Overview
Despite copping the worst of this year's freak floods, Brisbane's beloved West End is back on top and ready to showcase some of the nation's innovative and up and coming film makers with the annual West End Film Festival.
Now in its second year, the festival features short films from all around the country. This year 23 films have been selected as finalists out of the 150 entries that were received. These films will be screened in front of hundreds of people at the festival's gala event which spans a range of different screenings throughout the night. In true West End style, the opening gala will take place at Rumpus Cinema, a makeshift movie house situated behind the eclectic and bohemian Rumpus Room bar, in the cultural heart of West End.
WEFF will also reward some of the festivals outstanding film makers on the night with cash prizes (this year there is a total of $3, 500 to give away) as well as public recognition of their work and priceless exposure to the creative appetites of Brisbane’s cultural participants. Previous winners at WEFF include Joe Brumm for his animated film Economic Hitmen and Odette Best and Sally Madgwick for the Indigenous film My Country.
Image still from film Push Bike, a finalist at this year's WEFF
Information
When
Sun, Mar 27, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
6:00pm
Where
Rumpus RoomCorner Russell Street and Boundary Road
West End