Wri/Dir/Prod: Sam Ducasse
‘Amazing People’ follows the journey of an amazing man, taking on a challenge through birds eyes. A story of sacrifice and courage.
SCCU (Southern Cross Credit Union) – Audience Award

Thank you to all entrants!

ABC Open “Day In The Life” entries:
For the past 6 months emerging filmmakers on the NSW North Coast have been documenting a “Day in the Life” of some of the extraordinary ordinary people in our community. As part of the Byron All Shorts celebrations we have curated the best of the local contributions. These projects were created in a series of one-on-one and group workshops with ABC Open North Coast Producer, Catherine Marciniak, in partnership with Flickerfest and Northern Rivers Screenworks. www.abc.net.au/open

Thankyou to our Jury: Damien Walshe-Howling (actor-director); Bronwyn Kidd(Flickerfest director) & Lisa O’Meara (Screenworks)

Flickerfest & Byron All Shorts is presented with the iQ, and is a fundraiser for the iQ Arts & Eco Reserve.

BYRON ALL SHORTS Northern Rivers Short Film Competition Partners

Thank you, your support is greatly appreciated & also supports our regions creative industries.

Cash Prize Partners

Creative Media Partner & Emerging Talent Cash Prize Partner

Industry Prize Partners

Media Partners

Production Partner

Wednesday, July 4th 2012
Byron Bay Community Centre
4.00pm – 5.00pm:
Arakwal Website Launch

6.30pm – 8.30pm:
‘Walking With My Sisters’ (PG), & excerpt from the sequel ‘Back To Country’
Tickets @ door only: $8 / $6 conc

In celebration of the 20 year anniversary of MABO, and NAIDOC Week 2012 the Arakwal people of Byron Bay are pleased to invite you to a historic retrospective screening of WALKING WITH MY SISTERS filmed between 1994 & 1998, an intimate human drama, which follows their own process of Native Title, through the story of their elders, the traditional Arakwal custodians of the Byron Bay area and their battle to prove their connection to the land where they grew up.

Director Bronwyn Kidd met the sisters in December 1994, shy at first they were now starting to talk about their history in the coastal community of Byron Bay, North Coast NSW. In May the following year they made a bold step for them. They lodged their Native Title claim in order to finally have some real say over their traditional country.

Edie Mabo’s landmark case two years before meant that Australian law finally recognised that aboriginal people occupied the land prior to Europeans and the Arakwal sisters were finally given hope that they too could continue to care for country and build a sustainable future for generations to come.

Screening alongside ‘Walking With my Sisters’ will be an excerpt from the sequel ‘Back To Country’ (2000-2012) screening publicly for the first time also directed by Bronwyn Kidd and currently in production.

‘In Back To Country’ we now follow the next generation of family who have moved home to fight for their elders dreams. Their vision is to live, work and create a sustainable economic future in Byron Bay for the many generations of their people to come.

The Arakwal people have achieved once of the most successful Native Title claim outcomes in mainland Australia through a series of historic Indigenous Land Use Agreements that included in 2001 an Australian first, the creation of a new national park, (Arakwal national park), joint managed by the Arakwal people of Byron Bay and the New South Wales National Parks Service.

The films produced over 18 years represent the longest recording of a Native Title process in mainland Australia and will be followed by a Q and A with the Arakwal people and the filmmaker Bronwyn Kidd.

