Overview
Celebrate youth in filmmaking at Melbourne's Bayside Film Festival, hosted over five days at the Palace Dendy in Brighton. Curated by former MIFF executive director Richard Moore, this year's — happily acronymed — BFF boasts a couple of seriously impressive titles, as well as director Q&As and short-form programs aimed at promoting up-and-coming talent from Australia and beyond.
The festival begins on August 27 with the opening night screening of Texas-set crime thriller Cold in July; a pulpy, unpredictable flick that premiered nationally at the Sydney Film Festival in June and proved extremely divisive with audiences. French period romance A Promise and Argentinean dramedy The Mystery of Happiness stand out as other must-see sessions, as does Moore's selection of World Animation Shorts.
In addition to the animated program, the Jump Cut line-up highlights the works of emerging filmmakers, with short form narratives submitted from all around the world. In a similar vein, albeit with a more local focus, the Youth Documentary Project screens short works from secondary school students across Victoria.
Image: Cold in July.
Information
When
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - Sunday, August 31, 2014
Wednesday, August 27 - Sunday, August 31, 2014
Where
Palace Dendy Brighton26 Church St
Brighton