Good morning . Here's your Film Buffs heads-up for December 15, 2007

An extra early email for you this week, in the lead-up to our annual end-of-year show, including the poll of your picks of films for 2007. Check the This Week section below for all the details and how you can get voting right now!

Actually, everything's pretty mad around the station at the moment, starting tomorrow morning at the Blue Diamond for the Breakfasters outside broadcast for the final show for 2007 and Tony Wilson's final show ever. If you haven't been to the very exclusive Blue Diamond, it's on the 15th floor at 123 Queen Street in the city. The show kicks off at 6am tomorrow - Friday, December 14 - going through until 9am and we'd all love to see you up there. Then, on Tuesday night - December 18 - it's the Best of the Brat Final Root, live from the Tote, as Holly C takes off for Sydney to take up a position on Triple J's breakfast show. Join us at the Tote - cnr Johnston & Wellington Sts, Collingwood - from 8pm, before the show goes live to air at 10, with Digger and the Pussycats and The Basics playing live, all the regular guests and the top 5 rooting songs of all time. Both these broadcasts are free and everyone's welcome

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If you're a Triple R Subscriber, don't forget that you're up for some free tickets to exclusive Subscriber previews:

Wattstax
Phone-in: Tuesday 8th January @ 11:00am
Thursday 10th January @ ACMI, CITY
Wattstax is a documentary about the 1972 Watts Summer Festival, a legendary concert celebrating the music, people and pride of the black community in the Watts area of Los Angeles, seven years after the infamous Watts race riots.
Featuring performances by Isaac Hayes, The Bar Keys, Rufus Thomas, Albert King, Dramatics, Staple Singers, Rance Allen Group, Mel & Tim, Emotions, and MC-d by Richard Prior.
Check out www.acmi.net.au/wattstax.aspx for more details.
Triple R presents a screening of Wattstax at 7pm on Thursday January 10th at ACMI Cinemas. Triple R subscribers can call the station at 11.00am on Tuesday January 8th for a chance to win a double pass.

The Kite Runner
Phone-in: Tuesday 15th January @ 11:00am
Wednesday 16th January @ Westgarth Cinema, Northcote
Based on one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Kite Runner is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship and redeeming love.
Set against a backdrop of tumultuous events in Afghanistan, the film tells the story of two childhood friends who are torn apart forever.
From Marc Forster, the award-winning director of Finding Neverland and Monster's Ball.
Check out www.kiterunnermovie.com for more information.
Triple R presents a preview screening of The Kite Runner at 7pm on Wednesday January 16th at Palace Westgarth Cinema. Triple R Subscribers can call the station at 11am on Tuesday January 15th for a chance to win a double pass.

Check out the Triple R web site for more exclusive subscriber previews as they come up

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Things I'd do if I Ever Became an Evil Overlord...
As an alternative to not having children, I will have lots of children. My sons will be too busy jockeying for position to ever be a real threat, and the daughters will all sabotage each other's attempts to win the hero


It's time for the annual Film Buffs Forecast listener poll and review of the films of the year 2007

We're looking for what you think are the best, worst, most over-rated and most under-rated films to hit our screens since last Boxing Day. You'll find the full list of films below so have a look through the titles to refresh the memory and get voting. You can phone in with your votes during the show on Saturday or lodge your vote right now through the online vote form on the web site

While we're taking your calls, we'll be exploring the picks of the year with all our regular guests and some very special visitors

That's Film Buffs' Forecast - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Saturday afternoon, 12 til 2 (AEST) on 3RRR

