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
My Happy End Directed by Milen Vitanov
Pirate Treasure Directed by Shaun Wilson
CentaurDirected by Hugh Reid
Be My Florentine Directed by Abigail Norman
The Physique of the Christ 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
Guts to Glory 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
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!
Don’t Blink Directed by Saria Phillips
Solitary Extraction Directed by Tom Priestly
Between Places Directed by Saria Phillips
Teamwork Directed by 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
