Elliot Rocke Mudfest - Mudgee International Short Film Festival

Elliot Rocke Mudfest

Welcome to the 5th Elliot Rocke Mudfest - the Mudgee International Short Film Festival!

Mudfest for 2009 was again held under blanket of stars on a warm autumn night with a big crowd taking in the fanstastic atmosphere and the fine Elliot Rocke Estate wine and food.

The major prizes were a difficult choice with so many great films. The judges had their work cut out and in the end chose the following films for the 2 major awards:

2009 Elliot Rocke Estate Judges Choice

PORQUE HAY COSAS QUE NUNCA SE OLVIDAN (BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS YOU NEVER FORGET ... 13m, Spain)
dir. by LUCAS M. FIGUEROA

2009 FUJIFILM best Australian Entry

Spider (9m, Australia)
sub. by Nicole O’Donohue / Nash Edgerton

2009 Peoples Choice

the audience also had their say and cheered and screamed for their favourite, in the end it went to:

Spider (9m, Australia)
sub. by Nicole O’Donohue / Nash Edgerton

Mudfest will be back in 2010 on the 3rd Saturday in March (20th), entries for 2010 will open later in 2009, keep an eye on the website or send us an email asking to be kept up-to-date...

Saturday March 21, 2009

Finalist Films 2009

Here are the finalists for 2009, not neccessarily in screening order:

Sticky Situation (3m, Australia)
dir. by Simon Dewar

PORQUE HAY COSAS QUE NUNCA SE OLVIDAN (BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS YOU NEVER FORGET ... 13m, Spain)
dir. by LUCAS M. FIGUEROA

End of the Road (5m, Australia)
dir. by Benoit McCullough

È Finita la Commedia (The End of Comedy ... 13m, Belgium)
dir. by Jean-Julien Collette, Olivier Tollet

Be My Brother (7m, Australia)
sub. by Genevieve Clay

Sebastian's Voodoo (4m, U S A)
dir. by Joaquin Baldwin

Brother Boys (13m, Australia)
dir. by Simon Blyth

A Man of Letters (7m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Thomas Turley

GREED (2m, Sweden)
dir. by Alli Sadegiani

The Long Wooden Tobogganist (4m, Canada)
dir. by Andrew Wall

CoCo Nut (5m, U S A)
dir. by jiunnfu su

Four Minutes til Noon (3m, U S A)
dir. by Jonathan Taylor

Lost & Found (3m, United Kingdom)
sub. by James Shilton

Spider (9m, Australia)
sub. by Nicole O’Donohue / Nash Edgerton

Unto Others (2 m, Australia)
sub. by Roy Carroll

Screening takes place on Saturday March 21 on the lawns of the Elliot Rocke Estate cellar door, for more info on purchasing tickets etc, click here...