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taste great southern SOUTHERN SESSIONS Albany Boatshed Taste Great Southern Event STORY ALLEN NEWTON Walpole musician Robbie Vermeulen will get the ball rolling when Taste Great Southern brings Southern Sessions to the Albany Boatshed on 13 May 2022. A professional musician for more than 20 years, Rob has recorded five studio albums and toured Australia and has performed alongside Jimmy Barnes, Mental As Anything, You Am I, Ian Moss, John Butler and Sleepy Jackson. He’ll be followed by the blues of Perth band Matty T Wall. The Matty T Wall Band has seven nominations in the prestigious Independent Blues Awards in the USA, a Western Australian Music Award win and three back-to-back Number One Australian Blues albums. The band features Ric Whittle on drums and Leigh Miller on bass guitar and has received worldwide acclaim forTranspacific Blues Vol. 1, a collaborative album that saw Wall duetting with blues guitar greats such as Kid Ramos, Walter Trout, Eric Gales, Kirk Fletcher and fellow West Australian, Dave Hole. Patrons will be able to enjoy the music with Great Southern wine, beer and food at the Albany Boatshed, sitting around a table with friends and family, or dancing to great tunes. Families are welcome with discounted rates for children and under 12s free. Wine, beer and food are available for purchase. The music starts at 6pm with Rob V and Matty T Wall playing from 8pm to 9pm. Adult tickets are $50 pre purchase or $55 at the gate and includes Plumm stemless acrylic glass. Tickets for children, aged 12 to 17 are $20 pre purchase or $25 at the gate, under 12s are free. All children must be accompanied by a guardian. Tickets are available from https://www.wineandfood.com.au/event/southern-sessions/ LEFT: Rob V will be performing for Taste Great Southern at Southern Sessions at the Albany Boatshed. magazines annual reports infographics brochures corporate 28 LOVE LOCAL
what’s on CINEFESTOZ ALBANY Celebrating the Local Film Industry STORY JACOB MORGAN-DE LAINE This year CinefestOZ invites you to a huge four day festival in Albany, celebrating the diversity and creativity of our very own local film industry. The festival will run from 28 April to 1 May, and include films and filmmakers from across the state. The WA film industry is an eclectic and passionate community of creatives who love to share their stories, their triumphs and their pain with us on the silver screen. This year is the second time CinefestOZ will be coming to Albany to share the diverse stories of incredible people from across WA and the world. This follows on from the success of major productions in the Great southern region such as H is for Happiness, Breathe and Rams which have spotlighted the region’s cinematic potential. With the success of last year’s event and after consultation with the local community, CinefestOZ identified the need for a space dedicated to local Albany and Great Southern filmmakers and creative community. The new Kinjarling Koort event, which will run on Saturday 30 April is an exciting new initiative supported by Lottery West. Kinjarling Koort comprises screenings in the Albany Town Hall and cultural activities in a marquee in the Town Square. The event will showcase a selection of films about Albany and the Great Southern produced by local indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers. It aims to foster local talent, encouraging the telling of local stories through film in the lead up to Albany’s bicentenary. The event name, Koort is the Menang Noongar word for heart. Menang Noongar Elder, Vernice Gillies said “for us Menang Noongars, koort means heart, and I’m pleased that CinefestOZ Albany is calling its celebration of Albany films and film-makers Koort. It is about being at the heart of Menang country.” Recently announced CinefestOZ ambassador and indigenous filmmaker Karla Hart, will screen her film Tooly followed by an ‘in conversation’ giving locals the chance to interact with other creatives in the region and gain inspiration for their own projects. Another of her projects Virtual Whadjuk, will also be shown in the town square. The work is a virtual reality experience which places audiences into a thriving Aboriginal Australian culture as it once existed in the moments leading up to first contact with Europeans. “There’s no lack of creative film-makers in Albany and we thought the Festival was an ideal opportunity to bring some of their films together,” said CinefestOZ Albany event coordinator Annette Davis. The day will end with a screening of the multiple award winning, Edward and Isabella, by Albany writer and director Adam Morris and starring actor of Hollywood fame Chloe Hurst. Morris’ film was the recipient of last year’s award for Best Narrative Feature Film with a Budget Under $1 Million at the WA Screen Culture Awards. This achievement further highlights the amazing talent being nurtured in the Great Southern region. Morris, who is an author turned filmmaker, wrote Edward and Isabella while travelling through Europe in early 2020. This film is Morris’ debut feature and was shot in Albany over 18 days at the end of last year. It features locations recognisable to residents of the Great Southern such as the Porongurup, Bluff Knoll and some Albany wineries. In an interview with Inside Film magazine, Morris said it was an honour to have CinefestOZ backing his film. “Filmmaking is such a collaborative enterprise so it’s really fitting that everyone who was so generous with their time, effort and energy in helping to make the film happen POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER art IN THE PORONGURUP ART IN THE PORONGURUP | Sculpture ART IN THE HALL BAZAAR | Art/craft NEW TIMES 24 September to 2 October 2022 For more information contact Judy 0428 282 016 Sayah porongurupianchild@gmail.com LOVE LOCAL 29
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