Kino #2 - Feb. 27th @ Chalkhorse

KINO SYDNEY #2

Tuesday February 27th 2007 - 6:30pm

CHALKHORSE Gallery, 56 Cooper Street, Surry Hills

$10 | free snacks, wine, beer & soft drinks | free if you're screening a film

Hot off having launched as a Kabaret at the closing night of Sydney's Canadian Film Festival, Kino Sydney lives on as a small underground film night, aiming to become the foremost platform for Sydney's independent filmmakers. These monthly screenings provide filmmakers of all levels and experience with the opportunity to bring their films to an audience outside of the selection-based world of film festivals

MAKE A FILM FOR KINO#2!

Kinos work like an open-mic night for filmmakers. The aim of Kino is to place film makers in an ‘act now’ mindset and to shoot and show their films as a way to learn about the craft… and have a good time. The result is an unpredictable cinema of fresh ideas and unforseen moments.

Filmmakers simply register by sending an email with a few details of the film they'd like to screen - length, format, and the Kino screening they'd like to show their film at. In return for this platform, filmmakers are required to ensure that both themselves and their films abide by some very clear rules:

· Films must be on miniDV or DVD;
· Films must be shown for the first time at Kino Sydney;
· Filmmakers must present their film on the screening date which has been agreed ;
· Films must not have been made for a student course (though films made by students are ok);
· Films must be ready to go - no rewinding or fast-forwarding!
· Films must bear the Kino Sydney name at the end, including the screening number in which it is shown (all our monthly screenings are numbered);

Breaking of any of the rules will result in a forfeit for the filmmaker: they must make a film, the subject or form of which will be decided by the audience on the night! A filmmaker must screen his or her forfeit film at Kino Sydney before showing another film.

Kino Sydney is part of an international movement of independent film and video makers - commonly known as Kino - whose motto is "do well with nothing; do even better with a little, and do it right now!". Born in Montreal, Kino has chapters in Paris, Hamburg, Vienna, Manchester, Berlin, Adelaide... and now Sydney!

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• To register to make a film for Kino#2: email kino@thefestivalists.com
• More information on The Festivalists: www.thefestivalists.com
• Pictures from Kino#1 - Kabaret: www.flickr.com/photos/the_festivalists/sets

We recommend: Kino Kabaret @ Adelaide Film Festival

Sydney had its first ever Kino Kabaret at the Canadian Film Festival, and is about to see the launch of a monthly Kino night for intrepid filmmakers, but our friends in Adelaide have been at it for a while already!

Filmmakers will have about 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a short film, shown during Kabarets on 25th & 27th of February and on March 1st and 3rd at the Electric Light Hotel, 235 Grenfell St, Adelaide. Fore more info, click here.

Adelaide's very own Kino chapter formed during the highly successful Kabaret held at the 2005 Adelaide Film Festival, and after many successful monthlies, KinoAdelaide is back with a Kabaret in 2007. Some participants in the Sydney event will fly to South Australia to take part: come cheer them on!