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Article: BIG SCREEN, HIGH HOPES: BRINGING AUSTRALIAN FILM TO SCHOOL KIDS

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April 1, 2006
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BIG Screen started its life as a Centenary of Federation project in 2001. It was meant to be a one-off regional touring film festival promoting Australian cinema, but was so successful that it has continued and to date we have presented over seventy festivals around remote, rural regional Australia with a total attendance of over 105,000 people.

The tour visits regional centers and runs a high-quality, all-Australian mini film festival at the local cinema or venue. The program comprises free school screenings - at last count we have had over 35,000 primary school kids see new prints of Storm Boy (Henri Safran, 1976) - and a free program of archival footage with a state and national focus ...

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