Who is A.I.E.F.F. and from where do we hail?

The Australian International Experimental Film Festival has emerged from the cogcollective monthly screening activities conducted at The BAck doOR in Melbourne. Its founding was the result of the collaboration between sue.k., Richard Tuohy and Diana Barrie in 2009 with the aim to bring new and exciting experimental film and video from all over the world to Australian audiences.

Now in its third year, A.I.E.F.F. continues in its effort to reach experimental film and video artists in some of the most remote places in the world as well as the big metropolis cities that heave with artistic endeavours in this exciting area of practice. In its first two years the festival has received submissions from as far as Lebanon, Peru, Iran, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Guyana, Israel, Brazil, and further, with entries arriving from over 35 countries for its 2011 festival.

The A.I.E.F.F. operates as a 'not for profit' and currently receives no support from funding bodies. The small token fee requested for submission is to enable A.I.E.F.F. to promote the event through publicity material to attract the public attention deserved to the quality work being shown as part of its programming.

With the intention of not favouring one work over another and giving each that is selected for the festival programme its deserved credit, the A.I.E.F.F. is a non-award event.

A.I.E.F.F. festival team:

sue.k. (Festival Director)
A practicing artist, sue.k. is known internationally for her experimental video work. Co-founder of A.I.E.F.F., sue.k. has been actively involved in the experimental film and video scene for many years. Her more recent history in this area of practice includes Director of The BAck doOR and cogcollective Co-director. sue.k. has been a member of the experimental advisory panel for the Melbourne International Film Festival and a member of the experimental selection panel for the West Australian Screen Award, she has also taught and lectured at Deakin University, RMIT, Curtin University, University of Western Australia and University of Westminster and has enjoyed international recognition for her experimental film/video work.

 

Richard Tuohy (Festival Team)
A co-founder of A.I.E.F.F. and an expert in the guages of 8mm and 16mm film, Richard Tuohy has been a prolific exponent of experimental film in Australia. Based in Daylesford, where he runs his own processing lab, Richard is dilligent in honing his craft of working with the optics and mechanisms of the film camera.

 

Dianna Barrie (Festival Team)
A co-founder of A.I.E.F.F., Dianna Barrie's background is in the disciplines of harmony and counterpoint, and formal logic. She is one of the driving forces behind Australia's specialist small gauge film lab - nano lab. Her Super-8 films have explored both camera and 'post-camera' manipulation of images on film.

 

 

A.I.E.F.F. selection panel:

The following will be joining the festival director and team in the selection process.

Keith Deverall
A practicing artist and designer with a keen interest in non-linear and networked forms of video Keith Deverall has developed numerous online video database systems that have been presented in Argentina, Amsterdam, and Melbourne. Most recently he created a mobile networked video installation using QR Codes to access a series of short videos that where distributed on the streets of a number of cities through the world. Keith's history in VJing, installation and audio visual performance has led to curatorial roles with the Melbourne International Film Festival.