Prior to the screening the Arakwal people will launch their brand new website sharing information about current projects, culture and caring for country.
For information ph. (02) 6684 5577

FLiCKERFEST 2012 prestented by ING DIRECT
21st International Short Film Festival
Australia’s only Academy®Accredited, & BAFTA recognised short film festival

20th – 22nd  January 2012 – A&i Hall, Bangalow
International 1 on Friday night
(with Opening Party pre-screening drinks/nibbles & music by Renee Searles – starts 7.30pm)
International 2 on Saturday night
Best Of Australian Shorts on Sunday night

Doors: 7.30pm each night – Films start: 8.30pm
Running Time: (approx 100min each) MA15+
Prices:
Friday: $20/17 conc includes Opening Night Party with Jameson whiskey, Coopers beer, Rosnay organic wine & Phoenix drinks
Sat or Sun: $15/12 conc (each night)
Festival Pass: $40/35 conc

“Bite Size Chunks Of Great Cinema”
Celebrating 21 years of short film excellence Flickerfest Australia’s leading short film festival will return to the Byron region for its 14th year in 2012 hosted by local organisers IQ Arts & Eco Centre, presenting another award winning programme of the best of Australia’s and the worlds short films, all screening at Bangalow A&I Hall from the 20th-22nd January. Flickerfest remains Australia’s only Academy®Accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival ensuring that we continue to present a A-list class short film competition recognised amongst the best in the world.

A record 2200 entries were received for Flickerfest 2012, and a selection of the top 100 shorts were selected in official competition, all handpicked to represent the most innovative, creative and cutting edge short films being produced in the world today. This impressive and unprecedented number of contenders from all round the world confirms FLICKERFEST’s reputation as Australia’s largest and most respected short film competition.

Byron Shire is the first stop on our 37 venue National tour where we will be screening an entertaining, inspiring and award winning range of highlights many of which are world or Australian premieres, giving local Flickerfest audiences the first look at the hottest short films in the world today. For many films, the FLICKERFEST festival will serve as their world and/or Australian premiere whilst other films have already taken home some seriously prestigious prizes – the calibre of this year’s program is undeniable with several films screening at some of the world’s most prominent and revered film festivals including Sundance and Cannes.

International 1 programme highlights include two short films recently shortlisted for the 2012 Academy®Awards, the moving and humorous ‘I Could Be Your Grandmother’ (view trailer) from France and the intimate and heartfelt drama ‘Raju’ (view trailer) from Germany following a couples journey to India to collect their adopted child. Also screening is ‘The Palace’ a moving political drama set in Cyprus recently awarded the MNC award for Best Australian Short film at Flickerfest 2012.

International 2 programme highlights include ‘Swimsuit 46’ from Belgium, winner of the Special Jury prize at Cannes 2011, Sundance winner ‘Brick Novax’s Diary’; ‘Steve’ from the UK a humorous story of two neighbours starring Colin Firth and Keira Knightly and the hilarious ‘Las Palmas’ from Sweden awarded the SAE Best Digital Production at Flickerfest 2012.

Best Of Australian Shorts programme provides a platform that showcases our amazing Australian filmmaking talents. Highlights include the hilarious ‘Fish & Chips’ a story about a young Pauline Hansen who goes on Chef Of The Universe to cook against Barry, Kim & Vlad, AACTA awarded animation ‘Nullarbor’ (view trailer); the moving WA drama ‘Crosshairs’ & ‘Cockatoo’ a delightful comedy/drama starring Matilda Brown winner of the SMH award for Best Original Australian Screenplay at Flickerfest 2012.

Food & Drinks Available | BYO cushion for plastic chairs supplied (or bring your own special comfy one) | Arrive early for best comfort.

Tickets: Available at the door or,
Barebones Artspace (Bangalow-noBF) | Byron Music (+BF) | All Music and Vision (Ballina, Lismore.+BF)

21st FLiCKERFEST 2012 presented by ING DIRECT
  

Major Partners

Drinks & Food Partners
        

Byron Flickerfest, & Flickerlab are presented with the iQ Arts & Eco Centre, and is a fundraiser for iQ Inc.

