Category: Festivals

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour – Sydney Randwick Ritz 8 May 2017

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The world’s most prestigious mountain film festival is coming back to the Randwick Ritz. The 2017 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour showcases over 2 1/2 hours of the most enthralling mountain adventure films that will have you planning your next adventure before the credits roll.
The tour is hot on the heels of the largest – and one of the most prestigious – mountain festivals in the world, the Banff Mountain Festival, which takes place every November in the mountain town of Banff, in Canada.

More than 300 of the world’s best mountain sport, culture, environment, adventure, and exploration films are shown during the week-long event. A selection of award winners and audience favourites then tours the globe, visiting 390 communities and 35 countries as part of the festival’s official world tour.
This year, the Australian line-up features two-and-a-half hours of captivating short films shot in some of the most wild and remote corners of the world. Sure to enthral, it showcases a selection of films packed full of mesmerising cinematography, thought-provoking storylines and adrenalin-inducing action sequences.
Audiences will experience incredible highs and agonising lows through the lenses of some of the most accomplished climbers, paddlers, skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, mountain bikers, explorers and adventure filmmakers alive today.
Presented by World Expeditions, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will be screening at the Randwick Ritz for ONE NIGHT ONLY.

 

DATE AND TIME

Mon. 8May,2017

7:00 pm – 10:00 pm AEST

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LOCATION

Ritz Cinema

43-45 St Pauls Street

Randwick, NSW 2031

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Toronto Short Film Festival

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The Toronto Short Film Festival is in its second year of screenings and this is a great opportunity for MAP students to enter their projects into. With no pre-screening requirements and open to all shorts under 50 minutes (including documentaries), it’s worth spending a couple of minutes to enter. The DEADLINE is November 18th so there’s still almost a solid month to get your submission together! There’s also a late entry deadline that’s not until Jan. next year. Some more info below. Enter here

MISSION & OBJECTIVE

Celebrate the very best of international short filmmaking at the Toronto Short Film Festival.

The Toronto Short Film Festival puts on a week of screenings and networking events providing ample opportunities for short filmmakers to showcase their achievements, learn from fellow filmmakers, and build contacts for future collaborations. The Festival also benefits from the vibrant Toronto filmmaking community.

The Toronto Short Film Festival runs every year in March at the Carlton Cinema in downtown Toronto.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

We work to make the Toronto Short Film Festival one of the best places in North American for short filmmakers to screen and be seen. Showcasing the best of international short films, the festival is offers Toronto cinephiles an extraordinary chance to catch the latest trends in cutting edge filmmaking.

Hosting filmmakers from many countries in one of the world’s great film cities makes for an amazing festival full of talent, enthusiasm, and dozens of fabulous films.

Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship

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Alex Murwaski, Anya Beyesdorf, Brooke Goldfinch & Alex Ryan Lexus & Sydney Film Festival Short Film Fellowship Announcement, Cocktail Party at QT Hotel, Messiah Premiere & Blood Father Premiere Red Carpet at State Theatre, Sydney Tuesday 14th June, 2016 Photographer: Belinda Rolland © 2016

2016 recipients of the fellowship: Alex Murwaski, Anya Beyesdorf, Brooke Goldfinch & Alex Ryan

Applications have opened for the 2017 Lexus Australian Short Film Fellowship: 50K to produce your next short film. Must have written and directed an award winning short or be currently studying and have written and directed a short (required to submit the film for review)

For full eligibility requirements see below.

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The Fellowship is open anyone who meets ALL the following eligibility requirements:
• Must be at least eighteen (18) years old;
• Has never directed a full-length feature film, nor be in pre-production on one at the time of submission and thereafter;
• Has written AND directed at least one (1) short film (under 40 minutes in length) which has been accepted to a film festival AND/OR is a current enrolled student in a film school;
• Can speak and write fluently in English;
• Must not have a pre-existing agreement with a film or television studio that would interfere with or prevent with entrant’s ability to participate in the Competition;
• Available to attend 2017 Sydney Film Festival held between 7 to 18 June 2017;
• Is an Australian citizen.

