We’ve been busy in the last few months, completing principal photography and post-production on our new film George Jones and the Giant Squid. The film was funded through the highly competitive ScreenWest/FTI Hyperlink initiative, and will screen later in the year.
Many thanks to our excellent cast and crew for their great work.
Our short film Singer-Songwriter will screen at the Northbridge Piazza to help launch the 2011 Wild West Comedy Festival. The launch takes place on Friday, April 15, with the festival running from the 18th – 29th of May.
Check out the film, along with roving performers and stand-up comedians at this free event, kicking off at 6pm.
It’s Just Gary has been officially selected for three North American film festivals. It will screen at the Newport Beach Film Festival and Edgemar Short Film Festival in the US, and Lakeshorts International Film Festival, Canada, in the months of April and May.
Our recent short film It’s Just Gary has been nominated for the ‘Best Director’ award at this year’s WA Screen Awards.
A screening will be held at the FTI Outdoor Cinema on Thursday 10th of February, along with other nominated WA short films. All the details are available here: http://www.fti.asn.au/watch/screening/443
Come on down to check it out along with other WA short films. The audience will also have the chance to vote for the ‘People’s Choice’ award that night.
It would be great to see you there.
Greetings citizens.
To those of you who have been wondering where we have been for the last few months, we wish to thank you for your many letters of enquiry and support, and also for the countless parcels of rations and dry biscuits that you have sent. Your generosity has sustained us during our often fraught attempts to repair our badly damaged steamboat. We are happy to announce that we have made good progress, and that the vessel is almost sea-worthy.
However, our records indicate that some citizens have been inconsistent with their offerings to Old Bertie. While sightings of the squid have been few in the past year, we remind each of you that complacency will lead only to ruin. Bertie may yet again reveal himself, and so we leave you with this one vitally important question:
Have you made your offering to Old Bertie today?
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Photograph by Miles Noel ©2010
We are pleased to announce that our screenplay for George Jones and the Giant Squid has been awarded the annual HyperLink grant from ScreenWest and FTI.
The highly competitive fund is offered to one project each year, and aims to assist a Western Australian creative team to develop their skills to professional industry standards.
George Jones and the Giant Squid will be produced by Ella Wright, with principal photography scheduled for January 2011. The team are looking forward to getting nautical.
We’ll be interviewed on ABC news tonight, talking about the premiere of our new short film It’s Just Gary, and the Australian launch of global film fest Future Shorts.