FLICKERLAB BYRON BAY WORKSHOP 2012

Sponsored by SAE Institute & Supported by Screenworks

Saturday 21st January 2012
2.30pm-4.30pm
A & I Hall Bangalow (Station St)

Tickets only at the door (there will be plenty of seats available)

Direct from Sydney and our one-day intensive, taking place alongside our Flickerfest presented by ING DIRECT 2012 Byron Tour (20th -22nd Jan 2012 A and I Hall Bangalow), Flickerlab will present the latest trends, tips and skills that you need to develop your creative idea and turn it into a reality and to build a successful and sustainable career in the film industry. Flickerlab Byron will be bringing key industry practitioners to give you the most up to date insight into production and distribution routes for emerging filmmakers. Plug in for this intensive session and experience the knowledge and wisdom of our leading filmmaking experts as they take you on a journey through making your film idea a reality. This is a unique networking opportunity and a first-time chance to improve you knowledge and skills to achieve a successful and sustainable career in the film industry, presented by Australia’s leading short film festival.

Flickerfest is passionate about supporting Australian filmmakers and providing career development initiatives and Flickerlab will now further formalise this commitment assisting Australian short filmmakers to experience the latest industry expertise that will assist them in their craft. Flickerlab Byron will be bringing key industry practitioners to give you the most up to date insight into production and distribution routes for emerging filmmakers.

Panel: Emma Moroney (Supervising Producer from Movie Network Channel), Bronwyn Kidd( Flickerfest Director), Kathleen Drumm (Screen Australia), Nerida Moore (Screen NSW’s Senior Development and Production Executive) and Lisa Shaunessy (Chaotic Pictures)

Emma Moroney, Supervising Producer from Movie Network Channel. Emma is most recently responsible for acquisitions and management across Movie EXTRA Webfest an online competition offering filmmakers the opportunity to produce a 6 part web series in partnership with Screen Australia with 100,000 in investment offered to the winning series.

Bronwyn Kidd, Flickerfest Director, who is also in charge of Flickerfest short film distribution arm representing over 180 short films for sales across all platforms worldwide.

Kathleen Drumm, helms Screen Australia’s diverse marketing activities across theatrical and innovative distribution, business facilitation, professional development, online and offline promotion and screen culture.

Nerida Moore, Screen NSW’s Senior Development and Production Executive, Nerida assesses Development and Production Investment applications for feature film, documentary, television and multi-platform projects. Nerida also manages Slingshot, Screen NSW’s suite of professional development programs. Prior to Screen NSW, Nerida lectured in Media and Communications across production, script writing and screen theory, and worked as a freelance script consultant, script editor and script assessor.

Lisa Shaunessy, Independent producer, she was formerly the Creative Executive at Hugh Jackman’s Seed Productions, with feature credits as development executive that include Deception and X-Men Origins: Wolverine; as well as the television series An Aussie Goes Barmy, Bolly and Calypso for Fox 8. Now Head of Development & Production at Chaotic Pictures, a production company she established in 2009. At Chaotic Pictures, Lisa co-produced John Winter’s feature film, Black White & Sex, and is currently developing several features films and television series’.

Taking place over 2 hours Flickerlab will cover the following areas:
Making It Happen
Behind every film is the producer/s, an elaborate and all consuming role that varies dependent on the focus of the individual. From creative producers, to hands on line producers, to executives- no two producers share the same approach. What they do share is the ability to pursue the macro whilst manage the micro, creative and financial muscle, and inexhaustible energy, drive and commitment to realising the film- they are the first person on, and the last person off. This discussion will follow the processes of development, financing, production and distribution from these producers perspectives, and offer alternative, unique approaches to source funding, as well as innovative new approaches to production in the age of the trans media storyteller.

Market To Market – Conquer The World
Distribution, Festivals and Multi-platform distribution
From Market to Market will provide insightful and practical guidance on routes to getting your film seen and maximising promotion of your film. This will include traditional distribution and festival strategies, as well as the innovative new opportunities and potentials of multi-platform distribution.

