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WELCOME!
Although the next festival is not until 2010, the good news is that there will be screenings, forums, presentations and an interstate travelling film festival during 2009.
If you would like to enter a film in the 2010 festival or be kept informed of upcoming events, please email us off@artsaccess.com.au
Filmmakers will be contacted in November 2009.
The Other Film Festival is also pleased to be able to offer accessible screening presentations featuring selected films from 2008.
These presentations have already been delivered to cultural institutions, shires and councils, schools, community organisations, and special interest groups.
For full details and pricing, please contact the Festival Director, Rick Randall rrandall@artsaccess.com.au
THE OTHER FILM FESTIVAL 2008
From September 3 until September 7 2008, Australia's only disability film festival was held at The Age Theatre, Melbourne Museum.
Presented by Arts Access Victoria, THE OTHER FILM FESTIVAL is a kaleidoscopic biennial event of ground-breaking short films, documentaries and animations from all corners of the globe including Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Greece, UK, USA, France Iran, Denmark, Canada, Hungary and, of course, Australia.
Now in its third year, THE OTHER FILM FESTIVAL promotes the passionate exchange of ideas by offering a gloriously diverse line-up of films that explore the many facets of disability with humor, verve and drama, and invites interaction with audience members via a range of guest speakers and lively forums.
The 2008 line-up included more than 35 films shown over 20 sessions, in an environment that promoted accessibility for every audience member. Films were captioned and audio described and all sessions and forums were sign interpreted.
This year's Festival was also delighted to welcome several international guests including award-winning Canadian director, Paul Nadler, whose gutsy film BRAINDAMADJ'D...TAKE 2 was re-screened due to popular demand; Greek documentary-maker Antonios Rellas presented his latest film WAVES OF THE AEGEAN; Gregor Kern, the world's leading authority on disability cinema and director of Germany's long-running Wie Wie Leben (The Way We Live Festival), and from the USA, Betty Siegel, director of Accessibility at Washington's Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts.
On the local front, Adam Elliott, Academy Award winning animator (and living national treasure) shared some hilarious and potentially defamatory stories about the making of his latest stop-motion feature animation, MARY AND MAX. The lead actors of YOLK were on hand to discuss the hilarious and confronting implications of when one young girl with Down Syndrome decides to steal a book on sex from the mobile library.
2008 PROGRAM (Acrobat PDF 2.3MB)
2008 PROGRAM LARGE PRINT WORD DOC
The program is available in alternate formats in Braille, Audio, Large Text and email. Please contact us for this information.
Patron
Academy Award winning animator Adam Elliot was once again our patron.
The Other Film Festival 2008 is presented by Arts Access Victoria and was proudly supported by:
Producer
Arts Access Victoria
Event Partner
Melbourne Museum
Principal Public Partner
City of Melbourne
Public Partners
Victoria, The Place Be
Film Victoria
The Australian Government Department of Families , Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Screen Australia
Principal Sponsors
Sweet Design, Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, Vision Australia, Jack Brockhoff Foundation, Connex, Fed Square, Mobility Centre
Supporters
Melbourne Community Foundation, Captioning Services International, ITFC, Media Access Australia, Canadian Consulate, Crumpler, Blythe-Sanderson Group, Goethe Institute, DADAA, Word of Mouth, RUCC, Lemac Hire, Dantes, Evan Evans
Arts Access Victoria gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Victoria, Department of Human Services and the Australia Council for the Arts.
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