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It's time once more to choose the Board which will lead Screenworks in 2009.  Members are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting, and participate in the process.
 
The  2009 AGM will be held at 5.30pm on Wednesday 20th May 2009 at Screenworks Office in Bangalow.
 
All Screenworks members and all those interested in Screenworks are invited to come along.

Current Screenworks members are invited to nominate themselves or others for a position on the Screenworks Board and can do so by completing a Nomination Form found on our website or through the direct link here. Forms should be returned by May 14th at the latest to either the Screenworks Office or to Screenwork’s Public Officer at thecrew@greenhousefx.com.

To be nominated for a position or to vote, you must be a Screenworks member. The membership form can be found on the Screenworks website and here.

 Proxy Forms for those unable to attend the meeting can be downloaded here. For further information regarding the AGM please call Screenworks on 6687-1599, Monday through Thursday, or email info@screenworks.com.au.

 HIGH DEFINITION TAPELESS CINEMATOGRAPHY SHOWCASE

Featuring:  THE RED ONE CAMERA & THE PANASONIC P2 

FREE ADMISSION FOR SCREENWORKS MEMBERS AND SCU STUDENTS!

Open to the public - Admission $5.00 

From 3 to 6pm on Wednesday, May 6, and Films are offering an introduction to high-definition tapeless production and post-production with a showcase of the revolutionary Red One and Panasonic P2 camera systems.

Hosted by Southern Cross University, the seminar will be held at the SCU Meeting Room on the second level of the Byron Community and Cultural Centre in Johnson Street, Byron Bay.

Greg Henderson of Lemac Films will show you the cameras that shot features such as  Knowing, Cedar Boys and The Combination (Red One) and television dramas such as City Homicide and Kick (P2). They'll discuss  the features of P2 and Red, the P2 and Red Workflow and the advantages of going tapeless.

Get up close and personal with two of the cameras that can deliver much more for much less of your precious funding dollars.

Kamahl Films' "Camel Odyssey" to Screen May 20th 8:30pm on SBS

Were you sitting in the audience at the Byron Community and Cultural Centre on November 22nd 2007? If so, you saw Kamahal Druesne (left, behind the camel) take out first place in Life's A Pitch with his Indian camel epic "Collective Moments of Madness".  A year and a half later, you can see the documentary itself, when it screens on SBS Television Wednesday, May 20th at 8:30PM.  Kamahl, teaming with Producer Richard Mordaunt and Executive Producer Susan McKinnon, brought SBS on board following the Australian International Documentary Conference in Perth, where he wowed the audience with his pitch.

Tune in and support our local industry.  Life's a Pitch is an annual Event - next year it could be you up on the screen!

Then send us an email and tell us what you thought - events@screenworks.com.au.

A Little "Skin" Music

Congratulations to Screenworks member Christopher O'Young, who composed the score for the recent ABC doco Skin.  Part of the "Anatomy" Series, Skin tells the story of the 25-year collaboration between tattooist/artist eX de Medici and her subject Geoff Ostling (left) as they negotiate the possibility of bequeathing Geoff's tattooed skin as an artwork when he dies.  Skin has also been invited to the TriBeCa Film Festival in New York.

"INSIDE" Is Out!

Screenworks Member Rohan Parnell premiered his independent locally-produced surf movie "INSIDE"  on the 29th of April 2009 @ 7pm at the Great Northern Hotel. 

"The event went really well," Rohan says. "We had about 150 turn up. The feedback from viewers was fantastic and you could have heard a pin drop through the whole showing. I have had great interest in another screening from people who missed it but have now heard about it, particularly surf industry people."

 Local News

Is Back! And this year's event has some intriguing offerings for visual content creators.  Check them out:

Video Art Making in Action - Sat 23 & Sun 24 May, 10.00 - 4.00pm
Presented by Chris Knowles, this workshop will cover formal and practical aspects of the creation
and exhibition of video art in it's diversity of forms for those whowish to use video as an artistic medium.
Venue:  SAE Institute,   Price: $190

New Media: The Audience Experience -  Friday May 29    1.45 - 2.45pm   
Kathy Cleland is a curator, writer and lecturer specialising in new media art and digital culture. Kathy will talk about the process of curating new media art exhibitions, looking at different ways to use digital technologies for art and how audiences experience and interact with new media art in the gallery. Kathy is a curator for d/Lux/Media Arts
Venue: A & I Hall Bangalow,    Price: $17

Multiple bodies - Saturday May 30, 12.45 - 1.45pm                                                                                                       A major figure in Australian contemporary art, Julie Rrap works with photography, painting, sculpture, performance and video in an ongoing project concerned with representations of the body.  Julie takes you on a journey through her esteemed career specifically illustrating the evolution of her interests in digital media and the moving image, in which the "reality of the virtual" is explored.
Venue: A & I Hall Bangalow,    Price: $17

For Details of the Full Schedule, visit http://www.fehva.com/.

