The digitally remastered print of 1927 classic Australian silent comedy The Kid Stakes is being screened for AFI-aacta members in Sydney next month.
But the credits don.t acknowledge that the film could have been lost to posterity but for the rescue efforts by the Sydney University Film Group including John Morris in 1953.
That omission dismays film activist David Donaldson, a member of the group who later became the inaugural director of the Sydney Film Festival.
Directed and written by Tal Ordell, the film is a faithful adaptation of Syd Nicholls. Fatty Finn comic strip, chronicling the adventures of a gang of kids in Woolloomooloo.
The National Film and Sound Archive restored the film as a Dcp (Digital Cinema Package), which was screened at its Arc cinema in Canberra in June with a new score composed and played by Jan Preston.
A donor, borrower, critic and advocate of the Archive and...
But the credits don.t acknowledge that the film could have been lost to posterity but for the rescue efforts by the Sydney University Film Group including John Morris in 1953.
That omission dismays film activist David Donaldson, a member of the group who later became the inaugural director of the Sydney Film Festival.
Directed and written by Tal Ordell, the film is a faithful adaptation of Syd Nicholls. Fatty Finn comic strip, chronicling the adventures of a gang of kids in Woolloomooloo.
The National Film and Sound Archive restored the film as a Dcp (Digital Cinema Package), which was screened at its Arc cinema in Canberra in June with a new score composed and played by Jan Preston.
A donor, borrower, critic and advocate of the Archive and...
- 7/14/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The National Film and Sound Archive Strategic Plan 2015-2018 sets some ambitious targets while making a strong case for additional government funding.
Released on Thursday, the document warns, .Unless we substantially increase revenue, from government as well as private sources, the organisation will run the risk of under-performing on a range of government expectations and will not be able to deliver to our constituencies what they are entitled to expect..
In the next three years the institution aims to to boost sponsorship, fund raising and commercial activities to generate $2 million per year.
It is committed to provide a new range of curated public programs including theatrical screenings of up to 10 restored or remastered Australian films annually.
And it will continue to lobby the federal government to make it mandatory for producers of audiovisual works to offer digital copies to the Archive.
The release of the plan follows 10 months of workshops...
Released on Thursday, the document warns, .Unless we substantially increase revenue, from government as well as private sources, the organisation will run the risk of under-performing on a range of government expectations and will not be able to deliver to our constituencies what they are entitled to expect..
In the next three years the institution aims to to boost sponsorship, fund raising and commercial activities to generate $2 million per year.
It is committed to provide a new range of curated public programs including theatrical screenings of up to 10 restored or remastered Australian films annually.
And it will continue to lobby the federal government to make it mandatory for producers of audiovisual works to offer digital copies to the Archive.
The release of the plan follows 10 months of workshops...
- 4/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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