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Screen LESTER BOSTOCK SCHEME 2004
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MENTOR SCHEME SHOWCASES NEW INDIGENOUS DIRECTORS
The Lester Bostock Scheme is a joint initiative between Metro Screen and the NSW Film & Television Office providing Indigenous storytellers with the chance to make a short film. Participants have access to FREE training, equipment & facilities PLUS they team up with an experienced industry producer/director who acts as a mentor to guide them through the whole production process.
The four finalists from 2004 celebrate the completion of their short films with a screening at the Chauvel Cinema Tuesday 27 July 2004 at 6pm. Come along and see the short films, learn more about the mentor scheme and find out how you can participate in the next round later this year.
The scheme is now in it’s 6th year. Founder and executive producer, renowned Indigenous filmmaker Lester Bostock will introduce the films on the night: |
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Aunty Vicki and the Doolagah
Thomas Avery
Along the coast, and in the forests of NSW there is a spirit, a bad spirit. In 1932 a young girl had a frightening encounter with this spirit. He is called the Doolagah. |
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An Urban Love Story
Chris Bonney
Marla is a Ngarrunga woman who lives in Kings Cross. She's seen the seedier side of life. Sunfly is a travelling cowboy from the Kimberley's. Can their feelings for each other override their cultural differences? |
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The Crossing
Emma Carroll
When nothing can shield a father from loss, he allows the sadness to leave him hollow. But is confronting even the most overwhelming grief really more dangerous than emptiness? |
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In as much
Jason Pitt
She is a megalomaniac and the most popular girl in class. Will her endless demands for attention ultimately prove to be her downfall? A choreographed dance about the difficulties of finding love. |
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Screen LESTER BOSTOCK SCHEME PARTICIPANTS 2003
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to the 4 Indigenous Mentor Scheme filmmakers who were chosen to
make their films for 2003.
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Angela Stanley -
“Harriet's Daughter”
A documentary about Madge Doreen Warren of Mungindi.
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Tim Leha - “Home”
A short film about identity + memory with a twist.
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John Bell - “Do What You Want”
A humourous short film about racism seen through a child's eye during
the 1950s.
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Dennis
Simmons - “Robin Hoods”
A cheeky tale about two mischevious boys.
"Last year we received a record number of 18 scripts which
is the most the scheme has ever recieved in its 5 years.
It was a difficult process to narrow down so many great applications
this year to only 4" said Jane Cruickshank,
Metro Screen General Manager.
The judges last year were Gillian Moody from SBS ICAM, Cathy Eatock
- Independent Producer + Supervising Producer
of the IMS 2003 + Erica Glynn - esteemed filmmaker.
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Screen TIM LEHA PROFILE - LBS 2003 FILMMAKER
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Khi-lee
Thorpe catches up with Tim Leha about family, food + filmmaking...
name:
Tim
Leha
where
are you from?
My Mother is a Kamilaroi
Woman + my Father is Tongan
where
do you live?
The Far South Coast- Wallaga
Lake
what’s
your favourite food?
Anything with Yogurt or
Coconut milk
what’s
your favourite film?
Millers Crossing- the Cohen
Brothers
how
young are you?
23
have
you made a movie before?
No this is the first time.
what
have you done in the past?
I went to Canberra Uni to
do Media Production, which included a creative writing course.
At Uni I was involved in the Indigenous Student Network as I am
very interested in both Indigenous and Student politics. I have
been a Volunteer Carer- helping our Elders and listening to their
stories.
I have also done Graphic Design and Desktop Publishing before- working
for the Narooma High School Indigenous Magazine.
what
are your plans for the future?
I want to gain the experience
and skills so that I can help my people.
what
did you think of the LBS so far?
I loved the Digital
Micro Movie course!! I knew a bit about using cameras
but it was great to go over all the aspects needed to make a film. |
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| Tim
Leha | photo by Khi-lee Thorpe |
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| IMS
production meeting | photo by Khi-lee Thorpe |
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Screen LESTER
BOSTOCK SCHEME
Screening 2002 |
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Screen LESTER
BOSTOCK SCHEME
Productions 2002 |
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Aunty
Vicki and the Doolagah
Thomas Avery
Along
the coast, and in the forests of NSW there is a spirit,
a bad spirit. In 1932 a young girl had a frightening
encounter with this spirit. He is called the Doolagah. |
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An
Urban Love Story
Chris Bonney
Marla
is a Ngarrunga woman who lives in Kings Cross. She's
seen the seedier side of life. Sunfly is a travelling
cowboy from the Kimberley's. Can their feelings for
each other override their cultural differences? |
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The
Crossing
Emma Carroll
When
nothing can shield a father from loss, he allows the
sadness to leave him hollow. But is confronting even
the most overwhelming grief really more dangerous than
emptiness? |
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In
as much
Jason Pitt
She
is a megalomaniac and the most popular girl in class.