The Byron Bay International Film Festival presents the Best of BBFF on June 5th, World Environment Day, at Greenfest, Australia’s largest free festival. Running 5th - 7th of June, the theme for Greenfest 2009 is "Community Warmth Can Cool the Planet!” J'aimee Skippon-Volke, BBFF’s Festival Director and Screenworks Member, has selected films from previous festivals whose themes explore significant social or environmental values, such as BBFF08’s Best Film Winner Laya Project, a musical interpretation of the spirit of survival and hope in the wake of the 2004 tsunami.

The venue for Greenfest is Brisbane’s beautiful city Botanic Garden, with the BBFF film sessions kicking off under the stars from 6 -10:30pm.

NORPA RETURNS WITH A MONTH OF SUNDAY FILMS. 6pm, Tickets $10 at the door.                           THIS MONTH:

3rd May:  Lemon Tree Salma, a Palestinian widow, has to stand up against her new  neighbour, the Israeli Defense Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove, on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank.		10th: Summer Hours How much or how little are we obliged to honour the wishes of our parents after they’re gone? This is the question posed by Olivier Assayas in his rueful and wise new film, the most internationally heralded of his career to date.
17th: Welcome to the Sticks Post office manager Philippe Abrams and his wife Julie  love the sunny South of France. But when Philippe gets caught trying to cheat his way into a transfer to a Riviera resort, he must pay for his sins by spending three years at a post office in the dreaded Nord Pas de Calais, known for its heavy industry and cool climate.		24th: Let the Right One In 12 year old Oskar's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father. Eli only comes out at night and doesn’t seem affected by the freezing weather. Her arrival  coincides with a series of murders: a man tied to a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck.  It doesn’t take long before Oskar figures out that Eli is a vampire.

 FILM ARTISTS COOPERATIVE

The Film Artists Cooperative, or "FAC" is a support group of actors, producers, directors, students and other film artists who collaborate with one another to make films. FAC is free and new members are welcome. For further info, contact coordinator Susie on 6687 0516 or email susie@byronbaymultimedia.com.au

BYRON FILM CLUB

Byron Film Club is an informal network of people interested in screening and promoting the life of North Coast filmmakers. 

 For more information see the new Byron Film Club Site : www.byronfilmclub.com

  Courses and Professional Development

is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school and runs a conitnuous programme of Award and Short Courses. To view the course offerings based in Brisbane, click on the logo to the left.

Courses change monthly and are aimed at diverse areas of the industry.

 State & National News

 Screen Australia has announced that additional funding has been released for a second round of its Enterprise Program. Australian producers with Australian owned, controlled and registered companies are entitled to apply to the Enterprise Program for funding. The intention is to ensure that Australians are, and remain, in control of the projects that receive Screen Australia support. For more details go to the Screen Australia Enterprise Program Update page Deadline for Applications is 29 May. 

2009 Is now accepting Entries.

Raw Nerve is an initiative funded by SCREEN AUSTRALIA and presented by OPEN CHANNEL aimed at emerging filmmakers which will enable them to make a short [maximum: 10 minutes] film on digital video.

Who can apply to Raw Nerve?
Raw Nerve is for emerging filmmakers. You may have made student, selffunded and corporate films or you may be an experienced crew member. We are also open to aspiring filmmakers with very little, or no experience. Filmmakers who have already produced or directed a short film which has been made with full or part financing from a government film financing agency are not eligible.

Deadline: Friday 15 May at 5.00 pm  - Details and application forms at: http://www.openchannel.org.au/productions_rawnerve.html
 

   Go To   for Funding Information and Opportunities.

For most categories of support, applications can now be made at any time.

Visit the NSW Film and Television Office. 
This is where you will find information on all their Programs of Assistance. In particular Emerging Members should download information on the Emerging Filmmakers Fund.

The Byron Bay International Film Festival 2009/2010 is now accepting Entries

The Early-Bird Deadline is 29 March, Final Deadline 31 October.  Full details and forms can be found on the Festival Website: http://www.bbff.com.au/

Spin a yarn and go to Cannes! Shorts Film Festival wants you!
June 1, 2009 Deadline

Focussing on cinematic story telling through films of all genres, Shorts Film Festival will select one filmmaker to take the next step in their professional development with a trip to Cannes Film Festival in, yes, Cannes! Other awards include post production assistance and cash prizes. A showcase of selected films will go to the UK to be screened at the internationally recognised Rushes Soho Shorts Festival.

The June 1, 2009 Deadline is approaching fast so finalise that edit, choose the font for your credits and send us your film!  It could put you on a jet to France to learn from the best in the industry.
 
In case you haven’t crafted your masterpiece yet just remember, you can shoot a feature film in 5 weeks and we only need 20 minutes or less.  So head to www.shortsfilmfestival.com for more or check us out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20646157427 or catch our updates at  http://twitter.com/shortsfilmfest