On 16 and 17 October at FOXTEL Television Centre in North Ryde, SPAA Fringe 2009 will gather Australia’s top film industry professionals and rising talent to share their experiences and expertise, offering insight and creative direction for up-and-coming filmmakers seeking lasting careers in the screen industry.
Already, the line-up is shaping up to be bigger and better than last year and speakers to date include Kath Shelper, Producer of Samson & Delilah; the team behind the first Australian Muslim comedy series Salam Café; Dario Russo, creator of the hilarious viral Italian Spiderman; and filmmaker and new media auteur Nicholas Carlton who created Australia’s first social web series, OzGirl.
SPAA Fringe 2009 is also offering young filmmakers unprecedented access to television executives. Commissioning Editors from Foxtel, ABC and SBS will be in attendance for a series of 1on1’s to receive pitches from delegates for new television projects. This is an amazing opportunity for all emerging producers, directors or writers to get their work in front of the real decision makers, and turn their ideas into reality.
Also new to SPAA Fringe 09 is The Clinic, a cross platform hothouse for redefining distribution strategies. As well, the SDA Pitch returns with fantastic prizes worth over $3,000.
1 ON 1’s
Delivering a unique opportunity for a private 15-minute face to face to pitch your compelling idea, the SPAA Fringe 1 ON 1 is an unprecedented entry point into a career in television production. For all students, graduates and up and comers, this represents an opportunity that may otherwise take years to access.
In 2009, the entire factual team from FOXTEL will be available, ready to receive ideas for the next great documentary to appear on the Crime Investigation Network, The History Channel, National Geographic, BBC Knowledge or Discovery Channel.
Executives from ABC TV attending include Carla De Jong, Head of Commissioning & Development for Children’s TV; Amanda Duthie, Head of Arts Entertainment and Comedy; Alan Erson, Commissioning Editor for Documentaries; Dasha Ross, Executive Producer and Edwina Waddy, Development Producer.
Executives from SBS will include Vincent Beasley, Executive Producer for Factual Entertainment; Caterina De Nave, Executive Producer for Drama and Comedy; Erik Dwyer, Executive Producer for Food & Leisure and John Godfrey and Peter Newman, Executive Producers for Factual Commissioned Content.
THE CLINIC
New to SPAA Fringe in 09, The Clinic will help you define or refine your distribution strategy. Three specialists in distribution, Dr Peter Broderick, Dr Peter Giles and Dr Gary Hayes will be leading intensive sessions to enable filmmakers to individually and collectively analyse their distribution plans. Each clinic will be one hour in duration and between one and three projects will be chosen to be analysed. Delegates must be able to clearly outline their project in a few sentences. Any type of project will be considered
SDA PITCH
If you have an idea for a screen project and are wondering if it has legs, then this session is not to be missed. Finalists from a nationwide search of pitching workshops (held in each state by members of the SDA) will pitch their projects to a panel of television & film executives and be in the running to win prizes valued at more than $3,000.
Entrants may pitch any genre, form and duration from TV series and features to shorts, animation and multi-platform content. A ‘Wild Card’ component to the session will be allowed, time permitting.
Prizes include:
- SPAA Conference 09 registration
- $1800 cash prize from SDA (and $200 for a 'Wild Card')
- Software and post production package from Azure Productions including a full copy of the new Final Draft 8 Scriptwriting Software valued at $329, a copy of your short film project output on DigiBeta tape, 50 DVD copies of your project in DVD cases with full colour printing.
TICKET INFORMATION
From September 12
2 day registration
Non Members $250
SPAA Members $200
Students $200
1 day registration
Non Members $150
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the website www.spaa.org.au/fringe or call (02) 9360 8988.
SPAA Fringe is brought to you by the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) an industry body that represents Australian independent film and television producers on all issues affecting the business and creative aspects of screen production.
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