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24.01.2022 WW WW WW Just weeks left to submit your films into the Understory Film Festival, film lovers! We know you and your crew have been uber busy behind the scenes and we are so excited to see what you've been working on! ... Submit your film by 4pm, Tuesday 6 October 2020, (or 1 October if you're entering the High School Student Category). Find out more and download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2Xzp05U ANNNNND don't forget to organise your posse to buy your tickets to the main event; Understory Film Festival | Screening and Awards Night, hosted by Munro Martin Parklands on Saturday, 7 November https://bit.ly/33ecMS3 ; if you want to sit together, you will need to book your tickets in a single transaction.
24.01.2022 Screenworks and Screen Queensland are inviting all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders with an interest in screen stories and filmmaking to come along to our information evening to find out more how they can receive free training as part of the Make It In FNQ: Creating Screen Stories initiative. Make It In FNQ: Creating Screen Stories is a free, six-month program of Indigenous-led storytelling and concept development workshops, open to emerging FNQ Aboriginal and Torres ...Strait Islander participants. Come along to find out more about the program. You’ll hear from Douglas Watkin (Content Director, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Program, Screen Queensland) and independent film producer Dena Curtis of Inkey Media and actor, writer, producer and director Aaron Fa’Aoso of Cairns based production company Lone Star and be able to ask them questions and pass on your suggestions. Friday, 6 Nov 6pm 8pm Tank 5, Tanks Arts Centre
22.01.2022 | Each year the films submitted to Understory are judged by an independent panel of industry professionals. 2020 sees yet another outstanding jury to assess the films, and today we're profiling . . Jas Shennan trained in fine art and stage design. After graduating from the London Film School, he worked at the BBC on documentaries and dramas, before emigrating to Australia. ... Jas has worked extensively as a director, producer, cameraman and editor on various TV documentaries, dramas, reality shows and in the corporate arena. He believes that after nearly 50 years of being continuously involved in television production, it’s time for him to pass on his broad knowledge of storytelling to the next generation of digital media artists.
22.01.2022 What a week we’ve had at Understory Head Quarters and what an immense amount of talent there is stretched across the region! Almost 50 films in the submissions vault! Spanning comedy, thriller, animation, music video, suspense, nature, romance, monsters and everything in between! The films are now being reviewed by our esteemed independent judging panel, with the shortlist to be announced later this month, so keep an eye on our page to see which films are selected for scr...eening! One thing is very clear - we're going to have one heck of a collection to present to you at this year’s main event; the Understory Film Festival Screening and Awards Night held at Munro Martin Parklands on Sat 7 Nov. Tickets are on sale now, so secure your spot in the crowd remember buy together to be together, film lovers https://bit.ly/36KQ3Aq Plus don’t forget to register for the FREE Filmmaker Talk, taking place from 2pm 4pm in the CPAC Studio, prior to the Screening and Awards Night. More info here >> https://bit.ly/3nuBRl7 Best of luck to all the filmmakers and congratulations on your dedication and determination to create something magnificent you are the heart and soul of Understory and we you!
20.01.2022 WINNER | BEST FICTION FILM Cheryl and Perry Harrison for 'The Beta Phase' An uncle takes his autistic nephew under his wing in a trial of radical parenting and epic awakenings.... This film has also been selected for a plethora of other screenings, both in Australia and abroad. Find out more at their website www.thebetaphasefilm.com
19.01.2022 The moment you've been waiting for The 2020 Understory Film Festival Screening Short List!... Congratulations!!! These short film masterpieces will be screened at this year's Understory Film Festival, Screening and Awards Night, taking place on Saturday 7 November at Munro Martin Parklands, under the tropical night sky Tickets are on sale now >> https://bit.ly/2HvGpaX Thank you to all the filmmakers who submitted films this year. Your passion, creativity and dedication to your craft is truly inspirational We salute you!
