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JAN
1

We are back for 2012; In The Bin will continue servicing regional Australia as the only truly national touring Film Program. We have already had a great response with bookings and we are extremely excited about touring these regions. This year, In The Bin will be capping its touring locations in each state, this is an unfortunate result of budgets and funding. However for the communities we are going to, we will be providing a service more detailed and greater than ever.

In The Bin believes in providing the best service possible for our communities and over the last two years with limited budgets we believe we had spread ourselves too thin. This year is about increasing exposure for the communities and giving participants the best possible film experience whether it’s through our unique  three day education programs, our green-screen workshops, or our film festival nights.   

As mentioned spaces are extremely limited this year so if you are a community wishing to book In The Bin for any of our services please do not hesitate to contact us for price lists and dates using the mail out form on the side of this message.  

Summer Holiday Program

NOV
9

Hey everyone,

Check out or summer holiday workshops.

If you want more information please check in on the Education Page.

Cheers, 

In The Bin

2011 In The Bin Festival Winners

SEPT
19

In The Bin Short Film Festival would like to thank everyone who attended our last Currumbin Festival.
With approx. 1000 attendees over the weekend, we are ecstatic about the result with such little advertising.

We would also like to take this opportunity to congratulation our festival winners for the great films they have produced.

The winners are as follows:

Overall In The Bin Winner 2011 - Punch Drunk 

Director - The First Anders 

DOP - The Telegram Man 

Writer - The Astronaut on the Roof 

Sound - Punch Drunk 

Production - The Telegram Man 

Editor - Oliver's First Kiss 

Lead Male - Punch Drunk 

Lead Female - Touch 

Cart-orts Overall - Kidnap 

Animation - Amazonia 

Bin Laughter Award - Family Values 

Special Mention - Squeeze

Thanks again to every one who entered and every who came along to the festival.

Kicking Off InTheBin

SEPT
5

Kicking off on the 17th of September In The Bin Currumbin is set to be our biggest yet!.
Tickets will be available at the gate and @ selected Beachfront Shops.
Food and Drinks will be available for purchase.

This years main event will be on the 17th. Tix $10  Gates open 5pm films roll 7pm 

Family friendly Cart orts is on the 18th. Tix $6 Adult $4 Child Gates open 5pm films roll 6:30pm SHARP

For information of this year's program please visit our festivals selection page.

The talent and quality of this years films has blown us away and is sure to be an event not to miss.

In The Bin looks forward to seeing you there!

Special Event!

AUG
29

Just a shout out to all our loyal InTheBinners, 
Tallebudgera State School in collaboration with In The Bin is bring a band night to the Gold Coast.
Held at The Currumbin RSL on the 8th of September, the event will be a mixture of the primary school bands performance as well as In The Bin's best short films.
Everyone come along a great family event with quality entertainment value.

Don't forget its only a few short weeks until the In The Bin Short Film Festival main event where 2012 program will be screen for the first time!!

In The Bin 2011 Film Selections

AUG
3

Final selections have been made for the 2011 festival! We received hundreds of great film entries but only 29 made the cut. The festival will take place at the Currumbin Parklands from 17-18 September and we hope to see you all there!
The selections for both In The Bin Short Film Festival and Cart-orts Family Film Festival are as follows:

In The Bin (September 17):
1. A Reluctant Bride
2. Latte
3. The Telegram Man
4. Oscar's First Kiss
5. Futility
6. Neal
7. Polo's Robot
8. Squeeze
9. The Tipping Comp
10. Lest We Forget
11. Happy Birthday My Dear
12.Punch Drunk
13. The Astronaut on the Roof
14. Touch
15. Family Values
16. Last Minutes with the Stack

Cart-orts (September 18):
1. Flash
2. The Neighbourhood has been Overrun by Baboons
3. Den Forste Anders (The First Anders)
4. Anything You Can Do
5. Lizard
6. Joy Stick Heroes
7. The Verticals
8. Cross Wire
9. Superhuman
10. Run Granny Run
11. Kidnap
12.Sidewalk Symphony
13. Amazonia

2011 Going Strong

JUNE
7

Hello readers!
The 2011 festival tour is still going strong, with a number of dates and locations scheduled for June and July.
Jed is in Western Australia right now getting ready for the upcoming education programs, including Mt Barker and Rockingham which will happen over the next three weeks.
In The Bin is excited for the many workshops and festival events we will be having in the coming months that will be keeping us busy!
Hope to see you at one of our events!

