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Watch a Youtube/Portable Fim Festival interview about the making of Nelly:

Pictured above: Gerard Cogley

'Baby' John Burgess

Jim Coutts & Margie Bainbridge

The Contestants

Gerard Cogley

'Baby' John Burgess

Stig Weymss

Nathaniel Kiwi

 

 

 

 

 

Synopsis:

“N for Nelly please John”.

In 1985 we first heard this now commonly used phrase on Australia’s most popular game show.
This is how it happened.

Triumph, glory and two bitter pills.

Pictured: Stig Weymss in "N for Nelly". Photography: Brent Lukey. More of Brent's stills below.


AWARDS:

Love Your Work AUDIENCE CHOICE - 2006 Open Channel Member's Screenings

Love Your Work BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Martin Smith) - 2006 Open Channel Member's Screenings

Yum Productions Award for BEST SHORTSHORT - 2006 Victoria Festival of Motion Image

Short Filmmaker RISING STAR - 2006 FNI(A) Awards

Short Filmmaker BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC (Mathew Anastasi) - 2006 FNI(A) Awards


PRESS KIT:

Download the most recent copy of the Press Kit here (PDF 5mb) Updated March 07


PUBLICITY:

THE CHRONICLE
30 November 2006
"Southside" page 50
Summary of Award Winners from the FNI(A) Awards.

64 MAGAZINE
27 September 2006
“Film on the Run” by Jasmine Stix
Article about the Portable Film Festival. N for Nelly listed as a ‘hot pick’.

HERALD SUN
Week commencing 25 September 2006
Story about the Portable Film Festival with a focus on N for Nelly. Article titled something like “What’s in a Nelly?”

THE AGE & Sydney Morning Herald
20 September 2006
“Movies for Mobiles” by Louisa Hearn
Overview article about the Portable Film Festival, featuring online video screening of “N for Nelly”

SBS's ALCHEMY RADIO - Radio Interview about the Portable Film Festival 5 September 2006 visit the website to listen online

PORTABLE FILM FESTIVAL – MEDIA LAUNCH
31 August 2006 - Official guest at the media launch at The Order of Melbourne, Swanston Street

BAYSIDE LEADER - "Hollywood by the beach" 4 July 2006 download pdf

UPCOMING SCREENINGS:

nova

June 2008 at Cinema Nova Lygon Street Carlton. Details tbc.

Watch online at: www.myspace.com/katrinamathers


NEWS:

N for Nelly won the AUDIENCE CHOICE award as well as BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at Open Channel's "Love Your Work" screenings at Cinema Nova. www.openchannel.org.au

N for Nelly took out both the best RISING STAR film award and the BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC award at the FNI(A) Awards held in Canberra this week. http://fnia.awardspace.com

N for Nelly took out the best SHORTSHORT film award at the Victoria Festival of Motion Image www.victoriafestival.com.au

Australian Story ran a special about The Heart of Gold Film Festival 13 November 2006 on ABC TV


SCREENINGS HISTORY:

Jun 06 FilmFest@Falls in Falls Creek

Jun 06 SNOWYfest Int. Film Festival Thredbo NSW

Jul 06 Victoria Festival of Motion Image, Ballarat

Jul 06 Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF)

Jul 06 Bayside Film Festival Melbourne

Ag 06 Portobello Film Festival in London, UK

Sep/Oct 06 International Portable Film Festival

Oct 06 Home Brewed International Film Festival Aust

Oct 06 Heart of Gold International Film Festival QLD Aust

Oct 06 CAN2006 Leicester Int. Film Festival, UK

Nov 06 FNI(A) Awards, Canberra, Australia

Dec 06 Love Your Work, Melbourne, Australia

Feb 07 Stinkwater! Film Festival, NSW, Australia

Mar 07 Shepparton Short Film Festival, VIC, Australia

Mar 07 Short Circuit @ Junkyard Cinema, VIC, Aust.

Mar 07 Williamstown Short Film Festival, VIC, Aust.

May 07 DIFF: deREEL Independent Film Festival, Aust.

June 07 Women in Film Annual Showcase, VIC, Aust.

June 08 Cinema Nova Award Winning Shorts VIC, Aust.

CREDITS:

Producers: Katrina Mathers, Chris Manson & Nathan Kay

Director: Katrina Mathers

Writers: Nathan Kay & Chris Manson

Cast: Stig Weymss, Gerard Cogley and Margie Bainbridge

With: Nathaniel Kiwi, Greg Mathew, Kristin Keam and Jim Coutts

Featuring: 'Baby' John Burgess as himself.

DOP: Martin Smith

Sound Recordist: Ann Aucote

Composer: Mathew Anastasi

Sound Engineer: Peter Letts

Additional Camera: Greg de Marigney

Assistant Director: Giula Sandler

Unit Assistant: Caleb Mc Kenney

Lighting Assistant: Paul Mc Kercher

Makeup Artist: Karen Montgomery

Spinning Wheel & Opening Titles: Mark Sehler

Keying & Grading: Soup Kitchen

Stills Photographer: Brent Lukey

Bar Extras: Jess Stanford & Diane Rowley

 

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