Screen Australia supported events
2009

SEPTEMBER

Sydney International Animation Festival
Sydney, 4 - 6 September
Sydney's one and only International Animation Festival. With a fantastic line-up of programs throughout the festival, there is something for everyone. Come and experience the festival to see the latest and greatest in international animation.
www.siaf.uts.edu.au

ADG Awards
Sydney, 10 September
The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Awards celebrate the creative achievement of directors in film, television and new media platforms. The recipients of the peer assessed Best Achievement in Direction Awards and the recipients of the Board assessed Lifetime Achievement Awards will be heralded at the Gala Night Dinner on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at the Astral Restaurant, Sydney.
www.adg.org.au/awards.aspx

Little Big Shots
Sydney Opera House, 11 - 13 September
Little Big Shots is the international children’s film festival. Featuring new screen adventures for kids, about kids, and some even by kids, there’s something for kids of all ages. Starring films of all genres, it’s one of the most enjoyable ways for children to engage with other cultures and entice questions about the big wide world. But best of all, Little Big Shots will make children laugh, clap, think and create.
www.littlebigshots.com.au

ADG presents Best of Input Conference
Sydney, 11 - 12 September
The Australian Directors Guild have selected the best of the best from the international event "Best of Input" to run in a 2 day Input in Sydney. The screenings and discussions will be led by independent program makers from across all genres, and by commissioning editors from the ABC and SBS. Program makers and commissioning editors for the selected programs will participate in discussions either in person or via a video link, providing the opportunity for extremely high-level and open debate between program makers and commissioners.
www.adg.org.au/Best-of-input-2009.aspx

World of Women - WOW Film Festival National Tour
2009
This is a short film festival that promotes and awards the talents of women directors, producers, writers, editors and cinematographers in the Australian film industry and in Oceania. It is a unique festival that offers emerging and established filmmakers the opportunity to screen short works giving a thematic perspective of “seeing the world through the eyes of women”.
www.wift.org/wow/WOW_tour.htm

Experimenta
Playground National Tour, Albury Library Museum: 24 July - 13 September
Experimenta is Australia’s leading contemporary arts organisation dedicated to commissioning, exhibiting and promoting media art. Since 1986 Experimenta has promoted new media and digital arts through a vibrant program of exhibitions, screenings, artist commissions and exhibition tours.
www.experimenta.org

Popcorn Taxi
Sydney & Melbourne
Popcorn Taxi is a regular in-depth film event where filmmakers and enthusiasts can meet, watch films of all types, and discuss the filmmaking process.
www.popcorntaxi.com.au

In the Bin Tour
2009
In The Bin has now toured to over 60 communities nation wide taking in places the likes of Cooktown and Coober Pedy, no place is too big or too small just ask Andamooka. The festival has created an Education Program to work alongside the touring festival where students create, shoot and edit their own short film within a three day period.
www.inthebin.net.au

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