Directions

MAY
11

Hi Guys,
I know its been a while since our last post, things have been non-stop for In The Bin and its not slowing down for the second half of the year!
However, we do have some exciting news, In The Bin will be separating from the production side with demanding seeing it necessary for us to navigate into two separate enities with Media HD taking on the production aspect of In The Bin, allowing us to focus on the Education Program and Film Festival. 
In other news, the tour so far has been a great success with 20 communities already visited this year! We have fresh faces on our team with new roadies taking the reins, giving the workshops a new burst of life as the tourers are more excited and nervous than the students participating.

Hope you're looking forward to meeting our new faces as we are looking for the meeting yours!

Season's Greetings

DEC
5

Over the past 11 years of In The Bin, we have hosted hundreds of the very best workshops and touring festivals Australia has to offer and 2010 has continued this legacy. After an extensive year taking in the states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia touring has wrapped up for 2010. We’re preparing to hit the ground running for 2011 to film, screen and educate our way through the new year. Early last week we wrapped up our final tour destination in Goulbourn, and what a spectacular way to finish the year it was! The students produced a total of 8 short films in the workshops collaborated with Trinity, Goulburn, and Mallwarie high school students. There films were screened as part of In The Bin Film Festival, along with the professional range to a bumper crowd of film enthusiasts.

In The Bin’s main festival is creeping up on us and we are calling for entries for all four of our categories, so enter your films here.  In The Bin welcomes councils and schools to enquire about our range of workshops for the new year, please click here.

As the year has passed us by we’ve arrived in the festive season, and the next Bin News will be posted in the New Year, everyone here at In The Bin would like to wish a merry Christmas and happy new year to all!
-In The Bin

 

We Want You!

SEPT
13

Hello there loyal bin readers,

In due time since the last news here is the shout out from the team.

Emma and Luke are on the road again with a business schedule through September with 9 communities to be visited!

Don’t miss out on an opportunity to check us out in a location new you with events taking place in Indooroopilly, Mitchell, Quirindi and Port Augusta all coming up in the next couple weeks.
Unfortunately the Currumbin screening has been postponed due to Jed’s health concerns.
Keep an eye on the site for the new date (which is yet to be determined).

Also a MASSIVE call for entries, coming in at a steady pace we are getting ready to select films to take on the road. Get your films in ASAP to be in consideration. Films will also be selected for the May festival 2011 which is looking to be an extraordinary event!

Thanks for checking in with us once again, we’ll be back with another update soon.

Short Lived Break

AUG
4

Taking time to be with the ones that matter most, In The Bin has a few weeks to reflect on the 6 months past.
Travelling through regional and rural Australia is not a privilege many people get to experience and we are grateful for the people we meet and the good times we have. Many times we sit back and recall stories and tails of days on the road.
As the second half of the year roars its way round, we are starting to realize not only does it not slow down but drastically speeding up. 
This year is definitely keeping us on our toes. As the short break ends we will be making our way out to Colac, followed by Clare and West Wyalong for our August event. Find detailed information in our calendar.
 
Cheeky push here, join us on facebook In The Bin for frequent calls outs from the road.

Special shout out to Katie Frank, our American.
Your presence will be surely missed around here.
We love you.

Trip to Tully

JULY
12

Hello!

