Kate Beverly and Miranda Edmonds love their AIDC Book.
Well, I’m almost near the end of Day 3 and so I will wind up with a smorgasbord of impressions. Here are some of the folk I met between the sessions.KATE BEVERLY from the Perth branch of AFTRS and filmmaker MIRANDA EDMONDS were relaxing between sessions. “I wish I’d bought a soccer ball for the park across the street, “Beverly said. Edmonds said. “I’m here to absorb everything by osmosis.” I asked Beverly to name her favourite documentary. Her enigmatic reply, “One that hasn’t been made yet called ‘Finding Mozart’.”
I spoke to director GARY COOPER and asked him if he had a documentary idea brewing, “When Talkabout Walkabout went to Canada we thought – why don’t we actually make one film together connecting all the indigenous people of the world? I’m looking at Brazil, the Amazon, Antarctica and Alaska and working out what connects us all. “
AIDAN O’BRYAN and JANELLE LANDERS of WBMC were very happy with the reception to their feature documentary about the Western Australian music scene Something in the Water. The film had just played a week at the Luna in Leederville. “It’s been incredibly well received, “ O’Bryan said, “On average we’ve had 80% capacity every night.
Finally I’d like to finish with a small list of things I discovered at the Conference.
Firstly, although not an international visitor and having gone nowhere near the beach, I had still managed to get sunburned sitting at the front of the Esplanade Hotel. This is what comes of ignoring Andrew Ogilvie’s warnings in his speech on Day 1.
Secondly, I discovered that documentaries are best left to those who have the passion and the drive. I thought my chances of selling my new idea – Angry Dollars: A History of Personal Income Tax – were slim to none. No hook, see?
Thirdly, I’d like to thank the AIDC folk and the people of ScreenWest for asking me to blog the conference. It was most eye-opening.
Yours Cinematically,
Phil Jeng Kane
The contents of this Blog are the sole opinions of the author Phil Jeng Kane, and it does not represent the views of ScreenWest or the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).
Tags: AFTRS, Aidan O'Bryan, Gary Cooper, Janelle Landers, Kate Beverly, Miranda Edmonds
