Clare Valley Film Festival 2010 Report
The Clare Valley Film Festival 2010 Report is now available. Read about the Screenings, Master Class, Clewers 24 Hour film Challenge, the Winners, Audience Feedback and Behind the Scenes.
You can download the report as a PDF here. If you’d like a high-res version for printing please contact Chris.
Thank you once again to all the volunteers, sponsors, judges, filmmakers, attendees and everyone else who helped make the 2010 festival an overwhelming success! See you in 2011!
A passion for all things film – Suzie Keen, The Independent Weekly
When Chris Bishop was growing up in the Clare Valley, there was no cinema he could visit to indulge his love of film. The area had a drive-in, but it closed when he was six years old…
Blyth in the film festival spotlight – Bronte Hewett, Plains Producer
Showcasing 28 short films from Australian and International independent film makers, the first Clare Valley Film Festival, from today until Saturday, is set to inform and inspire, while raising the profile of the vibrant and diverse Clare Valley…
Clare Valley’s Film Debut – Nan Berrett, Northern Argus
The Clare Valley’s first international film festival will début at the Blyth Cinema in a fortnight with a stunning international lineup of short films…
Making Short Work Of It – Patrick McDonald, Adelaide’s Advertiser
Short films from around the world will be part of a new biennial festival to be held next week at the Blyth Cinema in the Mid North.
The Clare Valley Film Festival, to be held on January 23, is the brainchild of Clare-raised, London-based filmmaker Chris Bishop and his partner, form The Bill actress Seeta Indrani.
As well as 17 competition finalist films, the full day of screenings will feature selected South Australian shorts and a closing awards gala. Bishop was developing websites and online marketing for Grosset and Mount Horrocks wines when he was introduced to Blyth Cinema chairman Ian Roberts.
“We decided to screen not just our films but a few other films by people we know,” Bishop said.
“There was so much interest that we decided we might as well go the whole hog and turn it into a festival… inviting other filmmakers from all over the world to contribute.”
Bishop and Indrani, who is best known for playing WPC Norika Datta on TV police drama The Bill for nine years and now appears on the BBC series Doctors, met while doing master’s degrees at Central St Martin’s School of Art and Design in London.
“It’s extraordinary for me, coming from London to this state-of-the-art, 110-seat cinema in Blyth that is supplying the local area with city-style cinema, ” Indrani said.
“we’ve had entries from all over the world, 142 films, which doesn’t sound a lot but for a young festival… it’s a huge achievement.”
Festival activity will begin on Wednesday with a Master Class workshop, focusing on low to no-budget filmmaking.
On Thursday, participants in a 24 Hour Film Challenge will attempt to shoot and edit a short film in one day.
“We gave them the theme and a prop, then they’ve basically got 24 hours to go and make a film, which is pretty exciting and crazy, because normally a short film can take a week or two weeks,” Bishop said.
The resulting films will be screened to open the festival at 10am next Saturday.
Main competition films – including the comedy, Blind Date, directed by Chris Ramos and featuring SA actor-model Don Christopher, and The Attack of the Robots from Negula-5 by Spanish director Chema Garcia Ibarra – will screen in three sessions at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm. A short version of Bishop and Indrani’s first full-length documentary, on British improvisational comedy master Jim Sweeney, will screen as part of the closing awards gala at 8pm.
Adelaide’s Advertiser
16 Jan 2010
Patrick McDonald
