Melbourne, 20 May 2005
It’s your turn to shout lights, camera & action by chosing your favourite Micro Movie at this year’s St Kilda Film Festival.
St Kilda Film Festival directors invite you to be the judge and apply your vote now by selecting the best 90 second Siemens Micro Movie (short films made with a mobile phone) online.
View the final twelve micro movies online at: www.micromovie-award.com
Your vote determines the Winner of this competition on the last night of the Festival (Sunday 29 May at 8pm). This is the first micro movie competition held in Australia utilizing mobile phone technology and it attracted over 120 entries from high profile film makers from Australia, Asia and New Zealand.
From political statements on the war in Iraq to the embarrassing horrors of a blind date, a soulful journey of a man in prison to the play on words and numbers using metaphors to a ‘dark’ trip to the circus, a modernist view of 20008 Beijing Olympic Games and animated passport photos which argue about their next overseas trip are just some of the topics chosen and establishing the creativity of the film makers who have made the final.
The twelve Siemens Micro Movie Finalists are:
“Peep Hole” by Damon Herriman, Sydney
“View Finder” by Mark Robinson, Sydney
“One Way Ticket” by Geoff Brokate, Sydney
“Dale@body.Seb” by Stebastian Strakowicz, Sydney
“Sunday or the Circus”by Hermione Merry, Melbourne
“Pomme d’Amour” by Arthur Christopoulis, Melbourne
“Meta 4” by Katrina Mathers, Melbourne
“Wild World” by J.D. Mittman & Michael Loh, Melbourne
“Freedom” by Pasca Susena Handiman, Indonesia
“Beijng 20008” by Wang Jun, China
“Doube You See” by Isazaly Mohamed Isa, Malaysia
“Traditional Rams Fighting” by Andhika Prasetya, Indonesia
The micro movies will be aired on the big screen on the Festival’s opening night and on lifesize Siemens custom made interactive screens located in cinema foyers during the St Kilda Film Festival (24 - 29 May). The winner will be announced on closing night of the Film Festival (29 May 2005) and will receive AUD$5,000 prize money. The twelve finalists will be awarded a Siemens S65 mobile phone and attend a two day workshop during the festival with a notable Australian filmmaker – David Ceasar.