Brett Cropley
for Film Buffs' Forecast
Films 2007
11th Hour, The
1408
2 Days In Paris
28 Weeks Later
30 Days Of Night
300
4
4 Months 3 Weeks And 2 Days
Aaja Nachle
Across The Universe
After The Wedding
Air Guitar Nation
Alien Vs Predator: Requiem
All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane
Amazing Grace
An Old Mistress
Angel
Apne
Apocalypto
Are We Done Yet?
Arthur And The Invisibles
Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The
Atonement
Away From Her
Balls Of Fury
Banquet, The
Because I Said So
Becoming Jane
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Bet, The
Bhool Bhulaiya
Black Book
Black Sheep
Black Snake Moan
Blades Of Glory
Blood Diamond
Bobby
Bomb Harvest
Bourne Ultimatum, The
Boxing Day
Boynton Beach Club
Bra Boys
Bratz The Movie
Brave One, The
Breach
Breaking And Entering
Bridge To Terabithia
Bubble
Buddha's Lost Children
Burke And Wills
Canvas
Cashback
Chak De India
Change Of Address
Cheeni Kum
Clubland
Coeurs (Private Fears In Public Places)
Comme T'y Es Belle (Hey, Good Looking)
Control
Conversations With My Gardener
Copying Beethoven
Crazy Love
Crude Awakening, A
Curse Of The Golden Flower
Daddy Day Camp
Daft Punk's Electroma
Darjeeling Limited, The
Darling
Daywatch
Dead Girl, The
Death At A Funeral
Death Of A President
Death Proof
December Boys
Deep Water
Deja Vu
Delirious
Deliver Us From Evil
Dhamaal
Dhol
Die Hard 4.0
Dinosaurs 3d - Giants Of Patagonia
Disturbia
Dr. Plonk
Dreamgirls
Driving Lessons
Dus Kahaniyaan
Eagle Vs Shark
Eastern Promises
Eklavya - The Royal Guard
Electroma
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Employee Of The Month
Enchanted
End Of The Spear
Epic Movie
Evan Almighty
Evening
Ex, The
Factory Girl
Familia
Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer
Farce Of The Penguins
Final Winter, The
Flicka
 Fly Boys
Flying Scotsman, The
Fool N Final
For Your Consideration
Forbidden Lie$
Fountain, The
Four Minutes
Fracture
Fred Claus
Freedom Writers
Fur
Gabriel
Game Plan, The
Gandhi My Father
Georgia Rule
Ghost Rider
Glastonbury
Golden Compass, The
Golden Door, The
Gone
Good German, The
Good Luck Chuck
Good Shepherd, The
Guru
Habana Blues
Hairspray
Half Nelson
Halloween
Hannibal Rising
Happily N'ever After
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Hat Trick
Heading South
Heartbreak Kid, The
Hero's Journey A
Heyy Babyy
History Boys, The
Hitcher, The
Hitman
Hollywoodland
Home Song Stories, The
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Host, The
Hostel: Part 2
Hot Fuzz
Hot Rod
How To Eat Fried Worms
Hunting And Gathering
I Do
I Have Never Forgotten You
I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
I Served The King Of England
Illusionist, The
I'm Not There
In The Land Of Women
Independent, The
Infamous
Inland Empire
Inside Paris
Interview
Into Great Silence
Into The Wild
Irina Palm
Italian, The
Jab We Met
Jammed, The
Jesus Camp
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Kingdom, The
Kite Runner, The
Knocked Up
Kya Love Story Hai
La Vie En Rose
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
Lady Chatterley
Lagerfield Confidential
Last King Of Scotland, The
Last Kiss, The
Last Mimzy, The
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Letters From Iwo Jima
Licence To Wed
Life In A... Metro
Lions 3d
Lions For Lambs
Little Children
Lives Of Others, The
Lookout, The
Lovestruck: Wrestling's No. 1 Fan
Lucky Miles
Lucky You
Man Of The Year
Marigold: An Adventure In India
Meet The Robinsons
Messengers, The
Michael Clayton
Mighty Heart, A
Miss Potter
Modern Love
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Mummies: Secrets Of The Pharaohs
Music And Lyrics
My Best Enemy
My Best Friend		 My Kid Could Paint That
Namastey London
Namesake, The
Nancy Drew
Nanny Diaries, The
National Treasure: Book Of Secrets
Nehle Pe Dehla
Next
Night Listener, The
Nightmare Before Christmas 3D (Re:07)
Nishabd
No Country For Old Men
No Reservations
No Smoking...!
Noise
Norbit
Notes On A Scandal
Notorious Bettie Page, The
Number 23, The
Ocean's Thirteen
Old Joy
Om Shanti Om
Once
Orchestra Seats
Outsourced
P.S. I Love You
Page Turner, The
Pan's Labyrinth
Paris Je'taime
Partner
Perfect Stranger
Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer
Pierrepoint
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
Premonition
Priceless
Provoked
Punk's Not Dead
Pursuit Of Happyness, The
Ratatouille
Razzle Dazzle A Journey Into Dance
Real Dirt On Farmer John, The
Reaping, The
Red Road
Reign Over Me
Reno 911!: Miami
Rescue Dawn
Resident Evil: Extinction
Rock The Bells
Rocky Balboa
Rogue
Rogue Assassin
Romulus My Father
Running With Scissors
Rush Hour 3
Saawariya
Salaam-E-Ishq
Saw Iv
Science Of Sleep, The
Scoop
Sea Monsters 3d - A Prehistoric Adventure
Seeker- The Dark Is Rising, The
September
Shoot Out At Lokhandwala
Shooter
Shrek The Third
Shut Up And Sing
Sicko
Simpsons Movie, The
Singer, The
Sixty Six
Slow Burn
Smokin' Aces
Snow Cake
Spider-Man 3
Stardust
Stomp The Yard
Stranger Than Fiction
Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Sunshine
Superbad
Surf's Up
Ta Ra Rum Pum
Tales From Earthsea
Tell No One
Tenacious D In: The Pick Of Destiny
This Is England
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (Re)
Tideland
Tmnt
Transformers
Twice Upon A Time
U.S. Vs John Lennon, The
Underdog
Venus
Vitus
Waitress
War On Democracy, The
Warren Miller's Off The Grid
West
When The Road Bends
White Planet, The
Wild Hogs
Year Of The Dog
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Zodiac


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The Film Buff's DVD Companion 2007 is out through Text Publishing, in good bookstores everywhere, or you can buy it online
Now in its third year, this indispensable guide to DVD viewing keeps growing in size and popularity. Paul Harris provides considered and persuasive reviews on hundreds of the best films in cinema over eighty years and now available on DVD.


