Cinewest- Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults

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Auburn, Australia September 15 - 19, 2008
Call for Entry Deadline: June 30, 2008
Festival Data:
- Established: 1998
- Genre: Children (click to see)
- Attendance: 10000
- Media Attendance: 5
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 200
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 350
- Total Number of Films Screened: 72
- Total Screenings: 10
- Total Domestic Films Screened: 22
- Total Foreign Films Screened: 50
- Total National and International Premieres: 50
- # of Shorts Screened: 70
- # of Features Screened: 2
- Competitive
- Students Section
- Has Panels
- Has Seminars
Festival Website:
http:/ / www.cinewest.org.au
Festival Description:

Annual Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults was conceived in 1998 to showcase, promote and distribute films in four categories; Best film made by children 6-14 years old, Best film made by young adults 15-22 year old as well as Best film made by adults about or for children, Best film made by adults about or for youth.

In 2006, the festival received over 350 works and presented 74 short and feature length films from 41 countries simultaneously at Reading Cinemas Auburn, Vernon Theatre Sydney Olympic Park and Homebush West Public School. Over 2000 students from schools in the Auburn LGA as well as greater Western Sydney region attended the festival and celebrated this most iconic and unique international event.
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
- Submission formats: Beta-SP, 35mm, DVD, MiniDV
Email: festival(at)cinewest.org.au

Phone: (61) 02 8756 5035

Mailing Address: PO Box 861
Auburn, NSW 1835
Australia
Curent Film Previews:
- Paul's Grandpa

Email:	festival(at)cinewest.org.au
Phone:	(61) 02 8756 5035
Mailing Address:	PO Box 861 Auburn, NSW 1835 Australia

OCT 11, 2007 01:47PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Awards for the 2007 Cinewest- Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults

Tadgell’s Bluebell Award (Best film made by children 6-14 years old): "Color Abstraction"
Directed By: Dax Fontana and Tiffany Fontana
Exprimental 2'44" USA 2007

Tadgell’s Bluebell Award (Best film made by young adults 15-22 years old): "The Zero"
Directed By: Sagad Shahedi
Fiction 7' IRAN 2007

Tadgell’s Bluebell Honor Award (Best film made by adults for or about children): "Colours"
Directed By:Derrick Lui & Lee Chee Tian
Fiction 8’50” SINGAPORE 2007

Tadgell’s Bluebell Honor Award (Best film made by adults for or about youth): "Next Try Wins"
Directed By:The Holgate Brothers
Fiction 6'10" AUSTRALIA 2007

CHILDREN JURY MEMBERS:
Selesetina Maka (St. John's School Year 6)
Nigel Khafula (St. John's School Year 5)
Siutiti Toufaao (St. John's School Year 5)
Jessica Bazonni (St. John's School Year 6)
Rosa Khiami (St. John's School Year 5)
Kayla Steeden (St. John's School Year 6)
Chom (St. John's School Year 6)
Jade Chen (St. John's School Year 5)
Mikayla Morgan (Granville South Public School Year 6)
Saliman Samia (Granville South Public School Year 6)
Mert Mirici (Granville South Public School Year 6)
Scott Thompson (Granville South Public School Year 6)
Rima Dabliz (Granville South Public School Year 6)

Children Jury Comment: 'We enjoyed the films very much and our favorites were more than one but we had to choose the best film voted by all of us. Among the best were 'Fetch', 'Little Brother', 'Letting Go', 'Magic Cellars' and 'Mathew Heath' that we would like to mention.'

YOUTH JURY MEMBERS
Jullian Chung (18 years old)
Timothy Ly (20 years old)
Ryan Peters (19 years old)
Maria Tran (20 years old)
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