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Film and Wine

Australian filmmaker award to be presented at 2005 Jackson Hole Film Festival

Rosemount Estate, the Prestige Wine of Australia, announceD the finalists of its inaugural Rosemount Diamond Award, a film competition for Australian filmmakers to submit original films to the 2005 Jackson Hole Film Festival.

The five finalist directors, Andrew Kotatko, Mike Bullen, Beth Armstrong, Tony Krawitz and Brooke Anderson, will attend the festival in Jackson, Wyoming on June 8 – 12 and screen their films for top Hollywood executives, producers and the general public.  A prestigious panel of entertainment industry figures including actors Sarah Wynter and Radha Mitchell, director Phillip Noyce and Tropfest founder John Polson will help select one winner from the five finalists. The winner of the Rosemount Diamond Award will receive a $10,000 (US) grant towards the production of their next film.

About the Films nominated for the Rosemount Diamond Award:
Andrew Kotatko, Everything Goes
Based on the short story "Why Don't You Dance?" by Raymond Carver, this film depicts the unlikely relationship that forms between a young couple building their future together and a lonely man getting rid of his past.

Mike Bullen, Amorality Tail
At an interstate conference, two married men succumb to temptation and take women to their rooms. What happens behind closed doors will change their lives irrevocably, in ways neither could have begun to predict

Beth Armstrong, Danya
Danya is the story of a troubled 8-year old who is determined to find out about her late mother but her repressed father is unable to reach out to her. An elderly Bulgarian woman provides a bridge.  Set in neighboring terrace houses in an autumnal Sydney, Danya considers how three generations deal with death.

Tony Krawitz, Jewboy
Yuri Kovner’ father’s death brings him back to the strict Chassiic community of Sydney, where men are forbidden from touching women besides their wives and family members.  In his confused search for intimacy he ends up in some of the least intimate spaces, like porn shops and peepshows. Jewboy is a film about a young man’s search for his place in the world, family and his faith.

Brooke Anderson, Forced Entry
When a stormy night brings a shadowy stranger into the home of a sleeping young couple, bands may be broken!

As an Australian company, Rosemount Estate has chosen to publicly support and promote a globally recognized and celebrated element of Australian culture, the medium of film. This award will recognize the next generation of Australian film talent by bringing their work to an international arena.  

The awards presentation will be the climax of the festival’s World Program, where each year the cinematic talents of a specific country are highlighted.  This year’s featured country is Australia, in honor of founding sponsor Rosemount Estate.

The Jackson Hole Film Festival is a new film festival established by the Jackson Hole Film Institute, a not-for-profit cultural organization dedicated to empowering independent filmmakers and inspiring global audiences through the cultivation and education of film, the business of film and the cinematic arts.

Edited by Madelyn  Miller, the TravelLady

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