MIFF 2007 - OVER AND OUT

19 days only

268 films ,121 shorts, 180,000 admissions, 54 sell out sessionss, the launch of our inaugural market 37 South: Bridging the Gap , the launch of MIFF's new Investment Fund; how do you sum this all up into a neat paragraph? All I can say is thank you to Melbourne for your support of MIFF 2007.

I took the opportunity to slip into a few films during the festival and it was gratifying to see and feel the levels of reaction to our program - from the groans and guffaws in TEETH - to the tears at the session of AWAY FROM HER.

For me MIFF was 19 days of little favourite moments - here are a couple….

• the 5 year old girl dressed in her orange party frock, who stood up at our first kids NEXT GEN screening to ask the director, “Excuse me …excuse me – can u tell me – how do u make the still images move“.
• the connections made for our local filmmakers. Our Opening Night short film REMEMBER MY NAME, secured a a season at Cinema Nova straight after its screening – and the new Melbourne version Shakespeare's Hamlet, THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK also obtained a much deserved local theatrical release.
  

It was a nineteen days full of little moments – I’m sure every one of you will have your own collection. In the meantime I'm off to the Toronto film Festival on September 5, to start the hunt for 2008.

Executive Diector
Richard Moore

MIFF AUDIENCE POLL RESULTS

Top 10 (Drama) Features

1. Control
2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
3. Paprika
4. After The Wedding
5. Once
6. Black Sheep
7. Eagle Vs Shark
8. Half Moon
9. I Served King Of England
10. Teeth

(Also popular were: The Bubble, September, Azur And Asmar, Jellyfish, The Boss Of It All, Fay Grim, The Home Song Stories, Holy Mountain, Savage Grace, Vitus)

Top 10 Documentary Features:

• Billy The Kid
• Words from the City
• Beyond Our Ken
• Lagerfeld Confidential
• Dirty Three
• In the Company Of Actors
• Forbidden Lie$
• Sicko
• Hope
• Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
  

(Other popular docos included: Shame, Knowledge is the Beginning, Buy a Ticket Take The Ride: Hunter S Thompson, Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, The Cats of Mirikitani, Pictures of a Revolution, We Are Together and Night.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO, FOR RATING FILMS AT MIFF THIS YEAR, HAVE WON A NEW NOKIA N93i

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ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO C. DEVERY, WHO WON THE ULTIMATE MIFF EXPERIENCE

Special Mentions

• Crossbow, Winner of Best Australian Short Film has been Selected for the 64th Venice International Film Festival and the 2007 Milano Film Festival.
• Amin, has been selected to screen at the 2007 Milano Film Festival.
• Pegz, What Would Happen, directed by Callum Cooper selected to screen as Edinburgh Film Festival. Screened in MIFF's 2007 ORBIT programme.

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You had your say and now it’s your chance to WIN!

best BigPond MIFF shorts - AWARD WINNERS

“MIFF is extremely grateful to our sponsors for their confirming support of these awards. The opportunities the awards create, the prestige they carry and the exposure they give to the work of short filmmakers are all vital for the continuing development of short film filmmaking in Australia” said MIFF Executive Director Richard Moore.

best BigPond MIFF shorts:

City of Melbourne Grand Prix for Best Short Film ($7,000)
Blood Sisters (Denmark) Dir. Louise N.D. Friedberg

Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film ($5,000)
Crossbow (Australia) Dir. David Michod

Melbourne Airport Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker ($5,000)
Nana (Australia) Dir. Warwick Thornton

Nova Cinemas Award for Creative Excellence in Australian Film ($3,000)
Dance Like Your Old Man (Australia) Dir. Gideon Obarzanek and Edwina Throsby

Best Documentary Short Film ($3000)
Dance Like Your Old Man (Australia) Dir. Gideon Obarzanek and Edwina Throsby

Best Experimental Short Film ($3,000)
Harrachov (UK) Dir. Matt Hulse, Joost van Veen, and Ben Rivers

Best Animated Short Film ($3,000)
Yours Truly (UK) Dir. Osbert Parker

Highly Commended Animation Award
The Bat and the Butterfly (Australia) Dir. Dave Jones

Award for Best Student Production ($3,000)
The Butcher’s Wife (Australia) Dir. Kylie Plunkett

Award for Short Film Promoting Human Rights ($500)
The T-Shirt (Czech Republic) Dir. Hossein Martin Fazeli

Highly Commended Short Fiction Award
Wrestling (Iceland) Dir. Grimur Hakonarson

WATCH THE BEST BIGPOND MIFF SHORTS VIDEO ONLINE, THE FOURTH IN OUR DIRECT FROM MIFF VIDEO SERIES

Dickens' Women

Miriam Margolyes is one of the most knowledgeable and brilliant interpreters of Charles Dickens and her wonderful sense of humour shines through as she traces the startling similarities of the women in Dickens’ work and in his life. Playing 23 different characters (both male and female) Miriam brings to life to tell Charles Dickens’ story. Laughter and tears combine in this entertaining show and some surprising revelations are made.

Dickens’ Women is playing at the Arts Centre from September 18 for one week only, and as a friend of the Melbourne International Film Festival you can save $10 off the price of full price tickets by quoting “flick” when you book. This offer is limited till August 27 the so ring Ticketmaster on 13 6100 and book your tickets today.

For more information about the show visit dickenswomen.com

Inside Film Awards

Scoring for the 2007 Inside Film Awards closes 14 September, so you still have a bit of time to log onto ifawards.com
and rate the films you saw at MIFF this year.

The Inside Film Awards celebrates and champions Australian film and creative talent, faciliating a unique dialogue between Australian filmmakers and their audience, supporting and promoting Australian cinema.

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