16th July 2010 : Buy a Frame of a Feature Film !!
Distracted Media have just launched their new website: www.thetunnelmovie.net The innovative funding idea is the brain child of producers Julian Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi. It's based on the notion that since a 90 minute movie consists of 135,000 individual frames they could raise the movie's cash budget of US$135,000 by selling each frame of the movie for US$1 to an internet audience. Once finished, the movie will be released online, worldwide, for free. The photos feature the 2 producers and the 2 lead actors, Bel Delia and Andy Rodoreda.
Why not go to the website and buy a frame or two? There's nothing like being one of the first to back an exciting new concept for funding films.
Bel is an APA graduate from a number of years ago and she has been cast in the lead role of journalist, Natasha Warner. After working in production for a number of years, she trained as an actor, but is still using her production skills to promote this exciting new venture. Small world that it is, Bel won Best Actress at TROPFEST 2010 for her role in graduate Matt Chuang's film 'The Last Role of the Dice' which was awarded 3rd place in the competition.
3rd June 2010 : Braille at Dungog
Despite wet weather Dungog was definitely the place to be on Saturday, 29th May. The town was decked out and in a festival mood with the locals putting on a great street parade. Braille screened to a packed audience and this low key, action packed movie was extremely well received. It was easy to see why Matt received one of the ACS's silver awards for cinematography for this film.
Director/Cinematographer Matthew Chuang, Producer Luke Graham and one of the lead actors, Nicky Wright, were there to answer questions from the movie goers at a lively Q & A session that followed.
Braille got great reviews including the following from Garry Maddox of the Sydney Morning Herald :- "The most outrageously ambitious film at the festival was Braille, an action-thriller featuring stunts, shoot-outs and a prison heist on a micro budget of $40,000. First time writer-director and cinematographer, Matthew Chuang, recruited non-actors - including an abseiler he met at a party, for a story about a blind ex-diamond smuggler who organises one final job..............." For full review visit the SMH website, http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/a-glimpse-of-emerging-talent-close-to-home-20100530-wnl0.html
Well done, Matt, Luke and all the other APA graduates who worked on this excellent film.
20th May 2010 : Your Chance to see Braille
Matt Chuang and Luke Grahams's feature, Braille, has been selected for the Dungog Film Festival. It's had excellent reviews and will be screening at 12.15 p.m on Saturday, 29th May, 2010. For further details visit the festival website www.dungogfilmfestival.org
22nd March 2010 : Get your Entries in Now!
You've got until 28th March, 2010. to get your entry in to the 3rd Babelgum OnLine Film Festival ! You can submit work from any year of production and there are no restrictions on whether the film has been previously distributed or entered into any offline or online film festival. There are cash awards of up to $6,000.
If you are interested visit http://bit.ly/meOvX for more information.