BYRON ALL SHORTS 2012

Northern Rivers Short Film Competition
presented by iQ

Screening: Sat 21st Jan Films Start: 5.00pm (Doors open – 4.30pm)
Awards: Sun 22nd Jan 8.00pm (Doors open – 7.30pm), just prior to Best Of Australian Shorts
Bangalow, A&I Hall
Films Start: Sat 5.00pm (Doors open – 4.30pm)
Tickets: $8 / 5 conc (also included in Flickerfest 3 day Festival Pass $40/35)
Running Time: 105 mins (inc intermission)
Session Rating: MA15+

The ‘Byron All Shorts’ competition will celebrate the film making talent in the Northern Rivers region and encourage audiences to experience the many local stories that are produced in the region each year.
This competitive local programme will screen on the 21st January 5pm alongside the Byron Flickerfest 3 day screening’s of the best of the worlds short films.

Finalists selected for competition in Byron All Shorts are:

THE DUDE: 40sec
Dir/Wri/Prod: Bibi Bradbury & Jack Cawthorn (Year 11 Mullum High)
A claymation busker

DREAM: 3min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Rhea Morrow (Year 12 Mullum High)
An experimental montage about the concept of a dream

RIDE ON: 5:07min
Dir: O. Buckworth / Prod: Tim Stokes
An integration of music, songwriting, film, animation & dance

WINGS: 13:02min
Dir: Ly de Angeles & Victoria Sullivan / Wri: Ly de Angeles / Prod: Alex Tinley &, Ly de Angeles / DoP: Paul J Warren / Prod Design: Maggie Schreiber / Edit: Stefan van Jaarlsvelt / Sound Design: Tom Armstrong
The angel of death is the most misunderstood of all angels.
He attends sessions with a psychiatrist, seemingly depressed.
While still carrying out his eternal duties of attending death and helping souls with afterlife options he also dabbles in the odd cause of death.
Eventually he presents a radical solution to the psychiatrist: the surgical removal of his wings is the only way, he informs her, that he can have a ‘normal’ life.
In reality he gains great pleasure from his work and the reality is that the psychiatrist is on life support after a car accident and he is simply waiting for her.
The story was always all about her and the angel has been honest from the beginning.

THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED: 3min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Richard Atkinson & Daniel Mason
A video of how the revolution will be televised

SAYONARA: 7:20min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Caroline Fisher
Bitter sweet drama depicting a day in a life of a traditional Japanese man

iQ-Flickerfest Jury Award for Best Short Film
THE COTTAGE: 12:44min
Dir: Lorraine Bell / Prod: Rani Willis
A doco highlighting the role of the Fletcher St Cottage plays in the lives of the underprivileged & the broader community

iQ-Flickerfest Special Mention of the Jury
FACE VALUE: 1:54min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Ellie Alford & Colin Mathers
A film about the potential dangers of internet predators

——-Intermission

SEEKERS OF THE SUN: 4:36min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Louise Kahj / Edit: Brendan Shoebridge
Music video clip about coal seam gas mining with actors playing out work scenario

SAE Emerging Talent Award
ZOMBIE TACO: 5:26min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Max Quinn, Callan Brunsdon, Scott Sowter
A music video about the Zombie Taco

TEAHUPOO UNCUT: 9min
Dir/Prod: Simon Saffigna
The biggest, heaviest, scariest surfing session at Teahupoo Hawaii

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX: 1min
Dir: Stefan van Jaarsveld / Prod: Sai Frame
Think Outside the Box asks the audience to think again about their daily use of packaging, plastics and other non-recyclables. The consequences can be dire – “pay for the product… not for the packaging!”

