Kino #4 - Debrief!

Kino #4 took place May 15th at the wonderful Chalkhorse gallery in Surry Hills. It was a good mix of regulars and newcomers, amateur filmmakers and established professionals, people seeking to get involved or just there to watch.

Marianne was our lovely emcee for the evening, in which quite a few made-for-Kino shorts were shown to an appreciative audience.

Jack Feldstein presented his new neon animation, The Culinary Adventures of Jack Kerouac, finished just in time for Kino #4. Make sure you catch his new film, A Wondrous Film About Emma Brooks, a Dendy Awards finalist at the upcoming Sydney Film Festival.

We screened a couple of films by Jamie Kennerley, of Kino Manchester (a.k.a. Filmonik). The hilarious Boy and Guitar and Stolen were preceded by a short intro filmed in Paris the week before, in which Jamie invited Sydney kinoites to send their films to England.

Kino is a worldwide phenomenon, and once again we caught some great shorts made at Kino Montreal (the birthplace of the Kino movement): Olivier Gilbert's Interference and Simon Laganiere's Hands On, 2 Fingers Off.

Closer to home, Caroline Moise screened the world premiere of her new short, which she'd originally shot in Adelaide as part of Kino Adelaide's Kabaret, a series of 48-hour film challenges as part of the Adelaide International Film Festival.

During the break we ate sushi and cake, met future collaborators, had a beer with old mates and congratulated the brave Kinoites who'd made work specially for us that night. As usual, there were plenty of giveaways on the night, including movie tickets for Noise, My Best Friend and the Sydney Film Festival.

A couple of local filmmakers presented recently completed films: Seán Byrne screened An Dúshlán (Defiance), Dean Bertram was here to present his horror short Foresta Rossa and John Trefry introduced 4Word Thought's Impetus.

Finally two very brave members of the audience accepted filmmaking challenges. Nils took on the job of creating a Choose Your Own Adventure Film, which will then be sent to South Australia, where members of Kino Adelaide will continue the story. Meanwhile Lawrence accepted the challenge of making a film according to audience specifications. The crowd voted for a "an exploitation film" featuring "butter". Check out the wierd and wonderful results of these experiments at Kino #5 next month!

Check out the pics from the evening on our Flickr page!

Kino #3 - Debrief!

KINO SYDNEY #3: DEBRIEF

Tuesday March 27th 2007 - 6:30pm

Could Kino be the victim of its own success? Audiences doubled for our second night at the lovely Chalkhorse gallery, with 70 film buffs joshing for position in our cosy screening space. It was great to see so many familiar faces, and thrilling to meet a whole new batch of Kinoites.

A few filmmakers premiered brand new films finished just in time for Kino #3. Frances Anderson followed up Kino #2's In Africa (which was recently selected for the St Kilda Short Film Festival following its world premiere at Kino) with the abstract horror of Hotel. David Gacs gave the experimental animation Hegemons, while Minto Macpherson presented his first ever Kino film, the animated Technik.

We screened recently completed films from Shane K. (H.R. Pufnsnuf and Sky High), Garnet Mae (Kung Fu Shuffle) and JackFeldstein (The Great Oz Love Yarn).

Finally we showed two films made at other Kino chapters worldwide. From Kino Montreal we had Stéphane Lafleur's Inventaire (Inventary) and from Kino Adelaide we screened Dave Wade's Detached.

In between films, there was a lot of networking going on, and a few projects for Kino #4 were being discussed around the room and outside on the sidewalk. The open bar served red wine, white wine, beer and soft drinks until stocks ran out, while our sushi and homemade cakes buffet proved v. popular. A big thanks to the people at Chalkhorse for the friendly venue!

If you're making a film for Kino #4, don't forget to check out the rules, and to inform us of your intentions by emailing kino@thefestivalists.com.

Kino #4 is May 15th at Chalkhorse!

Coming soon: the Kino Sydney website!
In the meantime check us out on Myspace or see pics of Kino #3 on our Flickr page!

Kino #2 - Debrief!

It was great to see so many lovely people at our first monthly night at Chalkhorse in Surry Hills last night. A few filmmakers premiered their spanking new films to much applause: Frances Anderson (In Africa), David Gacs (Bad Times), Michael Samer (The Astronaut) and Matt Robinson (Graff Dogs).

We also screened a recently made shorts by Mark Alston (Rockdale '83, Wok) and Loosie Craig (Mavis), as well as some films made in kino cells around the world: Matt Ravier's Love in the Black City (Manchester), Jules Saulnier's Kompetenz (Hamburg) and Justin Sprecher's Status Quo (Adelaide).

Snacks were served, lollipops were sucked on, lucky door prizes were won, and beer & wine flowed all night. A big thanks to the people at Chalkhorse for the fantastic venue!

See pics of Kino #2 on our Flickr page!

KINO SYDNEY #3

Tuesday March 27th 2007 - 6:30pm

CHALKHORSE Gallery, 56 Cooper Street, Surry Hills

$10 - free snacks, wine, beer and soft drinks - (free if you're screening a film)

Open your diaries and circle March 27th with a big fat magic marker: it's Kino #3!

Want to sign up to show a film at KINO #3 ?
Email Marianne at kino@thefestivalists.com asap.

For more info, visit our temporary kino page.