Tag: Australia

The Land Owns Us

Richard Leigh — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:23:55 -0400

Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), explains how the connectedness of every living thing to every other living thing is not just an idea but a way of living. This way includes all beings as part of a vast family and calls us to be responsible for this family and care for the land with unconditional love and responsibility.

http://globalonenessproject.org/videos/landownsus

Fireside Study

The Passion of Marc

Richard Leigh — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:57:03 -0400

Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder, or does it?

Jaclyn Hewer's filmography:
Bitter Art (2008) – Feature Film | Production Manager/Production Coordinator
Sickly Sweet (2007) – Short Film | Director | Awarded at Well-Tanned Comedy Festival
The Department of Nothing (2006) – Short Film | 2nd Assistant Director
Jo and Margo (2004) – Short Film | Director

Nobel Peace, Dalai Lama

Richard Leigh — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:19:01 -0400

Soul Space Studios is a group of artists working to share the message of peace by developing spiritually conscious media projects.

The Nobel Peace Prize Winners Series which starts with H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama is our current major endeavour. We are developing a mini-documentary/interstitial series of thirteen, one-minute musical animated biographies of Nobel Peace Prize Winner for the teenage to adult television market. The series will pay tribute to the honourable work of Nobel Peace Prize Winners for their and humanity while promoting universal tolerance, social dialogue.

Hope

Richard Leigh — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:41:30 -0500

400 people set out on a boat. Only 7 made it to Australia. Amal Basry was one of them

www.hopedocumentary.com.au

The feature-length version of Hope to date has received the following awards:
• ATOM Awards 2008: Winner Best Documentary – Social and Political Issues
• Australian Directors Guild Awards 2008: Finalist Best Feature Documentary
• HREOC Human Rights Awards 2008: Finalist ‘Television’ category

The Shaman

Richard Leigh — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:42:38 -0500

Howard Fry, a socially inept actor, calls upon a magical shaman and is granted the vision to see the very best and worst of human beings.

www.imagicastudio.com.au

DisLocation

Richard Leigh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:39:24 -0500

A journey through a small Australian town reflects another through the virtual territory of travel blogs.

Katy Morrison's major production at VCA School of Film & TV is Second Lives, which premiered at ACMI cinema, Federation Square, December 4 2008.

The Wall

Richard Leigh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:41:01 -0400

If you’ve ever been bored at work, this short film is for you. Documentary filmmaker Nick Spunde exposes his personal struggle with this very modern subject of boredom. It’s a private and internal space most eloquently visualised in a public and external way.

Fireside Study

Ceasing

Richard Leigh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:29:27 -0400

An old piece of Zen wisdom advises when it is time to eat -- eat, when it is time to work -- work, and when it is time to die -- die. Buddhists' advise that to truly live, you must truly accept death. Ceasing explores the cyclical nature of life and death

www.tinagonsalves.com

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...Saturday, Sunday, Monday

Richard Leigh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:51:40 -0400

Childhood is in danger of extinction. Jade, a spirited Vietnamese-Australian girl, leads us into the hectic lives of today's children.

Ming (Bright)

Richard Leigh — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:59:03 -0400

The Cantonese folk-tale, The Thunder God, brings back childhood memories for Sijun Zhou who was given the story to interpret for his World Tales animation. Bright has been shown at over 20 different film and animtion festivals around the world, and an won audience award in Greece. Read an interview for the Asian American Film Festival.
For more short films go to www.sbs.com.au