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Zak Hilditch's Transmission wins top prize at St Kilda
27 May 2012 6:06 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Zak Hilditch's short film Transmission took out the prize for Best Short Film at the St Kilda Film Festival overnight.
Hilditch and producer Liz Kearney were presented with a $10,000 cheque City of Port Phillip Mayor Rachel Powning at the St Kilda Town Hall.
The film, which tells the story of a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, also picked up awards for Best Director (for Hilditch), Best Actor (Angourie Rice) and Best Achievement in Editing (for Merlin Cornish).
Screen Australia supported the production of Transmission via its Springboard program. The short was made to support upcoming feature film These Final Hours, which is set to shoot in and around Perth in the second half of this year.
Seven minute documentary The Globe Collector took out Best Documentary for director Summer DeRoche and producer Andrea Distefano.
Any Questions for Ben? actor Josh Lawson won Best Achievement in Screenplay for After Credits, »
- Amanda Diaz
Transmission dominates at St Kilda Short Film Festival
27 May 2012 5:02 PM, PDT | Encore Magazine | See recent Encore Magazine news »
Post-apocalyptic feature film Transmission dominated the St Kilda Film Festival Awards last night.
The short feature, about a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, won top prize of Best Short Film at the awards plus a $10,000 cash prize.
Of the nominees in the Best Short Film category, Transmission beat out Anthony Maras’s The Palace, Peekaboo directed by Damien Power and At The Formal directed by Andrew Kavanagh.
Produced by Liz Kearney and written and directed by Zak Hilditch it was a big night for Transmission with Hilditch winning Best Director and Angourie Rice who plays the daughter winning Best Actor while editor Merlin Cornish won Best Achievement in Editing.
The film was one of three recipients of Screen Australia’s 2011 Springboard Short Film Course. The course mentors creative duos to produce a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
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- Colin Delaney
St Kilda Film Festival announces nominees
23 May 2012 9:15 PM, PDT | Encore Magazine | See recent Encore Magazine news »
Short film fest, The St Kilda Film Festival has announced its award nominees across 18 categories. Winners will be announced on Sunday 27 May
The announcement:
Now in its 29th year the St Kilda Film Festival’s (Skff) Top 100 competition recognises and awards local filmmakers of all levels of experience who excel in creative and craft and who show potential for growth within the industry.
From an increasingly competitive field of entrants, 62 nominees are in the running for 18 prestigious awards and their share of $40,000 of cash and in-kind prizes, with the winner of the Best Film being awarded $10,000 cash.
The nominations for the 2012 Best Short Film include: At The Formal (Directed by Andrew Kavanagh & Produced by Ramona Telecican). Peekaboo (Directed by Damien Power & Produced by Joe Weatherstone) The Palace (Directed by Anthony Maras & Produced by Anthony Maras, Kate Croser, Andros Achilleos) and Transmission (Directed by Zak Hilditch & Produced by Liz Kearney)
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- Colin Delaney
Tribeca Online Film Festival 2012 Film Line-Up
9 April 2012 1:27 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Zak Hilditch's Transmission The film lineup for the 2012 Tribeca Online Film Festival has been unveiled. Four world premiere feature selections from the Tribeca Film Festival, and five short films, three of which are world premieres, will be available during the online Festival at tribecaonline.com. Each film will have limited screening windows and capacity. Reservations begin on April 10 for American Express Cardmembers and April 16 for the general public. Online viewers will be able to vote for Best Feature Film ($10,000 prize) and Best Short Film ($5,000 prize). Winners will be announced at the Tribeca festival awards on April 26. Both Tribeca festivals run April 18-29. There will also be a "social voting competition": The feature and short that receive the most Facebook likes will each receive a separate $500 prize." Those winners will be announced on April 30. Below is the Tribeca Online Film Festival movies (synopses from the Toff press release): Babygirl, »
- Anna Robinson
Screen Australia announces Springboard short film-makers
28 March 2012 8:16 PM, PDT | Encore Magazine | See recent Encore Magazine news »
Three creative teams have received investment through Screen Australia’s Springboard Short Film Initiative.
The idea behind the Springboard Short Film Course is to offer creative teams the opportunity to make a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
Writer/director Nicholas Verso and producer John Malloy will make The Last Time I Saw Richard, while writer/director Miranda Nation with producer Lyn Norfor will make Perception and writer/director Sean Kruck with producer Caroline Barry will make Snowblind.
Previous recipient writer/director Zak Hilditch made the short film Transmission with producer Liz Kearney which was selected for this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and helped them and secure finance in feature These Final Hours.
Another previous recipient was Grant Scicluna whose film The Wilding won at this year’s Melbourne Queer Film Festival for Best Australian Short and was in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. »
- Colin Delaney
Zak Hilditch's post-apocalyptic short Transmission selected for Tribeca
13 March 2012 10:44 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Australian Zak Hilditch.s short film about a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship has been selected for the Tribeca Film Festival (Tff).
Transmission . written and directed by Hilditch . is among 60 short films from 25 countries up for contention at the New York based event. The festival will mark the short film.s international premiere.
.It.s very exciting. it looks like we.re the only Australian film in there so it.s good to be flying the Aussie flag over in New York,. says Hilditch.
.We.re planning to shoot our feature in the second half of this year and going over to something like Tribeca with the short that helped us get the feature funded in the first place is a good way to cap it all off..
Screen Australia supported production of Transmission via its Springboard program which aims to help filmmakers create a short »
- Rachael Gavin
Zak Hilditch's post-apocalyptic short Transmission selected for Tribeca
13 March 2012 10:44 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Australian Zak Hilditch.s short film about a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship has been selected for the Tribeca Film Festival (Tff). Transmission . written and directed by Hilditch . is among 60 short films from 25 countries up for contention at the New York based event. The festival will mark the short film.s international premiere. .It.s very exciting. it looks like we.re the only Australian film in there so it.s good to be flying the Aussie flag over in New York,. says Hilditch. .We.re planning to shoot our feature in the second half of this year and going over to something like Tribeca with the short that helped us get the feature funded in the first place is a good way »
- Rachael Gavin
2012 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Short Film Selections
13 March 2012 11:05 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
2012 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Short Film Selections
The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by founding sponsor American Express, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 26 of which are world premieres.
For the second year running, the recipient of the Tribeca Film Festival.s Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The 2011 Tff Narrative Short Pentecost was nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year.s annual Academy Awards®, while last year.s award-winning Tff documentary short Incident in New Baghdad was nominated for Best Documentary Short.
Tff.s shorts programs chart a wide range of cultural perspectives and geographic coordinates. Drawn from more than 2,800 submissions, the 2012 roster represents 25 countries and territories, including Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, »
- Melissa Howland
2012 Tribeca Film Festival announces Short Film Selections
13 March 2012 10:24 AM, PDT | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
HollywoodNews.com: The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by founding sponsor American Express, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 26 of which are world premieres.
For the second year running, the recipient of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The 2011 Tff Narrative Short Pentecost was nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year’s annual Academy Awards®, while last year?s award-winning Tff documentary short Incident in New Baghdad was nominated for Best Documentary Short.
Tff’s shorts programs chart a wide range of cultural perspectives and geographic coordinates. Drawn from more than 2,800 submissions, the 2012 roster represents 25 countries and territories, including Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Palestine, Puerto Rico, »
- Josh Abraham
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