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Robert Popper is a BAFTA winning producer and award-winning comedy TV writer. He's also a best-selling author.
Peter Serafinowicz is an award-winning performer, writer and producer, who's appeared in many movies.
Together they created the award-winning spoof science comedy, Look Around You for BBC TV.
"Peter and I created a fake online religion at www.tarvu.com We decided to make it really believable and incredibly detailed. When we made the short clip to put online, we wanted it to feel as real as possible, so performers were told to imagine that this was a genuine religion, and that they genuinely believed in it. Anything too 'big' or 'comedic' was not used. We loved the idea of a religion that had a very deep and complex mythology - an octopus, a prophet called Amzamiviram, the holy book, the Tarvunty. We had fun dreaming these things up. Praise Tarvu!"

Following on from the rip roaring success of last year - here is my Christmas film 2008. It was made over Christmas itself in a crazy improv method so please forgive any rough edges that may be due to too much eating and merriment. However this film is the only place to see the divine combination of Alexandra Burke from the X Factor, myself playing a vicar and the Advertising Standards Authority! Enjoy!!
Shortlisted 2009

Every Sunday and holiday, every week, the City of Bogotá, Colombia closes down over 70 miles of roadways to cars and let people bike, walk, talk, exercise, picnic, sunbathe, I could go on and on. Just watch the video, it's amazing. This video comes to you via Streetfilms from the Open Planning Project in NYC. Check out our website for much more on films about transportation, bicycles, pedestrian issues and open space. Contact: info@streetfilms.org to request a DVD.
Shortlisted 2009

From a meaningless life to a meaningless death...
CAUTION:
Campfire advises that many images in the following program depict human distress and suffering and recommends viewing only by persons over the age of 15.Fireside Study
Shortlisted 2009

Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), explains how the connectedness of every living thing to every other living thing is not just an idea but a way of living. This way includes all beings as part of a vast family and calls us to be responsible for this family and care for the land with unconditional love and responsibility.

Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder, or does it?
Jaclyn Hewer's filmography:
Bitter Art (2008) – Feature Film | Production Manager/Production Coordinator
Sickly Sweet (2007) – Short Film | Director | Awarded at Well-Tanned Comedy Festival
The Department of Nothing (2006) – Short Film | 2nd Assistant Director
Jo and Margo (2004) – Short Film | Director
Soul Space Studios is a group of artists working to share the message of peace by developing spiritually conscious media projects.
The Nobel Peace Prize Winners Series which starts with H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama is our current major endeavour. We are developing a mini-documentary/interstitial series of thirteen, one-minute musical animated biographies of Nobel Peace Prize Winner for the teenage to adult television market. The series will pay tribute to the honourable work of Nobel Peace Prize Winners for their and humanity while promoting universal tolerance, social dialogue.

We had an Obama bash in Philippe's bar on Tuesday night, Jan. 20th 2009.
This clip was done in part to celebrate Philippe's neighborhood bar, as a RAC. (See notes on Nina's Little Shop for explanation of a RAC).
The bar is under Philippe's house and normally the drinks flow on Friday nights, but this was a Tuesday not to be missed.
Like the rest of the world, we wish Barak Obama the very, very best, cognigsant of the very daunting challenges ahead for him.
More of director Mike Rubbo's introduction

400 people set out on a boat. Only 7 made it to Australia. Amal Basry was one of them
The feature-length version of Hope to date has received the following awards:
• ATOM Awards 2008: Winner Best Documentary – Social and Political Issues
• Australian Directors Guild Awards 2008: Finalist Best Feature Documentary
• HREOC Human Rights Awards 2008: Finalist ‘Television’ category
A journey through a small Australian town reflects another through the virtual territory of travel blogs.
Katy Morrison's major production at VCA School of Film & TV is Second Lives, which premiered at ACMI cinema, Federation Square, December 4 2008. Shortlisted 2009

If you’ve ever been bored at work, this short film is for you. Documentary filmmaker Nick Spunde exposes his personal struggle with this very modern subject of boredom. It’s a private and internal space most eloquently visualised in a public and external way.
Fireside Study
Shortlisted 2009

The Cantonese folk-tale, The Thunder God, brings back childhood memories for Sijun Zhou who was given the story to interpret for his World Tales animation. Bright has been shown at over 20 different film and animtion festivals around the world, and an won audience award in Greece. Read an interview for the Asian American Film Festival.
For more short films go to www.sbs.com.au
Buddhists is part of a five-part series of shorts for Channel Five in the UK looking at 5 different families of 5 different religions and how their faith affects their lives in the lead-up to Christmas.
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Shortlisted 2009

Ben Callaghan is at a place where he has no choice but to speak the truth. In the nine most important minutes of his life he will confront his deepest fears.
Other films by Peter Hegedus - Grandfathers and Revolutions, Inheritance: a fisherman's story (2004 Academy Award short-listed)
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Shortlisted 2009

A young boy who dreams of discovering extra-terrestrial life on Mars, and his next door neighbour who makes it happen.
www.sequential-one.com/findlife/
www.sequential-one.com/findlife/downloads.html includes clip “Mars: pixel by pixel” for special effects nuts

A young boy has a strange child hood experience which affects him in an extraordinary way.
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