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AT a private cinema in the heart of Ballarat an audience of visual artists and actors were privy to a screening of the multi award winning film The Big Kitty<\/em>, directed by the dynamic duo of Lisa Barmby and Tom Alberts, both visual artists.<\/p>\n

For first time film makers this has been an extraordinary achievement and the screening was the regional premiere for the film.<\/p>\n

Little did they think that when they embarked on this adventure 12 years ago, it would result in The Big Kitty<\/em> being Cannes Cinema section of the 74th Cannes International Film Festival, 2021 Rochefort Pacifique and 2021 Saint-Tropez film festivals<\/p>\n

The production also won Best Experimental Feature Film 2021 at the Paris international film festival and 2020 Best Trailer at the Another Hole in the Head festival.<\/p>\n

The 70-minute film was made on a shoestring, with a budget of only $60,000 and the support of over 70 artist friends who worked in front and behind the camera.<\/p>\n

The Big Kitty<\/em> is a true homage to the 1940s, the Golden Age of cinema and is in the style of Hollywood film noir.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny, witty and shows what can be achieved when you have passion, creativity and vision and director Tom Alberts said it was also a love poem to 1940s Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we started shooting neither Lisa nor I had ever touched a camera before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd before our eyes iconic 40s buildings were being demolished. We had to be quick to capture them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always loved the Hollywood film noir of the 40s. The patter, the visual and verbal puns. That\u2019s what we hope we have created.\u201d<\/p>\n

The choice of Ballarat for the regional premiere of the The Big Kitty<\/em> was to thank Ballarat artists Deborah Kline and Shane Jones for their ongoing support to the rookie film makers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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