18.01.2022 Get your skates on filmmakers We have just passed the 9-week mark which means you are to seeing your film on the at the Understory Film Festival 2020! Submit your glorious film creations for your chance to be screened, by 4pm Tuesday, 6 October 2020 : If you are entering the High School Student Category your film must be submitted via a Teacher Liaison or Head of Department, at your school by Thursday, 1 October 2020.... The Screening and Awards Night will be held on Saturday, 7 November 2020 at a venue yet to be advised... Find out more and download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2Xzp05U We can't WAIT to see what you've been working on!
18.01.2022 Understory Film Festival | Screening and Awards Night 7pm, Saturday 7 November 2020 Munro Martin Parklands... https://bit.ly/3m7KEsL +++ ; if you want to sit together, you will need to book your tickets in one transaction. +++ 2020 marks the seventh annual Understory Film Festival Screening and Awards Night; an evening dedicated to recognising the extraordinary expertise, energy and commitment of student, emerging and professional filmmakers, living in the Far North. Experience short film masterpieces, across a vast selection of genres, including comedies, documentaries, music videos, animations, experimental and more. Shortlisted entries will be screened and the winners announced, with the final category, the People’s Choice Award, to be determined by the audience on the night. This year, the event will be held at Munro Martin Parklands, so take the chance to enjoy a curated selection of magnificent short films, produced right here, under the tropical night sky Bring a picnic, a low set chair or rug and take advantage of the onsite food vendors and licensed bar.
17.01.2022 WINNER | BEST MUSIC VIDEO Abi Muir for 'First Date' First Date tells the story of the original song by Abi Muir (beat by BNDLSS, mixed by Simon Cohen, mastered by Oli Morgan).... Congratulations, Abi! .
17.01.2022 LIGHTS | CAMERA | ! Calling all FNQ filmmakers Submit your short film for the chance to see it on the at Munro Martin Parklands on Saturday, 7 November at the Understory Film Festival | Screening and Awards Night! ... Entries close 4pm, Tuesday 6 October 2020 (High School students need to submit their films via a Teacher Liaison or Head of Dept. by Thursday, 1 October). Find out more and download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2GUmD5u We're cheering for you!
13.01.2022 WINNER | BEST DOCUMENTARY WINNER | PEOPLE'S CHOICE Kate Mascall for 'Progress and Pool Noodles' A short film that documents the Cairns Regional Council’s endangered Spectacled Flying Fox dispersal from the City Library beginning 4th July 2020.... An important story, Kate. Thank you for sharing
13.01.2022 Attention Content Creators - Join Screenworks' FREE webinar for Far North Queenslanders in partnership with Screen Queensland! Have you got a great screen story that you want to get online? Are you are looking for tips and tricks to find and build your online audience? This webinar is open to all Far North Queenslanders who are keen to know more about creating innovative short-form content online! ... REGISTER NOW - FREE https://buff.ly/3b1PMJE You must be a resident of Far North QLD to register. #screenqueensland #fnq #farnorthqueensland #cairns #screenaustralia #onlinecontent #webinar
12.01.2022 ALE Screenplay Competition Animal Logic Studios have announced the launch of the ALE Screenplay Competition, open to all Aussie writers with a feature script in the family animated/hybrid space. Entries are open until 15th November via Film Freeway.... Find more info
11.01.2022 Applications for 'AUTHENTIC - Real Stories from the people of FNQ' close this SUNDAY 29th November! Find out more
11.01.2022 Today marks 2 weeks (that's right, two, duo, dos) until submissions are due for this year's ! This deadline, (4pm, 6 Oct 2020), is final - no extensions! Films due 1 Oct if you're entering the High School Student Category. So show us what you're made of Cairns film community - we're on the edge of our seats in anticipation! ... Find out more and download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2Xzp05U Onto other important things... the Understory Film Festival | Screening and Awards Night on Sat 7 Nov ... have you purchased your tix yet? Get em while they're hot https://bit.ly/33ecMS3 ; if you want to sit together, you will need to book your tickets in a single transaction. get your registrations in for the Filmmaker Talk. From Script to Screen. | Understory Film Festival, taking place at the CPAC Studio from 2pm-4pm on Sat 7 Nov (prior to the Screening and Awards Night).
