Lights! Canberra! Action! 20212021 Top Twelve Gala Screening and Awards
Friday 5th March 2021, 7 for 8pm start, Stage 88, Commonwealth Park. TICKETS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT. MORE TO BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY. Food and Alcohol Vendors on site, no other food/alcohol permitted. More family friendly films in the first half. More mature content after Intermission. 18 years! That's how long we've been running. We've hit adulthood. We're not kids anymore, it's time to grow up. But in a pandemic world, what does that mean? Well, we have ideas, inspiration, drive, ambition....we have hope. So, this year's theme is: 'Hope' Content 'Rating' is indicative only. These films have not been classified.
The 2021 Top Twelve Filmmakers!
Filmmaker Bio: Anthea Staats and Lyndsey Turnbull are film production students in their final year at the University of Canberra. Over the last few years they have explored varying roles on several short films, including 'D-Grade Delivery' (Best Film, Blue Shift Film Festival 2019) and 'Lost and Found' (Best Director and Best Editor, UC Film Awards 2020). In the future, Lyndsey and Anthea plan to make more films, to keep telling stories, learning and meeting new people.
MOTHER Animation, 3 mins, PG (animated violence)
Filmmaker Bio: Scott Cadzow 3D animator based in Canberra, Australia and is originally from Adelaide. He is passionate about animation, storytelling and film production. Scott is constantly working on many personal projects. He also accepts commercial work.
Filmmaker bio: Samuel is a passionate filmmaker, photographer, and nature lover. His love for filmmaking started at about 10 years old making movies for primary school assignments and his passion has dramatically grown since then. The theme of nature and silence in a busy world very apparent in this year's entry and is also a subject very close to Samuel.
IN THE SHADOWS Animation, 6 mins, PG (animated violence, mild menace, mild depression)
Filmmaker Bio: Geraldine Martin came to writing and animation later in life. She is a qualified librarian and milliner. She has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing and has undertaken study in animation through various educational institutions including the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Clare Langsford has experience in writing and producing both long and short form film content. She is an experienced actor on stage and screen.
Filmmaker Bio: Trent Houssenloge works as a professional wedding and commercial videographer in addition to producing short film projects in his free time. He possesses a keen interest in telling wild and wacky stories. This is his first time directing a Lights, Canberra, Action film of which the script was only written one week before the deadline.
PONG Scifi, Action, 7mins,, PG (Menace, mild violence)
Filmmaker Bio: Hi there, my name is Callum and I'm a filmmaker/videographer from Canberra. I enjoy doing the whole process, so I'm usually running around with a pretty small crew!
Filmmaker Bio: Max, Michael and Ewout are keen film makers. This is Max and Michael's 4th year entering LCA and the first time the trio have collaborated since LCA 2019.
THANKS FOR COMING Comedy/Drama, 7mins, PG (Coarse language)
Filmmaker Bio: Laura and Andrew are promising directors joining together for the first time for their Lights! Canberra! Action! debuts. Laura is an alumni from University of Canberra and has previously worked at WildBear Entertainment. Andrew has a background in theatre. A newcomer to the film scene, he is looking to pursue further acting and directing. James is a Lights! Canberra!Action! regular, having submitted films since 2016. He currently studies a Master of Producing at University of Melbourne.
NIGHT ROADS Drama, 6.5mins, M (violence, coarse language)
Filmmaker Bio: Chris is a passionate filmmaker with a particular interest in visual effects, having also acted in and directed films since the age of 10. He is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts (Film Production) at the University of Canberra.
Filmmaker Bio: Alex Jackson has been making films since he could hold a camera and mix up footage with music! He has a passion for both directing and editing, and has worked with some extremely talented people to achieve this. When he's not busily adding an entirely unnecessary amount of special effects to a film, he enjoys photography, D&D, video games, and any mix of these therein. Anything that involves a good story (especially about dragons).
Filmmaker Bio: Luke is a final year film student at the University of Canberra studying a Bachelor of Media Arts and Production. He is currently in pursuit of a freelancing career in video production with a focus on visual storytelling through cinematography and directing. He believes that film is a powerful platform to inspire and create change in the 21st century and hopes to continue to tell stories through his work.
Filmmaker Bio: Tina Costessi and Adrian Muscat have been making films together since 2013. The pair first entered LCA back in 2016 with their short drama film, Sunday. After not submitting a film in 2020, Tina and Adrian's passion for filmmaking spurred them on to enter again this year with their first animated short.
Filmmaker Bio: Ethan Hart, 16 years old, born in Canberra, has been studying film making and creating films at school since 2019. Ethan was a finalist in the Young Achievers Awards 2020 for the category of performing arts and is an elite dancer. Ethan has been studying acting at the National Acting School since 2017. Ethan was talent scouted and performed in the Arts showcase in Los Angeles for acting, modelling and dancing in 2017.
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The Screen Canberra Award for Best Film
Sister, Producer: Luke Marriott The ACT Government Award for Best Use of Theme GOD GOT FIRED Producer: Max Jasinski The Visabel Award for Best Student Film Fool’s Gold Producer: Anthea Staats The Sanguineti Media Award for Best Under 18s Film Fight! Producer: Ethan Hart The NCA Award for Best Use of an Item The ‘Place of Worship’ from Thanks for Coming, Producer: James Robinson The Crux Media Award for Best Director Luke Marriott and Liz Creevey, Sister The Full Point Films Award for Best Sound Design Callum Lawrence, PONG The CanberraFM Award for Best Original Music Blade Fuller, Ghosts Female Filmmaker Award Sponsored by Marisa Martin Anthea Staats, Producer & Writer Fools Gold The Perform Australia Award for Best Performance Michael Caruana, GOD GOT FIRED The Stage Centa Award for Most Memorable Performance The Entire Ensemble Cast of Thanks for Coming: Andrew Bromwich, Jake Revill, Kaitlyn Boye, Miriam Slater, Remi Webster, Karla Bogaart, Jim Punnett The By George Studios Award for Best Cinematography Callum Lawrence, PONG The Hot Dogma Script Consultancy Award for Best Screenplay Alex Jackson, Ghosts The BentSpoke Award for Best Editing Callum Lawrence, PONG The Enemies of Reality Films Award for Best Art Direction Callum Lawrence, PONG The AIE Award for Best Animation or Visual Effects Adrian Muscat & Tina Costessi, NEST The ACT Government Award for People's Choice GOD GOT FIRED Producer: Max Jasinski 2021 Candid Event Photos - by Adrian Muscat |
2021 Winners Gallery                2021 Event Photos - by Ben from Photox |
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