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WIDE ANGLE EVENTS SDA AND SPAA FRINGE PITCHING COMPETITION Want a return flight to the Cannes film festival (or an international screen market of your choice), $1500 spending money and recognition from the screen industry? Pitch Seminar with Trish Lake - 13 August 5pm - 6pm Pitch one-on-one sessions with Trish Lake (one left) - 14 August Pitching Competition held - 19 August - 6pm Entrants may pitch any genre, form and duration from TV series to features, animation and multi-platform content and are encouraged to present projects which have strong commercial viability. The winning Pitcher will receive a return airfare to Sydney for one person, plus two nights accommodation. The State Winner will also receive free registration to SPAA Fringe, to be held in Sydney on the 22nd – 23rd October 2010. The State Winner will be required to take part in the National Pitch at SPAA Fringe, where they will re-present their pitch to another industry panel. There will be 2 winners of the SDA National Pitch, each of whom will receive; $1500 cash, free registration to the Screen Producers Association of Australia Conference (valued at $1650 each) and a guaranteed place in the Holding Redlich Pitching Competition at SPAA 2010! To register for the Pitch and to receive rego details contact Jo Collins: info@wideangle.org.au You must be a Wide Angle member to compete in the pitch. THE PITCH SEMINAR WITH TRISH LAKE When: 13 August 5pm to 6pm Where: SAC Meeting Room, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart Cost: FREE Come along to a seminar where you will get some top tips from an industry leader on how to make your Pitch as good as it can possibly be! This event is open for everyone to attend – not just the people who are competing in this years SDA Pitch. Trish Lake has over 30 years experience in the media, entertainment and communications industries. Trish was until recently national president of the Screen Producer’s Association of Australia, and won the prestigious SPAA 2004 Feature Film Producer of the Year Award for her first feature film, ‘Gettin’ Square’. Currently Trish is developing the feature film ONE MORE RIVER (dir: Kate Woods; Cast: Jessica Lange), to begin production in the USA in 2010. PITCH COACHING SESSIONS When: 14 August 9.30am – 3pm - ONLY ONE PLACE LEFT!! Where: Wide Angle Office - Salamanca Arts Centre, 77 Salamanca Place, Hobart Cost: $20 To maximise your chance of being the winner of the Tasmanian SDA Pitch, WAT has organised 4 x one on one coaching sessions with acclaimed Producer Trish Lake for the competitors. If you miss out on a one-on-one session with Trish, Wide Angle Tasmania is offering subsidised consultations with one of our SAS advisors (list of advisors on our website: http://www.wideangle.org.au/index-5.html#advisors ). You can receive specialised pitching advice for only $20, (normally $75), to make your Pitch the best it can be. SDA PITCHING COMPETITION When: Thursday 19th August 6pm Where: Dechaineux Lecture Theatre, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hunter Street, Hobart. Cost: Free Participants in the SDA Pitch will be invited to present their pitch to a panel of industry experts. There will be a maximum of 8 pitches on the night. Participants will have a maximum of 3 minutes to present their projects, with time allocated to questions from the panel of judges. Applicants will have access to a digital projector for The Pitch, but it must all fit within the allocated 3 minutes. Other support material is at your discretion. The judging panel will make a decision on the night and will be made up of industry experts who will be announced in August. Anyone who simply wants to observe this process is welcome to attend this session too, as the bigger the audience, the more fun it will be! Applications to Pitch deadline is Friday July 23rd. To register for the Pitch and to receive all the info contact Jo Collins: info@wideangle.org.au  Elise Taylor - 2009 SPAA Fringe winner from Tasmania!SHOWTIME Talent Assist Scheme is designed to profile the work of an emerging producer at the SPAA Conference. The winning entry will be screened to over 700 delegates including international guests, producers, acquisitions executives, financiers, programmers, distributors and broadcasters. This year’s winner will also receive a 1 MEGAPIXEL DVD HANDYCAM proudly sponsored by SHOWTIME and a complimentary registration to the SPAA 2011 Conference. Deadline: 10 September 2010, 5pm. More info DigiSPAA – Digital Feature Film Competition is recognised as the leading showcase for low-budget filmmaking in Australia and New Zealand. The winner will receive $15,000 cash and $20,000 worth of post-production, a guaranteed screening of their film on the Movie Extra channel, plus return airfare and free registration to the prestigious CineMart