The Friends of BPACC (Benalla Performing Arts & Convention Centre) are holding a National Short Film Festival at BPACC on February 27 at 7.30 pm.
Last year’s 10 film entries came from all over Australia and varied in style, length and genre. The winner of last year’s festival was Venetia Taylor (Broken Hill) who received $1,000 from the Friends of BPACC for her 2 minute comedy Counsellor (Broken Hill). Local resident Hayley Warnock received the Benalla Lions Club $500 encouragement award for her under 2 minutes fiction animation Top Delight. Grace O’Brien (Wangaratta) picked up the $500.secondary student award from the Rotary Club of Benalla for Tradition, her fiction film under 8 minutes . Don Percy (Melbourne) won the Friends of BPACC People’s Choice Award of $500 for his hilarious 7 minute comedy Makeover.
Judges this year are Frank Bruzzese (winner of the AACTA Award for Producing Hamish & Andy and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering); Dave Forster (writer for Masterchef and international award winning short film maker), and Polly Staniford from Aquarius films. Polly has produced documentaries for the ABC; written and directed 10 short films; won the St. Kilda Short Film Festival with Joey and recently completed a feature film in Berlin
We would like to encourage our local community to come along and support this initiative.
Adult Tickets $20.00
Students " $10.00
Family " $50.00
The cost includes a sumptuous supper prepared by the Friends of BPACC.
Anna Smith & Bernice Vance
www.benallashorts.com
Friends of BPACC committee
Last year’s 10 film entries came from all over Australia and varied in style, length and genre. The winner of last year’s festival was Venetia Taylor (Broken Hill) who received $1,000 from the Friends of BPACC for her 2 minute comedy Counsellor (Broken Hill). Local resident Hayley Warnock received the Benalla Lions Club $500 encouragement award for her under 2 minutes fiction animation Top Delight. Grace O’Brien (Wangaratta) picked up the $500.secondary student award from the Rotary Club of Benalla for Tradition, her fiction film under 8 minutes . Don Percy (Melbourne) won the Friends of BPACC People’s Choice Award of $500 for his hilarious 7 minute comedy Makeover.
Judges this year are Frank Bruzzese (winner of the AACTA Award for Producing Hamish & Andy and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering); Dave Forster (writer for Masterchef and international award winning short film maker), and Polly Staniford from Aquarius films. Polly has produced documentaries for the ABC; written and directed 10 short films; won the St. Kilda Short Film Festival with Joey and recently completed a feature film in Berlin
We would like to encourage our local community to come along and support this initiative.
Adult Tickets $20.00
Students " $10.00
Family " $50.00
The cost includes a sumptuous supper prepared by the Friends of BPACC.
Anna Smith & Bernice Vance
www.benallashorts.com
Friends of BPACC committee
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