Just forwarding info about a great OzDox event, all about "Emerging
Documentary Filmmakers" - it involves an open discussion + screening of
short docs, and will be held at UTS campus on October 13th in the evening.
Please pass it on to all interested parties!!

Cheers,
Dee
/Reelife Coordinator

P.S. OzDox is not a partner of Reelife, but I think that generally anything
that benefits emerging filmmakers, and is non-profit - both of which are
integral parts of the the Reelife philosophy - is worth promoting.

It’s that time of the year again....

Silent Cells

is calling for entries
For Youth Films across NSW



YOU have until 21st October 2005 to enter

GREAT prizes and opportunities within the industry.....

For more information
Kerrie McGrath: 0408 292 256

silentcells@...

Entry forms can be found at
www.silentcells.com.au

If selected your film will screen right across NSW!!

Independent film caught short at the tap gallery!!

Call for short film submissions.
Tapes or DVD’s received this month will be considered for screening

Thursday 1st September.

Any films received after this time will be considered for future screenings.

Films can be sent to PO BOX 908, NEWTOWN 2042

All Films will be returned. Please complete the attached submissions form.

CAUGHT SHORT is an indy short film night held the first Thursday of the month at the TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst. It aims to provide a space for up and coming film makers to show and discuss their work… as well as providing access to stories and messages we just don't get to see else where!!! It's a not for profit gig run by a couple of short film enthusiasts, keen to get the voices of the masses heard!

We welcome submission of original films for screening consideration at the next instalment. Films can be any length up to 30 mins and we invite a wide range of subjects and styles. Films can be submitted on VHS or DVD and should have been completed within the last 2 years.
 
For more information please call

Sarah on 0415 437 030 or Tick on 0413 802 162

or email filmcaughtshort@... <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=sarahjaynne@...>

http://caught-short.blogspot.com/ <http://caught-short.blogspot.com/>

www.tapgallery.org.au <http://www.tapgallery.org.au/>

*********  please fwd to any interested parties *********

--
Sarah Lancaster & Sarah McDonald
caught short
po box 908 newtown nsw 2042
tel: 0404 099 149 / 0415 437 030
filmcaughtshort@...
http://caught-short.blogspot.com <http://caught-short.blogspot.com/>

screening venue details: www.tapgallery.org.au <http://www.tapgallery.org.au/>

Please pass this on to your networks!

CALL FOR ENTRIES DEADLINE: AUGUST 12th 2005

Our updated website at www.vibewire.net/reelife has all the information about
Reelife Call
for Entries 2005.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to email me.

Cheers,
Dee Jefferson
Reelife Coordinator
www.vibewire.net/reelife

APPLICATIONS TO BE ON 2005 REELIFE TEAM DUE NEXT WEEK!

PLEASE pass this on to everyone, anyone, and help us find some
friends...
We already have in the team: me, and a FANTASTIC Publicity Manager for
the year (Sarah Jansen QLD), and a Events/Screenings Coordinator for
the year (Gretel VanLane NSW).

Also not included here but needed are designers, for web and print.

x d

---
The Reelife Short Film Festival is looking for some brilliant and
enthusiastic people to join the team for 2005!  Reelife is an annual
short film festival that showcases work by Australian filmmakers aged
25 and under. It is a youth organisation run by young people aged 15 to
30 and has been going since 2002.
 
We are currently looking for staff for this year’s festival. We
need four amazing people with a passion for youth expression coupled
with exceptional skills and experience to make 2005’s festival our best
yet! The positions are:
 
Assistant to the National Festival Coordinator
This position is an excellent chance to make great contacts and get
hands on experience. Working closely with the National Festival
Coordinator, you'll get get to experience first hand what it takes to
coordinate a major project like a film festival. So you'll need to be
enthusiastic about learning project management and you should have good
time management skills. You'll need excellent written communication
skills because you’ll be emailing a lot. If you’re interested in film
we’d like that a lot. For this position you should be 25 years or
under.
 
Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane Publicity Managers
These positions are the perfect opportunity for people with some
experience in marketing, communications and/or public relations to use
these skills and consolidate your experience in a more autonomous
environment than would be available to you elsewhere. You’ll need to be
committed to Reelife as a project and a philosophy; experienced in
virtual communication – email, phone, online chat and so on; and
experienced in producing marketing materials, booking
advertising, and/or media and public relations. Things that will give
you an edge for these positions include an interest in film, experience
you have working with non-profit or grassroots organisations, and
having useful contacts in your city.
 
All positions are volunteer and need a time commitment of about one day
a week. Please forward your resume and a covering letter or CV to
sarah@... by Friday 6th May 2005.
 
For full position descriptions or more information, please contact
Sarah Jansen at sarah@... or 0408 875 577.
 
Reelife is non-profit venture run by Vibewire Youth Services.


----------------
Sarah Jansen

0408 875 577
PO Box 3068
South Brisbane Q 4101
www.sarahjansen.com
www.vibewire.net
 

Dee Jefferson
Reelife Short Film Festival
Festival Director
www.vibewire.net/reelife


Dee Jefferson
Reelife Short Film Festival
Festival Director
www.vibewire.net/reelife

Better late than...never.

Well a big thank you must be thrown out into the cosmos for all the
people who turned up to the Sydney Valhalla Screening of Reelife -
and the Newcastle screening at TINA last weekend! we had 400 and 200-
strong audiences, respectively, which kinda rocked our world :-)

I just wanted to give  a quick run-down of who won what prizes, and
what they won:

Best Film:
Boyd Britton [NSW] for "The Man on the Boat"
$2500-worth hire from Panavision
3CCD Sony DV Cam
Apple iPod
Apple DVD studio pro software
Final Cut Pro 4 software
Subscription to Filmink Magazine

Panavision Prize for Best Cinematography:
Alex Roberts  [NSW] for "Leaves Fall Up" &Jarrah Gurrie [VIC]
for "Bright Lights"
$5000 hire from Panavision
Lighting Kit
Apple iPod
Subscription to Filmink Magazine

Best Documentary:
Rebecca Parker [NSW} for "Blood Brothers"
Apple iPod
Apple isight camera
Apple dvd studio pro software
Final Cut Pro 4 software
Subscription to Filmink Magazine

Best Film by Person Under 18:
Michael Shea [TAS] for "Severely Isolation"
Apple iPod
Apple dvd studio pro software
Final Cut Pro 4 software
Subscription to Filmink Magazine


Audience Choice Award:
Alex Roberts [NSW] for "Leaves Fall Up"
Apple iPod
Apple isight camera
Subscription to Filmink Magazine
Sony DVD player/burner


The winners in each category were chosen by a panel of film and
community-media-type people including Marc Fennell (FBi 94.5FM¹s
Movie Guy and SBS Movie Show); documentary filmmaker, Anna
Broinowski (Helen¹s War, Sexing the Label, Tsunami), Curtis Levy
(The President vs  David Hicks, Hephzibah), young filmmaker and
Reelife 2003 Finalists, Samia Hossain and Tom Dawkins(National
Coordinator, Vibewire Youth Services).

University of Technology Sydney [21st October, 5pm] Gallery Function
Centre
Silent Cells Film Festival NSW Tour [16-23rd October] See website
for details
Australian Centre for the Moving Image VIC October 31st & November
1st 7pm] Federation Square, Melbourne

The Reelife Short Film Festival is a creative project of Vibewire
Youth Services, a non-profit, volunteer youth media organisation
providing creative and media opportunities to young people. For the
second year, the Reelife Short Film Festival is proudly sponsored by
the Sydney Morning Herald.

