Presented by the City of Port Phillip, the St Kilda Film Festival is well underway and I am loving it.
The highly accredited festival offers a range of free talks, workshops, and panels for budding filmmakers as well as showcasing short films by emerging Australian artists and accomplished industry professionals. The event is held in the beautiful St Kilda Town Hall and maintains an air of exclusivity and wine-sipping class. Before each screening the viewers are asked not to 'underestimate the shorts' and you soon learn that the beauty of short film is that within a brief time period you are exposed to so many different ideas, themes and viewpoints from various narrators.
Some highlights from the two sessions I attended last weekend are:
Milk and Cookies
Genre: Drama/ Comedy
Director: Matthew Macknamara
Producer: Damian Cavenagh
Running Time: 6 mins
Even though this appeared in the 'Laugh Out Loud' session, it won my people's choice vote for how heartwarming the storyline was and how cleverly it portrayed unification of family after a tragic event. The Christmas tale was definitely still giggle worthy and I found it a refreshing and realistic take on death, dying, and belief in a higher power - Santa Claus.
The Fragments
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Lounsbury
Producer: Jim Lounsbury
This was another one that I am not sure belonged in the comedy screening but was so glad I got to see. After the protagonist accidentally gets butt dialled by his wife and hears her talking to another man, his imagination gets the better of him. I adored the use of dialogue and silence in this film and its simple use of metaphor that so beautifully conveyed the relationship between two lovers and how delicate relationships can be.
Some honourable mentions:
Florence has left the Building
Genre: Drama/ Comedy
Director: Mirrah Foulkes
Producer: Alex White
Running Time: 13 mins
The Eagle
Genre: Documentary
Director: Gus Berger
Producer: Gus Berger
Running Time: 10 mins
Thylacine
Genre: Drama
Director: Tymon Langford
Producer: John Way
Running Time: 12 mins
The St Kilda Film Festival continues for only two more days and I have my eye on the 'Docos to Feed the Mind' and 'Relationships' sessions... Tickets can be bought on their website or at the door.
-Beth
*Mosaik does not take credit for any oh the photographs used in this article
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