New short film competition to showcase Australian film talent

Starlight Cinema, Sydney’s north shore outdoor cinema, returns to North Sydney Oval this summer, bigger and better than ever. Starlight Cinema expands this year with the introduction of Starlight Shorts – a short film competition.

Starlight Cinema is inviting filmmakers of all ages to enter their films in this new short film festival. We are seeking films which have been made after 1 December 2007, are 8 minutes or less in length including titles and can be shown in 35mm film or DVD format.

Managing Director, Jill Keyte, said over the past four years Starlight Cinema has featured short films from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.

“There is such a strong interest in film in our schools and community - we wanted to create an opportunity to showcase talent. We are keen to give more filmmakers a chance to have their work seen. Starlight Shorts creates this opportunity,” said Ms Keyte.

The judges, led by Australian cinematographer, Anna Howard (Hey Hey Its Esther Blueburger), will select 28 films, one to be shown each night with the feature film at Starlight Cinema. The films will be matched with the Starlight Cinema themes – Wild Wednesdays, Blockbuster Thursdays, Family Flick Fridays and Summer Lovin’ Saturdays.

There are great prizes to be won.  These include cash, camera equipment, filmmaking courses and studio time for the first, second and third prizes awarded by our judges plus the Audience Award prize voted by our audiences during the season.

The 28 finalists will have their work seen on Starlight Cinemas giant 16m x 8m inflatable screen during the season and on the finals night, Sunday 1 March.

Entry details and terms and conditions can be found at http://www.starlightcinema.com.au/page/starlight_shorts.html Entries close Friday 12 December at 5.00pm.

The winning films will be shown at the 2009 Starlight Cinema program which runs from Wednesday 14 January to Sunday 1 March at North Sydney Oval. It opens with Baz Luhrmann’s, Australia, and will feature something for every film lover with The Duchess, Tropic Thunder, Burn After Reading, Mamma Mia!, Fantasia, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Frost/Nixon. For more information, tickets and gift vouchers go to http://www.starlightcinema.com.au

CPC team in Mosman Daily

We have been working hard on publicity for the Helga’s European Film Festival in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. We have achieved great results, and tonight is the opening night for Sydney. This week the Mosman Daily asked us to pose for a “picnic in the park” for their story on the Festival. Here we are - (L-R), Bernadette, Catriona and Vanessa.

Are you a young entrepreneur?

Global Entrepreneurship Week is an unique opportunity to challenge young entrepreneurs through a series of events and online initiatives to generate fresh ideas and offers a forum to find ways to progress to the next stage.

Global Entrepreneurship Week is on  17 to 23 November 2008 and is spanning 64 countries in this its inaugural year.

Visit www.unleashingideas.org for a broader idea of the global concept.

Further details will be forwarded shortly and will soon be posted on the Department of State and Regional Development’s website www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au under News and Events and the Young Entrepreneurship Program.

Constructive Recruitment awarded National Recruiter of the Year

Technical recruitment specialist Constructive Recruitment have been awarded the National Recruiter of the Year and Best Growth in the prestigious 2008 Recruitment Excellence Awards held by the Recruitment Extra.

The Awards recognised Constructive Recruitment as achieving outstanding commercial success and sustainable growth and its professional contribution to the industry as a whole.

National Recruiter of the Year award demonstrates not only their capabilities in operating a successful national business, but doing so with consistency and a high level of integrity.

Constructive Recruitment is also extremely pleased with their Best Growth award, showcasing their high levels of achievement in expanding their already successful company.

“We are incredibly thrilled to have won both of these awards, and it’s wonderful to be recognised after such dedication and hard work from our team. Since the start of the business we have been striving to perform at exceptional levels to provide great customer service for all of our clients.”

“We identify and understand our clients’ needs right from the beginning, and endeavour to provide them with suitable staffing solutions within the technical and operations sector. Now we have been recognised to a leader in providing friendly professional service, not to mention great results.”

The awards were held to bring together the best in the industry and to recognise quality business practice in recruitment firms servicing Australia across an extensive range of business types.

Award winners were selected by an expert panel of independent judges who are highly qualified and well-known professionals in the HR & Recruitment industry.

All aspects of the business were assessed as winners were judged on the quality of application content, referrals from clients, staff and candidates selected at random, as well as evidence of internal business processes.