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JUGULAR Darwin Premiere with writer/director JJ Deceglie

CINEMART and FATANT present

JUGULAR Darwin Premiere introduced by Writer/Director JJ DeCeglie.

Screening at Browns Mart, 7pm Friday 21st March

plus LOW BUDGET FILM MAKING WORKSHOP with FATANT – Saturday 22nd March

“Perth-born novelist JJ DeCeglie makes his feature film debut with JUGULAR, and what a debut it is! Tense, claustrophobic and genuinely harrowing, JUGULAR follows one man’s nightmarish decent into the recesses of his own mind. Recesses from which there are no escape.”
– MonsterFest

JUGULAR is the debut feature film from producer/writer/director JJ DeCeglie. Shot guerrilla on the streets of Melbourne with a minimal budget and crew, the film went on to win Best Film, Director and Actor at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2013, and is now
being distributed by Video Archives, with a co-distribution deal also lined up with Monster Pictures.

Presented by the Film and Television Association of the NT (FATANT) at Darwin’s Browns Mart Theatre, the film will include a short introduction and Q&A with writer/director JJ Deceglie.

Tickets on the door – $12 full $10 concession

ATTENTION DARWIN FILMMAKERS > DON’T MISS THE LOW BUDGET FILMMAKING MASTERCLASS with Director JJ DeCeglie

– this SATURDAY 22nd March

Want to make a low budget film? JUGULAR won best film, director and actor at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival and was made for less than most people spend on a short film. How did he do it? At this special masterclass, Director JJ DeCeglie will take aspiring filmmakers and experienced producers through the tricks and techniques used to make a low budget film, and make it well!

COST:
$100 WORKSHOP (includes free entry to screening).
$50 FATANT MEMBERS
(FATANT membership $55.00)

To register interest in attending workshop, email art@undergrowth.org

Presented by FATANT with assistance from Screen Territory.

RELATED ARTICLES and REVIEWS for JUGULAR
www.smh.com.au/…/not-your-average-home-movie-20130904-2t5c1.html

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/cinetology/2013/09/05/right-for-the-jugular-new-australian-thrillercomes-
to-my-lounge-room/

www.perthnow.com.au/…jj-deceglie…/story-fnhocxo3-1226708122439

Posted by Verb Studios | February 16, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: cinemart, fatant, jj deceglie, jugular | Leave a comment

BIG NAME NO BLANKET screening plus Q&A with filmmaker Steven McGregor

CINEMART presents BIG NAME NO BLANKET – a feature documentary which tells the extraordinary story of GEORGE RRURRAMBU, the former lead singer of the pioneering Warumpi Band of the 1980s. George features as the charismatic frontman, who combined rock and roll, reggae, pop and traditional culture to spread the message about Indigenous contemporary issues, awakening the Australian consciousness of a third world in its own backyard.

The documentary screening will be preceded by a 1 hour Q&A with Director Steven McGregor – one of Darwin’s most successful filmmakers – who will explain the process of creating BIG NAME, as well as his work across the NT and recent projects including writing and directing for the ABC TV series REDFERN NOW..

After a short interval – the film will screen at 7:30pm with short film ‘Songline To Happiness’ directed by Danny Teece-Johnson – Winner of Best Film at the ImagineNative Film Festival (Canada)

6pm – Steven McGregor Q&A

7:30 – Big Name No Blanket – plus short film ‘Songline To Happiness’

Entry is free by donation. Reserve tickets below.

Posted by Verb Studios | November 27, 2013 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

AYA SCREENING PHOTOS

There was a fantastic turnout for the first CINEMART screening in September.

The evening was introduced by guest director Timothy Parish and sound designer Lulu Madill who spoke about the process of creating the independent documentary AYA AWAKENINGS.

Above: Tim & Lulu introduce the film.

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Above; Lulu Madill who created the sound design and original score for the documentary explains her process and inspirations in making AYA AWAKENINGS.

Posted by Verb Studios | November 27, 2013 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

AYA AWAKENINGS > Darwin Premiere screening

CINEM@RT presents AYA:AWAKENINGS

A unique feature documentary about shamanic medicine plant Ayahuasca.

Premiere screening featuring an introduction by director Timothy Parish (http://verbstudios.com.au) and sound designer Lulu Madill (http://www.buttonstouching.com/)

SYNOPSIS:
“For all those seeds the vine has touched – and for those yet to awaken…”

AYA: Awakenings is a visionary feature length documentary directed by local filmmaker Timothy Parish, which shares the world and visions of Amazonian shamanism like never before. Exploring the indigenous experience with plant sacrament Ayahuasca and it’s powerful extract DMT.

AYA: AWAKENINGS blends first person journey from the cult book Aya: A Shamanic Odyssey by writer Rak Razam with video, animations, interviews with practicing curanderos and Western Shamans, traditional icaros and cutting edge special effects to re-produce the inner landscape of the visionary state in unprecedented detail, invoking a spiritual awakening in the viewer.

Featuring the artwork of Pablo Amaringo, Andy Debrenardi and more; directed by Tim Parish, video editing by Verb Studios, original score by Lulu Madill and music by Shpongle, Tipper, Darpan, Lula Cruz and curanderos Norma Panduro, Guillermo Arevalo, Percy Garcia Lozano, Ron Wheelock and Kevin Furnas, this documentary charts the Global Shamanic Resurgence born in the jungles of Peru and reaching out to embrace the world.

For more info go to: http://www.aya-awakenings.com

PREVIEW: