Lisa French uses a potted personal history of the St Kilda Film Festival to explore the role of short film beyond career development. A message which bears repeating as often as possible.
The St Kilda Film Festival has changed often with the times over its thirty years, but it remains quintessentially a filmmaker’s festival. Originally a component of the St Kilda Festival, which was held in summer and characterized by bands, beaches and multicultural events, it was made an independent event because film festivals are much better in the winter, and more importantly, because it had created so much interest and support that it deserved its own independent profile.
