Short film

5.5mins Colour
35mm Dolby Stereo 1:1.85 (1 reel / 550 ft)
Video Digital Betacam Stereo 16:9
© 2003 Go Girl Productions

synopsis:

Jonas Mekas wrote that 8mm home movies would be the folk art of the 20th century. SHORT BEFORE THE MOVIE takes us on a quick trip to the crossroads of cinema, where film as commodity, artform, home movie and cultural document meet.

crew:

Director, camera, edit, sound -
Janet Merewether

cast:

Male voice - Brent Clough
Female voice - Valerie Marteau

awards:

Nominated for ATOM Award (Best Experimental) Australia 2003.

festivals:

New Directors/New Films, Lincoln Centre/MoMA New York 2003
Women's Film Festival Seoul 2003
European Media Art Festival Germany 2003 Commonwealth Film Festival Manchester 2003
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg Germany
Brisbane Film Festival 2003
Lancaster Film and New Media Festival UK Experimental film Conference, Preston, Univerisity of Central Lancashire
Women Make Waves Film Festival Taipei 2003
Uppsala Int'l Short Film Festival Sweden
Aarhus Festival of Festivals Denmark 2003
Festival Tous Courts France 2003
Madrid Experimental Film Week
Festival Traverse Vidéo de Toulouse

distribution:

Go Girl Productions

EUROPE - Included in touring programme of the European Media Arts Festival, Germany.

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