Goodbye Blog! Hello Website!

With the arrival of our spanking new website, we've decided to say goodbye to the Kino blog.

You'll find all the news and screening debriefs on our new site:

www.kinosydney.com

It's your one stop site for access to Kino pics, Kino films, our useful Kino forum, facebook group, links etc.

Check it out!

Pics from Kino #5!

See all the pics on our Flickr page!

Kino #5 - Debrief!

Kino #5 took place Tuesday June 26th at Chalkhorse gallery in Surry Hills, bringing together 80 Sydneysiders, some filmmakers, some filmwatchers... and some in-between. See if you've been spotted: pics from Kino on our Flickr page.

Meat Pig kicked the evening off in style with what turned out to be their first live public appearance. Check out their wonderful tracks here.


Getting down to business, MC Matt Riviera introduced the first film of the night, a film made at Kino Manchester (a.k.a. Filmonik) entitled Modern Folk. This continues our Jamie Kennerley retrospective, following last month's Boy and Guitar and Stolen, which the Mancunian director presented to us through a specially recorded video intro.

Next we had the first ever film by Dom + Antho, Bizarre Love Quadrangle, a light-hearted 3-minute musical shot in Berlin.

It was followed by The Atomic Adventures of Jack Kerouac, by neon animator Jack Feldstein. It's Jack third film for Kino, and it's a superb follow-up to last month's Culinary Adventures of Jack Kerouac. The film was inspired - and written around - a Meat Pig song called Neutron Betty, the result of a fruitful encounter at Kino #4: well done guys!

Acclaimed filmmaker Stuart Clegg was next. He hadn't made a film but wished to present a short newsreel he'd unearthed. The Judd Brothers Disappearance took us back to 1979, to the scene of a mysterious crime committed in the back of Bourke. Eerie...


At the break our generous open bar served mulled wine (a perfect antidote to this distateful weather) made with love by co-host Marianne, as well as red, white and beer - accompanied by sushi and pastries.

As usual there were plenty of movie tickets up for grabs, including double passes for the eagerly anticipated Isabelle Huppert retrospective (merci Chauvel!), for new Australian feature West, and for the Edith Piaf biopic La Vie En Rose (props to Jack's spirited impromptu rendition of Piaf's Milord!).

After another hot track by guest band Meat Pig, we screened the first of our Kino challenges. Last month we asked if anyone wanted to begin a Choose Your Own Adventure Film. Nils Crompton raised his hand, vowing to shoot the first installment in time for Kino #5. Mission accomplished! Having being given 3 choices at the end of The Magic Dice, the audience voted for the rabbits to make a wish (I guess you have to see it). The film is now being sent to Kino Adelaide where local filmmakers have agreed to shoot the next episode... coming soon to Kino Sydney!

Next up was a drama by Guillaume Fortin entitled Laura. This short film was made in Brusssels in a Kino Kabaret. A Kabaret is like a Kino, except participants have between 2 and 6 days to make a film, rather than an entire month. Sydney will have its own Kino Kabaret as part of the 2nd Canadian Film Festival in November - more soon!

Each month we like to give willing participants a challenge or two. This time Liz put up her hand, allowing the audience to decide what film she should make for Kino #6. As with all democracies, ideas were put to the vote, and as with all democracies, only the ideas likely to make the world a better place were retained. Come back next month to see Liz present "a film about a horny blind girl"!


We finished the evening with another challenge. Last month Lawrence and his partner Michelle accepted to make an "exploitation" film about "butter", as per audience specifications. The result - Benny - was not for the faint of heart. One blogger called it "a daring insight into the world of a butter fetishist". We here at the Kino Blog thought it was pure filth, but then butter wouldn't melt in our mouths...

The evening was 100% Kino: all films shown on the night had been made specifically for Kino (watch them again on YouTube). If you'd like to make a film for Kino #6 (abiding by the rules), simply book your slot by emailing kino@kinosydney.com today.

See you next month!

Kino#5 brings home the bacon!

* Breaking News! *

Meat Pig will be playing live at Kino #5, Tuesday at Chalkhorse.

Meat Pig use modern day equipment to produce olden day music with leanings toward 1950's rockabily and european folk traditions. You can check out their latest tunes right here.

See you all Tuesday night!

Kino Sydney: now everywhere!

Kino Sydney has a new website. At the moment it's pretty basic but trust us, this Kino flower's about to bloom. Point your bookmarks to:

www.kinosydney.com

The address for the Kino blog has also changed, you'll now find the latest news at:

www.kinosydney.blogspot.com

Finally Kino Sydney is now available on YouTube. If you've presented a film at our Kino Sydney screenings, let us know so that we can link to it on YouTube.

www.youtube.com/Kinosydney

Kino #5 - June 26th @ Chalkhorse

Are you making a film for Kino #5? If so, don't forget to book your slot by sending Marianne an email: kino@kinosydney.com.

Bring your friends to Kino #5: link to this flyer left, right and centre!

For more info about Kino, go to MySpace or our temporary web page.

Kino #4 - Debrief!

Kino #4 took place May 15th at the wonderful Chalkhorse gallery in Surry Hills. It was a good mix of regulars and newcomers, amateur filmmakers and established professionals, people seeking to get involved or just there to watch.

Marianne was our lovely emcee for the evening, in which quite a few made-for-Kino shorts were shown to an appreciative audience.

Jack Feldstein presented his new neon animation, The Culinary Adventures of Jack Kerouac, finished just in time for Kino #4. Make sure you catch his new film, A Wondrous Film About Emma Brooks, a Dendy Awards finalist at the upcoming Sydney Film Festival.

We screened a couple of films by Jamie Kennerley, of Kino Manchester (a.k.a. Filmonik). The hilarious Boy and Guitar and Stolen were preceded by a short intro filmed in Paris the week before, in which Jamie invited Sydney kinoites to send their films to England.

Kino is a worldwide phenomenon, and once again we caught some great shorts made at Kino Montreal (the birthplace of the Kino movement): Olivier Gilbert's Interference and Simon Laganiere's Hands On, 2 Fingers Off.

Closer to home, Caroline Moise screened the world premiere of her new short, which she'd originally shot in Adelaide as part of Kino Adelaide's Kabaret, a series of 48-hour film challenges as part of the Adelaide International Film Festival.

During the break we ate sushi and cake, met future collaborators, had a beer with old mates and congratulated the brave Kinoites who'd made work specially for us that night. As usual, there were plenty of giveaways on the night, including movie tickets for Noise, My Best Friend and the Sydney Film Festival.

A couple of local filmmakers presented recently completed films: Seán Byrne screened An Dúshlán (Defiance), Dean Bertram was here to present his horror short Foresta Rossa and John Trefry introduced 4Word Thought's Impetus.

Finally two very brave members of the audience accepted filmmaking challenges. Nils took on the job of creating a Choose Your Own Adventure Film, which will then be sent to South Australia, where members of Kino Adelaide will continue the story. Meanwhile Lawrence accepted the challenge of making a film according to audience specifications. The crowd voted for a "an exploitation film" featuring "butter". Check out the wierd and wonderful results of these experiments at Kino #5 next month!

Check out the pics from the evening on our Flickr page!