11.01.2022 WINNER | BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM Jack Wilkie-Jans for 'Here I Am' An exploration of loneliness and isolation and the relationship society has now with masks and harks back to masks as veils to be unseen or seen as something other.... Congratulations, Jack
11.01.2022 Filmmakers.... film submissions are due 4pm, Tues 6 Oct or 1 Oct if you're entering the High School Student Category. we can't to see what you've been working on!... Download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2Xzp05U
10.01.2022 CALLING ALL PORT DOUGLAS BASED CREW A new young adult TV drama series is filming locally and looking to fill the following positions: Dates: 28th Septemb...er - December 19 Crewing positions required: RUNNER STANDBY COSTUME STANDBY PROPS ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT If interested please send your CV directly to: [email protected] ASAP (Good luck!)
09.01.2022 , filmmakers! Just 7 weeks left to prepare your film for the chance to have it screened at Understory Film Festival - Cairns on Saturday, 7 November 2020, at our Screening and Awards Night! Make it hilarious make it terrifying make it heart-wrenching but definitely make it (and submit it) before 6 October! Or 1 October if you're entering the High School Student Category. Find out more and download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2Xzp05U
09.01.2022 Flickerfest 2021 Entries Closing Soon The late entry deadline for Flickerfest 2021 is October 9th! Get those entries in to catch your masterpiece on the big screen under the stars in Bondi as part of Australia's leading Academy Award Qualifying and BAFTA Qualifying festival!... More info
08.01.2022 Wowsers! Screen Queensland together with Screenworks are delivering two initiatives in FNQ, partnering with NITV and ABC Australia! Both programs aim to create career-changing opportunities for the local filmmaking industry in FNQ, and lead to more local stories and productions happening in the region. ... : This initiative will offer $4,000 of funding to three FNQ filmmaking teams to produce short films about significant personalities in the region. Each selected team will work closely with a mentoring producer from the ABC to refine their shooting scripts, production planning, rough cuts and final edits. Applications for Authentic open 19th October. : Led by Queensland-based film producer Dena Curtis of Inkey Media, this program is a free, six-month program of Indigenous storytelling and concept development workshops, open to emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants. At the conclusion of the program, participants will present their story ideas and pitch materials to NITV for live feedback! Launching 6th November. : screenqueensland.com.au and screenworks.com.au
07.01.2022 | Each year the films submitted to Understory are judged by an independent panel of industry professionals. In 2020 Council has again engaged an exemplary jury to assess the films, and over the next few weeks, we will tell you a little about each judge, kicking off with . With a professional career spanning a number of disciplines including filmmaking, academia and paediatric intensive care, Dr Jan Cattoni has managed to weave these div...erse disciplines into a kind of hybrid career in ethical filmmaking, often working with vulnerable individuals and marginalised communities. Jan’s broadcast credits as a writer and director of short drama, documentary and factual series, include work for ABC Australia, SBS Australia and RTÉ (Ireland). After moving back to FNQ a decade ago Jan has worked in many remote locations producing content and mentoring emerging Indigenous directors. In this environment, Jan has been able to explore participative filmmaking, community scripting and improvisation, and as a result, produced a large amount of broadcast & commissioned content which has attracted numerous awards. Jan has a Doctorate of Visual Arts from Griffith Film School and currently teaches Digital Media at CQUniversity Cairns. Thank you for being part of our esteemed judging panel, Jan
07.01.2022 WINNER | BEST ANIMATION Oliver Marsden for 'Blue Bird' Brad relives holiday memories to come to terms with the passing of his mother.... Well done, Oliver!
07.01.2022 What a super spesh night! The stars definitely shone bright, (not to mention those sparkly ones in the sky), and the Parklands has never looked so glam! Thank you to everyone who came along and supported this spectacular event <3 Spot yourself in the crowd? Feel free to tag yourself and your posse!