For further information: email: reelifefestival (at) vibewire.net or
visit
www.vibewire.net/reelife

Ciao for now

x dee n Reelife team

Hey there guys n gals,
it's all drawing to an inevitable conclusion, so be there for the
final chapter, this Sunday September 26th at Valhalla Cinemas,
Glebe, 7.30pm.

The short films screening range from black humour to beautiful,
films that'll make you laugh, films that'll make you cry, possibly
films that'll make you think "shit! i couldve done that! Next year
i'm entering and winning lots of cool shit!"...

On the night we will be giving away silly amounts of stuff, like
Apple ipods, a lighting kit, $7500-worth of equipment hire from
Panavision, Sony DVD player/burner, Copies of finalcut pro and DVD
pro... i'm thinking that giving away so much awesome stuff will be
lots of fun :-)

Judges this year include Marc Fennell (FBi 94.5FM's Movie Guy and
SBS Movie Show); documentary filmmaker, Anna Broinowski (Helen's
War, Sexing the Label, Tsunami), Curtis Levy (The President vs David
Hicks, Hephzibah) and Tom Dawkins (National Coordinator, Vibewire
Youth Services). These guys will be deciding who wins what on the
night - so it's out of our hands now!

Check out the following weblink to see details about the screening
night, including a list of finalist films and short synopses...

http://www.vibewire.net/reelife/screenings.htm

We'd love to see you all there, we hope this screening at the
valhalla will be as special as the previous years. It's a really
great vibe, and we want everyone to come out to the pub with us
afterwards to celebrate another interesting year!

Cheers
x Dee n Reelife Team

Hey furry people
- we are conducting a national survey of young people as consumers
of media. THe surveys are due THIS WEEK, on Friday, and if you get a
complete survey in on paper or online, then you are in the draw to
win:

FIRST PRIZE: $200 Voucher to Wishlist.com.au (online shopping)
SECOND PRIZE: TDK Headphones + Dirty Dog Sunnies
THIRD PRIZE: CD Pack

PLease lend us a hand, to help change youth media!

This blurb explains it all:


Vibewire Youth Services, with the assistance of the FYA's
Partnerships Grant, is developing a map of young people as consumers
and creators of media in Australia.

As part of this, we have developed a survey, for young people
between the ages of 15-30.

Your assistance is needed to make this survey as comprehensive and
broadly representative of young Australians as possible! Vibewire is
a non-profit youth media organisation, and we are looking to develop
new initiatives based on the needs and interests of young people in
relation to media input, access and representation.


How can you help?

Please distribute this email far and wide, to as many young people
(or people who work with young people) as HUMANLY possible! We hope
that this kind of survey will have long-term benefits for young
people, but we need YOUR HELP!


How can young people participate in the survey?

By visiting http://www.vibewire.net/survey/ and filling out our
online survey;
OR

By filling in a printed copy of the survey PDF and returning it to
Vibewire Youth Services, at:


Youth Survey
C/o VYS
GPO Box 446
Sydney
NSW 2001

  For a copy of the PDF, please email deejefferson (at) email.com



Added bonus?

In order to really encourage young people to participate, we are
offering prizes to three survey partipants, drawn randomly from the
collected (and completed) surveys. Just a little thank you from us
for your time!



Cheers,

Dee Jefferson

Vibewire Youth Services

www.vibewire.net

www.vibewire.net/reelife

Hey all!
Well, i've been a sick lil festival coordinator... :-(
The news (belatedly) on the grapevine is that the deadline for
entries has been extended.
THAT's RIGHT! it's not today.
NEW ENTRY DEADLINE: AUGUST 26TH

spread the word...

ALSO NEWS:
up for grabs this year in the prize pool is
- Sony 3Chip camera
- DVD burner/player
- equipment hire from Panavision

Holy crap!
it's been a while...

This year so much has been happening, on a personal and a Reelife
level, that i have almost forgotten to let you all know about Call
for Entries - but not quite.

