FLICKERFEST 2013 presented by RENAULT WINNERS OF THE 22ND ANNUAL FLICKERFEST AWARDS ANNOUNCED

The 22nd annual FLICKERFEST International and Australian awards were announced this evening at a star-studded ceremony at the Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach. Attended by celebrated guests from the Australian and the International film industry, the Closing Night ceremony honoured the esteemed entrants in this year’s competition. FLiCKERFEST’s Best Australian Short Film Award has now joined FLICKERFEST’s existing Award for Best Film and Best Animation in the international section in becoming Academy® Accredited creating even more excitement around this much anticipated award. Following the ceremony, a selection of the winning films were screened before the Closing Night Party took place.

And the winners are:

AUSTRALIAN AWARD WINNERS:

Flickerfest Award for Best Australian Short Film, (Academy® Accredited):

YARDBIRD

Director: Michael Spiccia

Writer: Julius Avery

Producer: Jessica Mitchell

Flickerfest Award for Best Australian Short Film, (Academy® Accredited) – Highly Commended:

A FIRST DATE

Director: Alex Weinress

Writer: Charlie Garber, Lucy Wirth

Producer: Catherine Weinress, Renae Begent

Canon Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film:

DUMPY GOES TO THE BIG SMOKE

Wri/Dir: Mirrah Foulkes

Producer: David Michod, Michael Cody

Miller Australia Award for Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film:

SUSPENDED

Cinematography: Denson Baker ACS

Wri/Dir: Damian Walshe-Holwing

Avid Award for Best Editing in An Australian Short Film:

YARDBIRD

Editor: Jack Hutchings

Huzzah Sound Award for Best Sound in an Australian Short Film:

SUSPENDED

Sound Design: Andrew Plain

Wri/Dir: Damian Walshe-Holwing

SBS Television Award for a Film Chosen by SBS for Broadcast:

A FIRST DATE

Director: Alex Weinress

Producer: Catherine Weinress, Renae Begent

Writers: Charlie Garber, Lucy Wirth

FLICKERUP AWARDS:

SAE Institute FlickerUp Award for Best Upper High School Production:

MY CITY WALKABOUT

Wri/Dir/Prod: Mateuse Pingol, Emmie Seaton

Yoram Gross FlickerUp Award for Best High School Animation:

POLAROID

Wri/Dir: Monica Ip

Prod: Melbourne Girls College, VIC

Flickerfest FlickerUp Award for Best Primary School Production:

FANTASEA

Wri/Dir: Year 5 & 6 students

Prod: Miranda Public School, NSW

Flickerfest FlickerUp Award for Best Primary School Animation:

GREEN TREE FROG

Wri/Dir: Year 5 & 6 students

Prod: Milner Primary School, NT

INTERNATIONAL AWARD WINNERS:

Renault Award for Best International Short Film (Academy® Accredited):

TIGER BOY (Italy)

Director/Producer: Gabriele Mainetti

WRI: Nicola Guaglianone

Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation (Academy® Accredited):

EDMOND WAS A DONKEY (France/Canada)

Wri/Dir/Prod: Franck Dion

Flickerfest Highly Commended Animation:

LUMINARIS (Argentina)

WRI/DIR: Juan Pablo Zaramella

PROD: Sol Rulloni, Mario Rulloni

WRI: Gustavo Cornillón

 SAE Institute Award for Best Use of Digital Technology in a Short Film:

THE CENTRIFUGE BRAIN PROJECT (Germany)

Wri/Dir/Prod: Till Nowak

Flickerfest Award for Best Short Documentary Film:

CROSSED OUT (Sweden)

Wri/Dir/Prod: Robert Duarte

Jungle Software Award for Highly Commended Documentary:

THE AMBASSADOR & ME (Switzerland)

Wri/Dir/Prod: Jan Czarlewski

Flickerfest GreenFlicks Award for Best Environmental Short Film:

THE MONO LAKE STORY (USA)

Wri/Dir/Prod: Ryan Christensen, Jonah Matthewson

GreenFlicks Honourable Mentions:

WILD THINGS (Australia):

Wri/Dir: Richard Mockler; Prod: Sami-Jo Adelman

10,000 TREES (USA):

Wri/Dir/Prod: Sarah Ginsburg, Sarah Berkovich

FLICKERFEST’s Festival Director BRONWYN KIDD has said: We are thrilled that the 2013 festival has been such a success with record crowds and great enthusiasm expressed for the programmes screened. Its great to see short film so warmly embraced by audiences across our ten day event. I would like to congratulate all of the films selected for Flickerfest in competition this year and all of tonights award winners.

