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David Pledger – not yet it’s difficult

Editor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:03:34 +0000

Working under the artistic direction of David Pledger, not yet it’s difficult (NYID) is one of Australia’s leading independent arts companies recognised as a pioneer in the development of contemporary theatre.
Founded in 1995 by Pledger, Peter Eckersall and Paul Jackson who together form the core creative team, NYID has produced almost 40 local, national and international projects including original performance works, plays, public space projects, television and screen-based installations. This collection of five DVDs shows five very different aspects of David Pledger’s work. See more

Tjanpi Nyawa! – Look at the Grass!

Editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:29:27 +0000

In 2010 Dr Christiane Keller, Senior Curator for Aboriginal Art and Material Culture at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, involved the Tjanpi Desert Weavers from Warakurna in a research project investigating the sensory and material aspects of Aboriginal fibre work.
The aim was to capture and communicate multi-sensory experiences of fibre-making processes. In April 2011 Dr Keller together with filmmaker Skye Raabe visited the ladies in Warakurna, and Tjanpi arts coordinator Jo Foster with the idea to make a film about the sensory experiences.
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To Touch Paradise – with Peter Oyston

Editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:24:23 +0000

The film is an interview / documentary with Peter Oyston, best selling author of “How to teach the Stanislavski System”, “Beyond Stanislavski” and “How to Audition”.

Peter Oyston is an internationally renowed theatre and film director, teacher and painter. His film maker friend Laszlo Dudas made this film years before he passed away in 2011. A close friend of Artfilms, Peter fascinated and inspired many people not only as a teacher but also with his visions to build a new theatre in Melbourne and with his painting at his hideaway studio in the bush. See more

Dances of Ecstasy

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:36:07 +0000

Dances of Ecstasy is a sensory journey into the mesmerising world of trance and ecstasy that binds dancers from Manhattan to Morocco. Filmmakers Michelle Mahrer and Nicole Ma travelled to traditional and modern day rituals to discover what is the altered state experience which people seek through dance.
In these rituals, Whirling Dervishes from Turkey, Orisha priestesses from Nigeria and Brazil, and shaman healers from the Kalahari and Korea, pulse to the same beat as thousands of young people at an all night techno dance party in an Australian forest. See more

Woven Lives – Vidas Enretejidas

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:30:21 +0000

A documentary by Carolyn Kallenborn, Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions examines how traditional art and design play an active role in the cultural sustainability of the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca. This documentary, which traces the development of the weaving process from the first people in the valley to the present day, uniquely blends the perspectives of art, design, business, history, ethnic studies and cultural anthropology. While the textiles are the centerpiece of the film, it highlights the life around the production that creates a sense of connection to the culture, the community, the past and the future. See more

When Evil Reigns

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:24:18 +0000

When Evil Reigns is the debut feature film for Australian brothers Luke and Alix Jackson. With a budget of only $5000, Luke and Alix fought for more than six years to develop the film from an ambitious dream into a finished product. The result is a gritty, hard-hitting homage to slasher and epidemic horror movie classics, suitable for horror fans and mainstream moviegoers alike. See more

Heavy Metal Hamlet

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:20:46 +0000

It is said that Hamlet is a play that most encapsulates the existential dilemma of the 20th century. In behaviour veering between levity and solemnity; savagery and courtesy; irony and pathos; Hamlet reveals to us, in a series of images, the hysteria of his emotions. In this unsettled world the Chorus as conduits to the other characters in Hamlet’s dream/nightmare flesh out the narrative.
After learning the terrible secret contained in the Ghost’s utterances and with exhortations to revenge seared into his memory Hamlet struggles with his own overwhelming inaction. See more

Sue Healey: Niche

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:11:23 +0000

The Niche Series is devoted to the choreographed body and its intricate occupation of space. Fantasies on habit, habitat and habitation, this work has traversed film, video, live performance, gallery installation and international collaboration.

Films in the series: Fine Line Terrain, Short dance films: Niche, Fine Line, and The Door, the Chair, the Bed & the Stair.
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Paul Winkler Films 1993-2000

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:00:14 +0000

Paul Winkler Collection Volume 5.
Elevated Shores (1993, 20:48 mins), Green Canopy (1994, 22:43 mins), Time Out For Sport (1996, 18:52 mins), Capillary Action (1997, 16 mins), Rotation (1998, 17:26 mins), Turmoil (2000, 17:39 mins)
Paul Winkler (born 22 June 1939) is a German-born Australian filmmaker. He was associated with Corinne and Arthur Cantrill, Albie Thoms and David Perry in pioneering local experimental film production in the 1960s. Winkler characterises his films as “a synthesis of intellect and emotion, filtered through the plastic material of film”. “I try to let ‘imagines’ flow freely to the surface”. See more

Paul Winkler Films 1984-1991

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:56:15 +0000

Paul Winkler Collection Volume 4.
Incongruous (1984, 19 mins), Australian Bush (1986, 24 mins), Facades (1987, 9,30 mins), Faint Echoes (1988, 17 mins), Glitter (1990, 24 mins), Long Shadows (1991, 17 mins)

Paul Winkler (born 22 June 1939) is a German-born Australian filmmaker. He was associated with Corinne and Arthur Cantrill, Albie Thoms and David Perry in pioneering local experimental film production in the 1960s. Winkler characterises his films as “a synthesis of intellect and emotion, filtered through the plastic material of film”. “I try to let ‘imagines’ flow freely to the surface”. See more