International Film Festival in Rotterdam. Deadline: Friday 17 September 2010, 5pm. More info ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL TOUR OF TASMANIA Don’t miss your chance to see ‘The Best of the Fest’ as the St Kilda Film Festival hits the road taking in 37 destinations Australia-wide with a selection of shorts that includes Festival award winners and stand out favourites. The Tasmanian Raw Nerve 2009 film; Water: A Poem, will be screened at the Cygnet, Wynyard and Queenstown screenings! This film was written by Justus Neumann, produced by Dominique Hurley and co-directed by Justus Neumann and Andrew Del Vecchio. These exciting films, which cover a diverse range of subject matter ranging from laugh out loud comedy to quality drama, share an infectious passion for the medium, limited only by the size of their relatively modest budgets. Our short filmmakers push the creative envelope producing work which delights and provokes. Cygnet Cygnet Town Hall Supper Room Friday 30 July Queenstown The Paragon Theatre Sunday 1 August Wynyard The Old Wynyard Theatre Monday 2 August Hobart State Cinema Wednesday 4 August Further screening details: Click Here For details on the films being screened visit: www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/  The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) in partnership with Wide Angle Tasmania present: BEYOND THE FRAME: INTRODUCING AUSTRALIAN FILMMAKERS AND MEDIA ARTISTS TO FULLDOME The emergence of ‘destination cinema’ and the proliferation of large-format screens in public spaces present a challenge - and opportunity - to filmmakers working in traditional screen formats. At the very least a new cinematic language is required, one that takes account of the audience’s very different experience of stories presented on large-format, ‘frameless’, screens. As Academy-Award winning director and Dome Lab tutor, Ben Shedd, puts it, “the frame is our frame of reference”, when we remove it “we create virtual first person experiences rather than second hand events”. Fulldome is such a format, presenting large-scale immersive experiences on hemispherical screens. However, unless you have the chance to experience this for yourself, it’s almost impossible to grasp its immersive power and story-telling potential. So we’ve organised a special one-off industry screening to give you the opportunity to do just that! FULLDOME - INDUSTRY SCREENING Saturday 7th August 2010, 4pm – 5pm To be introduced by Peter Morse, a Hobart-based filmmaker and recipient of the Sydney Film Festival’s 2010 Peter Rasmussen Award for Innovation. Launceston Planetarium Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Inveresk 2 Invermay Road, Launceston TAS 7250 FREE admission, but bookings are ESSENTIAL as places are strictly limited. To book, call or email ANAT – (08) 8231 9037 or admin@anat.org.au For more info: visit www.anat.org.au Wide Angle Tasmania will be arranging car pooling and/or subsidised travel for the screening. For people wishing to travel from Hobart to Launceston for the screening call WAT on 03 6223 8344 or email info@wideangle.org.au DAVID BRADBURY DOCUMENTARY MASTERCLASS + SCREENINGS
 Wide Angle Tasmania is proud to present internationally acclaimed documentary film maker David Bradbury in Tasmania this August. David Bradbury is one of Australia’s best known and most successful documentary filmmakers. His films have been shown on all the major Australian commercial and public broadcast networks as well as overseas. He has won countless international film festival prizes, won five AFI awards and received two Academy Award nominations. Screening + Q&A of Frontline (in partnership with the ACS Tasmania Branch) When: Thursday August 26th @ 6pm Venue: Philip Smith Centre, 2 Edward St, Glebe, Hobart Cost: ACS members free, $10 Book to secure your place, otherwise just turn up and pay at the door. Wide Angle Tasmania - info@wideangle.org.au Frontline is David Bradburys first film, and is a portrait of courageous Tasmanian news cameraman Neil Davis. The film earned Bradbury his first Academy Award nomination. It was shown at the Margaret Mead Film Festival, won first prize at the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals, the coveted Grierson award at the American Film Festival and was screened world wide on PBS, BBC and TF1 in France. Screening + Q&A of My Asian Heart (in partnership with the State Cinema) When: Friday August 27th @ 8.30pm Venue: State Cinema, Hobart Cost: $15 full, $10 concession Bookings: The State Cinema   Hmong - Photo by Philip Blenkinsop My Asian Heart is a portrait of renowned Bangkok-based Australian photojournalist Philip Blenkinsop. The film follows Philip to China where he is setting up an art exhibition, on assignment to Nepal during the pro democracy uprisings in 1996, and reflecting on both his time documenting the conflict in