CinefestOZ 2013: behind every pleasure is a decent business plan

Ultimately, experience of CinefestOZ mashes food and film into one whirl of pleasure. But Sandy George follows a story of fiscal daring in a brewery to its conclusion: both industries are about risk,
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Ultimately, experience of CinefestOZ mashes food and film into one whirl of pleasure. But Sandy George follows a story of fiscal daring in a brewery to its conclusion: both industries are about risk, gratification and loyal audiences.

For this punter, the après-film viewing at the recent CinefestOZ, a Busselton-based film festival in the Margaret Region of Western Australia, was as good as seeing (again) Ivan Sen’s extraordinarily assured indigenous mystery Mystery Road and Rachel Ward’s love story An Accidental Soldier, which had its world premiere at the event.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.