Press release from Flickerfest
Get up close and personal with Flickerfest jury members Roy Billing, Dan Wyllie, Andrew Lancaster, Nicole O’Donohue and other industry stars as we go behind the scenes of a film festival jury process, screening exclusively this week on Flickerfest on EXTRA!
This week Flickerfest on EXTRA broadcasts fly-on-the-wall footage shot at this years’ Bondi festival giving previously unseen intimate access to the judging process of an Academy® accredited international film festival, going where cameras have previously feared to tread! How does a jury decide which film wins at a festival? Is the pressure heightened when you know that your choice could go on to win an Oscar®?
Come with us behind-the-scenes of the drama as the jury battle it out to award their favourite films at Flickerfest 2010. Meet the international jury, including director Andrew Lancaster (Accidents Happen) AFI-winning actor Roy Billing (Underbelly), Mexican Festival director Sarah Hoch and the Australian Jury: actor Dan Wyllie, award-winning shorts producer Nicole O’Donohue (Griff The Invisible), Production Executive of Hopscotch Films, Rachel Okine and award-winning indigenous director Darlene Johnston. Some strong opinions about short film and even stronger personalities will keep you glued to your seat.
This week the show also turns the spotlight on Damian Walshe-Howling – Flickerfest on EXTRA host extraordinaire and star of The Clearing, which premiered at Flickerfest 2010. See Damian play a moving and tense role in this emotional thriller shot in Elands NSW, and learn more about its making, as we talk about the film with director Seth Larney.
In this episode we also chat to award-winning animator Mick Elliott about his hilarious animation Richard – the story of an ordinary man striving to keep his head up in the face of adversity.
Get online and vote for your favourite film at www.flickerfestonextra.com.au! Win a bounty of fabulous weekly prizes and go in the draw to win the Grand Prize – The Flickerfest on EXTRA Bondi Luxe weekend thanks to the Swiss Grand Resort and Spa Bondi Beach!
Broadcast details:
Flickerfest on EXTRA screens every Friday at 10:30pm with an encore screening on Sundays 4.00pm on Movie EXTRA