Our location - Suite 5, 95 Jonson Street, Byron Bay. Opposite Woolworths, above Oz Bakehouse - rear entrance. Please note there is no parking available on site.

Please rsvp by 9 May - info@screenworks.com.au or phone on 6680 9220.

Take 3 THE BANK
Presenter: Robert Connolly (Writer, Director, Co-Producer, Aust/NZ Distributor)
10am - 5pm Saturday 24 May

Robert Connolly graduated from AFTRS in 1994 and became a partner in the independent production company Arenafilm. His feature film credits as Producer include THE BOYS and THE MONKEY'S MASK. He most recently wrote and directed THE BANK, winning an AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay.

This Masterclass will begin with a showing of THE BANK followed by a talk where Robert will discuss the creative process from the original idea through screenplay development to financing, casting, directing and production through to post production and the national and international release.

Rarely in the process of film making do we see an individual maintain creative and managerial control every step of the way.

Book early to secure a place. Tickets are available at the Screenworks Office - Suite 5, 95 Jonson Street (Opp. Woolworths, rear of Oz Bakehouse).

Cost: $25.00 - Concession: $20.00

RSVP or for more information: masterclass@screenworks.com.au or call MC coordinator Mishaela on 66808611.

For more details visit http://www.byronbaywritersfestival.com/ or call 02 6685 5115 to be included on the mailing list.

Byron Youth Service presents: Above the Line Productions

Seven short films by the youth of Byron Shire
6.30pm 7 May
Dendy Cinema
$5 entry fee

Byron Youth Service has been running a ten-week intensive film-making course and 11 young people ranging from 15 to 22 have produced the seven short films.

Come and view short films produced by local young artists. Patrons are guaranteed laughter and tears as they move through the variety of film genres presented. Due to film content the recommended age of patrons is 16 years and over unless accompanied by a consenting adult.

For more information call Simon or Juliet on 6685 7777.

THE NEW BOOTS is a new local short film based on an award winning short story by local writer and artist John Campbell. Campbell and writer/director Tristan Bancks adapted the story to screenplay form. THE NEW BOOTS is produced by Lois Randall and Terie-Lea Tobin and features hot young Australian film star Luke Carroll who was nominated for an AFI award for his performance in AUSTRALIAN RULES.

THE NEW BOOTS will be filmed from 8-12 June 2003 and will feature locations throughout the region. The film looks set to premiere at the Byron Bay Writers' Festival in August. Current sponsors include Chris Condon, Cosimodo Costume Design, Wicked Weasel, Ed Silk Real Estate, Bay Dendy, La La Land, Byron Stunning Stays, Byron Bay Writer's Festival, Michael Illenberger (Dairy Farmers), Late Nite Video and Screenworks.

May is the month for NEW BOOTS filmy fundraising events:

• Saturday 10 May at Federal Hall. Reel Films Screening of Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion. $10 entry and $7-$8 for delicious French food offered before the film. All food sales go towards THE NEW BOOTS budget.
• Friday 16 May from 8pm, right after the Screenworks event, come for drinks at La La Land. $7 entry includes your first drink and finger food. La La Land is donating door money to THE NEW BOOTS budget.
• Friday 23 May, 7pm at Bay Dendy, THE NEW BOOTS presents the graduating short films from the AFTRS. Entry is $12 / $9.50 and a percentage of door proceeds goes toward THE NEW BOOTS. We would really love your support for this local film production!

FACE TO FACE is the new film from local documentary maker Cathy Henkel. The film is now in post-production and will be launched on 4 July at an international human rights conference being held in Byron Bay.

This documentary tracks the filmmaker's journey to Johannesburg, city of her birth, to find and confront the man who committed a savage crime against her mother.

VOLUNTEER CREW NEEDED: FLYING IN A DREAM

Wanted:

• Fairly experienced person as ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
• PRODUCTION MANAGER
• PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
• CONTINUITY - need 2nd person backup
• SOUND - the sound person has done a lot of sound for theatre, so anyone who can assist him who's had film sound experience would be welcome.

FLYING IN A DREAM will be shot slowly over this year - some Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and uni holidays on location in Bangalow, Byron and Ewingsdale.

Interested people please contact Bobbie Rossini on 6622 7885 or 014 399 8454 or 6680 7858.

ATTENTION FILMMAKERS
Let Screenworks know what productions you have happening so that we can circulate it in this e-newsletter. Email 4-5 lines to info@screenworks.com.au

AUSTRALIAN CONTENT QUOTA
An article circulated by SPAA outlines the issues related to the free trade agreement between the US and Australia regarding Australian content. Read more...

FROM ENCORE MAGAZINE:
ABC to host history workshop
ABC Television will host a one-day workshop in Sydney in May for filmmakers and historians with a view to creating new and innovative historical programming.

Hot Docs pitch fest rescheduled
TORONTO Hot Docs' fourth annual international market, the TDF, scheduled for April 30 and May 1 during the Hot Docs film festival has been re-organised, due to the cancellation of its international broadcaster and producer participants.

Film & TV swapping software OK
LOS ANGELES A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled companies that provide software that enables online film and music file sharing should remain in operation.

50TH SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL, 6-20 JUNE 2003
The Sydney Film Festival has just announced the finalists in the 2003 Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films. All 18 finalists will be screened on Friday 6 June, the festival's opening day, at the State Theatre from 9am to 5:45pm with the announcement of winners in each category at the end of the day. Tickets are just $22 for the whole day.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary, the Sydney Film Festival will also screen a retrospective program of winners and finalists from the 34 years of the Australian Short Film Awards, called BRIGHT SPARKS. This program includes the first recipient of the prestigious Rouben Mamoulian Award, Castor and Pollux, awarded in 1974 to a young Phil Noyce.

NEWS
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Northern Rivers Screenworks is supported by the Department of Transport and Regional Services, Sustainable Regions Program and the NSW Department of Regional Development, Developing Regional Resources Program.