Press release from TM Publicity
INPUT showcases some of the world’s most interesting television in MELBOURNE
INPUT, the television industry’s most free thinking event, is coming to Australia for the very first time in May 2012. Over five days in Sydney, from 7th – 11th May, delegates will watch television’s latest programs across every genre, ask questions of the year’s most interesting producers, and network with hundreds of international commissioning editors, acquisitions executives and producer colleagues.
The ADG, in partnership with INPUT, is offering Melbourne members an exclusive early taste of the INPUT experience on Monday March 26. Three fascinating and provocative television programs will be screened and Greg Waters, ABC Drama Development Manager, and Joseph Maxwell, Commissioning Editor, SBS Documentaries, will be guest speakers and the program makers will participate via Skype after each screening to talk about their programs.
The Melbourne INPUT event, to be held at the Victorian College of the Arts, will screen:
BLOOD IN THE MOBILE, an investigate documentary about the dark, bloody side of mobile phones we don't see in the advertisements. This documentary shows the disturbing connection between our cell phones and the civil war in the Congo. BLOOD IN THE MOBILES is an intriguing consumer-activist film about our responsibility for that conflict and about corporate social responsibility, a story in which the film maker himself becomes a protagonist.
Produced by: Ole Tornbjerg
Directed by: Frank Poulsen
Broadcaster: Danmarks Radio-DR, Denmark
SONG OF LUNCH, a BBC2 adaptation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem, commissioned for National Poetry Day, starring Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. SON OF LUNCH tells the story of a book editor (Alan Rickman) who, 15 years after their break-up, meets his former love (Emma Thompson) for a nostalgic lunch at the Soho restaurant they used to frequent. As the wine flows, the couple rakes over their failed relationship.
Produced by Pier Wilkie, BBC Drama
Directed by: Niall MacCormick
Broadcaster: BBC, UK
STORYCORPS – Q&A. Since 2003, StoryCorps has been recording and preserving the voices of everyday people, one conversation at a time.
In this episode Joshua Littman, a 12 year old boy with Asperger's syndrome, interviews his mother, Sarah.
Produced by: Dave Isay
Directors: Rauch Brothers
Broadcaster: PBS (POV), USA
You may have heard about INPUT, but this is your chance to get a taste of the event and see why it is unique. The INPUT SYDNEY directors Graeme Isaac and Julia Overton will illustrate how INPUT works. They will be joined, via Skype, by a representative of each program after their show screens and you will have a chance participate in one of these lively INPUT Q&A sessions. The Q&A’s that follow screenings are an essential part of the INPUT experience. Confirmed to represent their programs are Frank Poulsen (BLOOD IN THE MOBILE), Pier Wilkike or Niall MacCormick (SONG OF LUNCH) and The Rauch Brothers (STORYCOPS – Q&A)
The evening is expected to run just over three hours.
Venue is Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, St Kilda Rd, Southbank. Cost is ADG and VCA members free, general admission $10, concession $5. Seating is limited so RSVP to secure your seat by emailing:
The full INPUT SYDNEY program will be available towards the end of March at www.inputsydney.com. Cost of registration is just 100 Euros.
Host broadcasters for INPUT SYDNEY are the ABC and SBS.