2009 DigiSPAA Competition
Finalists Announced
SPAA is proud to announce the Grand Finalists for the 2009 DigiSPAA Feature Film Competition sponsored by Movie Network Channels:
Girl Clock
Produced and directed by Jennifer Ussi
A heart-warming, coming-of-(middle) age comedy, which follows the journey of three women in their 40’s who take on the might of Mother Nature with hilarious results.
Missing Water
Produced and directed by Khoa Do
Follows the journey of four refugees fleeing Vietnam in 1980. Missing Water is the first feature film made in Australia with an entire cast of Vietnamese-Australians.
The semi-finalists were screened at this year’s SPAA Fringe on 16 and 17 October. The winner will be announced at the annual SPAA Conference on 20 November.
The winner receives the 2009 SPAARTAN Award and $15,000 cash, $20,000 worth of post-production, a guaranteed screening of their film on the Movie Extra channel, plus a return airfare and free registration to the prestigious CineMart International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Previous judges for this event have included Melanie Coombs, producer of the Oscar winning Harvie Krumpet, Antony I. Ginnane, President of IFM World Releasing Inc., Director Kate Woods, Looking for Alibrandi, Without a Trace, Producer Daniel Scharf, Romper Stomper and Leon Coningham, MD of distributor, Magna Pacific.
For further information contact Daniel Scharf
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