Tag: 2008

Tarvuism

Richard Leigh — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:15:17 +1100

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!"

God vs the ASA

Richard Leigh — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:40:41 +1100

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

Ciclovia

Richard Leigh — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:54:37 +1000

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

Nobel Peace, Dalai Lama

Richard Leigh — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:19:01 +1100

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.

The Shaman

Richard Leigh — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:42:38 +1100

Howard Fry, a socially inept actor, calls upon a magical shaman and is granted the vision to see the very best and worst of human beings.

www.imagicastudio.com.au

Shortlisted 2009

Couch

Richard Leigh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:57:31 +1100

When a garage sale turns up a tired old couch, buried memories are brought to life.

Shortlisted 2009

DisLocation

Richard Leigh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:39:24 +1100

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

The Wall

Richard Leigh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:41:01 +1000

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 Blessing of Charlie Sand

William Kentler — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:28:11 +1000

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

A Land Called Paradise

William Kentler — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:06:22 +1000

Over 2,000 American Muslims were asked what they would wish to say to the world. This is what they said.

This film was the grand prize winner of LinkTV's "One Nation, Many Voices" film contest. It has since garnered over 240,000 hits on youtube within its first two months, was licensed by the U.S. State Department, was chosen as a favorite on Queen Rania of Jordan's web site, and has led to an outpouring of emails from thousands of people affected by its message. The filmmaker, Lena Khan, is a filmmaker aspiring to make films about social issues - and is always looking for a new issue, a new source of funding, and a new story. Contact her at lenakhan@gmail.com .