Black Nights film festival

PRESS RELEASE - Call for entries to the inaugural Black Nights film festival
Background - Film Festival

The Black Nights film festival starts on 21st October and is designed to raise the profile of black & white film as a media.  To achieve this objective the event consists of two elements, namely, locally produced black & white short films followed by a classic black & white movie.

The festival is being held at the Valhalla (in Glebe, NSW).

The schedule for the 21st October is to show a selection of the b&w short films entered for the competition (estimated to be 10 - 15) and the audience and our judging panel select a winner and runner-up.  The shorts are then followed by a classic black & white film (Duck Soup).

The jury is headed by Abigail Moncrieff. Abigail recently produced 2 movies for the Biennale and these are currently shown at the MCA in Sydney.

The following session in the festival (4th November) will re-show the winner and runner-up and be followed by Psycho.  Subsequent sessions will depend on demand.

The main sponsor of the festival is Blavod - a black vodka.

The competition

The objective of the film festival is to raise the profile amongst Australian film makers of black & white as a media.  Hence, we are seeking entries of short black & white films produced by Australian film makers for the event.  The films must be between 2 and 7 minutes in length.

$3,000 worth of prizes are available thanks to the generosity of our Prize sponsor: MAGNET EDITING SUITES

More details (including the competition rules & entry form) are available from Blavod's website (www.blavod.com.au).

Simon Howell

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