HEAD FOR THE HILLS: 8:44min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Wendy Andrews
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love, it will not lead you astray” ….a film that embodies THE WORDS OF 13th century sufi poet Rumi’

Essential Energy Audience Award
SHALL WE DANCE- The Tommy Franklin Story: 18:57min
Dir: Kurt Mayes / Prod: Kurt Mayes & Travis Hanley
A doco about Byron Bay’s own “Dancing Man” Tommy Franklin

Films Total Running Time 92:45min

The jury for the Byron All Shorts competition is Emma Moroney (Supervising Producer from Movie Network Channel), Nerida Moore (Screen NSW’s Senior Development and Production Executive), Lisa Shaunessy (Independent producer, she was formerly the Creative Executive at Hugh Jackman’s Seed Productions) & Bronwyn Kidd (Documentary maker and Flickerfest Director)

BYRON ALL SHORTS Film Festival Partners

Cash Prize Partners

Creative Media Partner & Emerging Talent Cash Prize Partner

Industry Prize Partners

Media Partners

Restaurant Prize Partner

Byron All Shorts is presented with the iQ Arts & Eco Centre, and is a fundraiser for iQ Inc.
See & support our local film-makers alongside the best in the world.

Byron Region Premiere of Brand New Feature Film
Wednesday 6th July, 2011
Door: 6pm / Film: 6.30pm
Byron Community Centre
Tix: $10 full / $8 conc (only @ door)

* Arakwal Welcome To Country
* Intro & Q&A after film w/ Shai Pittman (leading actress)

Refreshments after screening
(event supported by ICC & BSC)

HERE I AM

Wri/Dir: Beck Cole
Prod: Kath Shelper
DoP: Warwick Thornton
Starring: Prof Macia Langton, AM / Shai Pittman

View Trailer at: www.hereiamfilm.com

Synopsis: Karen is a beautiful young woman with a dark past, but she’s got potential and she knows it. Fresh out of prison, she fnds herself on the streets with a burning desire to turn her life around but no one to call for help. Eventually she fnds a haven at a shelter for women like herself. With the support of her new community of friends, Karen begins the journey of reconnecting with her estranged mother and her young daughter, and she is soon propelled to face the most diffcult truths of her life. But she’s determined to never give up. Set and shot in and around Port Adelaide, Here I Am is a moving and hopeful story about the strength and resilience of women.

“HERE I AM” Premiered earlier this year to a standing ovation at the Adelaide Film Festival

Rolling Stone (Ed Gibbs)
Four Stars ****
[Shai] Pittman boasts an undeniable screen presence, with her co-stars uniformly excellent … Some of the scenes in the women’s house are great fun, plus there’s an imaginative, edgy soundtrack … Smart, subtle and engaging.

Shai Pittman (Leading Actress – ‘Karen’) will be Introducing the film, w/ Q&A after screening:
Shai started her acting career at the age of seven as a featured extra on a run-away bus in an episode of Police Rescue. She’s still got an on-set photo of her with Gary Sweet. In between she has featured as Cathy Freeman’s body double in an Earth Hour commercial, posed as an athlete on the billboards and postage stamps celebrating the Athens Olympics and played a supporting role in an episode of All Saints. Her most significant work is playing opposite Chris Haywood in an AFTRS short film, the celebrated two-hander Fuse in 2005. Shai, a Blacktown girl, is a water baby and loves diving for abalone with her Yuin family and friends on the South Coast of NSW.

Beck Cole – writer & director:
Hope and Forgiveness
For the past five years a character named Karen has lived in my head – she is in her mid” twenties, is a daughter and a mother and has just been released from prison. Yet the film is not about prison and I’ve never wanted it to be. It is a film about a young woman who has made mistakes and is in a very fragile place – on the outside, unwanted, alone and trying in her own way to make the right choices.
Here I Am has been a long journey for me but the reason for wanting to tell this story has always been the same – I strongly wanted to make a film about a family of women on the brink of no return. A family that had suffered loss, grief, anger and resentment but was glued together by love – and in this story love is a child.
I started writing the script soon after I’d had my first daughter. So I was drawn to making a film about mothers and their children. And I also thought that I wanted to deal with some of the difficulties that women have and experience throughout life – particularly women that live an underprivileged sort of life. And I wanted to create a story with a character that showed the difficult side of life but also a journey toward hope and the possibilities of a brighter future.
There are also many reasons why I needed to tell this story: politically I am concerned about the disproportionate number of Aboriginal people incarcerated in our country; personally I continue to consider my own life as an Aboriginal woman and my role as a mother; and creatively I am driven to create interesting roles and characters for Aboriginal women to play in a story that speaks beyond the realms of race and hopefully resonates with us all as people capable and worthy of love and forgiveness.

