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Documentary Included Festivals
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(Review ID: 33)
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Documentary Included Festivals
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A warm audience, great catering and a charming program., November 19, 2006
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Reviewer: danimations from Adelaide, South Australia
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Pros:
Great balance of pro/amateur and all genres of filmmaking.
Cons:
Low level of publicity in its inaugural year (2006)
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Set in the wine region to the south of Adelaide (the capital city of South Australia), the Fleurieu Film Festival enjoyed its inaugural screening on November 11th, 2006. Inside the intimate and elegant foyer and cellar of the Rosemount Winery, wine was poured and enjoyed as a chattering gathering of fifty or so filmmakers and film lovers slowly flowed in. The event presented its program in two acts, with the nine competitive entries augmented by four more from the SA Short Screen Awards’ current regional touring program. After a friendly introduction and awards ceremony, the screening ensued, with a varied and interesting selection of films. Among them were two documentaries, my own piece ‘A Shift in Perception’ and the zany ‘Haggis Shackleton’s Hairy History’ a work by a recent graduate of the Flinders University Natural History Filmmaking course. The latter used a mixed media approach, incorporating animation and a playful irreverence into the biographical work. The Linda Kennedy film won the ‘Nifty Idea’ award for its originality and vitality, while ‘A Shift in Perception’ took the prize of ‘Best Film’ in the Professionally Produced category. The rest of the screening was a healthy balance of animation, experimental and dramatic work, with no genre unreasonably outweighing the others. The curatorial angle on this festival seems to have an artistic and creative emphasis (the host are filmmakers themselves), and serves as a strong counterpoint to the more commercially focused Shorts festival in October in Adelaide. Unfortunately, the gods were against us on the night of the screening, and a freak electrical storm took out the power supply to the winery, leaving us four and a half films shy of completing the one-night festival program. South Australian makers of artistic cinema of all genres should add this one to their festival calendar, and for those based in Adelaide, it’s well worth the 40 minute road trip for some great local produce.
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