So Emma and Luke just flew back from Tully yesterday.   They had a very successful visit with the community. Emma and Luke got to work with a mature age group this time.  The group found interest in documentaries this week, leading to two mockumentaries and one promotional documentaries.  Each film told a great story about Tully and captured beautiful scenery of the town.  One film from the workshop, Take a Turn Into Tully, explored with a traveler into the town and showed the beautiful architecture Tully has to offer. Another film, Betty and the Bullrout, followed an American documentary maker through Tully's nearby Alligator's Nest park and watch as her search for alligators turns into one for the bullrout fish.  The final student film, Seedplot, investigated the mystery behind Tully being Australia's wettest town.  The film interviewed the people of Tully to find out the comical secret behind why it is always raining. All three films were a great hit at the festival.  

There was a good turn out at the festival Saturday night.  Both locals and visitors were present.  Along the 3 student films, 10 professional short films were shown, with each film receiving an enthusiastic applause from the audience.  In The Bin would like to thank Tully, CRACA, and the students for inviting In The Bin to share its passion for cultural film with the community.  Luke and Emma hope to visit again!

Look for us in the upcoming July and August locations in Mackay, Gladstone, Moruya, Coonamble and Derby. 

Welcoming New Friends and Following Old Ones

JUNE
28

Good news!  In The Bin has now partnered up with BIFF (Brisbane International Film Festival) and is having great success.  Both BIFF and In The Bin share a passion for film culture in Queensland.  Since BIFF is known to an audience of more than 375,000, working with BIFF has greatly increased the opportunity of exposure for In The Bin.  In The Bin looks forward to working with such a capable, professional and useful company. 

Additionally, In The Bin's tourers, Luke and Emma, finished trips to Dubbo, Coonabarabran and Hilston.  All tours were very successful with much anticipation for future visits.  For the workshops done while touring, each was a three day event. The first day revolves around the students learning about preproduction which involves scripting and storyboarding.  On the second day, the students get involved with hands-on filming where they get to create scenes from a script they have put together.  Finally, on the third day the students get to edit all of the film.  Students get to work with recent editing programs and equipment. All workshops and festivals had positive feedback and great work was produced. 

Here is some of the positive feedback In The Bin received from the most recent tours...

"I was just blown away by what was achieved in just three days and it was  all done in such a positive (and fun)  environment. [Emma and Luke] were professional at all times and had a very good rapport with the students. In turn the kids responded to being given so much creative freedom and responsibility with the equipment etc. I will be speaking to my principal tomorrow and hope that we can book you guys again for next year."  --Mary Doolan, Coonabarabran

"You truly have something unique here with ‘In the Bin’ and Mary’s [above] feedback to you is also indicative of how Coonabarabran High School really, really enjoyed the program and received a tremendous amount of inspiration!" --Merry Spencer, Coonabarabran


Luke and Emma's next stop is here in Queensland.  We're touring next in Derby, Toowoomba, Townsville, Mt. Isa, Cairns, Longreach, Charters Towers and Rockhampton. Catch us in our upcoming tour locations in Tully, Mackay, or Gladstone during July.

And The Winner Is...

MAY
17

Another In The Bin Festival comes to an end as we wrap up another successful year of festival fever. As the festival renewed itself with new dates and new locations this year has proven the faithful will still come, with thousands of people attending the events through-out the week and across the locations.

There are a number of people that need to be appreciated when celebrating the success of this year's festival, including our sponsors with special mention to Triple J, Currumbin S.L.S.C, Surfers Paradise Alliance, Gold Coast City Council and Queensland Government. As well as all the film makers that gave us the honor of showing the films, they worked so hard on, at our festival. Especially those films that were premiers at our festival such as "The Foal" which has gone on to be nominated the Cannes Film Festival as wells as Palm Springs, all the best to Jade, Josh and the rest of the crew.

Last but not least we would like to thank everyone that came along to this year's Film Festival. The atmosphere across the events was something electrifying. The participation of the audience in a safe and responsible manner is something we always appreciate at In The Bin.

