Sunday 2 July program
Official selection screenings and panels
10.15 am – 5 pm
@ Village Roadshow Theatrette
State Library of Victoria
Entry via La Trobe Street
Doors open at 10.15 am. First screening block commences at 10.30 am.
Please observe content notices on individual screening block for suitability for audiences.
Screening block 4
10.30am – 12.30 pm
Not suitable for younger audiences.
Doors open at 10.15 am, Screening starts at 10.30 am.
The session is followed by a Q&A with series creators and crews.
Frapuccino (Comedy, ITA)
Auckward Love (Comedy, NZL)
The Streets Barber Stories (Non-Fiction, AUS)
Running With Violet (Drama, CAN)
THIRTY (Drama, AUS)
Il Camerlengo (Comedy, ITA)
Snippets of a Lifetime (Non-Fiction, GER)
Dates (Comedy, USA)
No Strings Attached (Non-Fiction, AUS)
Hidden (Drama, ITA)
Lunch
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
“ADAPTATIONS FROM WEB SERIES TO FILM AND TV”: PANEL
1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
Panelists: Rick Kalowski (Head of Comedy, ABC), Paul Walton (Head of Production, Princess Pictures), Lauren Merolli (Script Producer, SuperWog), Christopher Leone (LA-based filmmaker), Enzo Tedeschi (Deadhouse Films), Greta Lee Jackson (Skitbox).
Moderated by Susan Turnbull (Professor of Communcation and Media, University of Wollongong).
Screening block 5
2.45 pm – 4.45 pm
Not suitable for younger audiences.
The session is followed by a Q&A with series creators and crews.
ACCESSIBLE SESSION: All series close captioned and Q&A Auslan interpreted.
Sharing Economy Web (Non-Fiction, BRA)
Whelmed (Comedy, AUS)
Beyond The Water’s Edge (Drama, AUS)
Seasonal Life (Non-Fiction, CAN)
Goober (Comedy, AUS)
Restoration (Drama, AUS)
Starting From Now Season 5 (Drama, AUS)
Orazio’s Clan (Comedy, CHE)
People Like Us (Drama, SGP)
High Life (Drama, AUS)
GALA AWARDS NIGHT
7pm – 10pm
Experimedia, State Library of Victoria
Entry via main entrance, Swanston Street
Join us for the fifth annual Melbourne WebFest Awards, hosted by the amazing Greta Lee Jackon of Skitbox fame, and co-hosted by Liam Seymore. This is an awards ceremony with a difference. No boring acceptance speeches. No long lists of thank yous. Expect the unexpected. This is awards done right, done fun.
OFFICIAL MWF AFTER PARTY
10pm – LATE
@ Whiskey and Alement, 270 Russell St
Ticketed event
After the gala awards, we move to the party to Whiskey and Alement. Let your hair down, help us celebrate the award winners and the successful completion of the fifth anniversary of Australia’s international web series festival.
Note: The After Party is open to all ticket holders, including those with single session tickets.