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A Night With Our Stars

What: Premier screening of nine mini-documentaries filmed by Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Bass Coast

By Bass Coast - 1st March 2012 - Back to News

When: Friday 2 March 2012.

Doors open at 6.30pm
Formal speeches at 7.00pm followed by the screening of the films
The total screening time is 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Where: Wonthaggi Union Theatre, Graham Street Wonthaggi

Who: Executive producers from ACMI; Hon. Ken Smith MLA; Mayor, Cr. Veronica Dowman; participants appearing in the documentaries

Why: Part of a regional filming project by ACMI to record Australian identity. Two film crews from ACMI spent five days in December 2011 shooting footage for these mini-documentaries in nine separate locations, including Grantville, Bass, Corinella, Inverloch and sections of Phillip Island.

The nine unique and high quality mini-documentaries showcase and celebrate local stories and capture oral history and the remarkable people who live here.

The selections of short films are: Island Surfboards, DAK (David Alexander Kopelman), Community Banking in Bass Coast, The Kernot-Grantville CFA Fire Truck, Saving the Corinella Jetty, The Ripple and The Rocket Shed, Swell Mamas, Bass Valley Community Centre, Inverloch Settlement Soccer Group.

How: This is a free community event

For more information contact:

Melissa Hayes

communications officer

t (03) 5671 2703 | f (03) 5671 2222 | m 0400 804 187

e r.millar@basscoast.vic.gov.au

Source: www.gippsland.com

Published by: news@gippsland.com

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