AFI Awards Launch
Last night the Australian Film Institute launched their annual awards season with a screening of the new Australian documentary 'Not Quite Hollywood'.
This documentary was a great choice for an opening night film, it highlights an often underplayed part of our filmmaking history - running through the sex comedies of 'Alvin Purple' and 'The adventures of Barry McKenzie' to the slasher and horror pictures of the 1970's and the 10BA bankrolled work of the 1980's. I was a amazed at how many of the films I had seen, a mispent youth of VHS rentals in the 1980's and late night television.
This is a great fast paced documentary and anyone with an interest in filmmaking should definately go and see it.
At the launch were Artemis International's Karen Williams, Liz Sward from Screenwest, Graeme Watson, Director Mark Hartley and Sara Horvat, April Steadall, Yvette Coyne, Graeme Sward, Chris Bendall the Artistic Director of Deckchair Theatre Company, Documentary Makers Kirrilly Brentnall, Janine Boreland and the rarely photographed Liz Sideris.
This documentary was a great choice for an opening night film, it highlights an often underplayed part of our filmmaking history - running through the sex comedies of 'Alvin Purple' and 'The adventures of Barry McKenzie' to the slasher and horror pictures of the 1970's and the 10BA bankrolled work of the 1980's. I was a amazed at how many of the films I had seen, a mispent youth of VHS rentals in the 1980's and late night television.
This is a great fast paced documentary and anyone with an interest in filmmaking should definately go and see it.
At the launch were Artemis International's Karen Williams, Liz Sward from Screenwest, Graeme Watson, Director Mark Hartley and Sara Horvat, April Steadall, Yvette Coyne, Graeme Sward, Chris Bendall the Artistic Director of Deckchair Theatre Company, Documentary Makers Kirrilly Brentnall, Janine Boreland and the rarely photographed Liz Sideris.
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