Portable Film Festival 2008

Amanda Trevisanut, The Program Director for Portable Film Festival, sent me an email about this fantastic online short film festival where all the content is downloadable so it can be watch on your portable video player!

What better way to waste a bus or train ride to work than watching up and coming directors in action?

Heres a short summary of the festival:

The Portable Film Festival presents the best contemporary short film and video from all

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In Shreds #3

Last week’s In shreds, which I was hoping would prove to be a bit more difficult than week 1, was snapped up by Evan Derrick like lightning! He correctly guessed the three films Training Day, Philadelphia and Gandhi and spotted the connection they each had – all 3 films won their lead’s a Best Actor Oscar at the Academy Awards. Well done Evan!

If you don’t know the drill, In Shreds is the weekly game where I “shred together” 3 movie posters. [...]

Burn After Reading (Review)

I like to think Burn After Reading came about when Joel and Ethan Coen fleetingly offered roles to those seated between their table and the podium when they went about collecting their multiple golden statues for No Country For Old Men at the 80th Academy Awards. How else would such a huge list of award winning cast and crew be assembled for just one film? By simply glancing at the films poster, which advertises the film solely by naming those [...]

La Regazza Del Lago/The Girl By The Lake (Review)

The 2008 Lavazza Italian Film Festival has been taking a road trip to Palace cinemas across the country and will soon finish up in Adelaide and Perth. In its ninth year there are plenty of different choices to suit all foreign filmlovers’ tastes, from political drama Il Divo to the romantic Parlami D’amore (Speak To Me Of Love). Although Adelaide and Perth miss out (as did Canberra), the Cinecitta selection of classic Italian films included Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning Amarcord and [...]

It’s Relevant #1: Wall Street (1987)

Who hasn’t related to a situation from a film at some point in their lives, and what film-makers haven’t put part of their life into a film? Films are generally about the human condition, and that is part of the reason why they’re so appealing to us. It got me thinking about what’s happening in the world right now and how certain movies come to mind.

This segment, entitled It’s Relevant, will focus on the film most similar to the shape [...]

In Shreds #2

In Shreds is the weekly game where I “shred together” 3 movie posters. 1 point if you can guess all 3 films , and another point if you can spot what all three films have in common.

Last week Luke H from MovieZeal scored 2 points for guessing all three films in last weeks In Shreds and also spotting the link between each film! Great work Luke!

I’m hoping this weeks In Shreds is a bit more of a challenge, [...]