About Bayside Film Festival
Artistic Director's Message
The Bayside Film Festival 2010 is going to capture your imagination! This festival has collected interpersonal stories about survival, struggle and the human spirit. The curated program Tales By the Sea features Australian and International films hand-picked for their strength and originality.
Opening Night features two premieres Jyoti and The Songs They Sang, which explore the resilience of the human spirit in the face of profound adversity. I am also excited to present the Australian premier of The Betrayal, 2009 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary, which will screen on closing night.
Bayside Film Festival will also have a strong focus on local filmmakers who bring a fresh approach to independent filmmaking. The Youth Documentary Program involves the creation of short documentaries as well as digital stories made exclusively for the festival. These works are personal and reflective, and affirm the importance of understanding individual perspectives in our culture.
The Festivals workshops and Q&A explore the filmmaking journey with some of the best talent in the Australian film industry such as AFI winner Clifford Hayes (Mad Max), Genevieve Bailey (Last Time I Cried) and Rohan Spong (T is for Teacher). Joseph Giovinazzo (composer for The Songs They Sang) will join Rohan for Thursday nights Q&A.
I look forward to seeing you throughout the Festival.
Amadeo Marquez Perez
Artistic Director
Tickets
Box office - Palace Brighton Bay,
294 Bay Street,
Brighton
Bookings: (03) 9596 3590
Enquiries
Bayside City Council
Phone: 9599 4444
E-Mail: enquiries@bayside.vic.gov.au