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 |