And with no further ado, the award winners, of course, have been selected for this year's competition have been selected and the awards have been deliberated as follows:

In The BIn
Best Short - The Foal
Best Male and Female Actor - Boundless
Best Editing - Cashed Up Bogans
Best Production Value - Boundless
Best Cinematography - Deliberation
Best Script - Laundromat
Bin Laughter - Terror on the Northside
Bin Laughter Runner Up -  Laundromat

Cart-Orts
Best Short - Awaken
Runner Up - The Lift

Board Shorts
Best Short - Bloodlines
Runner Up - Short Cut
Special Mention - Hack Your Shackles

Congratulations to all our award winners, we look forward to seeing more of your quality films next year. For more information on the winning films please click here or choose festival awards from the Festival menu.

Festival 2010

MAY
10

This year's festival has kicked off in smashing fashion. With a surprising crowd for our opening night and another successful day to follow with our first ever In The Bin Carnival at Palm Beach Parklands. A record numbers have definitely left us breathless, yet excited for the upcoming events, if the crowds from the weekend are anything to go by it should be a ripper.

To add to the success, In The Bin hosted in collaboration with Three Worlds our first busker's competition which showcased some absolutely extraordinary talent. The verdict is out on this years competitors and have been awarded as follows:

Overall Performance - Terry The Great
Audience Choice - Darkside Dance Crew
Runner- Up - Calm-in
Awesome Award - Aaron
Awesome Award - Tumbling Sisters
Up & Coming - Soul Sisters
Up & Coming - Rylie Comrie
Music Award - Rylie Comrie

We would like to thank Currumbin RSL for providing the funds for the awards and also the generosity of Three Worlds with there gift of hundreds of dollars of vouchers. Your support in our ventures is appreciated more than you know. 

Information

MAY
4

Just letting you know that there is now more detailed information about this year's festival and Tickets are now available. Thank you for the enquries and we look forward to seeing you at the events. For more information and maps to venues follow the information link provide.

Busker's Comp

APRIL
15

2010 Poster Release!

APRIL
20

This year's promo poster is set to make quite an impact!

We have also made ALL final selections for this year's festival click here to see a list of the selected short films! 

All in The Bin Films will be screening on the 8th of May at Currumbin Parklands and the 15th in Surfers Paradise. The Board Shorts will be viewed on the 12th and 13th at the Titanium Bar Surfers Paradise and Currumbin SLSC and Cart-orts will be screened on the 10th in Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and 14th in Surfers Paradise at Shannon Neal Park.
Thank you everyone who entered. We look forwarded to watching more short films from you in the future.

Festival Time!

APRIL
13

Come one, come all. It’s festival time once again. As the months tick over is time again for the annually awaited In The Bin Short Film Festival held on Gold Coast during May this year.

The entries are now officially closed for this year’s competition. Thanks to all who have participated, we have happily received over 300 entries and are currently going through the selection process.

The selected films will be screened at The Currumbin festival which will be kicking off on the 8^th of May this year.

As you may be aware we have just completed our small but nonetheless successful tour of Western Australia and would like to take this opportunity to thank our media partner Triple J for the national coverage they have provided and supporters as well as those of you who took part in the events. You are why we tour! As you know when one thing comes to an end another adventure begins, so we are off to Batemans Bay, Warwick and then back onto the coast, of course, for our In The Bin Gold Coast Festival.

For those of you that have been part of our workshops, you would know that the tours would not be the same without Luke or Emma. With their passion for film and the creative arts extending its way through their work, they have been able to bring out an enthusiasm for film in students from all different walks of life and cultural backgrounds, educating rural and regional communities in areas such as operating camera, using sound and lighting, green-screen and editing on professional systems.

The Education Program is a very important part of In The Bin and with over a year of experience each in the company Luke and Emma are a great represent of In The Bin.  

Academy Award nomination of “Miracle Fish”

FEB
3

We are set for one heck of a tour in 2010, and what a great way to start it, big congrats to Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey and the rest of the crew for their Academy Award nomination of “Miracle Fish”, winner of Best Film at In The Bin in 2009!!! If you haven’t seen it you can check it out as part of our 2010 tour along with some other great films. The Sundance Award Winning Film “El Ataque Los Robots de Nebulosa-5 – Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5”,  The Melbourne International Film Festival Hit “Two Men” and the Queensland New Film makers awarded underdog “Broken Road”. This is just a tast of the films that are touring with over 20 films hitting the road there will be a variety to suit any communities needs.

