CaSFFA media releases
#3 June 7, 2013 Opening Gala event a great success! Closing Night announcements Other great films on in the meantime… Download full media release #2 May 21, 2013 Inaugural program launched! Opening Gala, Closing Night & Federation Square curtain-raiser announced Tickets now on sale for the whole program Download full media release #1 May 2, 2013 Venues and First Highlights Announced Sat, May 18: Exhibition opening and program launch Sat, May 25: Curtain-raising screening Download full media release |
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Film Buff's Forecast, 102.7 3RRR FM, June 1, 2013, now available "on demand", features CaSFFA Artistic Director Cerise Howard being interviewed by host Paul Harris during the first 25 minutes, and several highly favourable reviews of festival films by Film Buff's regular Nick Matteo during the last 25 minutes of this essential two hours of weekly listening for film buffs all over Melbourne, and beyond. If you missed it live, you can now catch it on demand.
"The Czech and Slovak Film Festival" in The Melbourne Review, May 2013: a short piece on the festival's themes by Anna Snoekstra, noting that "this exciting new film festival brings together old and new with a unique flavour." "Top 10 films" in The Age, June 8, 2013: Jake Wilson selects Alois Nebel, whose "rotoscope animation technique – tracing over live-action footage with heavy black lines – creates a brooding atmosphere straight out of film noir." "Top 10 films" in The Age, May 25, 2013: Jake Wilson selects The Emperor's Nightingale: "The gifts of Czech puppet animator Jiri Trnka are on full display in this ornate, eerie 1949 version of a Hans Andersen fairy tale." What's Slovak in Cannes 2013?: this e-book of a brochure published by the Slovak Film Institute prepared especially for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival has a small article on page 7 about the first Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia. It is also available for download as a PDF. "Czech & Slovak Film Festival of Australia" in weekendnotes: an enthusiastic overview of the festival from Aaron McDonald. "The Passion of the Peasant Poet: Jiří Trnka, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Hand" in Senses of Cinema: article from CaSFFA's Cerise Howard for Cteq Annotations, to accompany the Melbourne Cinémathèque screenings of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Hand. "The Sun in a Net" in Senses of Cinema: article by Peter Hourigan for Cteq Annotations, to accompany the Melbourne Cinémathèque screening of The Sun in a Net. Czech languageFrom SBS: "První Český a slovenský filmový festival v Melbourne": audio of interview with CaSFFA's Lenka Hadravová. "Jiří Trnka" in Kvart: an overview of the life and career of the legendary Trnka on the cover page of this newsletter for the local Czech and Slovak community, issued by SOKOL Melbourne and downloadable as a PDF. In Kinobox.cz, "Již zítra odstartuje v australském Melbourne první česká a slovenská filmová přehlídka": an overview of the 1st CaSFFA from June 4, 2013, including a gallery of images from the program launch and the festival trailer. Slovak language From SBS: "Festival českých a slovenských filmov Melbourne 2013", a report from Andrej Bučko from the closing ceremony of the 1st CaSFFA, including interviews with audience members and with CaSFFA Artistic Director, Cerise Howard. This went to air on June 14, 2013. From SBS: "Alexandra Strelková": audio of an interview which went to air on May 17, 2013, with Alexandra Strelková, Director of the National Cinematographic Centre in Bratislava, about launching the very first Czech and Slovak Film Festival in Australia In kinema.sk, "1. česko-slovenský filmový festival v Austrálii!": an overview of the 1st CaSFFA from June 5, 2013, looking both forwards and backwards. |
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