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Mountain Film Festival - Forums
Forums - Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre
Wed 12 March 2008
Summer Screen Safari is a unique film training initiative. Over the last four months film makers have been planning, marketing, writing, shooting and editing short films on the theme of Tasmanian Gothic, with the support of Wide Angle Tasmania and guerrilla film maker Rachel Lucas.
As part of the Mountain Film Festival, two forums will be held to screen the films and to discuss the project directions as well as general issues related to film marketing and distribution.
Summer Screen Safari Forum
Part 1: Summer Screen Safari Screening and Discussion
6.30pm Wed 12 March 2008Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre
FREE!
Summer Screen Safari is a unique film training initiative. Over the last four months film makers have been planning, marketing, writing, shooting and editing short films on the theme of Tasmanian Gothic, with the support of Wide Angle Tasmania and guerrilla film maker Rachel Lucas. This session will screen the films made to date, and be followed by a discussion on where the project is heading. You can view the projects blog at http://www.myspace.com/tasmanian_gothic.
Part 2: Getting Your Film Out There
7.30pm Wed 12 March 2008Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre
FREE!
The Mountain Film Festival and Wide Angle Tasmania invite you to a discussion on Getting Your Film Out There. Filmmakers Matt Newton and Rachael Lucas will be joined by Justin Clifton – the Director of Mountainfilm on Tour – as they discuss a raft of issues relating to making films that have a market, and tips on how to maximise the distribution of your work.
Festival Background
The Mountain Film Festival is an international film festival held in Hobart, Tasmania as part of the Mountain Festival celebrating the culture and communities associated with mountains. The festival films are selected for their diverse approach to living and interacting with mountains around the world. The festival runs from Thursday 13 March until Sunday 16 March 2008 and includes evening and matinee sessions.
Screenings are presenteds by filmmakers and by representatives from Telluride Mountainfilm, the world's preeminent film festival dedicated to educating and inspiring audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving and conversations worth sustaining.
The Mountain Film Festival presents the highest quality international films through an ongoing relationship with Mountainfilm in Telluride, USA. Screenings also include the work of Tasmanian and national filmmakers - and the widely diverse films include comedy, landscapes, cultures, extreme sports, adrenaline and above all the world's best mountain adventures.
Screenings are presenteds by filmmakers and by representatives from Telluride Mountainfilm, the world's preeminent film festival dedicated to educating and inspiring audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving and conversations worth sustaining.
The Mountain Film Festival presents the highest quality international films through an ongoing relationship with Mountainfilm in Telluride, USA. Screenings also include the work of Tasmanian and national filmmakers - and the widely diverse films include comedy, landscapes, cultures, extreme sports, adrenaline and above all the world's best mountain adventures.
New to the 2008 festival is the Summer Safari held in conjunction with Wide Angle Tasmania, provider of professional development activities for emerging filmmakers in Tasmania. Twelve aspiring filmmakers are currently on a safari to produce a series of short documentary stories that the explore the unique, dark and gothic mythology of Tasmania; the interesting characters, eccentric artists, travel and gourmet experiences, architecture, natural heritage and historical aspects, bizarre and mysterious phenomenon associated with Australia's island state.
These films will have their premiere screening at the Mountain Film Festival - and will provide a great local flavour to the festival.
We hope that you can be a part of this exciting and hopefully personally rewarding festival. Just don't leave buying your tickets too late!
These films will have their premiere screening at the Mountain Film Festival - and will provide a great local flavour to the festival.
We hope that you can be a part of this exciting and hopefully personally rewarding festival. Just don't leave buying your tickets too late!
Funding Partners
Screen Tasmania
Screen Tasmania is the Tasmanian State Government agency responsible for fostering, developing and supporting screen-based industries within Tasmania, as well as attracting interstate and international initiatives.The office administers funds for creative content, development and production of film, television and multimedia by implementing specific programs, promoting these programs to the industry, and guiding proponents in their submission preparation.
And without the generous assistance of Screen Tasmania, the Mountain Film Festival just would not be.
Fearless Media
Fearless Media was established in the early 1990s and has offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart.Fearless Media specialises in training, website design and development, consulting in information management, print production, publishing, multimedia production and open source technologies.
Online design and development is an integral part of Fearless Media's business. Its staff have a range of specialist skills in web development, database design and construction, multimedia authoring and media production - and you need to look no further than this website for the proof of their skills in that area.
www.fearless.net.au
Wide Angle Tasmania
Wide Angle Tasmania's mission is to create an inspired and inspiring community that nurtures emerging talent in film and video production in metropolitan and regional Tasmania.Wide Angle Tasmania provides Tasmania with the tools to explore the high level of creativity in the community in the area of film and video production.
Therefore with that sort of a brief it is only fitting that Wide Angle Tasmania will be partnering the Mountain Film Festival to present professionally tutored short courses and master classes - and the unique Summer Screen Safari.
MountainFilm
Mountainfilm in Telluride, now 29 years old, was founded by a handful of dirtbag climbers with a desire to capture their passion on film and share it with the community.Mountainfilm sees mountains as a metaphor for us, representations of wild places and the power of geography to shape our world views. Mountainfilm is a celebration of landscapes, cultures and the honed mastery of adrenaline.
Mountainfilm is far more than a film festival. It highlights the power of film and the arts to change the world and we are absolutely stoked to have the beautiful folks at Mountainfilm on board for the 2008 Mountain Film Festival.
www.mountainfilm.org
Sponsor Opportunities
Why don't you consider becoming a Mountain Film Festival Partner?
If when you read the home page, you felt a little empathy for what we are trying achieve here at the Mountain Festival, why don't you consider entering into a partnership with us?
We value the support of our partners and work with them to find effective ways that they can reach our audience because we have noticed that our audiences tend to share the same motivations and love of mountains that we do. So if you are of the same mind-set we might just be able to find a perfect fit.
We offer a range of opportunities to target your products, along with networking and business development opportunities. Unique hospitality events surround Festival screenings, including opportunities to meet the film-makers at private functions held before, during and after the Festival.
If when you read the home page, you felt a little empathy for what we are trying achieve here at the Mountain Festival, why don't you consider entering into a partnership with us?
We value the support of our partners and work with them to find effective ways that they can reach our audience because we have noticed that our audiences tend to share the same motivations and love of mountains that we do. So if you are of the same mind-set we might just be able to find a perfect fit.
We offer a range of opportunities to target your products, along with networking and business development opportunities. Unique hospitality events surround Festival screenings, including opportunities to meet the film-makers at private functions held before, during and after the Festival.
Sponsorship opportunities range from Corporate Patron packages to Major and Principal Partnerships. We are happy to discuss your needs and find ways for constructing benefits packages that work for you dependent on your priorities.
Benefits may comprise of some or all of the following:
Talk to us - we'd love to show you what we can do.
Please contact:
Steve Kyne
steveky@rocketmail.com
0417 337 306
Benefits may comprise of some or all of the following:
- On-line promotions
- Special events
- Tickets to screenings
- Advertisements in publications and on-screen, along with brand exposure on marketing materials
Talk to us - we'd love to show you what we can do.
Please contact:
Steve Kyne
steveky@rocketmail.com
0417 337 306
Mountain Film channel on YouTube
Event Diary
Summer Screen Safari Forum
Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre
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