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HISTORY - 2006

The third Lights! Canberra! Action! was held March 3th to 13th 2006.

THEME

‘Trains, Planes & Automobiles'
to tie in with the 80th Anniversary of Public Transport in Canberra

 

ITEMS

Canberra's 666ABC Local Radio listeners voted for Canberra transportation and their Ten Items were:

The P S Enterprise (the paddle steamer at Acton Peninsular Jetty)

Summernats (anything to do with it e.g. the founder Chic Henry)

An Action Bus

A Hot Air Balloon

The sound of a bicycle bell

Canberra Train Station, Wentworth Ave Kingston for 5 pts, another 5 for a train at the Station too

Mr Spokes Bike Hire, Barrine Dr Acton Park

Aircraft Hall at the Australian War Memorial

A skateboard

The 666 ABC Car, which will be parked outside the Northborne Ave ABC Studios in Dickson

 

TOP TWELVE 

Spin City  |  Film Noir  7 mins  |  Produced & Directed by: Patrick J Galligher  |  Detective Cardigan tries to track down the missing brother of a femme fatale.

Oui  |  Comedy  4.5 mins  |  Produced by: Bobby Farquhar  Directed by: Steve Little  |  The Magnet-Mart Man finally meets his match.  Will he keep this job?  Or will he go overseas?  Oui!

The Romantic and his Machine  |  Comedy  6 mins  |  Produced & Directed by: Asher Floyd & Rebecca Losik   |  A lovelorn romantic braves Canberra's urban jungle to pursue the object of his passion.

The Great Australian Race  |  Comedy  7 mins  |  Produced & Directed by: Andrew Scarano & Phil Hignett   |  Our Nation's Capital is the backdrop for the season finale of the popular TV show 'The Great Australian Race'.

The Transporter  |  Sci-Fi  7 mins  |  Produced by: Soren Jenson & Christian Doran Directed by: Christian Doran  |  Nineteenth Hole's 'The Transporter' is about a man made to jump through universes.  He is haunted by the memory of the one he left, and can not stop chasing parallels.

The Invitation  |  Comedy  7 mins  |  Produced by: Hana Tow & Clare Martin Directed by: Hana Tow  |  Beware who you invite to your home, you may just get an unexpected visitor.

The Big Ride  |  Film Noir  7 mins  |  Produced by: John Frolich Directed by: Simon Weaving  |  In the film noir tradition, a down-and-out journalist meets the dangerously beautiful wife of a transport magnate and discovers the true meaning of trust.

Organised  |  Comedy  6 mins  |  Produced & Directed by: James Hunter   |  Organising the family is Mum's job.  Daydreaming, the job of her teenage son.  Dad's 50th without Dad, the topic on the way to the airport.

Instructing Felix  |  Comedy  7 mins  |  Produced & Directed by: John Ivancic  |  Young Felix thought getting his provisional licence would be simple.  Roger, a replacement driving instructor for Felix's final competency, does not make it so.

Pre School  |  Childrens 6.5 mins  |  Produced & Directed by: Belinda Barancewicz   |  Today we're looking at Trains, Planes, and other things with wheels.

Just a Crack  |  Drama  7 mins  |  Produced & Directed by: Sam Burns-Warr & Jordan Prosser   |  Visiting his old home town Canberra whilst on a business trip, a young man realises he left without packing the essentials.

Blow  |  Comedy  7 mins  |  Produced by: Peter Fock  Directed by: Bruce Davie  |  Pop Quiz hotshot.  There's a bomb on a bus.  If it stops, it explodes.  What do you do?

 

AWARD WINNERS

Best Film

Pre-School

Producer: Belinda Barancewicz

Best Use of Theme

Pre-School

Producer: Belinda Barancewicz

Best Student Film

Organised

Producer: James Hunter

Best Director

The Big Ride

Simon Weaving

Best Screenplay

Blow

Bruce Davie

Best Actor

The Invitation

Clare Martin,

Best Cinematography

Just a Crack

Sam Burns-Warr & Jordan Prosser

Best Sound Design

Spin City

Patrick J Gallagher,

Best Original Music

Pre-School

Michael Sollis

Best Editing

The Great Australian Race

Phil Hignett & Andrew Scarano

 

 

Sponsor ABC 666 CanberraSponsor National Museum of AustraliaPresented by the ACT GovernmentSponsor EoR Media: Enemies of RealitySponsor the Canberra Festival

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