It's an exciting year for Reelife - a partnership with Silent Cells
Youth Film Festival [NSW], Sponsorship by Sydney Morning Herald -
being financially viable is certainly re-assuring - expanding
screenings to Melbourne, and hopefully some thoughtful films given
we are in an election year, still in IRAQ, and Rove and Belinda
Emmet are getting married. Plenty of food for thought.


CALL FOR ENTRIES 2004


Established in 2002, Reelife is a festival of youth filmmaking and
ideas, designed to create an alternative media outlet for young
people with something to say on issues important to them.

Make a film about what matters to you, whether it be personal,
political, social or a community issue. All entrants must be 25
years old or less. We encourage you to explore ideas in any style,
from comic and quirky, animated and experimental, to documentary and
drama. Films can be a maximum of ten minutes long.



For more info on prizes and to download an entry form,

check out www.vibewire.net/reelife or email
reelifefestival@...



DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: August 13th



Launch Screening/Awards Night:

September 26th, Valhalla Cinema (Glebe)

[Subsequent screening across Sydney campuses, regional NSW and
interstate]



Reelife is a creative project of Vibewire Youth Services, run in
conjunction with Silent Cells Youth Film Festival and Workshop
Program, and N-ATOM.
Reelife is presented by the Sydney Morning Herald!

Hi all!

Firstly: a big congratulations to everyone who just got through
another gruelling school/uni year. You rock. We all rock.

Secondly: for those who did not attend Reelife this year, and those
who did but want to get another perspective on the festival [or see
what the public REALLY thought of your film], check out this review
on vibewire.net:
http://vibewire.net/articles.php?id=2226

Thirdly:  Reelife is screening a "Best of Reelife 02-03" at
the
Bondi Pavilion on January 18th, as part of the Live Bait festival.
It will be an outdoor screening (ooooo!), and more details are to
come…
This screening is proudly sponsored by the Sydney Morning Herald.

Fourthly: Sadly (very sadly) the Wollongong screening of Reelife will no longer
be taking place, due to the Elements Festival (at which we were screening) being
cancelled, due to circumstances beyond that festival's coordinators' control...
These things happen out there in the big wide world.


Til next time,
Dee

-----------------------------------
Dee Jefferson
Festival Coordinator
Reelife Short Film Festival
Vibewire Youth Services

Hola segnors and segnoritas,

Just a (well over-due) shout out about the winners for Reelife 2003.
These were selected on the Launch Screening/Awards night at the
Valhalla Cinema on Sunday 28th September. The panel of judges was:

Tom Zubrycki – Documentary Filmmaker and Producer [Molly and
Mobarak; The Diplomat; Making Venus]
Anna Broinowski – Documentary Filmmaker [Sexing the Label; Romancing
the Chakra]
Thao Nguyen – young filmmaker, activist and Youth Chair of the
Ethnic Communities Council of NSW.
Tom Dawkins – founder and National Coordinator of Vibewire Youth
Services

This year we gave the judges plenty of time to fight amongst
themselves about who should win what. As it was, this was such an
ordeal that one category was shared amongst two films.

Best Film: Little Noel Wants to Fly
Best Film by Under-18s: Dropkicks
Best Documentary: Asian Persuasion AND Unfinished Business
Panavision Prize for Best Cinematography: Mindfull
Audience Choice: Salomon

To see who made these films, where they are from and what age they
are, PLUS read synopses of what the films were about, visit the
Reelife website at www.vibewire.net/reelife.

We still have more screenings to go [see details below], but in the
meantime HUGE thanks must go to our sponsors, the Sydney Morning
Herald, as well as all the prize donors and our media partners.
Thanks also to everyone who entered Reelife this year, and to those
who came on the night to check out the finalist films.
We rocked the Valhalla, with 400 people packing out the main
theatre. This is good coz it means we get to do this all over again
next year.
Til then, get active and inspired and keep making films.