PAUL FOX from Renault Australia added: Renault has a passion for the finer things in life, and I think that we would all agree that the films that we have seen this week have certainly filled that category. We have certainly enjoyed partnering with Flickerfest, and sharing the Joie de Vivre here at Bondi Beach.

The festival draws to a close now in Sydney, but embarks on its national tour – first stop is Byron Bay with the festival touring to 46 venues including capital cities and regional venues until May. This includes Melbourne, Alice Springs, Perth, Broome, Canberra, Hobart and Townsville. For full details of the festival including tour dates and venues, please go to www.flickerfest.com.au

Tickets for the tour are on sale now. FLICKERFEST presented by RENAULT is the must-attend summer event not to be missed!

TROP CELEBRATES COUNTDOWN TO FESTIVAL WITH TRAILER RELEASE

Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival, have today released the official trailer signaling the countdown to the 2013 festival, to be held on Sunday 17 February 2013.

Alethea Jones, Tropfest 2012 winner, took time off in between legs to LA where she’s working on multiple projects to create the trailer – a dark and enchanting depiction of the history of the humble balloon.

Jones says making the trailer was an unforgettable experience “I’ve gotten so much out of my win with Tropfest, making the trailer was just another fun way for me to be involved in this incredible event”

Festival Director John Polson says “We’re excited to have our 2013 trailer directed by Alethea. She showed us in 2012 that she is a talented director; she’s done so much since her win and continues to demonstrate her ability as a great storyteller with this trailer”

From the initial brief to output, the team at Cutting Edge crafted the VFX, design and animation onto the live action footage. VFX Supervisor Ron Roberts collaborated with 2012 Tropfest winner Director Alethea Jones on-set, ensuring the transition from shoot to post was realised in a very tight time frame. 

Every in-house department at Cutting Edge was hands on deck, from concept brief to output, providing design, 2D and 3D animation, on-set VFX supervision, grade, compositing and post production. Cutting Edge's creativity shows how effective visual effects are to enhancing story vision within a short film format.

"Cutting Edge is happy to partner up with the team at Tropfest for this year’s festival, and we relish hopping in and throwing some pixels around in support of emerging Australian creative talent, said Brent Grayburn, Cutting Edge Creative Director. 

Noise International worked with Tropfest to create sound and music for the trailer. "We're really excited to be partnering with Tropfest this year" says Creative Director, Bruce Heald.

"It's such a huge event in Sydney's event calendar and one that allows us to do more of the work we really love every year. The trailer has been a lot of fun to work on. It's quirky and charming and there's nothing like being given a long leash when it comes to crafting music and sound for such a nice idea. 

Tropfest 2013 will screen at The Domain, Sydney and at other live venues across Australia on Sunday, February 17.

http://youtu.be/FiOWbemZuoU

Call for Entries to Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival 2012

Newtown Flicks is proud to announce its call for entries for its 2012 Short Film Festival.

We have a rich history here at Newtown Flicks with this season being our 5th festival year since 2007, and that's why we are proud to be the preeminent indie Short Film Festival in Australia.

So why enter our festival?
* Thousands of dollars of both cash and prizes for the winners
* No restrictions on film themes or age
* Each entry can be up to 20 minutes in length
* Only Australian films are shown Winners will be part of a touring collection DVD
* Included film makers will receive 20% of all income from the collections - we have returned over $2,000 to film makers to date
* Judging panel will include such Australian stage, media and film icons as Genevieve Lemon; Garry Maddox; Bruce Beresford as well as TV star Ada Nicodemou
* Winning entries will be included in the international film archive for people from all around the world to view through the International Federation of Film Societies

So come on, 'Get the inside out!'