MEDIA RELEASE Media and Communications Tel. +61 3 9925 2807 Fax +61 3 9662 2739 View RMIT media releases and find experts: www.rmit.edu.au/newsroom MELBOURNE BRUNSWICK BUNDOORA FISHERMAN’S BEND POINT COOK HAMILTON HO CHI MINH CITY HANOI Local talent draws top film judge for VIP premiere The 10MMM Youth Film Festival will open with a VIP red carpet premiere at Hamilton Cinema tomorrow night (23 June), followed by two days of free public screenings. The talented local young filmmakers behind each of the 12 short films entered in the film festival will walk the red carpet at the premiere. Deb Verhoeven, Associate Professor of Screen Studies and Director of the AFI Research Collection at RMIT University, will travel to Hamilton to judge the entries. Associate Professor Verhoeven’s vast experience in film festival judging and pre- selection includes the Melbourne International Film Festival, Bangkok Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Comedy Channel Short Film Festival, Watch My Shorts, Daffodil Day Awards and the Black and White Festival. She is also Deputy Chair of the National Film and Sound Archive, President of the highly popular online film journal, Senses of Cinema, and Co-Editor of Studies in Australasian Cinema. Associate Professor Verhoeven will be joined on the judging panel by local filmmaker Trevor Flynn and Hamilton Film Festival President, Mary-Ann Brown. All 12 short film entries will be shown at the Hamilton Cinema in eight free screenings held over two days (24-25 June). Regional youth, aged 12 to 25, have been working hard on their entries, with the winners of the Film Festival to be announced at the VIP red carpet premiere. The Film Festival is the final stage of the current 10MMM project, which investigates young people, technology and social relationships. Project partners include RMIT, Western District Health Services, VicHealth, Casterton Community Courthouse and Southern Grampians Adult Education. School and community group bookings are welcome and can be made through RMIT University Hamilton on (03) 5572 0500. What: 10MMM Youth Film Festival When: VIP Red Carpet Premier – 6.30pm, Tuesday, 23 June Screenings – 10am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 6pm (daily) Wednesday, 24 June, and Thursday, 25 June Where: The Hamilton Cinema, Brown Street, Hamilton For 10MMM Film Festival enquiries: 10MMM Project Officer, Jessica Still, (03) 5572 0500. For media enquiries: RMIT University Hamilton, Communications Officer, Rachel McDonald, (03) 5572 0505. 22 June, 2009 |