Enjoy the podcasting goodness of Boxcutters every week - released on Monday night. Check out the blog and the podcast to find out more

ENTER YOUR FILM NOW! ENTRY INTO SONY TROPFEST 2008 IS OPEN!
Entry to Sony Tropfest 2008 is open and there are only a few simple guidelines to must adhere to be eligible:
· Your film must be made specifically for Sony Tropfest 2008
· Sony Tropfest 2008 must be your film’s first public screening
· Your film must be no longer than 7 minutes (including titles and credits)
· Your film must contain the 2008 Sony Tropfest Signature Item (TSI) ‘8”
Entries close 10 January 2008 at 6pm giving you just under 2 months to submit your entry to us!
Full details. Good luck

YACKANDANDAH OVER THE FENCE FILM FESTIVAL Entry Deadline: Saturday 26th January 2008
contact Greg festdirector@overthefence.com.au forms and guidelines downloaded from www.overthefence.com.au

Wanted: Short Films for St. Kilda - Closes Feb 1 2008
 St Kilda Film Festival screens Australian short films in all genres including drama, comedy, documentary, animation and digital media. In 2008 the competition will screen the top 100 short film entries received, and the competition is fierce.
The short film competition awards over $33,000 worth of cash and in-kind craft awards, including a $10,000 prize for Best Short Film - the highest cash prize for short film in the country. The Festival also features the SoundKILDA Music Video Competition, Australia's only dedicated competition for music videos.
Call for Entries for the 2008 St Kilda Film Festival will be open until Friday 01 February 2008 - go to www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au for all the entry details.

Sydney Film Festival Call for Entries - Closes Feb 18 2008
 With 130,000 attendances each year, the Sydney Film Festival attracts a cultured, diverse and film savvy audience, making the Sydney Film Festival a great place to get your film noticed. For details of how to enter your film in the 2008 festival, download the festival's 2008 preselection entry form and regulations at www.sydneyfilmfestival.org
Early entry deadline 31 December 2007
Final entry deadline 18 February 2008
AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM AWARDS
Entry forms and regulations for the 2008 Australian Short Film Awards will be available from www.sydneyfilmfestival.org by 31 October 2007.
Entry deadline for the Australian Short FIlm Awards is 18 February 2008.

Doco Filmmakers get your submissions ready - Feb 20-22 2008
 MeetMarket is a unique opportunity for Australian documentary filmmakers with fresh ideas and projects in development to meet with potential buyers.
Successful MeetMarket submissions will be presented to the international and Australian acquisitions executives attending AIDC 2008 in Fremantle, Western Australia from 20-22 February.
Documentary filmmakers are invited to submit a 2-minute pitch teaser of their project, along with synopsis and information about the filmmakers. Up to 20 projects will be selected by an international panel to participate in MeetMarket 2008.
The pitch teasers are made available to the acquisitions executives attending the Conference who select the projects/filmmakers they want to meet with.
The MeetMarket team will schedule the one on one meetings to take place in the special MeetMarket room during AIDC.
For applications and guidelines please go to www.aidc.com.au.
For enquiries please email meetmarket@afc.gov.au or call the MeetMarket office on 02 9321 6580 (Dale Fairbairn) and 02 9321 6446 (Martina Vascotto).

THE 6th ANGRY FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS FEB 2008
Angry Productions is calling for entries for the 6th Angry Film Festival!  Are you a filmmaker who is wanting to have their short film screened in front of an appreciative captive audience? Want to see your short up on the big screen? Up to thirteen films will be selected to screen on the short film night in early 2008.
The only criteria is that films must be under 15 minutes. Short films that are story based are looked on more favourably.
For more information and to download an entry form visit www.angryproductions.org

CALL FOR ENTERIES TO "SUPER 8 DAY" FILM FESTIVAL
Wednesday 25th April 2008 Deadline for Entries, to Super 8 Film Day, Chiltern, VIC. VHS and DVD can be sent in NTSC or PAL, but must originate from Super 8 transfer. (also any original Super 8/ Single 8 films must be registered by Post, to avoid being lost). All original films sent in will receive a DVD transfer. NO ENTRY CHARGE, but if you want your video's or Films returned then you must send stamps or International Postal Coupons for Return Postage. All entries not returned will be put into the AWMIC Archives. AWMIC c/o Rodney Bourke P.O Box 1231, Albury, NSW. 2640. For more details. or call 0429 136 880 Or email awmic@hotmail.com
FILM FESTIVAL ENTRY FORM SEE http://www.innersense.com.au/mic/festivals.html

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