Australian Teachers of Media

The Production Book - Discount on subscription for Members

Inside Film Magazine discount on Subscription for ACTFMN Members

SEARCH
WHAT'S ON?

CIT’s annual Film and Television Awards (FAT Awards) on Friday June 26th from 7pm

This year Fringe is being held at the FOXTEL Television Centre in North Ryde on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th October

WEATHER

SOCIAL LINKS

Thursday
02Jul

Everyone’s a Critic!

Call for Entries – May 21st – 6th July

MIFF and Portable Film are excited for you to be the first to know
about a new competition. Up for grabs are FREE passes to MIFF 09,
where everyone’s a critic!
To celebrate the launch of the Melbourne International Film Festival
2009, Portable is launching the Everyone’s a Critic competition in
association with MIFF!

What you need to do from now till July 6th 2009 is to create a 30
second clip involving the line “Everyone’s a critic.” There are no
genre, format or production limitations- they just have to be your
great ideas put into 30 seconds! Now get critiquing!

 

...So, Portable Film Festival wants you to get a little critical. To
celebrate the launch of the Melbourne International Film Festival
2009, Portable is launching the Everyone’s a Critic competition in
association with MIFF!

It’s true, everyone’s a critic. From the moment I give my coffee three
stars in the morning, to the time I dismiss my leftovers as forced and
derivative, a healthy dose of criticism gets me though my day…

…and Melbourne International Film Festival knows that, at heart,
there’s a little David and Margaret endearingly rambling at each other
inside all of us! ‘Everyone’s a Critic’ is the tagline for the 2009
festival, and we want you to take on the role of selling MIFF this
year…

Melbourne International Film Festival is an iconic Melbourne event;
with 185,000 yearly moviegoers, it’s also Australia’s largest film
festival, and one of the oldest film festivals in the world. Not a
hard sell, right? Well, you’ve got 30 seconds to fill to get us a
movie or promo spot that creatively promotes Melbourne International
Film festival, including the tagline ‘Everyone’s a Critic’…

You can get as creative, and as crazy as you want, with; just keep it
under 30 seconds, and be sure to include those three magic words,
“Everyone’s a Critic.” There are major prizes up for grabs, including
two full festival passports for the winner, valued at over $500. The
audience favourite will also grab a double pass to MIFF’s Closing
Night and Screening party, and every finalist will receive a double
pass to a MIFF session of their choice! What’s more, the winning
content will also be featured online and onsite at Melbourne
International Film Festival 2009!

You’ve got until July 6th, 2009 to get us your film. We’ll announce
the finalists and present them on Portable Film Festival from July
13th – 17th, where our judges will make their decision, and our
audiences will make theirs…

All submissions must be received by 5pm, July 6th, 2009.

For more information; visithttp://portablefilmfestival.com/projects.php

Wednesday
24Jun

BEAM {Canberra Projection Artists}

BEAM DEMOREEL from ACT Filmmakers Network on Vimeo

Produced by ACTFMN Member Ivo Lovric

Monday
22Jun

Canberra Feature Film The Competition 

Film trailer for 'The Competition' Written and Directed by Simon Weaving Produced by John Frohlich

 

Friday
19Jun

Free Movie Tickets!

Wednesday
17Jun

SDA Pitching Competition Now Open

The SDA nationwide pitching competition will send one candidate from each state to take part in ‘The SDA Pitch’ at SPAA Fringe in Sydney.

Six filmmakers from across the country will pitch their projects directly to industry executives who will provide feedback and their card if they decide they’d like to hear more.

Finalists will be selected from a series of pitch workshops staged by each of the six state Resource Centres that make up the SDA and will be flown to Sydney.

Entrants may pitch any genre, form and duration from TV series and features to shorts, animation and multi-platform content. A ‘Wild Card’ component to the session will be allowed, time permitting.

This year the prize package includes:

  • SPAA Conference 09 registration
  • $1800 cash prize from SDA (and $200 for a 'Wild Card')
  • Software and post production package from Azure Productions including a full copy of the new Final Draft 8 Scriptwriting Software valued at $329, a copy of your short film project output on DigiBeta tape, 50 DVD copies of your project in DVD cases with full colour printing

The participating SDA centres will stage pitch workshops as follows:

NSW
Metro Screen

Venue: Metro Screen, Paddington Town Hall, Paddington.
Date & time: Tuesday 4th August, 6.30-8pm
Weblink for info:http://www.metroscreen.com.au

TAS
Wide Angle Tas

Venue: Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Pitch Competition Application: Wednesday 22nd July, 4pm
Pitching Workshop: Saturday 1st August, 1 - 4pm
Pitching Competition: Thursday 13th August, 6pm
Weblink for info:http://www.wideangle.org.au

VIC
Open Channel

Venue: ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne
Date and time: 1st July, 7pm (applications have closed)
Weblink for info:http://www.acmi.net.au

WA
Film and Television Institute

Venue: 92 Adelaide Street, Fremantle
Pitch Competition Application: 31st July, 5pm
Pitching Workshop: Sat 8th August, 1.30pm- 3.30pm (TBC)
Pitching Competition: 26th August, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Weblink for info:http://www.fti.asn.au

QLD
QPIX

QLD Pitching Workshop has already taken place.

SA
MRC

Venue: 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Details to be confirmed.