06.01.2022 Calling Regional Creatives! Check out this amazing opportunity to kick start your creative venture The free online info session is Wednesday, 28 October (tomorrow evening). Find out more ... Compton School University of Canberra
06.01.2022 Screen Queensland together with Screenworks are delivering a short film initiative for FNQ filmmakers in partnership with the ABC. The AUTHENTIC program will support FNQ filmmakers to profile local personalities in short documentaries for ABC Online exhibition. Selected filmmakers will be provided with a grant of $4,000 and will work closely with an appointed local ABC Producer to develop their idea before filming and exhibition on ABC online platforms.... Applications for Authentic are open now! Deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 29th November 2020 AEST. Find out more
05.01.2022 Just pinning this here for y'all - it's the 7th annual Understory Film Festival 2020 Shortlist in order of screening, including film synopsis. For those of us heading to the festival this Saturday, 7 November at Munro Martin Parklands - keep this handy to refer to when casting your vote for the People's Choice award, the final category of the night. Your vote could make the difference! ... Prefer to see the program as a pdf? Here's the link >> https://bit.ly/3etltNR Tickets are still available online, up until midday on Saturday, after which you can purchase tickets at the gate from 5pm >> https://bit.ly/38eqFUn
05.01.2022 2020 marks the 7th year of Understory Film Festival - Cairns; a film festival created especially to showcase FNQ talent, build local industry capacity, award achievement and develop the short film culture appetite and audience. The competition culminates in a red carpet event; the Understory Film Festival Screening and Awards Night, taking place on Saturday, 7 November 2020 Submit your film by 4pm, Tuesday 6 October 2020, (or 1 October if you're entering the High ...School Student Category). Find out more and download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2Xzp05U Goodluck
05.01.2022 | All shorts submitted are assessed by an esteemed judging panel, of which we have been introducing you to over the past few weeks. Today we bring you the fourth and final profile, highlighting Australian film director/writer/producer . Rolf attended the Australian Film and Television School, (aka AFTRS), graduating in 1980. ... Since then he has directed fourteen (yes, you read that correctly ) feature films, writing ten of them and co-writing another three. He also generally produces the films he directs. Works include (Jury Prize, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2006 and Australia’s Best Foreign Language Academy Award nomination) and (both in Official Competition, Cannes Film Festival) ’ (Competition, Berlin Film Festival) (Special Jury Prize and four other prizes, Venice Film Festival) The third of Rolf’s collaborations with renowned Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil, ’ , won Best Actor in Un Certain Regard at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was Australia’s nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2014 Academy Awards. What a legend! Welcome to the judging panel Rolf - we're so delighted to have you!
04.01.2022 Hola! Just a reminder that as of today we're just ocho (8) weeks out from the submission deadline, senoritas and senors! There is still time to make something filmmakers! Get your crew together, or go it solo, and tell the world an intriguing story through the versatile medium of film! The possibilities are ! Submissions close 4pm Tuesday, 6 October 2020, (a little earlier if you're entering the High School Student Category, as you'll need to subm...it your film via a Teacher Liaison or Head of Department, by Thursday 1 October 2020.) The Screening and Awards Night will be held on Saturday, 7 November 2020 at a venue yet to be advised. Find out more and download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2Xzp05U
03.01.2022 WOW! What a fantastic opportunity for our creative friends who live in the Cassowary Coast, Tablelands, Etheridge or Douglas Shire Regional Council areas! Come and experience the Understory Film Festival | Screening and Awards Night and the Filmmaker Talk. From Script to Screen. | Understory Film Festival for FREE including transport and one night's accommodation! Find out more https://bit.ly/3ce1yBm... Arts Queensland #artsqld #artsfunding #RASN
03.01.2022 Regional friends - check out this amazing opportunity to come along to Understory 2020! FREE transport, accommodation and tickets if you live in these areas: Cassowary Coast Regional Council Tablelands Regional Council Etheridge Shire Council... Douglas Shire Council Check out for more info and to find out if you're eligable.
