Press release from Limelight PR
Robin Murphy has been selected as the MIFF 37South: Accelerator Express producer by MIFF 37South Market, the film co-financing market of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) which occurs 23-26 July 2009 inclusive.
MIFF 37ºSouth: Accelerator Express is a collaboration of MIFF 37ºSouth Market, which is for producers with script-stage project slates, and Accelerator, MIFF’s workshop for new short film directing talent. It comprises:
# 37ºSouth: Accelerator Producer Express in which one lucky producer of an Accelerator short film who is developing a feature film with the same director is selected to participate in MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap thereby accelerating this team’s project for consideration by registered buyers.
# 37ºSouth: Accelerator Screenings Express in which an Accelerator-selected program of short films has special screenings for 37South: Bridging the Gap’s registered producers thereby exposing the works of Accelerator top directors of tomorrow to today’s established producers.
Murphy’s selection means that she receives a complimentary registration to MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap, where she will pitch Mark Albiston’s and Louis Sutherland’s SHOPPING, Murphy’s first feature film project, to MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap’s more than 30 local and international film financiers. Murphy’s development slate also includes the films MIRAMAR DOG, THE ROAD NORTH, THE WHOLE WORLD’S WATCHING and ATTITUDE. Murphy has produced several acclaimed short films, including DYING LIGHT (2000), TE AO KAPURANGI (2001), OUR SECRET (2008), ROOF RATTLING (2009) in addition to Albiston’s and Sutherland’s Cannes 2007-selected RUN, which screened at MIFF 2007 and was part of Accelerator 2007.
Meantime, 37ºSouth: Accelerator Screenings Express exposes the work of Accelerator’s top directing talents of tomorrow to 70 of today’s established producers (registered at MIFF 37ºSouth Market 2009) in a screening program of selected shorts from some of Accelerator’s 2009 participants. The 130-minute 2009 37ºSouth: Accelerator Screenings Express program includes LESSONS FROM THE NIGHT, directed by Adrian Francis; MOKUPUNA, Ainsley Gardiner; HAPPY COUNTRY, Corrie Chen; JACOB, Dena Curtis; TWO MEN, Dominic Allen; THE CAT PIANO, Eddie White; IMPRINT, Edwin McGill; BRAVE DONKEY, Gaysorn Thavat; UNDERGROWTH, Grant Major; BOXER, Michael Latham; SIDE BY SIDE, Nassiem Valamanesh; WATER, Corrie Jones.
MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap is the major event of MIFF 37ºSouth Market, which runs 23-26 July 2009 during the opening and industry weekend of MIFF that also includes MIFF Accelerator and the 2009 ADG Conference. Details of MIFF 37ºSouth Market’s financing guests and the rest of the market’s registered producers will be announced shortly before the event. For details of the market, and updates, go to: www.miff37degreesSouth.com. MIFF 37ºSouth Market is the exclusive Australia/NZ institutional partner of London’s Production Finance Market (PFM).