Kino #111: Short Film Gala

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Join Kino Sydney as we throw open our screen to Sydney’s diverse scene of local filmmakers to premiere their madcap, creative, and always inventive short films.

Cheer on short films, gain insights from our Q&As and industry talk, chill out to live music, feel content on pizza, and try your luck on our giveaways.

Tickets are only $10 with all programming and food inclusive. Screening filmmakers get in free.

WANT TO SCREEN?

Use Kino as a space to hone your craft, test how a joke works with our audience, or screen a film as a calling card to meet collaborators amongst our community. We ask only that films are under 6 minutes; no ads or home videos; not available online. Register to screen here: https://kinosydney.com/screen-a-film/

 

DATE AND TIME: Mon 7 November 2016 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM AEDT

LOCATION: 107 Projects, 107 Redfern Street, Redfern, NSW 2016

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Bicycle Film Festival Sydney

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Brendt Barbur, Founding Festival Director, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival when he was hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City.  He insisted on turning his negative experience into a positive one. In 2001 Barbur started the Bicycle Film Festival as a platform to celebrate the bicycle through music, art and, of course, film. The Bicycle Film Festival has been a major catalyst for the urban bike movement, one of the most powerful and culturally relevant forces of the last decade.

BFF returns to Sydney with an art exhibition and opening party on Thursday 24 November, screenings Friday 25th, more screenings and the BFF Sydney after party on Saturday 26th.

More info on their Facebook page

DATE AND TIME
Thu, Nov 24, 2016, 6:00 PM –

Sat, Nov 26, 2016, 11:59 PM AEDT

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LOCATION
Eastside Arts

395 Oxford St Paddington

Sydney, NSW 2021

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Enviro Film Fest Aus Sydney

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The Environmental Film Festival Australia (EFFA) is more than just a film festival – it’s a catalyst for positive and sustainable change. We’re fuelling conversations about how to make the world a better place, now and into the future, with a program of film screenings, discussions and debates.

There are a number of films being screened across next week that are well worth checking out.

TIME TO CHOOSE (OPENING NIGHT)

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Dir. Charles Ferguson | USA | 2015 | 100 mins

Time to Choose presents a comprehensive primer for those uninitiated in the climate change debate and a fresh perspective for seasoned environmentalists alike.

EFFA Sydney Opening Night: Ticket includes pre-film reception with canapés and drinks.

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BUGS ON THE MENU

  • Palace Verona

Dir. Ian Toews | Canada | 2016 | 78mins

Bugs on the Menu asks us to reconsider the dietary choices that many of us take for granted every day by presenting a prescient and informative study of the health and environmental benefits of eating insects.

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The complete list of films and more info is available here

Tropfest Entries – 2017

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Tropfest entries open later this month and close December 15th 2016.

Tropfest will be held next year at Parramatta Park on 17th February. It’s a whole new team so let’s hope for a reinvigorated platform for filmmakers and audiences alike.

Attached below is an entry flyer. More info. to come.

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They also have a filmmakers group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/tropfestfilmmakerpage/773950412743774/?notif_t=group_activity&notif_id=1475199564576233

Sydney Indie Film Festival 2016

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The second edition Sydney Indie Film Festival will take place from the 10th till the 22th of October 2016 in various locations in Sydney including Gladesville, Leichhardt/Annandale and Darlinghurst/Paddington.

Filmmakers are coming to the Sydney Indie for their film Premiere from Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canada, Romania, Sweden & USA!

Sydney Indie Film Festival – Opening Night Event Welcoming all Filmmakers & Film’s Fans!
Film introduced by Filmmaker Tristan Barr followed by Q&A after screenings

Feature Film:

This Little Piggy (AUSTRALIA) (Sydney Premiere)

 

More info here