Previous Recipients
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| Congratulations toPrevious Project Funding Recipients Congratulationsto the continuing success of previous Project Funding recipients: TheHolgate Brothers (winter’006) and Belinda Barancewicz(summer’006) made the shortlist for Tropfest 2007 - they were selectedin the Top 60 films of over 600 entries. Kathryn Goldie(summer’005) has been accepted into the esteemed Victorian College ofthe Arts Film Program and David Easteal (spring’005) received2007 artsACT funding for his next short film project. StuartRoberts & The Masters of Space and Time (winter’004) recentlywon the 2007 Lights! Canberra! Action! Filmmaking Competition.
short::seasons winter'007Project Film Funding Winner In winter'007 the fundingwent to Benoit McCullough. Get Off! is a Romantic-Action-Comedyabout a young man looking for the love of a beautiful woman andbelieving that sushi is the way to her heart. Thus begins his quest... Though he's justembarking on his filmmaking career, Benoit has already made a number ofshort films around Canberra. Those who attended autumn'007 shouldremember the imaginative comedy Scott the Phone, about a worldwhere phones don’t exist and messages are passed on by people onscooters. Benoit is currently studying 2nd Year Media Production at theUniversity of Canberra. Benoit assembled a youngand enthusiastic team of filmmakers to put together his film. They shotlargely outdoors in the freezing cold Canberra winter to make the filmin the timeline set by short::seasons. Members of the community andlocal businesses also helped make the film, including the residents ofJansz Cresent in Red Hill who allowed the film crew to shoot on theirstreet for two days. The Sizzle Bento restaurant in Civic also came onboard for the film, allowing Benoit to shoot several scenes at theirSushi Train. Supa Academy assisted by helping find the two young stars,and of course Benoit’s family were great support. Get Off! premiered onAugust 3rd at the National Museum of Australia as part of theshort::seasons winter'007 festival. READ THE SCRIPT 'GETOFF!'
short::seasons autumn'007Project Film Funding Winner Bruce Davie and Joe Kischtook out the short::seasons autumn ‘007 project funding with their sexycomedy script ‘Blind Love’. The film features a marriedcouple who are trying to conceive getting trapped in an elevator with ablind man, with only a limited amount of time before their expensivefertility drugs wear off. The recognition for thisseason’s filmmakers comes hot on the heals of Bruce’s success at theLights! Canberra! Action! Film Festival. Bruce has made the TopTwelve three out of the four years that the festival has run, winningthe event in its first year with filmmaking partner Peter Fock (whoalso stars in Blind Love as the Blind man himself). Their 2007 entry ‘Top Secret’ was a crowd favourite, a musicalextolling the many virtues of Canberra and many drawbacks of the othercapital cities. Bruce and Joe had their own elevator setconstructed for use in the film, with assistance from the Otis ElevatorCompany. The elevator set will be used in the coming months in a numberof short films as part of a larger project ‘Elevator Stories’that Joe has conceived. READ THE SCRIPT 'BLIND LOVE'
short::seasons winter'006Project Film Funding Winner This season,the project funding was given to brothers Brent and Scott Holgate fortheir script The G.P. The G.P. is about thedynamics of a teenage boy and his overbearing mother during a trip tothe doctor. The script had great reality to its drama thatimpressed the short::seasons Project Funding panel. Brentand Scott Holgate, 23 and 21, are not newcomers to filmmaking. Brent went to film school in Sydney and Scott is currently studyingmedia at the Canberra Institute of Technology. Bringing on boardexperienced actors helped bring to life the characters of the boy, hismother and the G. P.. Andrea Close, Kieran Philips & GrahamGall all give fantastic, subtle performances that are part of whatmakes this such a compelling film. The G.P. premiered at short::seasons winter'006 onJuly 21st 2006 at the National Museum of Australia. The film alsoscreened on ABC TV as part of the Stateline Program on July 28th andalso made the shortlist for the Canberra Region at the 2006 CanberraShort Film Festival. READ THE SCRIPT 'THE G.P.'
short::seasons summer'006Project Film Funding Winner Belinda Barancewicz is a Professional Writinggraduate from the University of Canberra where she majored inScriptwriting. Breeding Souls is Belinda's directorial debutfor drama, but she has previously produced several short films,including the successful Unlike a Dogs Dinner and music videosfor Canberra band The Missing Lincolns.
short::seasons spring'005Project Film Funding Winner DavidEasteal is only 18 years old and already has a huge list ofaccomplishments behind him. He has won the Youth Week Shoot-itNational Film competition two years in a row, was awarded HighlyCommended Filmmaker at the Canberra Short Film Festival in 2004 and nowhas a short::seasons project funding credit to his name. In BadTaste is a short comedy about the delicate nature of relationships andhow one should raise delicate issues with their partner. Ithas turned into a great film with fine performances from local actorsPerpetua Kish and Damien Warren Smith.
short::seasons summer'005Project Film Funding Winner Shed was selected because of the script'sbasic human drama. The story is dramatic, playing on prejudicesthat affect the daily lives of many people. The film is abouteight minutes in duration and features only two actors and twolocations. Although this was Kathryn's first directing effort - she wasintroduced to producer Therese Engel who provided her with aprofessional crew and the end product doesn't look like a first film. Shed hadits premiere in front of an encouraging crowd at the National Museum ofAustralia on February 25th. Since then, Shed has been afinalist at SnowyFEST International Film Festival and the Reel is RealFilm Festival as well as screening at the Capital Queer FilmFestival. It was also selected for the Commonwealth Film Festivalin Manchester, England. READ THE SCRIPT'SHED'
short::seasons winter'004Project Film Funding Winner StuartRoberts, Arran McKenna and Daniel Jobson were the filmmaking teamselected for project film funding for winter’004. The film premiered at theshort::seasons winter’004 festival and was received very well as thehumour and excellent performances stood out among the films in thefestival. For What it's Worth made the shortlist in theYouth: 25 & Under category of the 2004 Canberra Short Film Festival. READ THE SCRIPT'FOR WHATIT'S WORTH'
short::autumn'004Project Film Funding Winner Selectedfrom a pile of scripts and some wonderful film ideas, localscript-writer Beneta Hadzi-Popovic's script stood out. Titled 'SmallThings', the script was about youth, friendship and a boy'sfascination with beetles. READ THE SCRIPT 'SMALLTHINGS'
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