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Best of short films on show in festival

MORE than 250 entries have been whittled down to the best 42 films for the 17th Canberra Short Film Festival, opening today at Dendy Cinemas in Civic.

A scene from the film, “IMBOLC.”
Colin Graham, producer of “IMBOLC,” described as “a contemporary tale of fear, loss and rejection with a sprinkling of witchcraft,” will travel fromIrelandtoCanberrato see his film in the international category.

In another international move, the  Short Film Festival has partnered with one of the biggest film festivals in Eastern Europe, The Zubroffka International Short Film Festival in Poland, and Canberra’s best short films will make up an Australian category in that festival.

Local finalists this year are Kris Kerehona of  Page with “Dancing Auschwitz,  Dallas Bland of  Reid with sci-fi film “Blue World Order,”  Megan Watson ofKingstonwith “Feeding Cashews to Guerrillas,”  Marisa Martin of  Queanbeyan with her animation “Grizzly Bear,” And Rafael Florez, from Higgins with his doco “Pura Vida.”

Judges for the finals are  Louise Leitch,   John L. Simpson,  Chuck Noland,  Paul Mcdermott,  Rhys Muldoon and  Gabby Millgate.

The full program is as follows:

Friday, September 14

11:30am – Schools category screening accompanied by a Q&A with Marisa Martin, award winning filmmaker/animator and CSFF 2012 Finalist

6pm – Networking Drinks in the Dendy Foyer

7pm – Canberra Local screening

Saturday, September 15

10am – Editing workshop: Cut it up! Presented by Che Baker.

4:30pm – Documentary category screening

6pm – VIP Drinks in the Dendy Foyer with nibbles and a live band

7pm – Open Nationals screening

Sunday, September 16

10am – Sound workshop: Making Sweet Sounds. Presented by Tim Duck.

4:30pm – International category screening

7pm – Finals, festival highlights and award ceremony.

9pm – Party at Honky Tonks across the road from Dendy.

Canberra Short Film Festival, 14-16 September @ Dendy Cinemas, bookings to www.dendy.com.au

 

 

 

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