03.01.2022 Film lovers, there are just 5 weeks left to submit your film to be in the running for screening, prizes and ultimate glory! This is your chance to and show the world your wildest, wackiest and wonderful film creations and we are BEYOND excited to see what you've been working on! Keep an eye on our Facebook page as the venue for the Understory Film Festival Screening and Awards Night will soon be announced! ... Submit your film by 4pm, Tuesday 6 October 2020, (or 1 October if you're entering the High School Student Category). Find out more and download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2Xzp05U You've got this!
03.01.2022 WINNER | BEST EMERGING FILMMAKER Noah Brown for 'Bin Night' Rummaging through a neighbour’s rubbish has never had such severe consequences.... Congratulations, Noah!
03.01.2022 Holy moly time is , Filmmakers! 4 to submit your films to Understory Film Festival! Show us your most fantastical, crazy cool or emotive film creations and be in the running to WIN fame, glory and prestige! As well as a pretty trophy for your mantelpiece today we announced the venue for the @Understory Film Festival | Screening and Awards Night on Saturday 7 November.... drum roll, please ... Munro Martin Parklands will play host this year! Remember; buy together to be together, to be allocated your own VIP area, drawn on the grass A picnic, your favourite peeps and a night of the best short films? Sounds like the perfect night to us! Submit your film by 4pm, Tuesday 6 October 2020, (or 1 October if you're entering the High School Student Category). Find out more and download the application form here >> https://bit.ly/2Xzp05U
03.01.2022 Film enthusiasts wanted This free Filmmaker Talk presented by Understory Film Festival invites film enthusiasts to engage in candid conversation with screen industry professionals Molly Reynolds, Dena Curtis, Caden Pearson and Douglas Watkin (Screen QLD). Facilitated by Kier Shorey (Screenwriter and Radio Presenter), discussions will cover production pathways and practical advice on the various ways our esteemed panel members have successfully transferred their ideas fr...om script to screen. Hear about their career highlights and what inspires them as a filmmaker, together with the challenges that making films can present. Be there to experience this invaluable opportunity to learn and be motivated by some of the screen industry’s best creatives and professionals. . Please email the Understory Film Festival Coordinator, Jan Aird, to secure your place: [email protected] Due to Covid-19, you will be required to provide your full name, mobile number and residential address, upon booking. 2pm, Saturday 7 November 2020 Cairns Performing Arts Centre
03.01.2022 | When you submit your short film masterpiece/s, they go on to be assessed by an exemplary panel of judges, of which we have been profiling over the last few weeks. Today, we introduce you to . Producer/Writer/Director, Molly specialises in screen-based storytelling and digital media production. ... As a practitioner, Molly makes documentaries and websites, including the feature documentaries and (both part of the Country Suite of projects attached to ’ ), and the multi-award winning . Molly's current work is the feature documentary, . With an MA in Commercial Law and an MA in Media Arts and Production, Molly also has extensive management and consultancy experience including with the NT, SA and NSW state governments, AFTRS, the AFC and Film Australia. Other roles have included General Manager with Beyond Online and working at the ABC producing, designing and creating content and policy across platforms. Molly has taught as an adjunct professor and is a published industry commentator/broadcaster. With a career as diverse and accomplished as Molly's, we are undoubtedly lucky to have secured her for our judging panel - thank you, Molly!
01.01.2022 Understory Film Festival - Cairns Awards List 2020 MASSIVE kudos to the filmmakers who took home an award (or two!) Thank you to all the filmmakers who submitted films, the independent judging panel who assessed the films, the Filmmaker Talk panellists and of course, the audience, for being there on the night to show your support for and to celebrate filmmaking in our region.... Photos from the night coming soon!
01.01.2022 Filmmakers - Screen Queensland staff are in Cairns today and tomorrow! Email [email protected] or register here to book in a chat about opportunities and funding streams for your film, series, game or festival idea.
