Byron Bay Film Festival
The Byron Bay Film Festival will present a best of festival World Environment Day birthday present to Brisbane and Queensland, 6-10:30pm Friday 5th June at Greenfest in the City Botanic gardens.
Below is the Byron Bay Film Festival line up, click on the title name to view a synopsis:
| Time | Best of Byron Bay Film Festival at Greenfest |
| 6pm | Introduction |
| Tyger | |
| Delivery | |
| Fridays at the Farm | |
| Sprawl | |
| Guilty by Nature | |
| Yoga Noga Regoya: The Enlightenment Competition | |
| Tiple Concerto on D Minor | |
| King Justice | |
| Laya Project | |
| Interval | |
| 8.30pm | The Sound of Cry |
| The Trainee | |
| A Map with Gaps | |
| Collision | |
| Fission | |
| Surfing Favela | |
| 10pm | Ends |
The selection of films at Greenfest relate to the theme of uniting people and supporting creativity. There will be a selection international and local short film submissions to support the following feature on the night. This will be the Brisbane premier of the feature "The Laya Project."
The Heart of Gold Film Festival will screen films on Saturday 6th June, click here to view their line up.
LAYA PROJECT
Six shores sharing one ocean, one sky, and one language of survival and music…
Executive Producer: Sastry Karra
Producers: Sonya Mazumdar and Joanne de Rozario
Film Director: Harold Monfils
Music Director: Patrick Sebag
Sound Design, Music & Recording: Yotam Agam
67 minutes
The filmmakers behind Laya Project travelled for two years through the traditional folk communities of the 2004 tsunami-affected regions of Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar and India in order to create this timeless musical journey. Their goal was to search out unknown local folk musicians whose music expressed the spiritual and life rhythms of their village and beliefs.
Set against a rich visual tapestry, regional folk music traditions have been recorded, mixed and enhanced; preserving the unique music, ritual and tradition of these various peoples. Some of this music was being recorded for the first time ever.
Director Harold Monfils interlaces a pervasive visual theme of sea and sky throughout the film, highlighting both the proximity and potential power of nature. Within this contextual landscape, everyday village spaces become recording studios, capturing the music and dynamics of peoples whose traditions and resiliency have been capable of withstanding whatever nature has imposed upon them. Close up shots of village faces, both young and old, allow us an intimate portrait of capacity, tragedy, experience and beauty.
Laya Project is a personal and collective tribute to the resilience of the human spirit; an inspirational visual and musical journey that crosses borders and transcends time.
More images can be found here
About Byron Bay Film Festival: The Byron Bay Film Festival started as a fundraising initiative for the Byron Community and Cultural Centre in 2006 by Executive Producer Greg Aitken and local filmmakers. The Byron Bay region is home to many filmmakers and so when the inaugural Byron Bay Film Festival was held in February 2006 we focused solely on Australian films and the back catalogue of our local filmmakers. Byron Bay is a magnet for people from all around the globe and so it seemed fitting that BBFF should metamorphosis into an International Film Festival in its second year.