What a great weekend we had on November 13th – 16th. We held our very first Coasties Film Festival which was a great success with an overwhelming response of entries and very generous support from our sponsors and patrons. All the judges agreed that we have great talent on the Central Coast.
We were graced with the presence of two legends of the film industry; Margeret Pomeranz from ABC’s “At The Movies” and the Oscar nominated Don McAlpine. Margeret was very generous with her time and helped us out with radio ads and promoting the festival to the Central Coast. Don McAlpine also donated a big chunk of his time promoting on NBN news and a special screening of Breaker Morant with Q & A afterwards.
Congratulations to all those who won awards. We hope that this will encourage you to continue on in the path of film-making. And to those of you who did not receive prizes, we have already started planning for next year. So get your cameras rolling and your movies ready by August 2010. Below is a list of the winners of Coasties Film Festival 2009:
- 1st Prize Schools Section – iRemember by Jordan Flemming
- Encouragement Awards Schools Section – Zombie Fever by Woy Woy Public School
- Encouragement Awards Schools Section – Gotcha by Brisbane Water Secondary College
- John Salter Sound Prize – Marzanna by Malina Maria Mackiewicz
- John Salter Sound Prize – The Many Faces Of Mr Goodrich by Jordan Flemming
- The Heart Award – Taken Away by Coco Heuchan
- 1st Prize Short Films Section – La Reception En Plein Air by D. Rowson and M. Carney
- Honourable Mention – Love Buttons by Beverley Callow
- 1st Prize Feature Film Section – The Grange by John Salter and Katrina McKenzie
- Raine & Horne Avoca Beach Prize – Miracle Fish by Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
- Madman Film Distribution Prize – The Carpenter by David and Gordon Stalley
- Avoca Beach Encouragement Award – They Are Here by Elizabeth Partidge
- Avoca Beach Encouragement Award – Trust by Zdenki Simonlova and Billy Marshall
- NRMA Feature Film Prize – Into The Shadows by Andrew Scarano
- Don McAlpine Cinematography Award – Over Again by Paul Tozer
Coasties 2010 is already underway and we are looking for ideas on how to make next year bigger and better. If you have any suggestions please drop into the theatre or post us a letter about what you think. There will be a few changes to Coasties for next year to make it better and it will be the same theme. Changes will mainly be to clarify categories that the entries fall in to. Entries for Coasties Film Festival 2010 will commence in January and close on the 31st August 2010.
We look forward to seeing you again.
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