Burma and the plight of the Hmong “survivors” who continue to haunt him. Sydney Film Festival Documentary Prize finalist. Melbourne International Film Festival ATOM award winner – Best Documentary General. Documentary Master-class with David Bradbury When: Saturday August 28th - 9.30am to 3pm (with half hour lunch break) Venue: Philip Smith Centre, 2 Edward St, Glebe, Hobart Cost: $45 full, $30 concession Bookings: Wide Angle Tasmania - info@wideangle.org.au David has been at the forefront of independent documentary film making for over three decades, and in this practical and inspiring master-class he will share some of the techniques and methods he has used in order to create award winning, low budget, powerful films. In the morning session David will demonstrate practical, hands on interview techniques and film making methods that can be used by solo practitioners. In the afternoon session David will be screening and discussing excerpts from a range of his films and will be answering questions from participants. AMPLIFIED - MUSIC VIDEOS PRESENTATION AND SEMINAR Wide Angle Tasmania invites you to take part in a seminar with acclaimed director Josh Logue and lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for Kisschasy, Darren Cordeux.   Josh Logue is an acclaimed music video director for bands such as Empire of the Sun, Hilltop Hoods, The Living End and Kisschasy, and in 2009 won the ARIA Award for Best Music Video. Kisschasy are multiple ARIA Award nominees, and were named 'Artist of the Year' by Channel [V] in 2009. Kisschasy have three gold albums under their belts with the latest being Seizures, a documentary DVD called 'Kisschasy: The Movie" and the band have graced the stage at all major Australian music festivals. In this seminar Josh and Darren will discuss how directors and bands can best work together to make great music videos. There will also be screenings of music videos that Josh has made and that Darren has been in, plus discussion on how directors and musicians communicate on ideas, craft and technical issues that arise from making music videos. The session will also be followed by a Q & A session, and is a unique opportunity for both film makers and musicians. When: Wednesday September 1st Where: Irish Murphy’s Function Room, Salamanca Place, Hobart When: 8pm sharp! Cost: FREE – but bookings are essential. Seating is limited so reservations are essential: Call or email: 6223 8344 or info@wideangle.org.au The presentation of this seminar was assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts. AMPLIFIED - MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION Wide Angle Tasmania invites you to be part of the 2010 Tasmanian Music Video Competition! All entrants to the competition will be screened on the night, judges will award two prizes, plus there will be a People’s Choice Award that will be decided by audience vote. One of the judges of this years event will be Josh Logue, acclaimed music video director for bands such as Empire of the Sun, Hilltop Hoods, The Living End and Kisschasy. First Prize for Best Music Video will receive $500 cash, $500 worth of equipment hire from Wide Angle Tasmania, and a one on one mentoring session from Josh Logue. Runner Up will also receive a one on one mentoring session with Josh plus $200 worth of equipment hire. People’s Choice Award will receive $300 worth of equipment hire, plus a one on one mentoring session with Josh Logue. When: Thursday September 2nd Where: The Republic Bar (upstairs), 299 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart When: 7pm sharp! Cost: FREE Open to any (resident) Tasmanian film maker or Tasmanian band, this is guaranteed to be a top night! Entry is free – simply drop in a DVD of your clip with your contact details to Wide Angle Tasmania by Monday August 23rd. Please note: mentoring sessions with Josh Logue will only be offered in the morning of September 3rd 2010. For more info phone Wide Angle Tasmania on 6223 8344 or email info@wideangle.org.au www.wideangle.org.au The presentation of this competition was assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts. RAW NERVE WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2010! WIDE ANGLE TASMANIA is very proud to announce the WINNERS of RAW NERVE 2010! We had 20 applicants from all over Tasmania but only three Directors could be selected and they are: Rebecca Thomson – with the film Slashed, Writer: Claire d’Este, Producer: Rogan Brown Two women explore their erotic fantasies through the online world of sci-fi fan fiction. Sara Pensalfini Brown – with her film Exit – Pursued by a Bear, Producer: Dan Weavell Married Madeline can no longer sustain her storybook existence and longs for a grizzly end. Dan Speed – with his film Thicker than Water "cruel is the strife of brothers" When Darkie and Blondie reunite the bonds of bloodline are endangered. 
