Goya Dmytryshchak
The eighth annual Setting Sun Film Festival, which sells out every year, is calling for entries.
This year’s festival will be held in June, both virtually and at Yarraville’s Sun Theatre.
Festival director Anna Bourozikas said entries were received from around the world.
“Last year, we received over 250 films, making us the largest film festival in the west,“ she said.
“We screened 126 films.
“We are hoping to premiere and host a Victorian-made feature film for the fourth year.
“The best film wins $1000.
“We are also giving away $1000 to the best film by a female filmmaker, in the females-only Rouge Program – the oldest female filmmaker program in Australia.
Last year, Footscray’s Dan Farmer won the Setting Sun Award for Best Film West for The Starey Bampire, which he directed with Adam Bigum.
It was produced by his wife Amelia Farmer and starred their daughter, Elvie Fox Farmer, 3, who won the Setting Sun Award for Best Performance by a Child.
The film has also won the $75,000 prize for Best Comedy in last year’s My Rode Reel competition.
Farmer plans to enter this year’s festival.
He said part of the appeal was having the films screened at Sun Theatre, recently named one of the 50 most beautiful cinemas in the world by Time Out magazine.
“A lot of the festivals these days are digital whereas this one has a bricks and mortar cinema backing, which is quite unique these days,“ Farmer said.
“It’s really cool to have one of the top 50 cinemas in the world underpinning the festival.
“It’s something that’s quite unique even in Melbourne, I’d say.“
Entries close March 31.
Details: www.settingsun.com.au
