This week’s Red Alert presents some great events coming up at AFTRS Sydney including: a progressive and relevant conference for film producers being hosted by AFTRS Centre for Screen Business, a fantastic new event for the TV industry: TV Talks and a free Panel Discussion presented by AFTRS Screen Culture Department and Film Critics Circle Australia. We also have a list of AFTRS people nominated for AWGIES and of course full details on this week’s Friday on My Mind – a must for producers – as Neil Peplow puts a case forward for dealing with the challenges facing local filmmakers. Full details are all inside…
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FRIDAY ON MY MIND THIS WEEK
Every Friday at 5pm AFTRS serves up you the best and brightest from the screen arts and broadcast industry exploring ideas and topics of relevance. Wind up your week with some free food for the mind courtesy of AFTRS…
Friday July 20: A Call to Producers – Adapt or Die
Shooting Fish and Waking Ned producer Neil Peplow will provide an international perspective on the current play of feature film financing and will explore the myriad of challenges facing local producers and filmmakers.
A former chairman of the New Producers Alliance in the UK, Peplow has acted as producer, co-producer, Head of Production and Executive Producer on 16 features and most recently the Showtime TV series LA LA Land. Prior to relocating to Australia, to take up the position as Director of Screen Content Division at AFTRS, Peplow was responsible for the UK Film Council’s new three-year strategy for film: ‘A Bigger Future 2′.
Neil firmly believes it is more crucial than ever for filmmakers to adapt to a shifting financial landscape, new models for distribution and changing approaches to content creation. He will share with us his experience of working as a producer and executive producer in the UK during a significant time of change. This session is a must for executive producers and producers.
- Guest: Neil Peplow
FREE every Friday at AFTRS at 5pm.
AFTRS Theatre 1
FREE
Doors open 5pm
First in – best dressed
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NEWS & EVENTS
AWGIES
The AWGIE nominations have been announced and the stay connected team has had a peruse of the list of nominees and spied a clutch of AFTRS people up for a prestigious 2012 AWGIE.
Nominees and categories as follows:
Television Mini-Series – Adaptation
- The Slap, Cate Shortland (Graduate Diploma Directing, 2000) along with Emily Ballou, Alice Bell, Brendan Cowell and Kris Mrksa
Television – Series
- Offspring: Episode 206, Michael Lucas (MA Screenwriting, 2006)
- Spirited: I’ll Close My Eyes, Jacquelin Perske (Scriptwriting, 1994)
Feature Film – Original
- Not Suitable For Children, Michael Lucas (MA Screenwriting, 2006)
Documentary – Public Broadcast
- All The Way, Anne Delaney (MA Documentary, 2000) along with Paul Ham and Toby Cresswell
Children’s Television – P Classification
- Guess How Much I Love You: Snowflake, Jane Schneider (BA Directing, 1994)
Monte Miller Award – Long Form
- Lola, Pauline Findlay (Graduate Certificate Screenwriting & Producing, 2008)
Monte Miller Award – Short Form
- The Beekeeper, Will Goodfellow (Graduate Diploma Screenwriting, 2009)
- The Ravens, Jennifer Perrott (Graduate Diploma Directing, 2001)
As always – if we have missed anyone our drop us a line quick smart: stayconnected@aftrs.edu.au
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NOT FLUFFY – REIMAGIING THE CREATIVE ENTERPRISE: CONFERENCE
Presented by AFTRS Centre for Screen Business this fast-paced conference, will explore what film producers can learn from a 17th century theatre company.
Hear from Dr Jordi McKenzie about CSB’s experiments with box office prediction
Learn from economist Simon Molloy how love as well as money makes the creative economy go round (and what that means for producers)
Hear Professor Michael Fraser make the case for a Copyright Registry (so that copyright works can be easily found, licensed, and transacted)
See a presentation by Tony Shannon about the findings from his work with 300 businesses in the creative sector.
Be part of the studio audience!
Saturday, 4 August 10am-3pm
Studio 2, AFTRS, Moore Park
Bookings essential – places limited
More information and full details visit the CSB microsite
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SOME GREAT EVENTS COMING UP AT AFTRS SYDNEY
AUGUST 1:
PANEL DISCUSSION: Where and what is a film critic in this day and age?
The panel will discuss the changing role of film criticism, how one becomes a film critic and its value as a job. Massive changes in media and communications means there are more channels of distribution for film commentary, discussion and writing than ever before, but is most of it criticism? Options for encouraging quality film criticism will also be examined.
Aspiring critics are particularly welcome!
A joint initiative of the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) & AFTRS
FREE and open to the public, no rsvp necessary
August 1
6.20pm for a 6.30pm start.
Theatre 1, AFTRS
Directions to AFTRS Sydney >
AUGUST 7:
New event for the TV industry
Kicking off on Tuesday August 7 the TV department at AFTRS is launching a new monthly event for TV people: TV Talks an opportunity to watch, listen and laugh with a panel of engaging TV Industry people talking about TV ‘stuff’ along with some good old fashioned networking afterwards.
The first installment investigates The Voice and it’s amazing success, with guests: Julie Ward (EP – The Voice) Adrian Swift (Director of Programming, Nine Network) MC’d by: Josie Mason
rsvp essential: tvtalks@aftrs.edu.au
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