Bohemia Opening Night: Hanging on the Telephone
Last night saw the opening of the Bohemia Outdoor Film Festival. It was the first of three WA Screen Awards People's Choice Screenings.
Animations made a strong showing in the program with the films HAIROES and MY EXTRAORDINARY LITTLE SISTER from the Nick Shorts Initiative. These flash animated films stood out from among the mostly live action material that surrounded them. The same could be said of Raging Pixel's THE COLD-HEARTED GIANT. The LINK funded 3D animation is based on an Oscar Wilde short story.
The Tertiary Educators turned out a strong crop of dramas for 2010. Fairytales gone wrong was the common theme of BEDTIME STORIES and BLUE PONIES AND WHITE SKIES. CHASING RABBITS had high production values and strong performances as did the noir-ish BOXED IN.
Perhaps the youngest talent on show last night was in the film CRASH made under the auspices of the Filmbites School. The disaster of teenage binge drinking was put under the spotlight in the 15 minute drama.
Screen Events Manager Liz Sideris was happy with the solid turn out and encouraged the audience to use the brand new SMS voting system.
Fans of television's SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will be familiar with the technology. If you've never voted to keep someone in The BIG BROTHER House or for your favourite AUSTRALIAN IDOL, now you have a chance to exercise your texting thumbs in the cause of Western Australian filmmaking. Each film has a unique code that you can type into your Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia etc and send to our dedicated voting line 0412 055 255. And yep, we have the technology to lodge one vote from one phone.
Seen in the first night crowd were Annabelle Fouchard, Stuart MacKenzie, Wade Savage, Miranda Edmonson, Geoff Miethe, Johnny Ma, Darian Bradara, Julia Ngeow, Shaun Lee-Chen, Zak Hilditch, Antony Webb, Central TAFE's Ross Mccallum and RTR General Manager Graeme Watson among others.
Come on down tonight with the family and enjoy the fruits of the Nick Shorts Initiative. Six WA animated shorts that will run before Hayao Miyazaki's PONYO.
See you there.
Phil Jeng Kane
Editor, Monitor Magazine
Animations made a strong showing in the program with the films HAIROES and MY EXTRAORDINARY LITTLE SISTER from the Nick Shorts Initiative. These flash animated films stood out from among the mostly live action material that surrounded them. The same could be said of Raging Pixel's THE COLD-HEARTED GIANT. The LINK funded 3D animation is based on an Oscar Wilde short story.
Filmmakers! All at the bar. Photographer: Dylan Tilbury
The Tertiary Educators turned out a strong crop of dramas for 2010. Fairytales gone wrong was the common theme of BEDTIME STORIES and BLUE PONIES AND WHITE SKIES. CHASING RABBITS had high production values and strong performances as did the noir-ish BOXED IN.
Perhaps the youngest talent on show last night was in the film CRASH made under the auspices of the Filmbites School. The disaster of teenage binge drinking was put under the spotlight in the 15 minute drama.
Screen Events Manager Liz Sideris was happy with the solid turn out and encouraged the audience to use the brand new SMS voting system.
Fans of television's SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will be familiar with the technology. If you've never voted to keep someone in The BIG BROTHER House or for your favourite AUSTRALIAN IDOL, now you have a chance to exercise your texting thumbs in the cause of Western Australian filmmaking. Each film has a unique code that you can type into your Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia etc and send to our dedicated voting line 0412 055 255. And yep, we have the technology to lodge one vote from one phone.
Seen in the first night crowd were Annabelle Fouchard, Stuart MacKenzie, Wade Savage, Miranda Edmonson, Geoff Miethe, Johnny Ma, Darian Bradara, Julia Ngeow, Shaun Lee-Chen, Zak Hilditch, Antony Webb, Central TAFE's Ross Mccallum and RTR General Manager Graeme Watson among others.
Image: (L-R) Eliza Kavanagh, Sophia McGuckin, Jeremy Rogers, Jacqui Daniels, Georgina Carr, Judith Carr, Sophie Kesteven, Daniel Robinson, Gabe Ayres and Ry Martin. Photographer: Dylan Tilbury
Come on down tonight with the family and enjoy the fruits of the Nick Shorts Initiative. Six WA animated shorts that will run before Hayao Miyazaki's PONYO.
See you there.
Phil Jeng Kane
Editor, Monitor Magazine
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