Dee Jefferson
Festival Coordinator
Reelife Short Film Festival
Vibewire Youth Services

P.S. Further Screenings:

- Canberra October 19th 10am [Canberra Short Film Festival 2003 -
National Museum of Australia]
- Western Sydney University October 23rd 4pm [BBG13 Werrington South
Campus]
- Melbourne November 13-14 [Plan: Children as Partners Conference]
- Wollongong December 14th [Elements Festival - Wollongong Botanic
Garden]
- Brisbane December 3 - 7 [Straight Out of Brisbane Festival]

Hey everyone!

Just a quick note to announced the finalists for Reelife 2003. These
are the films that will be screened at the Valhalla this Sunday, at
the Awards Night.

Dream
Dragonhood
Beneath the Hood
Broken
Asian Persuasion
Kacho
Desolato
Dropkicks
Little Noel Wants to Fly
Remote
Survival of the Fittest
Salomon
Unfinished Business
God Bless America
Mindfull
Disturb
Edge Neevus

We had a large team selecting finalists this year, and there were
not only lots of entries, but lots of excellent entries across a
range of styles, genres and topics...
Consequently it was really hard cutting it down to this final list.
A selection of the best of the films that we *cant* screen at the
Valhalla will screen as part of the Reelife tour at campuses,
regionally and interstate later in the year.


In the meantime: the Launch Screening is this Sunday at the
Valhalla, 7.30pm. Ticks are only $10 on the door, and if you think
of this as only being a bit more than 50c per film, you have a real
bargain...and of course you will be supporting a non-profit youth
media project and making sure it keeps happening ;)

There is also the chance for everyone to have their say by coming
along on the night and voting for the Audience Choice Award. We
don't entirely trust the judges, so we want to know everyone else's
opinion.

Ok that is all for now, more updates later in the week.

Cheers,
Dee

Dee Jefferson
Festival Coordinator
Reelife Short Film Festival
Vibewire Youth Services
www.vibewire.net/reelife

REELIFE IS A PROJECT OF VIBEWIRE YOUTH SERVICES, and PROUDLY
PRESENTED IN 2003 by The SYDNEY MORNING HERALD!

Hello everyone.

With call for submissions for Reelife 2003 well-and-truly closed, we
are stoked to announce an increase on last year's number of entries!

Thankyou for everyone who sent us their film - we got a huge range
of styles and topics from all round Australia, and from people
ranging from 12 years to 25. Amongst the entries there have been so
many beautiful, creative and confronting expressions of people's
concerns and perspectives - the standard has honestly blown us away.

At the moment we are in the process of selecting finalists for the
Reelife launch screening/awards night on Sunday September 28th at
the Valhalla Cinema in Glebe.
We anticipate that the finalists will be confirmed and informed by
the beginning of next week.

If you entered a film this year and it is selected as a finalist,
you will need to send us:
* a Mini DV copy of your film (if possible)
* jpeg stills from your film (if not already supplied)
by early next week.


If you want to find out more about the Reelife Festival for this
year, check out the website at www.vibewire.net/reelife.
REELIFE IS A CREATIVE PROJECT OF VIBEWIRE YOUTH SERVICES, and PROUDLY PRESENTED
THIS YEAR by THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

P.S. if you want a taste of what is coming at the Awards Night, there is a
Screening at Sydney University this coming Monday the 15th, of selected
films/finalists and all the Sydney University entries.
This Screening is at 5pm in Tra Baci Cafe, lower level of Manning House, and is
(of course) FREE.

Best wishes to everyone,

Dee Jefferson
Festival Coordinator

REELIFE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH: CALL FOR ENTRIES

Hola everyone! only 1 month left, eeeek.
Wanted to let you know about the news re deadline for submissions, prizes, and
confirmed screenings around the place. Feel free to send this on to anyone who
might be interested in getting active with a camera.

