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Dungog Film Fest Launch
The launch of the Dungog Film Fest may have been a small affair, but it has big ambitions.
Dungog Film Festival had its official call for entries at the AFTRS at Fox Studios. We had Allanah Zitserman, Pete Castaldi, Peter Duncan and Dr Someone or other from NSW Mining make a few speeches.
It was a small turnout, packed into a little room, but the general theme seemed to be, we won't be in the little room for much longer.
The 2009 call for entries marks the third year of the small Dungog Film Festival which is starting to be seen by a number of directors, producers and other film types as one of the most enjoyable festivals in Australia.
Peter Duncan said that among other things it was due to the non-competitive nature of the festival. He went on to say that he actually spoke to other filmmakers about films, I guess alluding to the stand offishness of other fests. But he is one of the nice guys in Australian film, and one is not surprised by that.
Pete Castaldi being on board as festival programmer is a real coup, his work as a critic being still well known, giving the fest a media boost, and his work with various government departments to do with film and film exhibition an added bonus.
As it turns out Dungog Film Fest is looking to make inroads in regional theatre exhibition. Another great addition if it works.
Personally I see no reason to doubt their ambitions in that regard. There was also talk of later adding a film market to the fest, another great idea, though with so many industry types suggesting the end of a viable revenue stream from theatrical releases here and around the world, I would be interested to follow that particular development.
Having attended both 2007 and 2008 DFFs, I'm impressed and delighted that it now has ongoing support from Events NSW and the Mining Council.
Can't wait to see the launch in April of the festival programme.