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FAVC to stage Open Day and Film & Dance Awards in July
The Fiji Audio Visual Commission today launched the 2007 TFL Kula Film Awards, the Audio Visual Industry Open Day and the Bollywood Dance Competition.
Making the announcement in Suva, FAVC Chairman, Richard Broadbridge, said that the Awards are again targeted at young people. The film and dance competitions are held to encourage the interest of our young people towards the creative arts and to encourage them to consider the many opportunities available in the audio visual sector. The latter will be reinforced through displays and presentations at an Audio Visual Industry Open Day with the view to inspiring students into thinking about a career in this industry.
“We wish also, at the outset, to thank our main sponsors, TFL, for again partnering with us on this import project”, said Mr. Broadbridge. He added that TFL’s contribution was significant and the FAVC looked forward to again working with TFL in taking this project to greater heights.
The theme of the 2007 TFL Kula Awards is again “Finding Fiji’s Future Filmmakers” and is centered on an industry Open Day, a film making competition and a dance competition.
“While our main aim continues to be the raising of awareness of the audio visual industry in Fiji through the Open Day,” said Mr. Broadbridge, “the TFL Kula Film Awards and the Bollywood Dance Competition provide the perfect platforms to ignite the untapped potential of future film makers and other creative talents latent in our young people”.
This year’s TFL Kula Film Awards will have a slightly different format. “This,” said Mr. Broadbridge “was because of the success of last year’s Awards and the FAVC’s anticipation of a bigger show this year”. For the film competition, entries will now be considered in two categories - films produced by schools and a second category which will be open to tertiary students. Mr. Broadbridge said that the latter category was introduced as part of FAVC’s role in developing the industry and to ensure that the interest in filmmaking nurtured in schools continues after students have left the school system.
Also, given the popularity of the Bollywood Dance competition last year, this will be held as a separate event this year, on the first day of the two-day event. This is in anticipation of the large number of entries expected.
With the assistance of the Ministry of Education, the FAVC has invited over a 160 secondary schools in Fiji to encourage their students to take part in the two competitions.
For the film competition, representatives of the local audio-visual industry will be available to provide technical assistance such as film editing etc. to all participants. Trophies and prizes will be awarded to the winning school as well as to the winning students. The Awards will be made for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director & Most Popular Film. All entries will be shown on Fiji TV and viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite film, for the Most Popular Film category. Provisions for on-line voting, texting and on-site voting at the Open Day will also be made.
Technical assistance will also be provided to the students taking part in the Bollywood Dance competition.
The FAVC is spearheading the organizing committee, which is made up of representatives from industry, stakeholders including musicians, film production service companies & equipment suppliers, video production firms, film distributors and suppliers plus television companies, Fiji Television Limited, Pacific Broadcasting Services and Government’s Film & Television Unit. “All major stakeholders in the local audio visual industry have come together and have committed to combine their talents and resources in making this event a success,” said Mr. Broadbridge.
The event will include an Open Day for the public on July 26 and 27, where companies and individuals involved in the industry will stage an exhibition of their products and services. This will be held under a big tent at the Suva City Council Foreshore Car Park.
Activities planned range from exhibition booths live music provided by musicians and bands, displays by overseas movie stuntmen, simulated news reading by students and screening of international films shot in various Fiji locations plus the entries for the film making competition.
The event will culminate with the TFL Kula Film Awards ceremony on the evening of July 27, to be attended by invited guests, industry stakeholders and participating schools and amateur film-makers.
Making the announcement in Suva, FAVC Chairman, Richard Broadbridge, said that the Awards are again targeted at young people. The film and dance competitions are held to encourage the interest of our young people towards the creative arts and to encourage them to consider the many opportunities available in the audio visual sector. The latter will be reinforced through displays and presentations at an Audio Visual Industry Open Day with the view to inspiring students into thinking about a career in this industry.
“We wish also, at the outset, to thank our main sponsors, TFL, for again partnering with us on this import project”, said Mr. Broadbridge. He added that TFL’s contribution was significant and the FAVC looked forward to again working with TFL in taking this project to greater heights.
The theme of the 2007 TFL Kula Awards is again “Finding Fiji’s Future Filmmakers” and is centered on an industry Open Day, a film making competition and a dance competition.
“While our main aim continues to be the raising of awareness of the audio visual industry in Fiji through the Open Day,” said Mr. Broadbridge, “the TFL Kula Film Awards and the Bollywood Dance Competition provide the perfect platforms to ignite the untapped potential of future film makers and other creative talents latent in our young people”.
This year’s TFL Kula Film Awards will have a slightly different format. “This,” said Mr. Broadbridge “was because of the success of last year’s Awards and the FAVC’s anticipation of a bigger show this year”. For the film competition, entries will now be considered in two categories - films produced by schools and a second category which will be open to tertiary students. Mr. Broadbridge said that the latter category was introduced as part of FAVC’s role in developing the industry and to ensure that the interest in filmmaking nurtured in schools continues after students have left the school system.
Also, given the popularity of the Bollywood Dance competition last year, this will be held as a separate event this year, on the first day of the two-day event. This is in anticipation of the large number of entries expected.
With the assistance of the Ministry of Education, the FAVC has invited over a 160 secondary schools in Fiji to encourage their students to take part in the two competitions.
For the film competition, representatives of the local audio-visual industry will be available to provide technical assistance such as film editing etc. to all participants. Trophies and prizes will be awarded to the winning school as well as to the winning students. The Awards will be made for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director & Most Popular Film. All entries will be shown on Fiji TV and viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite film, for the Most Popular Film category. Provisions for on-line voting, texting and on-site voting at the Open Day will also be made.
Technical assistance will also be provided to the students taking part in the Bollywood Dance competition.
The FAVC is spearheading the organizing committee, which is made up of representatives from industry, stakeholders including musicians, film production service companies & equipment suppliers, video production firms, film distributors and suppliers plus television companies, Fiji Television Limited, Pacific Broadcasting Services and Government’s Film & Television Unit. “All major stakeholders in the local audio visual industry have come together and have committed to combine their talents and resources in making this event a success,” said Mr. Broadbridge.
The event will include an Open Day for the public on July 26 and 27, where companies and individuals involved in the industry will stage an exhibition of their products and services. This will be held under a big tent at the Suva City Council Foreshore Car Park.
Activities planned range from exhibition booths live music provided by musicians and bands, displays by overseas movie stuntmen, simulated news reading by students and screening of international films shot in various Fiji locations plus the entries for the film making competition.
The event will culminate with the TFL Kula Film Awards ceremony on the evening of July 27, to be attended by invited guests, industry stakeholders and participating schools and amateur film-makers.