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 29th

Reelife 2003 is calling for entries now! If you are under 25 years
and passionate, then put your ideas into motion in a short film.
Reelife is chance for young people to express their ideas and
perspectives on issues important to them, whether they are community
issues, personal issues, social or even political. We are an open-
genre festival, so we encourage the filmmakers to explore ideas in
any style, from comic and quirky, animated and experimental, to
documentary and drama.
Films can be a maximum of ten minutes long.

For more info and an ENTRY FORM check out our luscious new website
at www.vibewire.net/reelife or email reelife@...

PRIZES:
Among the prizes to be won this year:
- A DVD player
- $5000-worth of equipment hire from Panavision
- $500 in credit from Metro Screen
- Two subscriptions to the Sydney Morning Herald
- Subscriptions to Filmink Magazine

...and more cats in the bag! ;)


SCREENINGS:

Valhalla Cinema Glebe: 28th September

Subsequent campus screenings, including:
* Sydney University Campus (September)
* UTS (Broadway) campus (October)
plus:
* This Is Not Art Festival in Newcastle (October 1-6)
* Elements Festival in Wollongong (November)
* Straight Out Of Brisbane Festival (December 2-7)

REMEMBER: if you are a filmmaker at a campus or regional area where
we are screening, there is an even HIGHER chance that your film will
screen as part of Reelife, as we are showcasing films from the
campus/area at each of these screenings.
So get cracking!

Reelife is happily and proudly sponsored this year by Sydney Morning Herald!

Rock on,

Dee
Festival Coordinator
Reelife Short Film Festival
Vibewire Youth Services
www.vibewire.net

Hello captive audience!

There are over 2 months til entries are due for the Reelife Short
Film Festival 2003. That means
1. we are more organised than last year in getting our call for
entries out.
2. YOU have time to make something for this year's festival; instead
of entering something old, you can get out there and make something
fresh about what's going on in your world, life, community, head,
backyard.

Most of you on this list submitted films last year - and we want
MORE! Even better, spread the word where you live, make our job
easier... Below is the Reelife call for entries spiel: go forth and
conquer.

Dee Jefferson
Festival Coordinator
Vibewire Youth Services

----------------------------------------------------------

Reelife 2003 is calling for entries now! If you are under 25 years
and passionate, then put your ideas into motion in a short film (ten
minutes or less).

Reelife is chance for young people to express their ideas and
perspectives on issues important to them, whether they are community
issues, personal issues, social or even political. We are an open-
genre festival, so we encourage the filmmakers to explore ideas in
any style, from comedy to experimental. For more info check out
www.vibewire.net/reelife or email reelife@...

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 22nd


Reelife is a wholly youth-run project of Vibewire Youth Services.
This year, Reelife is proudly sponsored by the Sydney Morning Herald.

Vibewire is a non-profit youth media organisation, established to
create forums and avenues for the expression of young people's ideas
and perspectives.
To check out Vibewire's online project, visit www.vibewire.net
IF YOU'RE NOT CREATING THE FUTURE YOU'RE LIVING IN THE PAST.

Hey everyone - this is the first peep out of the Reelife Festival
for 2003!
This weekend we are running a seminar as part of Interface, a
festival of ideas about the future of media, democracy and education
in Australia.

The session is called "Reelife: Reality Framed", and features three
documentaries that were screened as part of Reelife 2002. The
session provides an opportunity to see these films, and discuss them
with the filmmakers. Internationally acclaimed documentary filmmaker
Tom Zubrycki will also be there, moderating discussion.
The focus is on getting a community issue out to a broader audience,
through documentary.

DATE: Sunday 27th April
TIME: 3pm - 4pm
VENUE: COFA CAMPUS (corner Oxford st and Greens rd)
ROOM: E101

Films: "Pinned" (Suzy Bates), "My People Our People" (Sarah
Maguire), "Camellia" (Ranya Alkadamani).
Discussion moderated by internationally acclaimed documentary
filmmaker Tom Zubrycki (The Diplomat).


