Short film

11 mins B/W Digital Betacam 4:3 + 16:9 Anamorphic (pillarbox) and 16mm
© Go Girl Productions 2004

synopsis:

“...then all will be the same though all will be changed...” - Lampedusa
Palermo - anyone, anytime, anywhere. An exploration of the construction of 'history', 'authenticity' and the 'period' film.

Palermo - 'History' Standing Still was shot on Super 8 by the filmmaker on location in Palermo in 1999 and was completed in 2004. The film, an experimental form of documentary, plays with the idea of 'authenticity' in non-fiction films, and the ways in which the textural
qualities of the image and soundtrack, as well
as performance, contribute to, and complicate, these readings.

crew:

Direction, camera, edit, sound -
Janet Merewether

awards:

WINNER - DENDY AWARD (General) Sydney Film Festival 2004
AFI AWARD NOMINATION - Best Editing for Non-Feature 2004
ATOM AWARD NOMINATION (Australian Teachers of Media) Best Experimental Film 2004
FCCA NOMINATION (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Best Australian Short Film 2004

festivals:

Sydney Film Festival d>art04 program 2004
Dendy Awards, Sydney Film Festival 2004
Melbourne Int'l Film Festival 2004
Brisbane Int'l Film Festival 2004,
New York Film Festival Avant Garde Program, USA 2004
FIPA Biarritz France 2005
Tampere Int'l Short Film Festival 2005
European Media Arts Festival, Germany 2005
Hong Kong Int'l Film Festival 2005

distribution:

Go Girl Productions

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