Yes, the 2006 competition is underway! Visit www.homebrewed.com.au for all the details and to download a copy of the entry form. We will shortly be partnering with Withoutabox.com, the online festival submission system, so keep an eye out on our website if you would prefer to use Withoutabox. In the meantime, have a look around Withoutabox by clicking on the logo to the right...

Prize money in 2006 will include $5,000 cash for each of the Best Short Films in our under 10 minute and 10-30 minute short film categories. An independent judging panel will again be reviewing shortlisted films to award the cash, and we look forward to some exciting announcements of our panellists later in the year.

 

Our sister festival SNOWYfest, which takes place every year in the weekend following the opening of the ski season in Australia's premier ski resort Thredbo, is winding up its entries for 2006. For those of you who haven't checked it out recently (or at all), see www.snowyfest.com for details of the $4,000 in cash prizes and entry form downloads.

SNOWYfest has already partnered with Withoutabox, so you can click on the BrigitFest image just above, register on the site and get entering! Entries close on 31 March 2006.

 

The Garth Method, directed by Greg Pakis, was one of Home Brewed's first ever Feature Films, screening at Greater Union cinemas in Wollongong, in the 2nd year of the Festival. As part of a fantastic initiative known as films4charity, The Garth Method has some upcoming screenings at The Old Colonial Inn, 127 Brunswick St Fitzroy (near Gertrude St), Victoria, Australia.

Screening dates and a blurb from the organisers are below. For more info about the film, the dates and location of the screenings and to see a trailer for the film, visit www.thegarthmethod.com.

Screening Dates:
  • Fri March 17th, 7:30pm.
  • Sat March 18th & Sun March 19th, 4:30pm.
  • Fri March 24th, 6:30pm. Sat March 25th & Sun March 26th, 4:30pm.
  • Fri March 31st, 6:30pm. Sat April 1st & Sun April 2nd, 4:30pm.
  • Fri April 7th, 7:30pm. Sat April 8th & Sun April 9th, 4:30pm.
Films4charity presents The Garth Method (82min) - Directed by Gregory Pakis. This film has played at film festivals in Australia and the USA winning 6 awards including Best Actor and Best Director.

In 2001 unemployed actor Garth Petridis was imprisoned for one of the most unusual crimes in Australian history. Desperate for success he kidnapped members of the public and forced them to perform in a bizarre movie intended to make Garth a household name.

A film about fighting the odds and never giving up!


Only $5 dollars a ticket, with $2 from each ticket going to kid's cancer charity Camp Quality. SEE THE TRAILER @ www.thegarthmethod.com

 

2004 and 2005 Home Brewed award winners "Splintered" and "The Saviour" (proudly Australian-made) have gone on to bigger and better things, taking out one of the top prizes in subsequent years shortly after their Home Brewed success, at the prestigious US Slamdance Film Festival.

The films also achieve Academy Award eligibility through their overseas success and the Home Brewed Team wishes the film directors, producers, cast and crew all the very best for what is looking like a fantastic future.

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