 The selection panel for Raw Nerve 2010 were: Sally Browning – Writer, Director Producer and currently Investment Manager Drama, (Production Investment) at Screen Australia Sharon Connolly – Writer, Script Editor, Director and Producer of documentaries, TV drama, feature films and multimedia titles with more than 25 years experience in the Australian film and television industry. Sharon has also held senior executive and board positions with Film Victoria and Film Australia Limited (now absorbed into Screen Australia). Sharon is also on the Wide Angle Tasmania board. Jonathan Dawson – Film writer, Director, Broadcaster and Academic who has written and directed for many Australian television series (including five police series!), as well as hundreds of television and cinema commercials, educational programs, documentaries and corporate videos. Jonathan is also film reviewer for ABC local radio. “The judges were impressed by the calibre and diversity of entrants, and specifically commented on the great sense of collegiality that is present amongst Tasmania’s film makers”, said Bev Jefferson, General Manager of Wide Angle Tasmania. “This is a unique chance for Bec, Sara and Dan to make a short film, with technical and financial support, plus mentoring from established film makers. They also gain access to production and post-production equipment, a colour grade and sound mix, and a special industry premiere screening. On top of all that, each of them receives $4000 cash.” Raw Nerve is a joint initiative developed by Screen Development Australia (SDA) and Screen Australia and is aimed at assisting budding new filmmakers who have not previously had a screen credit on a broadcast film.  MYSTATE FINANCIAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL OUR FORUM IS NOW LIVE! The official Student Film Festival Forum is now live, and you'll find it on our website www.mystatefilmfestival.com.au It's a fantastic resource for everyone taking part in the Student Film Festival. Simply register to start chatting with others about film-making topics, to read the latest official news and announcements, and to ask movie-related questions of our panel of experts! WANT AN OFFICIAL 2010 STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL GUIDE? The Guide is an inspiring journey into what the Film Festival is all about. It contains simple steps on how to enter, links to resources, advice and photos from previous entrants, and information for teachers on how the Student Film Festival can fit into the curriculum. Check out our Guide to the Student Film Festival. FILM-MAKING WORKSHOPS... These workshops will be a fantastic way for everyone to extend their film-making skills, and to meet other film buffs. The workshops will be run by Wide Angle Tasmania (a Student Film Festival supporter), and will cover various aspects of film-making. We're now calling for expressions of interest from teachers and students, for both the topics you'd like covered, and the amount of people you envisage taking part. Please email us at info@mystatefilmfestival.com.au to register your interest. PLEASE NOTE: These workshops will only be held if we get sufficient numbers. CONGRATULATIONS ASH DUNN UP FOR EMMY AWARD Congratulation to Ash Dunn, a cameraman from Launceston who has been nominated for an Emmy Award. Ash Dunn has been nominated in the category for outstanding cinematography for a non-fiction program. He worked on the Animal Planet program Whale Wars: Season Two which explores the anti-whaling organisation Sea Shepherd. Mr Dunn, who also works for ABC News, is jointly nominated with Colorado's John Mans, Tim Wheeler from Los Angeles and South Australians Simeon and Jamie Holland. The awards will be announced on August 30 (AEST). LAUNCH OF CUPCAKE: A ZOMBIE LESBIAN MUSICAL Congratulations to Rebecca Thomson and Rogan Brown for the VERY successful launch of Cupcake: A Zombie Lesbian Musical. Hundreds of people turned up to the Peacock Theatre to see what Cupcake was all about and all left with a smile on their face!! We wish Bec and Rogan all the success with Cupcake as it now commences it's journey throughout the World!! BERNARD LLOYD WITH HOMO TASMANICUS Congratulations to Bernard Lloyd for his film Homo Tasmanicus being accepted into the MUFF festival. WIDE ANGLE RESOURE LIBRARY Drop into the Wide Angle offices at any time to browse our resources library. We have all the latest copies of Encore, IF and Metro magazines, books such as: Directing, Film Techniques and Aesthetics by Michael Rabiger; Hands On by Marcus Gillezeau; Film Production Management by Bastian Clevé as well as an extensive DVD collection. If you have suggestions for some book titles that you would like us to have, please give us a yell. OTHER NEWS AND EVENTS...
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