Registration now open for Circus Festival
The Communications Council is now taking registrations for its creative festival – The Circus.
The Australian YouTube Film Festival will also be a part of Circus, and is free to anyone who registers early.
The announcement:
The countdown to The Communications Council ‘Circus’ Festival has begun. With only six weeks to go, registration is now open.
‘The Circus’ is set for February 22-25 and ticket options include day passes for all major events, or a full ‘Circus’ pass giving access to the four day festival. With the purchase of five passes, delegates will receive a sixth pass free, while buying ten full Circus passes, entitles one to three additional full passes.
Those that register early will be able to attend Google’s ‘This Space Film Festival’ held on February 23, at the Argyle in the Rocks. The event will be a showcase of Youtube’s global creative initiatives with a uniquely Australian flair and celebrate its users and content creators.
The festival opens with an international speaker keynote program on February 23, confirmed speakers include Jose Cabaco (Nike Sportswear) Rob Campbell (W+K), Jess Greenwood (Contagious Insider) and Josh Spear (undercurrent). The APG Battle of Big Thinking takes place on February 24 and will feature 16 high profile thinkers including Jon Casimir – (Zapruder), Joel Gibson (Sydney Morning Herald), Justin Baird (Google) and Rangan Srikhanta (One Laptop per child). A Pencil case study segment is set for the Friday, which will see clients and agencies share insights on award winning case studies and the Festival concludes with the AWARD Awards on the night of the 25th.
“The Circus program promises to be forward thinking and inspiring. It is the must attend event in the yearly calendar,” said Daniel Leesong from the Communications Council.
For more details and ticketing information, visit www.communicationscouncil.org.au
You can follow us @CircusFest2011
Circus will be awarding the industry’s up and coming talent at the shots New Director AWARD, presenting new directing talent from Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The call for entry is open until February 1. For the rules and entry criteria click here.
As a preview to its festival, The Communications Council will be celebrating great commercial photography through its ‘Images from Adland’ exhibition. It will be running from February 4 –March 12, with a private viewing on February 3 to which all are invited.
Source: The Communications Council press release
The announcement:
Google will be hosting YouTube Australia’s inaugural film festival as part of The Communications Council’s ‘Circus’, set for February 22-25 next month.
‘This Space Film Festival’ will take place on the evening of the 23rd of February, and will showcase global creative initiatives with a uniquely Australian flair, while celebrating YouTube’s users and content creators.
Interactive video highlights from the YouTube Play exhibit held at the Guggenheim museums in New York & Bilbao will be shown, as well as clips from the first ever user generated full length documentary ‘Life In A Day’ which is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The night will also see a preview performance from the upcoming YouTube Symphony Orchestra, to be hosted at the Sydney Opera House in March 2011.
The event seeks to explore the question of what happen when creativity, technology, and storytelling meet through the power of YouTube.
The first 200 people who book for Circus will automatically receive an invitation to the YouTube event taking place at the Argyle in the Rocks. Registration for Circus is now open.
For more details and ticketing information, visit www.communicationscouncil.org.au
You can follow us @CircusFest2011
Source: The Communcications Council press release
