SENIORS ON SCREEN WINS "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY EVENT" AWARD

At a gala event held at the Fremantle Esplanade Hotel on 8th June 2011 Seniors on Screen won the Award for "Outstanding Community Event" at the Fremantle Chamber 2011 Fremantle Business Awards.  The MC for the night was comedian/actor Sam Longley and all the Awards were presented by well known business identities.  Seniors on Screen Project Co-ordinator, Helen Vidovich, said she was thrilled that the support for Seniors on Screen by the business community and volunteers had been acknowledged by winning the Award.

Picture: L-R: Alumni Committee Member Ken Posney: Anne-Marie Medcalf SOS Volunteer; Helen Vidovich SOS Project Co-ordinator at the Awards Presentation

SENIORS ON SCREEN A FINALIST IN THE 2011 FREMANTLE BUSINESS AWARD

Seniors on Screen is one of three finalists in the "Community Event Award" category in the 2011 Fremantle Business Awards.   The Awards will be announced on 8th June 2011 at an Awards Night to be held at the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle.

FTI ALUMNI SUCCESSFUL IN GRANT APPLICATION FOR FILM FESTIVAL

The FTI Alumni has been successful in its application to the City of Fremantle Community Funding Grant.  We are pleased to announce that with the support of the grant, together with assistance from other sponsors, advertisers and in-kind donations from FTI, another festival has been scheduled.

Commencing on 31st March the Literary/Film Festival encourages seniors to read the book, come and see the film version and join the discussion to explore the process and success of the adaptation.  Afterwards there is the opportunity to continue the discussion over afternoon tea.  Program here
 

SPECIAL SCREENING ANNOUNCED

A special screening of the film THE LIVES OF OTHERS will be held in the FTI Cinema on 25th November 2010 at 1pm  (more)

SECOND FESTIVAL FOR 2010 DATES ANNOUNCED

The next Literary/Film Festival will commence on Thursday 30th September 2010 and the films will screen every Thursday at 1pm through to 28th October 2010 Click HERE to go to the program

READING LIST FOR FESTIVAL LATER IN 2010 ANNOUNCED

Another Literary/Film Festival will be conducted towards the end of the year and the reading list has been announced so your can get cracking on reading the books that the films to be screened have been adapted from.  Click here for the list

LITERARY/FILM FESTIVAL GUEST SPEAKERS

FTI Alumni have secured some excellent speakers to lead the post film discussions:

8th April IN THE WINTER DARK the discussion leader will the the film's Director James Bogle.

15th April LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA - Veronica Lake, Head of English at the Applecross Senior High and a passionate literature educator, will lead the discussion.

22nd April ENDURING LOVE - Lois Achimovich a well known playwright and practising psychologist will lead the discussion

06 May MYSTIC RIVER - Phil Jeng Kane, Scriptwriter, Script Editor and Scriptwriting Tutor, will lead the discussion.

We are negotiating with someone to lead the ENGLISH PATIENT discussion.

SOS WIN A BOOK COMPETITION

FTI Alumni conducted a Competition to win books donated by Penguin Australia and the winners are:

Barbara Bennett: Maureen Thorogood: Dennis Batterham: Graeme Cake 

The books were presented to the winners at FTI on Tuesday 16th March by the FTI Alumni Event Co-ordinator, Helen Vidovich

LITERARY/FILM FESTIVAL

FTI Alumni are pleased to announce that the next SOS Film Festival has been announced. The  Literary/Film Festival will run from 8th April 2010 to 6th May 2010 every Thursday at 1pm. 

Many people belong to book clubs and they are an excellent forum for book lovers to compare interpretations and opinions to gain a better understanding and appreciation of a book through community discussion.
The Seniors on Screen Literary/Film Festival goes one step further and invites you to also see the film version, in a shared environment, after which an open discussion will follow to explore the process and success of the adaptation from book to film. Later you can join the blogs on our
website.
If you haven’t already read the books they are available from the
Fremantle and other suburban libraries for free or they can be purchased from Dymocks Books in Fremantle. View the program HERE

SOS DIGITAL STORY SCREENS AT ACMI

Fred Oostryck's Digital Story "To Build or to Sail" was selected by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) to be a part of a screening program to celebrate 'International Day for Sharing Life Stories' held on the weekend of 16th May in Melbourne.   View the story

Picture: Fred Oostryck

FTI ALUMNI FUNDED TO PRESENT ANOTHER SERIES OF FREE SENIORS ON SCREEN FILM FESTIVALS

Recently The Department of Local Government and Regional Development Active Active Ageing at the Local Level Fund approved funding for the FTI Alumni to present two more free Seniors on Screen Film Festivals.  

Picture: Virginia Scott from DLGAA and Helen Vidovich Alumni Committee Member        

EXPERT ON DIGITAL STORYTELLING VISITS FTI ALUMNI

On the 8^th of January 2008 at the City of Fremantle, the FTI Alumni hosted a presentation by Helen Simondson the Screen Events Manager from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image for a gathering comprising people from the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, Office of Seniors Interests and Volunteering, City of Fremantle and Lotterywest (who unfortunately were unable to attend).  The presentation was on the pedagogy of ACMI’s worlds best practice Digital Storytelling.  The presentation was very thorough and enabled the group to expand their knowledge on the concept.

Picture Helen Simondson

"TO BUILD OR TO SAIL" WINS THE 'SENIOR' CATEGORY AT THE MANDURAH FILM FESTIVAL 2007

The FTI Alumni congratulate Mr Fred Oostryck on winning the 'Senior' Category at the Mandurah Film Festival 2007 with his Digital Story "To Build or to Sail"

Fred was a last minute inclusion in the Digital Storytelling Workshop for Seniors conducted in April 2007.  One of the participants was unable to attend and when Fred delivered his wife Marlene to the Workshop he was offered the position.   He then had to rush home to gather his photos so he could join the group for the Storytelling Circle.   His spontaneity has been rewarded with this well deserved win.

Fred's story is one of persistence in building his 54 foot yacht in a suburban backyard.   View the story

Picture: Fred Oostryck

FIVE SOS DIGITAL STORIES FINALISTS IN MANDURAH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Five Seniors On Screen Digital Stories are finalists in the "Seniors" Section of the 2007 Mandurah Short Film Festival.  The winners will be announced on Saturday 3rd November 2007.

The films are:

To Build or to Sail   by Fred Oostryck
Pictures of Lily    by Stella Huttleston
Red Dog is Larger Than Life   by Meri Forrest
Pauls Jacket   by Doris Burnham
Mothers and Daughters   by Marlene Oostryck

The FTI Alumni congratulate the filmmakers and wish them luck for the finals.

FTI ALUMNI AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP GRANT FROM THE WA INTERNET ASSOCIATION

The Western Australian Internet Association (WAIA) have awarded the FTI Alumni a Scholarship Grant to help with the development of a website SENIORS ON SCREEN which will host digital stories made by Seniors as well as promote Seniors on Screen and all its activities.    It is through this grant that this website has been able to be presented and the FTI Alumni are grateful to WAIA for the funding.