For more information about the other fabulous goings-on at Interface Festival
see
www.nexus.org.au/interface

Cheers,
dee jefferson
Reelife Coordinator
Vibewire Youth Services

Hey everyone, happy new 2003!
Reelife will be returning later this year, and a call for entries
will be announced within the next couple of months.

Meanwhile...in the spirit of our commitment to youth filmmaking and
perspectives,
we'd like to let you know about another festival that is coming up -
Silent Cells 2003 Youth Film Festival.

This is quite similar to Reelife, except it is run as part of the
National Youth Week festivities - i.e. the main screening will take
place during Youth Week in April, at the Valhalla. We love what these
guys do, because it is genuinely about providing a forum for youth
ideas, and not driven by profit and cheap laughs!

Details are below for those who are keen:

entry guidelines:
* open to anyone between 12-25 yrs of age
* submissions due 22nd March 2003
* Short films
* based on youth issues

for more info, check out <http://www.silentcells.com.au/>

Cheers,
dee j.
Reelife Short Film Festival

I'm aware that this is not strictly reelife  related, but i heard about these
two opprtunities for screening/prizes that might be of interest for all you
filmmakers/watchers who are interested in short films
with a cultural and/or social commentary perspective:

1/ The SLJR (Students for Land Justice and Reconciliation) Film
Festival [Melbourne], later this year:
Showcasing indigenous films and films which educate and inform us
about the relationship between indigenous and nonindigenous
Australians.
"Student for Land Justice and Reconciliation are a diverse group of
students based at Melbourne University who aim to support Indigenous
struggle. As a young and growing group they have primarily tried to
inform themselves and other non-Indigenous people about Indigenous
experiences and history since invasion and, importantly, formulate
how they can play a role in reconciliation and in the fight for
justice."

2/ The Carnivale Multicultural Short Film
Prize; a prize for best short film script
or proposal with a multicultural
focus.

The Carnivale Mulitcultural Short Film
Prize consists of a cash prize of $2000,
mentorship support from Macquarie
University, a short course from AFTRS, and
the completed film made by the winner
will screen as part of Carnivale 2003.

Special Screening of the award winning
documentary
MY MOTHER INDIA
Official Fundraiser for the Carnivale
Muticultural Short Film Prize
  - 5:30pm, Saturday 19th October,
Valhalla Cinema, Glebe Point Rd, Glebe -

Details of the prize will be announced at the
screening, and for further information,
email divana@...


Ok, cheers everyone!
dee :)

Well, Reelife launched at the valhalla On September 29th to an
audience of 400, packing out the main theatre! It was a huge success,
and we have had nothing but positive feedback from people about the
films screened.

We screened later that week at This Is Not Art festival in Newcastle,
where the documentary "My People Our People" won audience choice vote
once again!

If you missed out, then there are still four more screenings to go!
This week, we will be screening at:

UNSW: Wednesday 16th October, 6pm [Club Bar @ Roundhouse]

Macquarie University: Thursday 17th October, 8pm [Lounge Bar @ SAM
building]

The films screened will be the following winning films and Finalists:
* Inquisition [best cinematography]
* Pinned [Best documentary: about forest rescuers taking on the State
Logging Authority]
* High Street Love Story [winner best comedy and best film overall]
* My People Our People [Winner of People's Choice award: Documentary
which asks young children what they really know about Aborigines]
* A Life Like Crystal [a short autobiographical documentary about a
young Aboriginal girl's experiences of poverty, drug abuse, and the
criminal cycle].
* Mr Samson [a fantastic short animation about a liberated garden
gnome!]

Also screened will be the best films from UNSW and Macquarie Campuses
respectively, and the audience will vote for the best film from that
campus, which will win a special prize.

Entry is FREE, and there will be prizes for audience members who vote!
The best film as chosen by the audience at each campus will also win a prize.

For more info you can email [reelife@..., or check out
www.vibewire.net.reelife]

I look forward to seeing you there!

dee :)

Well, everyone who was there doesn't need this email to tell them it
was a success - we were totally overwhelmed by the turn out, and more
importantly the amazing vibe of the crowd, who really seemed to warm
to the films they were viewing...

