Peninsula Film Festival is thrilled to announce its new naming rights partner Cobs popcorn, and together they are calling on filmmakers across the country to enter their masterpiece in PFF 2018.
Enter your short film in the Cobs Peninsula Film Festival and you could win a share of $30,000 in cash and prizes and have your work seen by industry heavyweights. Twenty shortlisted films will be judged live on Saturday, February 10, by industry professionals, with the winner taking out $5000 in cash, second place $2500 and third place scoring $1250.
There are plenty more cool prizes up for grabs, including one-on-one meetings with distribution and production giant Madman Entertainment, and awards for Best Animation, Best Documentary, Best International and the Woodleigh School Emerging Filmmaker Award, which is open to any Australian student under 18. There are also awards for Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Cinematography. Entries are open until Friday, December 8, and films must be eight minutes or less in length.
Festival director Steve Bastoni said the festival offered an amazing opportunity for filmmakers to have their film seen by the most influential film practitioners in the business. “This is a great chance to rub shoulders and network with industry professionals,” Steve said.
“Filmmakers receive feedback from the best in the business. Our judging panel has included Screen Australia board member and Australian director Rob Connolly, John Molloy from Mushroom Pictures and Andrew Mason from Hopscotch, and we’re very lucky to have renowned Australian director Fred Schepisi as PFF patron.”
The Cobs Peninsula Film Festival is on Friday-Sunday, February 9-11. Entry to Saturday’s event at the Village Green in Rosebud is free; the Friday and Sunday sessions at Rosebud Cinema are ticketed. To enter your short film, go to filmfreeway.com/festival/PeninsulaFilmFestival or head to peninsulafilmfestival.com.au for details.