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The Kinoites Arrive!

This morning Marianne and I got up at 7am to pick up the first international guests from the airport. Fresh off a 30-hour flight from Montreal, Eza, Ianic, Marina and Jules were already thinking up ideas for films to shoot in Sydney!

The team are in Sydney to take part in Kino Kabaret, a week-long collaborative film experiment which will see them shoot short films alongside up-and-coming Aussies, to be shown on the closing night of the Canadian Film Festival.

Marvelling at the heat (it's 0°C in Montreal right now), the Canadians were ecstatic to finally be in Australia. As it was too early to check them into the hotel, we took our wide-eyed guests for a Paddington walkabout, trying to avoid the puddles of vomit from last night's celebrations (following Austalia's victory at the tri-nations tournament no doubt). We ended up having coffee at Jacquie's, where we were sat next to Australian actor Hugo Weaving.

Eventually the filmmakers were able to leave the glamour behind and check into their fleabag motel for a well-deserved shower. Today they will start exporing Sydney, no doubt scouting for locations for the films about to be shot here.

You can meet the Quebec filmmakers on Wednesday December 6th, when they present their short films shot during the festival. We wish them the best of luck!

Possible Worlds: Do well with little, do better with nothing, and do it now!

See the result of a mad filmmaking experiment at this lively cabaret-style screening!

Kino's motto is simple: 'Do well with little, do better with nothing, and do it now!'. Headquartered in Montreal, the global phenomenon in low-budget filmmaking known as Kino has finally landed in Sydney.

Kino Kabaret teams half-a-dozen experienced Canadians with half-a-dozen up-and-coming Aussies for a week-long journey in spontaneous filmmaking. These fearless Kinoites will spend Festival week writing, shooting and editing short films around Sydney. Come cheer them on as they unveil the unpredictible but doubtless inventive results!

Wednesday 6th Dec. at 6:30pm - Chauvel Cinema, Sydney - $15

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THE PARTY: Tickets to the screening are only $15 and include admission to the Kino Sydney Party at the Chauvel, co-hosted by the Quebec Oz Club!

The party features an open bar, lovely home-cooked food from Quebec and great music!

You can also win some of these hot lucky-door prizes:
- Bathers Pavilion will donate a $200 gift certificate for their restaurant and? 4 autographed books (The Bathers' Pavilion Menus & Recipes)...
- Kif Kaf will donate a beautiful wooden gift box with tea pots and organic tea - value $150...
- Allegria Designs will donate two $50 gift vouchers...

For full program listings, visit www.possibleworlds.net.au.