As usual In The Bin programs the very best in the world of short film, mixing high end short films with smart amateur shorts. This is reflective of our past years of screenings where many films have gone on to be nominated and awarded Academy Awards including the likes of “Harvey Krumpet” and “Two Cars One Night”.

Calling for entries for 2010

FEB
1

In The Bin is calling for entries for 2010, it seems like just a few months ago ITB was calling for entries for 2009, right? Well we are back at it and want your films to be part of our 2010 Gold Coast celebrations, and if your film is good enough we will even select it to tour with In The Bin for 2011 where you get paid to tour with us!!! For more information visit here.

2009 Wrap-Up

FEB
1

What a year we had last year, it blew in one ear and out the other for us. Over 60 locations experience In The Bin, 54 of them we Education Programs,  over 1000 students participated, over 200 short films were produced, and the van traveled over 70,000km. So over all I think it was a success… We had a great finale event in Goulburn this year after three local workshops there we screened 11 short films that were made during the Education Program along with a great mix of family films from In The Bin. From Carnarvon WA to Weipa QLD the response from all communities was great and the program was extremely well received.  

Of course one of the favorite films of the tour was “Spider” from Nash Edgerton who has gone on to direct the excellent Australian feature “The Square”. Other enjoyed films in 2009’s tour were “Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca – Because There are Things We Never Forget”, “Dugong” and the continuing success of Cameron Edser with “Animal Instinct” The entire Touring Program though has been a huge success for 2009 and with our program ready for 2010’s tour re are really excited to see the developments.  

2010 Touring Program is now online. Check it out here, there are some great films in store for Australia this year including this year’s Academy Award nominated thriller “Miracle Fish” , The Sundance Award Winning Film “El Ataque Los Robots de Nebulosa-5 – Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5”,  The Melbourne International Film Festival Hit “Two Men” and the Queensland New Film makers awarded underdog “Broken Road”. This is just a tast of the films that are touring with over 20 films hitting the road there will be a variety to suit any communities needs.

In The Bin kicks off a big project in Longreach

JAN
1

As part of the Q150 Celebrations in Queensland In The Bin is working with Longreach Regional Council to create a unique project with the local students. Throughout October and November a selection of fortunate students will have the opportunity to create shoot and edit a professional short film based on their local environment. This is a great opportunity for students to not just learn the skills in film making, but also to learn more about their home town and the people who have lived in it.

WA Tour a Great Success

JULY
6

Hi there!

Jed just arrived back from WA after a few weeks packed with workshops including Youth at Risk at SMYL, Rockingham Retirement Village and Malibu Special School in Rockingham, other locations in Western Australia included Mt Barker, and Lake Grace wich were all great events. Each workshop was a huge success thanks to the great turnout and variety of students. The festival this past week showcased the student films as well as professional short films and also drew a large audience of community members and supporters of the education workshop students. It was a busy three weeks but we have a lot to show for it and look forward to being back in WA for next year's tour.

The anticipation has been growing about film selections for the September festival so next week the decisions will be made. hundreds of great film entries have been received but only the absolute best can make it to the main event. After selections has been made, 14 lucky filmmakers will be notified that their film has made the cut.

Also next week, In The Bin will be travelling to Mackay to be a part of Mackay Region Festival of Arts from Wednesday 13 July to Friday 15 July at 7 pm each night and at three different locations. On 13 July the film festival will take place at Pinnacle Cricket Ground, 14 July it will be at Eimeo School Oval and on 15 July there will be a special silent film festival showing at Bluewater Quay. Each event is free to the public, so bring a rug and enjoy the show!

Keep visiting the website for more updates and check the calendar to see when In The Bin will be heading your way!