2006 Newtown Flicks Film Festival
- News Archive
All the news & events that occurred during the 2006 Newtown Flicks Film Festival including announcements, prizes and the program.
2006 Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival Program
1 April 2006
The program includes a listing of all short film submissions to the festival and screening session details. Finalists were selected from films screening at sessions Chocolate Box and Lolly Bag. All festival entrants were entitled to tickets to the session in which their film was screened and tickets to the Awards Presentation.
Click here to view the 2006 Newtown Flicks Film Festival program.
Prizes for festival winners
1 April 2006
JVC and Powermedia have announced fantastic prizes for the winners including equipment valued to $2000 and Adobe software! These include a 3CCD Mini DV Camcorder and Final Cut Pro Version 5.1.
Audience Prizes
1 April 2006
There will also be audiences prizes including:
• 4 double-passes to The Darlinghurst Theatre
• 4 double passes to The New Theatre
• 2 camera mobile phones!
Winners will be drawn from tickets purchased at program sessions. Also help yourselves to a 10% discount for dinner during the festival at The Union Hotel Eatery, corner of King and Union Streets Newtown.
Judges, guest speakers and contributors
9 April 2006
Our wonderful panel of judges, guest speakers and contributors include: Graham 'Garfield' Barnard (Filmmaker), Karen Colston (Filmmaker), Myles Conti, Luke Eve (Director), Chris Fitz-Gibbon (Fitzair Picture Company), Kevin Jackson (Director, NIDA lecturer), Sebastian Strakowicz (Filmmaker), Genevieve Lemon (Actor), Garry Maddox (Sydney Morning Herald), Tim Newsom (Filmmaker and formerly of Trout Fishing in Quebec), Denise Roberts (Actor, Screenwise), Bart Rose, Paul Searles (Skunkhour), Ken Smith, Megan Spencer (The Movie Show) and Steve Wallace (Australian Film Commission).
The Fitzair Picture Company
13 February 2006
Newtown Flicks welcomes the Fitzair Picture Company’s Chris Fitz-Gibbon as one of our judges and guest speakers. His expertise in the film and television industry and knowledge across different facets of production is highly respected. We’re thrilled to have his contribution.
The Fitzair Picture Company was formed in 1979 after Chris worked 10 years with the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The company is a film and television production house which tackles nothing short of everything. They produce full length feature films, shorts films and television shows. They also specialise in television commercials, music videos, corporate videos and documentaries. With a full production crew of highly experienced professionals and a selection of clients including DreamWorks USA , FOXTEL cable, Roadshow Music Australia and Warners Music Europe they are one to keep your eyes on. Check out the Fitzair Picture Company website.
ABC Radio
2 February 2006
Toni Matthews, ABC 702 Summer Afternoons Presenter interviewed Newtown Flicks on Thursday 2 February, 1:30pm highlighting the benefits and outstanding contribution of Newtown Flicks to the Sydney film industry community.
Powermedia powers up
16 January 2006
Powermedia has come on board as a sponsor of the 2006 Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival. We look forward to the information sessions on existing and emerging equipment and technology during the event.
JVC on board
20 January 2006
Newtown Flicks warmly welcomes JVC who has jumped on ship as a sponsor of the 2006 Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival. As a leading international electronics company in audio, visual and multimedia products we are proud to have their support. Look out for their representative during the festival. |