Kath Shelper – producer:
Humour, Friendship and the Third Wheel
Beck and I have been working together on this film during the past five years – intensively in production for the last year and intermittently developing the script prior to that. Whilst the various permutations of the story have changed over the years, there has always been the central character of Karen as the strong protagonist. Beck’s previous two short dramas (Flat and Plains Empty) have also featured strong female characters in isolation. Without dipping into amateur psychology, it’s not hard to see her fascination with the place of women in the world and I’m sure this is a theme she will continue to pursue.
We share a great friendship as well as a working relationship, both of which have developed over the past seven or so years we have been a team – along with our third wheel Warwick
Thornton (cinematographer, husband, collaborator, drinking partner). Together we have a terrible sense of humour, which often gets us into trouble. Laughing has got us through many trying times and I hope that audiences can appreciate the humour and joy in the film.
To my knowledge, this is the first feature film that has concentrated on urban Aboriginal women in a contemporary setting. Most films that have come before have been about blokes, set in the past or set in the regions. Here I Am is a rare insight into a world of women most people know little about, but which has a universality about it by the fact that they are all just getting on with their lives in the best way that they know how, hoping for a better future. And in some cases getting it.

FLiCKERFEST 2011

20th International Short Film Festival
21st – 23rd  January 2011 – A&i Hall, Bangalow

International 1 on Friday night (with pre-screening party/drinks/nibbles)
International 2 on Saturday night
Best Of Australian Shorts on Sunday night
Doors: 7.30pm each night – Films start: 8.30pm
Running Time: (approx 100min each) MA15+

Friday: $20 / 17 conc includes Opening Night Party with Jameson whiskey, Coopers beer, Rosnay organic wine & Phoenix drinks
Sat or Sun: $15 / 12 ea
Festival Pass: $40 / 35 conc

This year Flickerfest received 1793 entries, of  which 108 were selected for the final competition from all around the world.

In it’s 12th year, Byron Shires longest running film festival, Flickerfest will screen a selection of multi-award winning Best of International Shorts on Friday & Saturday night; and the Best Of Australian Shorts on Sunday Night.

See & support our local film-makers alongside the best in the world at Flickerfest & Byron all Shorts.
Food & Drinks Available | BYO cushion | Chairs supplied | Arrive early for best comfort.

Tickets: Barebones Artspace (Bangalow-noBF) | All Music and Vision (Byron, Ballina, Lismore.+BF) |& @ door.

Byron Flickerfest, & Byron All Shorts are presented with the iQ Arts & Eco Centre, and is a fundraiser for iQ Inc.

BYRON ALL SHORTS 2011

Northern Rivers Short Film Competition
presented by iQ

Screening: Sat 22nd Jan Films Start: 5.00pm (Doors open – 4.30pm)
Awards: Sun 23rd Jan Prior to Flickerfest: 8.00pm (Doors open – 7.30pm)
Bangalow, A&I Hall
Films Start: Sat 5.00pm (Doors open – 4.30pm)
Tickets: $8 / 5 conc (also included in Flickerfest 3 day Festival Pass $40/35)
Running Time: 100 mins (inc intermission)
Session Rating: MA15+

The ‘Byron All Shorts’ competition will celebrate the film making talent in the Northern Rivers region and encourage audiences to experience the many local stories that are produced in the region each year.
This competitive local programme will screen on the 22nd January 5pm alongside the Byron Flickerfest 3 day screening’s of the best of the worlds short films.

