*Crap
– defined – there are many definitions of what crap is; vulgar
slang – something which is of poor quality, nonsense, rubbish or excrement.
The definition of Crap for this festival is the following; What could be one
mans garbage is another mans treasure; What might not meet the standards of
some meets the standards of others; What might not work in some ways works
in others.
The Short Crap Film Festival #3 - an international experiment
FINALISTS
On August 7th at the
Public Office in Melbourne, the finalists were announced, and excerpts of
their films shown to the public. See below, the 19 short films selected to
tour with The Short Crap Film Festival #3.
the short crap national competition...
"The World Really Is W"
Filmmaker: Kim Miles
VIC
Alienation at the office.
“How
2 Make a Horror Movie”
Filmmaker: Glen Triggs
VIC
Mankind has been plagued thru the ages by 1 question. Can you make a 'Horror
Movie' for under $20. This epic production teaches everyone 'how 2 make a
horror movie'
“Keith”
Filmmakers: Michael Griffin & Luke Rimmelzwaan
QLD
Still, and sitting in the corner of the room, Keith looks forward
“Writing
with Tongue”
Filmmaker: Sarah Tosone
QLD
A woman experimenting with a different form of communication
“To
Bee or Not To Bee?”
Filmmaker: David Easteal
ACT
Can a boy turn into a bee? This short takes a humorous look into a world of
possibilities
“Lucid
Being”
Filmmakers: Joshua Long & Kellie Ward
QLD
Do you believe in Qualia. Neither did George, until his own reality turned
black.
“Annabelle
Arbuckle Down Under”
Filmmakers: Michael Reed & Tatiana Doroshenko
VIC
Militant Feminist Annabelle Arbuckle, agrees to a rare interview. She talks
about the early days of her feminist fist organisation and the very important
part Australia played in it’s formation.
“After
Dolly”
Filmmaker: Mick Elliott
NSW
A short animated discussion on the pros and cons of cloning
"The
Adventures of a 2 Dimensional Light Being"
Filmmakers: Light n Up, Kathy McCormick & Jyllie Jackson
NSW
A magical journey of creative inspiration explored through the rare medium
of shadow puppet animation
“On A Roll”
Filmmakers: Cathrine McVeigh & Nubar Ghazarian & David Lithgow
VIC
We follow a womans obsession with her flatmates extravagant overuse of toilet
paper.
“In
Search Of Gum”
Filmmaker: Mark Gerada
NSW
A boy from Sydney and a girl from Las Vegas, equipped with a video camera
& faded ideals visit a national monument of the USA
“ZZZZ”
Filmmakers: James Findlay & Lewis McKeown
NSW
Horation Stafford has an unwelcome visitor during the night.
“Bowled
Over”
Filmmakers: Antony Waterlow & Gaye Bell
NSW
Rosie is bowled over by a boy, a basket ball and a bully with a beef.
“My
Left Sock”
Filmmakers: Dean White & Jay White
NSW
One man, one sock and his journey to find the other
“Le
Machine”
Filmmaker: Michael Griffin & Luke Rimmelzwaan
QLD
Le painting. Le chess game. Le machine.
an international experment...
“Glucklcih Sind Wir”
Filmmaker: Eleonore de Montesquiou
Germany
a 90 year old mother and her 60 year old daughter live in the same flat in
Berlin. The mother never comes out of the flat, the daughter goes shopping
once a day, never got married but almost did.
“Green
Light”
Filmmaker: Jorgen Johansen
Norway
a comment to G.W. Bush and his robotic actions against Irag. Feelings of being
under surveillance are also conveyed in this film.
“Le
Jeu D’amour”
Filmmaker: Susanne Hofer
Switzerland
A love story with an unhappy ending is told through pictures that were taken
from a marriage counciling book from the early 80s.
“Everythings
Ok”
Filmmaker: Tintin Wulia
Indonesia
"Yes, Sir, everything's OK! No, Sir, we cannot
see the human anymore, but
rest assured, Sir, everything's definitely OK!"
Please
find below the dates & venues for The Short Crap Film Festival #3
Brisbane
Thursday
23rd September, 8pm
The Zoo: 711 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
www.thezoo.com.au
Sydney
Sunday
26th September, 7pm
@Newtown: 52 Enmore Road, Newtown
www.atnewtown.com.au
the old newtown rsl
Melbourne
Tuesday
28th September, 8pm
Corner Hotel: 57 Swan Street, Richmond
www.cornerhotel.com
THE
SHORT CRAP FILM FESTIVAL #3 - bares all at Glitch!
