“Who Took The Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour” showing at Brisbane Underground Film Festival, 7pm Thu Oct 13, Powerhouse

Posted October 9th, 2011 by djackmanson and filed in Film, Film festivals

When feminist electroclash musicians Le Tigre toured the world in 2004-2005, documentary maker Kerthy Fix followed them and made “Who Took The Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour“.

The film will be screening at the Brisbane Underground Film Festival at the Brisbane Powerhouse at 7pm on Thursday October 13, 2011. Tickets are $16 for adults and $13 for concession, but you have to be over 18 to go. And let’s pause for a quick tip of the hat to the Brisbane or Death blog, where I found out about BUFF.

Click here for a map showing the best ways to get to the Brisbane Powerhouse by public transport.

“Shut Up Little Man!” – A Film About Neighbourly Abuse, at the Brisbane Underground Film Festival This Saturday

Posted October 8th, 2011 by djackmanson and filed in Film, Film festivals

Shut Up, Little Man!” sounds pretty weird, although after some of the places I’ve lived in, fairly run-of-the-mill, too. It’s a documentary about the success of the “Shut Up, Little Man!” audio recordings. The recordings got made when two young guys moved into an apartment in San Francisco and got forced to listen to constant arguments between two of their neighbours.

This YouTube video was made using recordings of one of the conversations

And this video is the trailer for the film that’s on at BUFF

The film screens at the Brisbane Underground Film Festival at the Brisbane Powerhouse at 7pm on Saturday October 15, 2011. Tickets are $16 for adults and $13 for concession, but you have to be over 18 to go. And thanks to the Brisbane or Death blog, where I found out about BUFF.

Click here for a map showing the best ways to get to the Brisbane Powerhouse by public transport.

Brisbane Film Making: West End Film Festival is looking for movies

Posted January 22nd, 2010 by admin and filed in Festivals, Film, Film festivals
The West End Film Festival is looking for Australian short films to show at the Festival on Sunday March 28th 2010 at the Rumpus Room in Russel St, West End. Films need to be submitted by Friday February 12th 2010. They say they’re looking for all genres and they encourage you to enter if it’s your first time making a film, and they also actively encourage “Aboriginal, queer, political, punk, experimental, and creative filmmakers”.

You can download the entry form here (pdf file). I had a quick look at the terms and conditions and they seem OK (of course, I’m not a lawyer) – you don’t give up your rights to your film, the festival just gets the right to use your film to promote the festival. You can also follow the West End Film Festival on Twitter, or become a fan of the Festival on Facebook.

Brisbane Film Festivals – Palestinian Days

Posted October 10th, 2009 by admin and filed in Festivals, Film, Film festivals

The Justice for Palestine group is presenting the Palestinian Days film festival from this Friday, October 16, to Sunday, October 18, at the Schonell Theatre at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus – click here for a Google Map.

There are seven sessions over the weekend. The opening session at 6.30pm on Friday October 16 costs $20 or $12 concession, and includes food and will be opened by Ambassador Izzat Abdul Hadi, head of the Palestinian delegation to Australia. All other sessions are $10, or $8 concession. Tickets for the entire festival are $50, or a day pass is $15 or $15 concession. If you can’t afford a session, please book and let the organisers know and they’ll be able to arrange a discount or free entry for you.

The features at each session are:

Friday October 16, 6.30pm

Lemonade – Palestinian brothers try to transcend their predicament as refugees by selling lemonade in their school break.

Arna’s Children: a film about a children’s theatre group in Jenin run by Arna Mer-Khamis.

Saturday October 17, 11am

Letter from Sarah – a 12-year old Palestinian girl writes a script about her life.

Palestine Blues – looks at how the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and the building of the Wall, has affected the Palestinian people. By Nida Sinnokrot.

Saturday October 17, 2pm

Frontiers of Dreams and Fears: looks at the life of Palestinian children living in refugee camps.

Jerusalem – the East Side Story: about the Israeli efforts to drive Palestinians out of East Jerusalem.

Saturday October 17, 7.30pm

Palestine, Summer 06: Captures the mood of Palestine as Israel attacked Gaza and Lebanon.

Arus el Jaleel (Bride of Galillee): Story of Fatma HAwari, bombed by Israeli forces in 1948 and left in a wheelchair.

Sunday October 18, 11am

Gaza Strip

Sunday October 18, 2pm

Jenin Jenin: The Palestinian side of 2002′s Battle of Jenin.

Since You Left: Mohammed Bakri visits the graveside of his mentor, Emile Habibi and reflects on what has happened since Habibi’s death.

Sunday, October 18 6pm

My Beloved Homeland: Features music from Palestinians, including warsinger Rim Banna, Jawaher Shofan, the El-Funoun Popular Palestinian Dance Troupe, Mustafa al-Kurd, and the Sarayett Rammallah Troupe for Performance and Dance.

The Iron Wall.