Indie

I do believe I've posted this before, but I love it, so here it is again, Ten Thousand Pictures of You.

When I began watching the film, Harvest (written and directed by Justin Halliday), I really expected it to be sort of unoriginal...a very typical boys-finds-mysterious door, goes through it, and his life is turned upside down...and in many ways it sort of is the film you expect it to be.  In many ways, however, it is not. I'd definitely say it's worth a view.  Take a look:

Every once in awhile I feature a music video that I think captures some essence of film, and today I'm bringing you another one. Directed by Genevieve Bailey, "Never Alone" is a video from the Melbourne band, Winterpark. I think it's lovely. Enjoy:

Telling Mark opens with Mark and his wife Carlotta preparing for a dinner party.  While he confesses that his workmates have been acting a little strangely towards him, their dinner guests prepare to tell him something.

Produced by Despina Catselli and written and directed by Guy Ducker, Telling Mark is a dark film that kept me pretty riveted throughout. Enjoy:

It's been awhile since I've featured anything from Portable Film Festival, so today I thought I'd bring you this one:

The Changing Man is a simple, classic break up story...with one little twist.  It's strange. It's funny. It's prototypical.  Check it out:

Pissed is a split screen comedy that follow two guys through a night at the bar...its comedic karma at its best.

I've watched it a few times, and always catch something new:

A film by Jim Balt, Starring James Inabinet and Damian Wensing

People in Order is a series of short films that assembles the people of Britain in a given order. In this particular short, we meet 100 different people arranged by age...in just 3 minutes. It's really lovely, and I'm hoping to find more of the series.

Directed by James Price and Lenka Clayton

I'm a big fan of documentaries, and Stencil is no exception. This four minute film, directed by Nemi Bishops and Richard Barber, follows three Melbourne stencil artists. It's a few years old, but the stencils featured are pretty lovely. Oh, and I'm a fan of the babies.

Portable Film Festival has just made its official call for entries for the Portable Film Festival 2009.

A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you a few of my favorite films from the 2008 Portable Film Festival.

I love a good film festival, but Portable does it a little differently.  There's no cinema, no queue, no tickets.  I'll be the first to defend the romanticism of watching a great film in the darkness of an old, musty theatre, but I have to say that I really appreciate what Portable is doing.

Consumers want to be able to sonsume content when, where, and how they want it, and technology is certainly allowing them to do so.  It was only a matter of time before someone on the film festival circuit got the hint, allowing would-be festival goers to watch these films on their own terms...online and downloadable to iPods PSPs, or 3G mobile phones.

For the past three years, Portable Film Festival has done just that-combining great film with the ease of online viewing.  Portable is now gearing up for it's fourth festival, accepting entries through April 30, 2009.

I encourage you to check out more from previous Portable festivals, and check back here for more updates.

This week I've been featuring films from Portable Film Festival, and this film is no different.

Directed by Eron Sheehan, "William" tells the story of an indigenous sideshow magician who encounters an unwelcome passenger during a taxi ride home. A violent incident forces William to revisit a past he would rather forget, contemplating the nature of violence, racism and loss. "William" was written by John Brumpton and produced by Peter George.

Find more from Portable Film Festival.