Films in the Field
An annual screening of fresh Tasmanian film, both funded and independent.
Every New Years Eve at
The Falls Festival!
Marion Bay Tasmania
Field Stage 30th/31st December
10pm till 1am
2007
Films in the Field took another change in direction this year.
With a fairly heavy focus on Tasmanian-made animation, the screening had an abundance of styles from stop-motion, 2d/3d, marionette, traditional and flash animation, as well as some hilarious live action shorts and a documentary on the Upper Florentine. Although the overnight film screening had always been popular, the introduction of late-night music videos the year before had introduced some volume issues that we were keen to avoid. So this year after the films had played through, we screened a slideshow of images that had been taken around the Falls Festival during that day. Three photographers took part, with almost 400 fresh photos hitting the screen over both nights! This slideshow, which was mainly of the festival audience rockin or chilling during that day, proved to be one of the most popular Films in the Field events so far! Everyone stopped to see if they could spot themselves in the crowd - and a few people did (amazing really, in a festival audience of 14,000)! We hope to repeat this cool concept during next years festival!
Thanks to the lovely folks at Wide Angle Tasmania for their assistance with this years screening!
Bang the Cat
Directed by David Gurney
CatNap
Directed by Adam Smith
Maternity
Directed by Tom Priestly
Chance
Directed by Lucy Gouldthorpe
Directed by Milen Vitanov
Pirate Treasure
Directed by Shaun Wilson
Centaur
Directed by Hugh Reid
Be My Florentine
Directed by Abigail Norman
Directed by Tom Priestly
DJ Dazz
Directed by Tom Jackson
One Winter in Paris
Directed by Stella Macdonald
Losing Time
Directed by Shaun Wilson
Skeleton Man
Directed by Robert Butler
The Unincredible Flying Man
Directed by Zane Pinner
Unwadded
Directed by Ben Booth
The Long Beach
Directed by Mat Van Rooijen
The Great Unlearning
Directed by Hugh Reid
Another Year Gone
Directed by Harriet Macdonald
Upper Florentine Valley
Directed by Abigail Norman
Directed by Tom Priestly
(2007 Hobart Super 8 Competition Winner)
2006
In 2006 Films in The Field took a slightly different approach. In the two previous years we held the screening overnight and this had been popular, but we had a few requests from the tune-hungry audience to include more music vids! The quality of the films was outstanding with a lot of entries from independent filmmakers who had obvious passion for their work. After the films were played, music videos from local bands were played in a Rage-style tassie music bonanza. Videos from some of Tasmania’s top bands were played including Modus, The Phibes, The Breed, The Bat, The New Folk and The Kicks! The music videos proved popular - maybe too popular! At around 2.30am on the 30th there was a very loud 'debate' amongst a few patrons, some who wanted to crank the music louder, LOUDER!, and some sleepyheads in the nearby tents who just wanted to crash. A volume compromise was met, but having banging tunes turned down low was a bit dissappointing for most of the audience. Fortunately on NYE we were able to crank it again and feel the love!
The Nic of Time
Directed by Andrew Del Vecchio
The Barn
Directed by Fleur Nelson
Dare Devil Delicacy
Directed by Nathan Austen
Extreme Man
Directed by Andrew Quaile
The Quest
Directed by Victor Kalka
The Beast
Directed by Stella Macdonald
No Birds Sing
Directed by Harriet Macdonald
Frank
Directed by Stella Macdonald
Radio Man
Directed by Ben Ross
Minotaur
Directed by Sam Curtain
Got Dog
Directed by Toby Rigby
The Nic of Time
Directed by Andrew Del Vecchio
Albino Santa Cop
Directed by Off Planet Films
Taswegian Beer Rivalry
Directed by Dane Campbell
Interflectoroscopy
Directed by Empire Z
2005
2005 saw a return to the Films in the Field name and a continutation of the overnight screening. Unfortunately though, the screening took place only on the 30th, due drizzling rain, the sworn enemy of outdoor film festivals! Despite that dissappointment the single overnight screening was still a great success with a fantastic line-up of films. This year featured some very high quality work with both funded shorts and a large selection of films made by young people with the aid of Pulse Y.H.C. This year each film was screened twice, with a one hour intermission that featured some of Suze Van Der Beek's stunning photography. What a totally relaxing way to watch the sun come up after a night of dancing!
Ghostland
Directed by Leigh Craven
Paradise Found
Directed by Suze Van Der Beek
Pulse24/7
Compiled by the Pulse Team
All This Time
Directed by Zane Pinner
The Rivulet
Directed by Chris Bellears
Dracenstein
Directed by Tom Priestly
He Sure Can Swing
Directed by Tim Logan. s
Dark Decisions
Directed by Scott Lawson
2004
For the second year, Films in The Field became Paddock Moon Cinema and a much more in-depth program was presented. 2004 saw the first over-night screening of films. New shorts from around Tassie and some of our favourites from the year before were put onto a playlist that repeated every three hours or so. More than twenty different short films were played three times each on boths nights. The total running time of the screenings was around twenty-eight hours! The 24-hr catering from a nearby hot food stall was certainly popular! Heaps of people had the opportunity to see a variety of films, ranging in length from 2 minutes to thirty-five minutes, from zero-budget independent projects to fully-funded screen productions. The new films that were screened included:
Haven
Fabio’s Kitchen
I don’t believe it’s Christmas
Bruni
Poppy
The Huon Pine;
The Oldest Living Tasmanian
How to Praise
More than heroes and legends
Father Brian
Getting ahead to get her
End of the Line
2003
The first Films in the Field event was sparked by a phone call from the Falls Festival organisers on Christmas Eve, 2003. The very first Tasmanian Falls Festival was being held in Marion Bay one week later, and the organisers were frantically looking for screen content to fill the Field Stage overnight on both the 30th and 31st of December. They loved the idea of screening exclusively Tasmanian-made short films! So with three days until the Falls was to begin, Zane from ZSP and Scott Lawson from Talking Eye Films leaped into action gathering films from across the state and preparing a reel for the screening. Films were collected from film makers all over Hobart and Launceston and thrown together in a suitable running order. A projector and screen were hired from friends of friends and Scott a quickly editied together couple of promos. Despite a severe lack of preparation time, the screening was a success and drew large crowds on both nights, despite the fact that the screenings were not advertised in the Falls programme. We like to think this is due to the quality of films that we were screening!
Directed by Saria Phillips
Solitary Extraction
Directed by Tom Priestly
Between Places
Directed by Saria Phillips
Teamwork
Izzythedog Productions
Opposing Forces
Directed by Saria Phillips & Dane Hunnerup
Hunger Pains
Directed by Tom Priestly
Forced Impression
Directed by Scott Lawson
The Muse
Directed by Saria Phillips
Payback
Directed by Andrew Quaile
2 Many Djs
Directed by Zane Pinner
Scarring Morris
Directed by John Menezies
Dirge
Directed by Zane Pinner
Detour on the Wheelie of Life
Directed by Tom Priestly
The Ambrosia Device
Directed by Shaun Wilson