I can't praise the filmmakers enough, it was fantastic work. For
those who weren't there, the winners were:

Best Film: High Street Love Story
Audience Choice: My People Our People
Best Cinematography: the Inquisition
Best Documentary: Pinned
Best Comedy: High St Love Story

Next year we gonna get more prizes, because there were SOOO many
deserving films that missed out.

Thanks everyone who submitted work and/or came - you can't have a
film festival without films, and you can't have it without an
audience either.

dee jefferson
Coordinator
Reelife Short Film Festival

Hey everyone! If you haven't checked out our website recently, then
you might not know that we have forums happening this weekend, on the
day of the screening...
They are informal discussions being held in COFA common room [read:
lots of comfy chairs and sofas!], with invited guests such as Dov
Kornits from Filmink, Jen Peedom from Race Around Australia, Jan Wood,
independent Filmmaker and social historian, and general
filmmaking pros and not-so-pros, our entrant filmmakers, and everyone
who has any interest in film or talking is welcome!

There are three sessions, about 1 1/2 hours each. You can come to
just one or all of them, depending on what interests you! [and its
only $5 for the day].

Check out www.vibewire.net/reelife for session and speakers details.

If you want to register for the forums, contact Skye Wagner on
skye_wagner@... or 0422 640 579.

Look forward to seeing some of you there!

dee :)

Ok, the good news: we really enjoyed watching everyone's films, and
we hope you come back next year for more. This is our first year, so
we were really excited to get such a good response - not just from
NSW which is where we are based, but from Victoria, West Australia
and QLD.

The sad news: if you haven't got a call from us, then you weren't a
finalist! But if you want to see who pipped you at the post, then
come to the Valhalla at 7pm this Sunday [29th] - and you can heckle
if you feel bitter ;)
see website for more details: www.vibewire.net/reelife

Cheers everyone who entered, because you got off your arses and
submitted films about things that are important to you, and things
that the community should really be seeing....

I look forward to meeting many of you on Sunday,

dee jefferson
Coordinator for Reelife

Ok guys - some of you we know are from various university campuses,
but others we're not sure. This is relevant in terms of our campus
screenings: your chances of being screened increase if you go to
Sydney Uni, UNSW, UTS or Macquarie Uni.

Sooo, if you go to uni at one of these, then let me know asap! You
can do this by emailing reelife@... - You just
have to give me your name, your film and your uni, plus your student
number for that uni.

Cheers,
dee :)

Hello All!

Well, the good news is:
In our first year, we received an
overwhelming response from people under
25 who had something to say – from rural,
regional and metropolitan NSW, Victoria,
Perth and Queensland.

So What Now?

We choose the finalist films, we let the
lucky filmmakers know, and we screen 'em!

Main Screening: 29th September, Valhalla
Cinema, Glebe. Doors open at 7pm.
Tickets: $10 on sale at the door.

This is where the finalist films are
shown and the prizes are awarded for best
film, best documentary, best comedy, best
cinematography, and runners-up. After the
main screening, we will tour the winning
films + the best films from each
campus/region at:


* Newcastle: October 3rd, 9pm (as part of
the TINA festival)

* UNSW: October 16th, 6pm (Club Bar @
Roundhouse)

* Macquarie University: October 17th, 8pm
(Lounge Bar @ SAM Building)

* University of Sydney: October 23rd, 7pm
(Manning Building)

* UTS (Broadway Campus): October 24th,
7pm (Glasshouse Bar)


We hope you'll all come and check out the
talent at our Valhalla screening on
Sunday 29th - we've got drama, we've got
comedy, documentaries, experimental and
animated shorts.

If you have any further queries about the
screening please email me at
reelife@..., or check out our
website [www.vibewire.net/reelife].

Cheers,

dee
Coordinator
Reelife Short Film Festival