Previous Recipients
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Congratulations to Previous Project Funding Recipients Congratulations to the continuing success of previous Project Funding recipients: The Holgate Brothers (winter’006) and Belinda Barancewicz (summer’006) made the shortlist for Tropfest 2007 - they were selected in the Top 60 films of over 600 entries. Kathryn Goldie (summer’005) has been accepted into the esteemed Victorian College of the Arts Film Program and David Easteal (spring’005) received 2007 artsACT funding for his next short film project. Stuart Roberts & The Masters of Space and Time (winter’004) recently won the 2007 Lights! Canberra! Action! Filmmaking Competition.
short::seasons winter'007
Project Film Funding Winner In winter'007 the funding went to Benoit McCullough. Get Off! is a Romantic-Action-Comedy about a young man looking for the love of a beautiful woman and believing that sushi is the way to her heart. Thus begins his quest... Though he's just embarking on his filmmaking career, Benoit has already made a number of short films around Canberra. Those who attended autumn'007 should remember the imaginative comedy Scott the Phone, about a world where phones don’t exist and messages are passed on by people on scooters. Benoit is currently studying 2nd Year Media Production at the University of Canberra. Benoit assembled a young and enthusiastic team of filmmakers to put together his film. They shot largely outdoors in the freezing cold Canberra winter to make the film in the timeline set by short::seasons. Members of the community and local businesses also helped make the film, including the residents of Jansz Cresent in Red Hill who allowed the film crew to shoot on their street for two days. The Sizzle Bento restaurant in Civic also came on board for the film, allowing Benoit to shoot several scenes at their Sushi Train. Supa Academy assisted by helping find the two young stars, and of course Benoit’s family were great support. Get Off! premiered on August 3rd at the National Museum of Australia as part of the short::seasons winter'007 festival. READ THE SCRIPT 'GET OFF!'
short::seasons autumn'007
Project Film Funding Winner Bruce Davie and Joe Kisch took out the short::seasons autumn ‘007 project funding with their sexy comedy script ‘Blind Love’. The film features a married couple who are trying to conceive getting trapped in an elevator with a blind man, with only a limited amount of time before their expensive fertility drugs wear off. The recognition for this
season’s filmmakers comes hot on the heals of Bruce’s success at the
Lights! Canberra! Action! Film Festival. Bruce has made the Top
Twelve three out of the four years that the festival has run, winning
the event in its first year with filmmaking partner Peter Fock (who
also stars in Blind Love as the Blind man himself).
Their 2007 entry ‘Top Secret’ was a crowd favourite, a musical
extolling the many virtues of Canberra and many drawbacks of the other
capital cities. Bruce and Joe had their own elevator set
constructed for use in the film, with assistance from the Otis Elevator
Company. The elevator set will be used in the coming months in a number
of short films as part of a larger project ‘Elevator Stories’
that Joe has conceived. READ THE SCRIPT 'BLIND LOVE'
short::seasons winter'006
Project Film Funding Winner This season, the project funding was given to brothers Brent and Scott Holgate for their script The G.P. The G.P. is about the dynamics of a teenage boy and his overbearing mother during a trip to the doctor. The script had great reality to its drama that impressed the short::seasons Project Funding panel. Brent and Scott Holgate, 23 and 21, are not newcomers to filmmaking. Brent went to film school in Sydney and Scott is currently studying media at the Canberra Institute of Technology. Bringing on board experienced actors helped bring to life the characters of the boy, his mother and the G. P.. Andrea Close, Kieran Philips & Graham Gall all give fantastic, subtle performances that are part of what makes this such a compelling film. The G.P. premiered at short::seasons winter'006 on July 21st 2006 at the National Museum of Australia. The film also screened on ABC TV as part of the Stateline Program on July 28th and also made the shortlist for the Canberra Region at the 2006 Canberra Short Film Festival. READ THE SCRIPT 'THE G.P.'
short::seasons summer'006
Project Film Funding Winner Belinda Barancewicz is a Professional Writing
graduate from the University of Canberra where she majored in
Scriptwriting. Breeding Souls is Belinda's directorial debut
for drama, but she has previously produced several short films,
including the successful Unlike a Dogs Dinner and music videos
for Canberra band The Missing Lincolns.
short::seasons spring'005
Project Film Funding Winner David
Easteal is only 18 years old and already has a huge list of
accomplishments behind him. He has won the Youth Week Shoot-it
National Film competition two years in a row, was awarded Highly
Commended Filmmaker at the Canberra Short Film Festival in 2004 and now
has a short::seasons project funding credit to his name. In Bad
Taste is a short comedy about the delicate nature of relationships and
how one should tell a loved one they have an odour problem. It
has turned into a great film with fine performances from local actors
Perpetua Kish and Damien Warren Smith. READ THE SCRIPT 'IN BAD TASTE'
short::seasons summer'005
Project Film Funding Winner Shed was selected because of the script's basic human drama. The story is dramatic, playing on prejudices that affect the daily lives of many people. The film is about eight minutes in duration and features only two actors and two locations. Although this was Kathryn's first directing effort - she was introduced to producer Therese Engel who provided her with a professional crew and the end product doesn't look like a first film. Shed had its premiere in front of an encouraging crowd at the National Museum of Australia on February 25th. Since then, Shed has been a finalist at SnowyFEST International Film Festival and the Reel is Real Film Festival as well as screening at the Capital Queer Film Festival. It was also selected for the Commonwealth Film Festival in Manchester, England. READ THE SCRIPT 'SHED'
short::seasons winter'004
Project Film Funding Winner Stuart Roberts, Arran McKenna and Daniel Jobson were the filmmaking team selected for project film funding for winter’004. The film premiered at the short::seasons winter’004 festival and was received very well as the humour and excellent performances stood out among the films in the festival. For What it's Worth made the shortlist in the Youth: 25 & Under category of the 2004 Canberra Short Film Festival. READ THE SCRIPT 'FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH'
short::autumn'004
Project Film Funding Winner Selected
from a pile of scripts and some wonderful film ideas, local
script-writer Beneta Hadzi-Popovic's script stood out. Titled 'Small
Things', the script was about youth, friendship and a boy's
fascination with beetles. READ THE SCRIPT 'SMALL THINGS'
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