Will her endless demands for attention ultimately prove
to be her downfall? A choreographed dance about the
difficulties of finding love. |
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Screen LESTER
BOSTOCK SCHEME Productions
in Profile 2002 |
Emma
Carroll
"Perhaps
the most exciting thing that has happened to me all year,
aside from leaving home for the first time in my whole eighteen
years, moving to the Big City + starting a Media Course at
a Uni, was being accepted into Metro Screen's LBS film makers
program.
The story I wrote for my short film 'The Crossing' examines
mistakes, + how sometimes it seems there is nothing we can
say or do to change them. A Father is caught in a seemingly
endless loop of guilt as he tries, in vain, to make up for
the death of his young Son. Is it really the boy's ghost punishing
him?
It's not often I'll be given an opportunity like this one.
So in just five minutes I have to really try + make a lasting
impression on the audience, such as the impression made upon
me through LBS." |
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Tom
Avery
"Born
6/4/1948, I only just missed April fools day. I'm glad the
LBS is for new film makers, and not young ones, so I qualified.
Although a shrink once told me I had the attention span of
a 3 year old. I think she was wrong I'm at least 8, so maybe
I am young enough.
I left school in 1963, travelled around Australia. I joined
the navy in 1967, saw a lot of the world, including Vietnam,
lived all over Australia and in two overseas countries New
Guinea, and New Zealand. I am married with 3 children, I have
sold art in various forms to the USA, Japan, and a number
of European countries. I also have a cd of didgeridoo music
called "sounds of the rainbow" and later this year
I will be participating in an art exhibition in Vienna.
My film 'Aunty Vicki and the Doolagah' is about a true incident
that occurred in the Ulladulla area in 1932. One night a young
girl saw a bad spirit called the Doolagah terrorise her front
yard. That girl is still alive today and is now in her eighties.
'Aunty Vicki and the Doolagah' will be part doco, part re-enactment.
This spirit lives throughout Australia, and is known by many
different names." |
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Screen LESTER
BOSTOCK SCHEME
Productions 2001 |
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Starr
- Michelle
Blakeney
Starr
is a stylised film set in New York in the 1930s about
a twenty-four year old high society socialite whose
spirit is slowly drowned by the memories of her past.
Michelle is a first time filmmaker with previous experience
in photography and theatre. She is also writing an indigenous
children's fairytale.
"Documenting peoples lives truthfully is a healing
process for everyone to see and as Jack Davis once said,
" The greatest gift that white man gave us is
the pen". |
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Listen
- Paula Maling
Listen
is an acoustical journey of discovery. From birth everyone
has the gift of innocence, as time passes our gift can
get lost but with the help from our own memories and
spiritual assistance, all one has to do is listen.
Paula is also a first time filmmaker who is currently
a journalist at SBS Radio Sydney and is in the process
of completing her first feature film script and television
sitcom.
"The most interesting, humorous, courageous
and adventurous lives all belong to indigenous Australians". |
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11:11
- Melissa Abrahams
11.11
by Melissa Abrahams
11.11 is a mystical suspense about an aboriginal woman's
psychic powers.
Melissa is a first time filmmaker who is currently producing
and co-directing her first documentary. Her stories
are inspired by our past history, people and amazing
places.
"Aboriginal people have been master story tellers
since the dreamtime, the chance to tell our stories
on film is just an extension of our oral story telling
history. Now we can finally let the truth be known and
let our imaginations soar". |
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Metro
Screen
is a community-based, non-profit organisation with a long-standing
commitment to providing training and support for the development
of Indigenous screen media.
Media inquiries:
Metro Screen 02. 9361.5318 or metro@metroscreen.org.au |
If
you require further information about the Lester Bostock
Scheme, please contact:
Metro Screen
PO Box 299 Paddington NSW 2021
P:
02.9361.5318 |
F:
02.9361.5320
| E: metro@metroscreen.com.au
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