BYRON ALL SHORTS Programme (official selection & award winners)

‘Immcaulate Condition’ 4min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Nigel Carboon
An unexpected chance occurs for two people to re-connect through automotive beauty.
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY – BAS 2011

‘F My Life’ 8min 30sec
Dir/Wri: Terese Van Twest
Prod: Terese Van Twest/Jackson Hughes
Tegan, a young woman that spends more time on facebook & texting than talking to people near her is shocked to learn of a family tragedy on facebok.
SOUTHERN CROSS CREDIT UNION – AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FILM – BAS 2011

‘The Joy Is Real’ (working title: ‘Being Able 2’) 16min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Susie Forster
Discover what’s possible for people with special needs in this remarkable and inspiring music theatre group.
COUNTRY ENERGY – JURY AWARD FOR BEST FILM – BAS 2011

‘Wolf’ 1min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Grace Taylor
A mystical cell animation which explores a curiosity for wolves.

‘Be Inspired’ 2min
Dir/Wri: Jo Lange
Prod: Olivia Feng
A photographer in search for an intriguing composition wanders through the woods as he suddenly seems to find inspiration in the appearance of a mysterious figure. Only the figure is not made of flesh & bone, but of lead & chalk.

‘RaHOW’ 9min 15sec
Dir/Wri/Prod: Sho Wakejima
“RaHOW 2010” is an artistic portrait of the Lismore peace group “Remembering and Healing Old Wounds”, documenting their multicultural, multi-faith events; & the wide support they receive.

‘Long Road To Olympia’ 26min
Dir/Wri/Prod: Michael Cuming
Culturebank, an Aboriginal dance group Nunukul Yuggera touring through Greece; performing on sacred sites including the original running track in Olympia and the Herodus Atticus at the Acropolis in Greece. And performing along-side Paco Pena, Shaolin Warriors, Voix Bulgares, Tibetan Monks, Sioux and Lakota tribes, Cuban & African dancers and musicians for the opening of the Cultural Olympiad.

‘Deep Tube Riding’ 5min
Dir/Wri/Prod: George Greenough
Story about filming deep tube riding.

‘Impact’ 6min
Dir: David Swann
Wri: Fiona Eagger/Deb Cox
Prod: Ree Evans
Impact is a mini documentary about the confronting reality of the fall out from fatal road accidents. The film was created with a group of Northern Rivers youth who shared their stories about how road trauma has affected their lives.

‘The Caretaker’ 15min (out of comp)
Dir/Wri: Alanna Rose
Prod : Jade Rose
The Caretaker is a moving account of a unique sporting history many Australian Indigenous boxers experienced during the last century.

Prgramme Running Time: 93mins

Awards
Two prizes awarded as part of the competition are:
Jury Award– selected by Industry professionals, Bronwyn Kidd (Flickerfest International Short Film Festival national director, & will be present to introduce the screenings), Cynthia Connop (Screenworks Chairperson & Filmmaker) & Russel Burton (SAE Byron, Head of Film)
Audience Award– voted by those in attendance.

The Country Energy Jury Award for Best Short Film winner receives: $500 Country Energy cash prize; Avid Media Composer software; Italian At The Pacific lunch for two; 1yr double pass to Flickerfest; a Screenworks membership;
In Your Face 1 day edit/filming; Manage Your Film production software; SAE Byron short course in Film; Bangalow Chamber $100.

The SCCU Audience Award for Best Short Film winner receives: $500 SCCU cash prize; Gorilla production software; Utopia Cafe lunch for two; 2 festival passes to Flickerfest Byron Bay 2012; a Screenworks membership;
In Your Face 1 day edit/filming; Manage Your Film production software & SAE Byron short course in Film.

The Byron All Shorts screening will be on Saturday afternoon at 5pm with announcement of the winner at the Sunday night Flickerfest screening.

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