Award Winning Tasmanian Short Film Screening Program

TASMANIAN FILMMAKERS RECOGNISED ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
Award Winning Tasmanian Short Film Screening
Breeding in Captivity Fundraising Event

Tasmanian Short Film Screening is a retrospective of Internationally award-winning Tasmanian Short Films from the last 10 years. This is the first time an event of this type has been curated giving Tasmanian audiences the opportunity to finally see what the rest of the world has been raving about. Proceeds from the event will be used to finance the Tasmanian Produced feature length film Breeding in Captivity. Breeding in Captivity aims to be the first Tasmanian produced film in Australian cinemas since the 1987 Roger Scholes film Tale of Ruby Rose.

Featuring at the screening will be films by National and International award-winning Directors such as Rebecca Thompson (Slahed & Cupcake: A Lesbian Zombie Musical), Briony Kidd (Room at the Top of the Stairs), Adam Walker (Picollo & Sam), Breeding in Captivity Director Lucien Simon (Stripped Bare), Lucy Gouldthorpe (Kaleidoscope) etc. This is an opportunity for the community and the Industry to look aback on the last few years with pride and recognise the talent that Tasmania is nurturing.

Breeding in Captivity is a locally produced and self-financed feature length film that will be shot between September 1 and October 15. The film brings together some of the States finest filmmakers and actors. The Filmmaking Community of Tasmania is 100% behind this film and to celebrate the achievements of this growing industry and raise funds to take this feature into production Mast Films, the producers of Breeding in Captivity, in conjunction with Wide Angle Tasmania present Tasmanian Short Films.

AWARD WINNING TASMANIAN SHORT FILM SCREENING PROGRAM

Water: A Poem
Nominated for Most Positive Image of Age Award and Best Post Sound Production at St Kilda Film Festival 2010

Room at the top of the Stairs
Best Director, Honourable Mention (Viscera Film Festival (Toronto, Canada, 2012), Distinctive Achievement, Foreign Film (Wild Rose Independent Film Festival (USA, 2011), Focus on Australia' audience choice (HollyShorts Film Festival (USA),2011)

Stripped Bare
Best National Film (Canberra Short Film Festival, Australia, 2010)

Slashed
Best Australian Short Film (Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2011), Special Commendation (Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2011) and Finalist at My Queer Career, Sydney Mardi Gras (2011).

Cupcake: A Lesbian Zombie Musical
Best Short Film Audience Award (Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2011), Best Female Short Film (Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2011)

Kaleidoscope
Winner of the Babelgum-Giffoni Award (Belgium, 2007)

The Silence of White Water
Finalist for best film (under 21 category) at the 2011 Saint Kilda Film Festival, winner of best film at the 2011 MyState Student Film Festival

Sam and Piccolo
Winner of nine international film awards and has also been in official competition at over 70 international film festivals.

And films by award-winning filmmakers and actor

An excerpt from El Monstro Del Mar featuring composer Heath Brown.  As a  composer he has been nominated for various awards and won best feature film score at the Oklahoma Horror Film festival (2010) and received a honorable mention at the Fixon-Sars Film Festival (2010).

Dish Communications by Sky Machine a film production company who won multiple awards at last years Tasmania Advertising & design awards.

Figaro by filmmaker Vivien Mason who won the the Wide Angle Tasmania ‘Quickie at the State’ competition 2012, the Royal Hobart Show TVC Competition 2011, the Audio-visual Copyright Society ‘Screenrights Competition’ 2010 and the Wide Angle Tasmania Music Video Competition 2009.

Exit, pursued by a Bear by award winning actress Sara Pensalfini who won best actress at Onefest (2011) and best actress at ROSCO (1998).

To get behind this event and stay up to date with Breeding in Captivity visit:
http://www.pozible.com/index.php/archive/index/5857/description/0/0

For further information please contact Lucien Simon on 0424 783 702 or email: lucien_simon@yahoo.com