From the Editor

As mentioned in the last couple of editions of the ScreenACT e-Newsletter, the ACT film community seems to be thriving with many of our local filmmakers screening their locally produced features and short films to appreciative Canberra audiences. Testing your work in front of local cinema patrons is a great way to build a profile for your films and to generate some third party feedback. However, it is also important to remember that there is legislation governing the screening of films in a public place, with potentially heavy penalties applying for the screening of unclassified films. Exemptions can be provided in certain circumstances, but you must apply to the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) well before the screening takes place to enable your request to be processed. Given the importance of this issue, ScreenACT has included information about OFLC requirements below.

Speaking of screenings, congratulations to Clare Young on the successful screening of her four short films at Electric Shadows on Monday night. Hopefully the funds raised at the screening will go some way towards the costs of her next project, Grace, a fiction film due to be shot later this month.

Congratulations also go to Michael Tear, the only ACT representative selected for Enterprise Tasman 2006, an intensive workshop for screen business entrepreneurs, which started with a residential workshop in Victoria late last month.

Great news also from our local digital media sector, with the BigWorld Technology Suite chosen by game development company, Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, as the platform for their new massively multiplayer online game, Stargate Worlds. Congratulations to BigWorld for this success.

Finally, don’t forget to keep sending in your local news items for the e-Newsletter and events for our online calendar at www.screenact.act.gov.au.