St Kilda Film Festival 2013: lit blue paper, retired and blasted upwards

The St Kilda Film Festival was well launched last night to starry skies and flitting lasered Air Asia signs on the facade of the Palais Dream Palace. This version was pretty well spot on.
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The St Kilda Film Festival was well launched last night to starry skies and flitting lasered Air Asia signs on the facade of the Palais Dream Palace. This version was pretty well spot on.

Sitting right at the back of the gods in a packed three thousand seat venue was an experience which takes us back to the 1930’s. The cinema was a glowing bar somewhere out beyond our feet, with serried rows of heads stretching down into the great wedge of space.

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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.