Melbourne - Sunday 3rd, Monday
4th, Sunday 10th, Monday 11th October.
Glitch Bar & Cinema: 318 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North
www.glitch.com.au
Touring
with the festival will be,
Suzannah King
Pollen
Bent Holiday
Sasha Matteucci
BRISBANE
golden circles
tylea
the zebras
SYDNEY
bent holiday
stiff gins
coda
MELBOURNE
bent holiday
yanto shortis
mach pelican
PRIZES
Brisbane
$402
A Delightful Hamper Of Goodies
A Toilet Trophy
Sydney
$402
A Delightful Hamper Of Goodies
A Toilet Trophy
Melbourne
$402
A Delightful Hamper of Goodies
A Toilet Trophy
THE
SHORT CRAP FILM FESTIVAL #3 WINNER
$802,
1 Year Subscription to IF Magazine,
VCA School of Film & Television 5 Day Workshop.
A one week course which includeds: Writing for the Screen, The Camera, Producing,
Short Film Case Studies, Directors Workshop
Held in the Summer of 2005,
A website created and hosted by artsConnect valued at over $1000
a Toilet Trophy
The Short Crap Film Festival #3 – an
international Experiment Winner
$802
1 Year Subscription to IF Magazine
Toilet Trophy
4.30am tuesday the 21st of september, we left melbourne for a two day journey
to Brisbane, to hold the 1st installment of our touring Short Crap Film Festival.
It was the first time we had ever taken the festival on the road and away
from it's home in brisbane. In the previous years, we had held it only in
brisbane, this year was the first for many things.
23rd Septemer, we open the doors to the festival once again at the Zoo in
brisbane's fortitude valley. In the past, Brisbane has been an amazing experience,
and tonight was no different. For this was much more of a show then ever before,
and the crowd seemed pleasantly suprised by the range of short films on offer
and the specialty of musical acts.
24th September, night, we depart Brisbane, after picking up another player
in the tour, Ben Toliday. The van had to be re-arranged, and we drove through
the night, with a breakfast stop over in Newcastle! Yay! By this point, we
are all sick of each other but excited at the fact that we were closer to
the Sydney festival then ever before.
26th September, sunday night, we open the doors of The Short Crap Film Festival
for the first time to a wonderfully receptive and enthusiastic audience in
Sydney at the old Newtown RSL. After a number of scary sound mishaps, the
show began, and we would like to think we possibly wowed a sydney audience
and educated them in crap short films! The night ended on a seriously high
note with CODA playing and the audience voting their sydney vote to the film
"ZZZZ", with the filmmakers present, it made the entire evening
a buzz.
27th September, 4.30am, we leave the regents court in kings cross and head
back home to melbourne to hold our final short crap film festival in the tour.
At this point, we are slightly bent from all the driving, a little insane
and very spacey. However, this just made the drive somewhat a little more
interesting, especially when it came to pumping air in the tyres, this should
be simple yes?
28th September, 8pm, we open the doors of the Short Crap Film Festival for
the first time to a very enthusiastic crowd of melbournians. For it being
a fringe festival event we were suprised at the diverse range of people in
the crowd, fringe seems to attract all kinds, and it was great!
11pm, we announce the winner of the Melbourne Vote, "Annabelle Arbuckle
Down Under" plus we tally up all the votes taken and award the international
experiment award, "Le Jeu D'Amour" and after tallying up all of
the votes taken over the entire tour we award the overall winner prize to
"AFTER DOLLY" a well deserving recipient for the first ever toured
Short Crap Film Festival!
2am, we arrive back at the Fully Flared Head quatres, a short crap party ensued,
but I went straight for the valuim and bed!
Afterwards, we had four nights of screening all of the entries entered into
the festival at the Glitch Bar & Cinema in North Fitzroy, On Monday the
11th of October, we showed the finalists again, to a wonderfully enthusiastic
audience, who all applauded like crazy when it was all over. I can personally
say, they enjoyed it as much as we did bringing it to them and to everyone
who came along to the festival in each city!
This was an insane experiment but we would have done it no differently!
If you would like to see these films again, please feel free to email shortcrap@fullyflared.com
Many thanks for taking the time to read this! Stay tuned for more Short Film
Stuff soon!
Bartholomew Sammut