Poetry in Film Festival

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The Poetry in Film Festival (PIFF) is the initiative that aims to bring the Australian arts community together with a festival combining film and poetry.

PIFF 2010 is a new and exciting film festival based in Melbourne, Australia. Although its home is Melbourne, the festival is Australia wide, accepting entrants from every state and territory in the country.

Entrants in the festival are given a piece of modern poetry. From there they are free to interpret the poem in the form of a 4-7 min short film however they see fit.

The films will be judged by a team of industry professionals and awards will be given for the following criteria:

- Best Direction
- Best Cinematography
- Best interpretation of the poem
- Audience choice (judged on the PIFF Awards Night)
- Best Overall Film (PIFF 2010 Award)

The best films will be screened at the PIFF Awards Night on the 18th September 2010 at the Palace Cinema Como where the awards ceremony will take place. An after party will follow, where filmmakers have a chance to network with fellow filmmakers, the PIFF organisers and industry professionals alike.

The best films will also be shown as a part of the festival circuit in various other locations, after the awards ceremony, throughout Victoria and Australia.

If you would like to be a part of the festival, make sure you enter a film.

We are accepting entries from all over Australia. Get on it!

The Application fee is only $35, and everyone gets a free 12 month membership to Palace Cinema Movie Club which entitles you to a free ‘Admit One’ ticket to a Palace Cinema screening, plus a heap of other member rewards.

To enter a film into the festival, please follow the link below to our withoutabox festival page here or visit the Poetry in Film website here.

Entry deadline is 5pm 2 August 2010