Bohemian Shorts Fremantle's First Film Competition
Saturday 6 February was the night many local filmmakers had been waiting for. The FTI and a slew of sponsors had set up a local short film festival based in the Port City. An audience of 270 showed up to see what the competition looked like. The quality of entries was high with the festival attracting national and international entries as well as those from W.A.
Films ranged greatly in subject matter and approach; from the homemade simplicity of Kate Vyvyan's THE DOG AND THE STICK through to the war movie with a twist Pete Gleeson's ENEMY; from the stark animated horror of THE COLLISION through to the slickness of the feelgood American entry TRUE BEAUTY THIS NIGHT.
Sheer Freo-ness was one of the qualities encouraged by the competition and this could be found in abundance in Vincenzo Perrella and Dan Osborn's HELLO, IT'S FREO. The film was a follow up to their 2009 film, the YouTube sensation THIS IS PERTH. Fans of the first film discovered that Old Bertie has a rival for terror and that Dan Osborn has even more deadpan expressions to offer the world. Perhaps even more Freo was Chris Pidgeon's extraordinary Dr Freo. Cramming more Fremantle landmarks and locations into its 8 and half minute length, the film told an action -packed story of one tense man's transformation into a calmer, more sequinned individual.
The City of Fremantle Best Film Award with a prize of $3000 went to the Australian drama THE LAUNDROMAT (d. Timothy Melville). The City of Fremantle's Best Fremantle Film was ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, directed by Zak Hilditch. This came with a prize of $5000, which was accepted, by Hilditch and producer Liz Kearney.
Utilising the Reality Show-tested SMS voting system, the audience picked their favourite for the evening Mel Judkins and Tasha Stephenson's Ebay documentary I WILL NOT BE OUTBID.
SMS voting for the Bendigo Bank - Fremantle Community Branch People's Choice Award winner
Also seen in the partisan Fremantle audience were Joachim Strand, Ghazal Lahooti, Pete Gleeson, Kate Neylon, Pierce Davison, Liz Kearney, Vincenzo Perrella, Dan Osborn, Chris Trappe, Aron Dyer, Antony Webb, Pauline Butterworth and Alison James.
The Inaugural Bohemian Shorts Festival was an audience hit and if you filmmakers would like a shot at winning some prize money start thinking about next year's script now.
Films ranged greatly in subject matter and approach; from the homemade simplicity of Kate Vyvyan's THE DOG AND THE STICK through to the war movie with a twist Pete Gleeson's ENEMY; from the stark animated horror of THE COLLISION through to the slickness of the feelgood American entry TRUE BEAUTY THIS NIGHT.
Zak Hilditch, Brad Pettitt, Mayor, City of Fremantle and Liz Kearney
Sheer Freo-ness was one of the qualities encouraged by the competition and this could be found in abundance in Vincenzo Perrella and Dan Osborn's HELLO, IT'S FREO. The film was a follow up to their 2009 film, the YouTube sensation THIS IS PERTH. Fans of the first film discovered that Old Bertie has a rival for terror and that Dan Osborn has even more deadpan expressions to offer the world. Perhaps even more Freo was Chris Pidgeon's extraordinary Dr Freo. Cramming more Fremantle landmarks and locations into its 8 and half minute length, the film told an action -packed story of one tense man's transformation into a calmer, more sequinned individual.
Keith Richardson & Chris Pidgeon
The City of Fremantle Best Film Award with a prize of $3000 went to the Australian drama THE LAUNDROMAT (d. Timothy Melville). The City of Fremantle's Best Fremantle Film was ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, directed by Zak Hilditch. This came with a prize of $5000, which was accepted, by Hilditch and producer Liz Kearney.
Utilising the Reality Show-tested SMS voting system, the audience picked their favourite for the evening Mel Judkins and Tasha Stephenson's Ebay documentary I WILL NOT BE OUTBID.
SMS voting for the Bendigo Bank - Fremantle Community Branch People's Choice Award winnerAlso seen in the partisan Fremantle audience were Joachim Strand, Ghazal Lahooti, Pete Gleeson, Kate Neylon, Pierce Davison, Liz Kearney, Vincenzo Perrella, Dan Osborn, Chris Trappe, Aron Dyer, Antony Webb, Pauline Butterworth and Alison James.
The Inaugural Bohemian Shorts Festival was an audience hit and if you filmmakers would like a shot at winning some prize money start thinking about next year's script now.
Blog by Phil Jeng Kane
Editor, Monitor Magazine 
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