The short film competition, held in one of Brisbane’s most vibrant communities, will mark the milestone by doubling its major prize to $3000.

Two new co-directors will spearhead WEFF in 2019: documentary filmmaker Adam Finney and photographer and videographer Anthony Toci.

The duo is working with an industry and community judging panel to curate five screenings of officially selected films across three days.”

Tickets are now on sale with a full schedule for each session released closer to opening night.

“WEFF was founded 10 years ago by a group of local filmmakers to support their industry at a grassroots level and to create an event where the West End community can come together, interact and celebrate our great local screen culture,” Finney said.

“This festival highlights the importance of creativity and connection and has grown to become a celebration of West End’s unique community, culture and diversity.”

“WEFF’s 10th birthday event is the start of something new,” Toci added.

“We have big plans for the festival, both in terms of providing local screen talent with greater exposure and in encouraging a love of Australian film.”

WEFF is an initiative brought to you by the West End Community Association (WECA).

West End Film Festival
28—30 June 2019
Boundary Street Markets, 56 Russell St, West End QLD 4101
www.westendfilmfestival.com.au

The term ‘cross-mending’ refers to the archaeological process of piecing together fragments of objects that have been dispersed across a site. Through crossmending, archaeologists can uncover information not only about the fragmented object, but about the history of a specific site.

The exhibition takes ‘crossmending’ as its title to describe how we make meaning from the past; what we inherit and learn from those who have gone before us; how we honour and celebrate them; and how we go forward. The exhibition acknowledges and values a multiplicity of voices that speak to the past, present and future.

Cross-mending brings together new and recent works by Robert Andrew, Christopher Bassi, Hannah Brontë, Jessica Enkera, Callum McGrath, Sancintya Mohini Simpson and Athena Thebus.

Through painting, drawing, video and sculpture, the exhibition will explore ideas surrounding denied or forgotten family histories, the nature of identity, the role of women, female empowerment, maternal relationships, colonial history, queer history and migratory experiences.

Cross-mending is co-curated by Lisa Bryan-Brown, Katherine Dionysius and AmyClare McCarthy. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue with intergenerational perspectives, featuring newly commissioned texts from well-known Brisbane-based artist and QUT visual arts lecturer Leah King-Smith, and Brisbanebased
emerging writer Hilary Thurlow.

Outer Space’s most ambitious project to date, the exhibition will spread across both galleries, taking up the entire warehouse space in its West End venue, which is conveniently located on Montague Road, between GOMA and the newly relocated Milani Gallery.

Cross-mending Exhibition
Saturday 24 November – Sunday 15 December 2018
Outer Space, 1/170 Montague Rd, West End, QLD, 4101
www.outerspaceari.org

This unmissable majestic production, directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher, first opened on Broadway in 2015 for a critically acclaimed 16 month run at The Lincoln Center Theater, this was followed by an unprecedented record-breaking sold out USA tour.  The show then transferred to the London Palladium in June this year, with the three original Broadway lead actors reprising their starring roles – Tony Award-winner (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for The King and I) Kelli O’Hara, Tony and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe and Tony Award-winner (Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for The King and I) Ruthie Ann Miles.  The London production continues to draw huge critical acclaim, smash box office records – including the biggest grossing week in the London Palladium’s history, taking £1,058,317.50 for an eight performance week, play to packed houses and receive nightly standing ovations.

With the announcement of November’s cinema release, even more theatre lovers across the globe will be able to watch “Broadway musical’s undisputed Queen” (The Sunday Times) Kelli O’Hara take to the stageas Anna, Ken Watanabe in a “powerhouse” (The Times) performance as The King and the “powerfully moving” (New York Magazine) Ruthie Ann Miles as Lady Thiang in THE KING AND I: FROM THE PALLADIUM.

Also starring in this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is the multi-award-winning actor, and star of one of Japan’s most popular television series JIN, Takao Osawa as The Kralahome and Dean John-Wilson and Na-Young Jeon as the young lovers, Lun Tha and Tuptim.

Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.

With one of the finest scores ever written including; Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You and Shall We Dance, and featuring a company of over 50 world-class performers, THE KING AND I: FROM THE PALLADIUM is a testament to the lavish heritage of gloriously romantic musical theatre – it is the greatest musical from the golden age of musicals.

Director Bartlett Sher says: “The response from the theatre audiences on Broadway, throughout America on tour and now in London at the Palladium has been phenomenal. They have really taken this show into their hearts. I’m delighted that the worldwide cinema release will now give a greater number of people the opportunity to enjoy this production of which we are all so proud.”
Producer Howard Panter says: “This multi award-winning lavish production of The King and I directed by Bartlett Sher is not to be missed. From the three outstanding leading actors – Kelli, Ken and Ruthie – to the amazing supporting company, the sumptuous set design, the incredible choreography and of course the wonderful score, this really is musical theatre at its very best. It’s a visual spectacular, that everyone should experience and I’m thrilled that via this cinema release the show will get an even wider global audience.”

Trafalgar Releasing’s Marc Allenby says:  “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I is one of the most popular and loved musicals still performed today, resonating with multiple generations of fans. Trafalgar Releasing are excited to bring this breathtaking production starring Kelli O’Hara, Ken Watanabe and Ruthie Ann Miles to cinemas around the world.”

The King and I: From The Palladium
29 November 2018
Book ticket through www.kingandimusicalcinema.com or see your local cinema for details

Brisbane’s very own festival dedicated to all things sweet (with savoury options) is launching at Musgrave Park, West End on Sunday June 3rd!

Featuring the work of artists and independent crafters from Brisbane and around the country, WESAF brings together some of Australia’s best creative talent for an amazing festival. West End will be transformed by some of Brisbane’s most talented street artists in an effort to raise the profile of street art painting several buildings along Boundary Street with large murals.

The festival will also include an arts and design market, live music and a live painting exhibition, showcasing the best Brisbane has to offer in art, design and handcrafted wares.

West End Street Art Festival 2017
Sunday October 22 2017
Russell and O’Connell Streets, West End
www.wesaf.com.au