LECTURES & SEMINARS
This years film festival is offering an inspirational
collection of lectures and seminars. Venues for lectures
and seminars are to be confirmed. All seminars
are free, however bookings are essential. To make
bookings please contact AFTRS on (07) 3257 7646.
Most seminars
will take place at The University of the Sunshine
Coast. This venue is situated right next door
to the Regent Cinema on Queen Street Mall. Full
directions to venues will be available on the day!
Please advise
AFTRS on the number above if you have any special needs
that will assist you in attending (e.g. wheelchair access).
Saturday
31 July - 2pm, USC, Brisbane offices Queen St
CAN
FILM CHANGE THE WORLD?
Images can change the world.
Television coverage of Vietnam changed things forever.
Recent images from Iraq brought this sharply back into
focus, jolting a partially complacent world. Yet
on the other hand there is the media manipulation and
the use of imagery for disengaging, as illustrated in
War at a Distance.
But the immediacy
of the media and imagery is one thing. What about
film? More considered and reflective, and often
more accurate? Elements of the filmmaking community
have always shown passionate political commitment.
Raymundo Gleyzer (his final film and a documentary about
his life are screening at BIFF) is a tragic example.
But what is the impact of cinema? Does Super Size
Me do more than preach to the converted? What of films
such as The Corporation, a meticulous and searing account
of big business?
Mark
Achbar, co-director of The Corporation;
distributor Gil Scrine, responsible
for putting many films on Australian screens; and
Danny Zuvela, who runs the Wild Spaces Film
Festival will discuss the issue with Pat Laughren.
Sunday
1 August, USC, Brisbane offices
Queen St
Meet the filmmaker Jafar Panahi, director
of Crimson Gold
The acclaimed Iranian director of The White Balloon
(winner of the Cannes Camera d'Or; BIFF 1996) and The
Circle (BIFF 2000) will talk about hislatest film
Crimson Gold.
Wednesday
4th August - 5.30pm,
USC, Brisbane offices Queen St
ROOM
TO MOVE: THE CINEMA OF JAMES BENNING
James Benning will
introduce each of his films, and Bruce Hodsdon
will mediate a discussion with him following the screening
of Los (the final screening in the series).
Thursday
5th August -7pm, USC, Brisbane
offices Queen St
CZECH
GOTHIC
Due
to numerous cancelled flights from the states, the Czech
Horror curator Steven Schneider's seminar has been CANCELLED
Steven
Jay Schnieder, curator of the Czech Gothic
retrospective, will discuss the films in the series.
Saturday
7th August - 2pm, USC, Brisbane offices Queen
St
MAINSTREAMING:
WILL THERE BE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES LEFT TO FILM?
Indigenous
imagery on film has long been a controversial topic. Who
has the right to tell whose stories? Affirmative strategies
have changed the balance of power somewhat. Perhaps
now, echoing Philip Adams's famous quote we are able
to dream together. But what about the context?
Three guests
of BIFF, Jeanette Paulson (The Land
Has Eyes, Hawaii), Sekhar Das (Songs
of Mahulbani, India) and Kevin Lucas
(The Widower, Australia) will discuss their work and
experiences. As filmmaking of this sort at least,
cannot but be political, they will be joined by Robbie
Williams, Queensland ATSIC commissioner and other members
of the local indigenous community to ponder broader
questions.
Presented
in association with the GUMURRII Centre, Grifffith University.
Saturday
7th August - 4.30pm, USC, Brisbane offices Queen
St
REPATRIATION
IN FOCUS
Acclaimed
Korean documentary filmmaker, Kim Dong-won
and Solrun Hoaas, director of films
such as Pyong Yang Diaries and Green Tea
and Cherry Ripe, will discuss Repatriation
and issues relating to North/South Korean filmmaking,
following the screening of Repatriation.
Sunday
8th August - 2.30pm, USC, Brisbane offices Queen
St
NORTHERN
VISIONS
Meet these
local filmmakers all together. Hear them discuss
their films and personal visions.
Participants:
Cathy Henkel,
The Man Who Stole My Mother's Face
Faramarz
K-Rahber, Fahimeh's Story
Jen
Lofgren, Painting Ziggy
Nicole
McCuaig, Keeping the Faithful
Carla
Thackrah, Sex, Drugs and String Quartets
THROUGHOUT
THE FESTIVAL...
Don't miss these Q & A sessions..
Director
Scott Smith and producer Robin Cass,
Falling Angels
Director Luigi
Falorni, The Story of the Weeping Camel
Director Cate
Shortland and producer Anthony Anderson,
Somersault
Director Alkinos
Tsilimidos, Tom White
...Keep
your eyes peeled at this sight for other Q & A sessions
as they are confirmed!
Proudly
Presented by:
Australian
Film, Television and Radio School with the support of
the University of the Sunshine Coast
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