SPAA (Screen Producers Association of Australia) FRINGE 2005
11 to 13 August, Brisbane Powerhouse
"Fringe is an intensive and interactive 3 day course of informative and practical sessions aimed at emerging and low budget independent film and television makers.
SPAA Fringe offers a unique opportunity for newcomers to meet and learn from producers, directors, distributors, network commissioning editors.
Delegates attend Fringe to network, pitch ideas and gain development opportunities."
Session updates include (from the Tropfest e-newsletter):
Opening keynote with Young Australian of the Year, Khoa Do, writer and director of Finished People and the upcoming Footy Legends.
Rolf De Heer will participate in Divergence is the new Convergence, which will explore the creation of ideas across multi platforms and parallel industries.
Vincent Sheehan producer of Cate Blanchett's new film Little Fish will talk about balancing business and creativity.
Script Editor and writer, Joan Sauers will interview screenwriter, Stephen Davis about script writing and script development.
Olivia Roussett, Video Journalist and Amos Cohen, Supervising Producer, Dateline, SBS will examine career paths of video journalists and the career opportunities for video journalists....
A panel of top women producing for television will talk about the how and why of getting into TV.
Producer, Melissa Beauford will talk about her two low budget completed films, that she produced privately and made without assistance from the government funding bodies.
And, Peter Broderick, SPAA Fringe Patron, will talk about networking and how building the right connections is a key to success...
Final Programme and Speaker Line Up now online at:
W: http://www.spaa.org.au/fringe_2005
