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Benalla Shorts Film Festival 2018 recognizes young film makers

20/3/2018

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Benalla Shorts 'Encore' - Swanpool Cinema - today (Saturday 6 May) 1.30 pm

6/5/2017

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Photos from the Benalla Shorts Film Festival team

27/4/2017

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Michael Raso,  Benalla Shorts Film Festival winner, on going to Cannes...

13/4/2017

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Michael Raso has been in contact with BSFF director Anna Smith to let her know that his Benalla Short Film Festival winning film 'Solitude' was selected for the Cannes Film Festival recently. Michael wrote to Anna that the $1000.00 prize money has increased his chances of being able to go to Cannes...  'I thought you'd might like to know that your money is helping us to attend the biggest film festival in the world. Thank you for your amazing contribution!!'  
Here's a link to a trailer for 'Solitude', which you can see as part of the rescreening of Benalla Shorts 2017 at the Swanpool Cinema on May 6th at 1.30pm.  Phone Anna on 0429 367 236 for more information.  
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Benalla Shorts Film Festival - 2017 = 'The Winners'!  

11/4/2017

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​Gallery 2 at North East Artisans was converted into an intimate 'art house' cinema on Saturday 8th of April for  screenings of the Benalla Shorts Film Festival.

A total of 188 Australian short films were entered in the Festival, shortlisted, then judged by actors John Orcsik and Tom Long.  The winners?

BEST FILM - $1000 - Michael Raso's film SOLITUDE  - 'Margaret spends each day visiting her local train station.  The staff, aware of her presence, give her something significant in an envelope, hoping she'll no longer return.  What's in the envelope?''
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STUDENT AWARD $250 - Jessica Lytton's film DEIGHTIES 'Explores the ever changing world of courting, the difficulties of growing old single, and highlights the simple, undeniable truth that in one way or another, everyone is searching for companionship?'

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD $250 - Nicholas Hall's - film TURTLE SOUP ''Adelaide Bell, a downtrodden 7-year old, must harness her inner strength to save a turtle from his fate as turtle soup.'

PEOPLE'S CHOICE - $200 - Aaron Ellis's film SPILL  'It is 1999 at West Meadows Primary School and the marble craze has hit an all time high.  Maxy, through his good sense of judgement and likeability, has scored himself a decent marble collection.'
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Nicholas Hall, John Orcsik, Anna Smith, Michael Raso at the Benalla Short Film Festival 2017
Judge John Orcsik's observations about the qualities he looks for in judging films were highly valued by the audience.  John noted that sometimes it's the simple story well told which wins through.  He made particular note of student Jack Morrow's engaging Film, 'Notes' which was  told without dialogue using 'notes'.. John also noted the theme of bullying in a number of the films selected.   
 
There will be an encore screening at the Swanpool Cinema on the 6th May 2017 at 1.30 pm.
 
Congratulations to Anna Smith - Festival Director - for her inspired perseverance in ensuring that a third Benalla Shorts Film Festival would be held.  Anna left no stone unturned, holding fund raising events; seeking sponsorship; holding an information session at the Library; organising an effective marketing campaign; coordinating the entries and the judging all culminating in a very warmly received community event at NEA.
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Benalla Shorts Film Festival - Saturday 8th April - tickets now  on sale at NEA

22/3/2017

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Tickets now on sale at NEA!  $20.00.   Two screenings - 2 pm and 8 pm.  A Wall to Wall Fringe event at NEA.  Judges:  John Orczik and Tom Long.  MA15+
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Occasional blog -  The  'Benalla Shorts' Film Festival - update

28/1/2017

 
North East Artisans is auspicing the Benalla Shorts Film Festival, with the Events Gallery the venue for screenings at 2.pm and 8. pm on April 8th during the Wall to Wall Art Festival..  . 

The inaugural Benalla Shorts Film Festival

Held at BPACC for the first time in late November 2014, 10 films varying in style, length and genre from all over Australia were shown at the inaugural Benalla Shorts Film Festival.. The winner was Venetia Taylor (Broken Hill) who received $1,000 from the Friends of BPACC for her 2 minute comedy Counsellor.   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 (which later screened at Swanpool Cinema's 'Made in Melbourne' short film festival.)  

FILM: MAKEOVER (2013) from Don Percy on Vimeo.


Benalla Shorts Film Festival 2016

The second Benalla Shorts Film Festival in February 2016 was presented at BPACC by Friends of BPACC (Benalla Performing Arts & Convention Centre), with Anna Smith and Bernice Vance the organizers. .Judges were 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.
Venetia Taylor received both the Judges Award of $1,000 from the Friends of BPACC and the People’s Choice award of $200 from the West End Post Office for her comedy ‘Venice’ -  â€˜Josh is in Venice, Mum is in Sydney.  John doesn’t understand backpacking, Mum doesn’t understand Skype.’  The heartwarming music documentary ‘Something to Crow About’, directed/produced by Sebastian Broadbent, won Benalla Lions Club's Encouragement Award of $250. . 'In the heart of coal country in rural Victoria, the Strzelecki Stringbusters gather once a month to play old-time and bluegrass music at their local pub., finding friendship and galvanizing community in the process'.  

Gemma Keating received the $250 Student Award sponsored by the Rotary Club of Benalla for her fantasy fiction film ‘Mixtape’.  ‘Upon purchasing an old cassette tape from an opportunity shop, Harmony, a simple teenage girl, discovers that it carries more than just music..a spooky yet hilarious curse’.  Thomas Bridges picked up the Student Encouragement award of $100 sponsored by the Bendigo Bank, Benalla, for his fiction drama ‘Submerge’ which focuses on the idea that feeling sad can be better than feeling nothing at all.  Landmark, Benalla sponsored the Achievement Award of $200, which was picked up by the inspirational EdSpace Learning Centre.  
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Gifts for the Judges, Benalla Shorts, BPACC 2016.
​Benalla Shorts 2017
The 2017 Benalla Shorts film festival is  to be held at NEA on April 8th during the Wall to Wall Art Festival. Award categories - Judges Award; Open Encouragement Award; Student Award and People's Choice Award. 

Benalla Shorts organizer and NEA member Anna Smith organized a fundraising event during the Benalla Festival to provide funds for the prizes attached to the film festival. The 'Cup Eve Picnic Party' was held at the Benalla Race Course on Monday 31 October with prizes for Vintage Race Wear (opp shop!),  Fashions on the field, a sweep, phantom race call, fund activities and dance.   NEA's Merv Beamish donated a painting as first prize in the phantom 'Cup Call' sweep--Tim Bowtell is photographed presenting Merv's painting to surprised winner Laurie Watters.  
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​With the April screenings only months away, Anna organized an information session at the Benalla Library on January 11th to inform the community about 'Benalla Shorts'..  A number of short films were shown, including films by speakers Gemma Keating and Rhonda Missen'. Anna introduced the audience to Gemma and Rhonda who answered their questions in a most engaging and informative way.
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​Tim Schloss and Anna spent time 'scoping' the events room for the April screenings last week.  They estimate that 60 seats will be available for each session, making early bookings a good idea once tickets are released. 

The deadline for entries for the 2017 Festival is coming up - 28th February.

For further information about Benalla Shorts, email benallashorts@outlook.com; write to Benalla Shorts, PO Box 563, Benalla Vic 3672 or check out the website at benallashorts.com . 


Bev Lee

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