Share householding leads us to some interesting scenarios. Anyone for tea? Third place getter Christian Dorian’s entry for the I Want to Live Here festival. Well Done!
16th Dec, 2008
3rd place - Tea Time by Christian Dorian
6th Dec, 2008
Shocking Stuart
Interview with the Leader news
2nd placegetters Chrissy and Carol have just the thing for you.
4th Dec, 2008
And the Winner Is…
I Wanna Live Here - Anna Brownfield
Director Anna Brownfield is the winner of the inaugural I Want to Live Here film competition. There was standing room only at last night’s vibrant gig. We were stoked with the quality of the films sent in - well done ye story tellers! Different film makers had their teams of supporters cheerleading the vibe up nicely as we watched and waited for the big announcement.
The I Wanna Live Here film was given first place over the highly rated ‘Shocking Stuart’ and tempting ‘Tea Time’. The award was based on the ability of film makers to portray the issues of affordability, land hoarding and finding somewhere to live, with an entertaining, original perspective. We will be uploading more films and photos from the competition over the next few days.
Thanks to the Melbourne Craft Cartel for their excellent creative wares, the film makers, our volunteer team and all those who attended. Also a shout out to comedian Courtney Hocking for stepping into the breach at the last minute.
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so we can start unraveling the layers to the reasons behind our generation’s paying twice the rent that past generations enjoyed.
We hope you start planning your 2009 film on affordability and land speculation over a round of drinks today.
2nd Dec, 2008
No Place Like Home
The build up to tomorrow night’s exciting I Want to Live Here film competition SCREENING event sees some major press. Check the back page of the Age for the story ‘No Place Like Home’:
Fahey, who is founder of Radical Cross Stitch, wanted to challenge the idea of restricting access with the craft of cross stitch. “I think it’s morally abhorrent that we can have homelessness and we can have all this vacant land lying around,” she says. “We need a holding charge on land so that people can’t just buy it, then sit on it and speculate on its rising value.”
How will the Federal Government deal with homelessness? Build more homeless shelters it seems! Where do they go next? Little for public housing, just more handouts for the property lobby with the first home owners grant. Tax reform is needed as Fahey so eloquently puts it above. Read this for more info on why.
Make sure you bring a jump stick/ message stick so you can copy and take home the movies.
6th Nov, 2008
Film Competition Screening Event
Wed Dec 3rd, 7 - 9pm
Venue: The Order Level 2, 401 Swanston St, look for the red door (opposite RMIT). See Map
With a raft of challenging, humourous and even risque films entered for the $3000 first prize, we hope you can attend an entertaining nights activity.
Ten short films will be shown over the night. Then the big drumroll for the winners announcement will see a smile on someone’s face.
The Melbourne Craft Cartel will spice it up with a number of zesty stalls in attendance. Why not do some xmas shopping and support local craft? Yes its all about local economies and helping them thrive!
Comedian Rod Quantock will give us a serve or two on the Great Australian Dream - where has it gone?
Free event
RSVP appreciated
16th Oct, 2008
RIP Boom Bust Economy
To think that the housing boom-bust is what caused this meltdown but yet the lower interest rates, First Home Owners Grants etc are just going to pro-long the asset bubble by keeping land prices high. We may be mourning the downfall of two-dimensional economics for some time to come.
Thanks to Reuters, Wooster and our friends at Radical Cross Stitch for this one.
26th Sep, 2008
Late Submission Date announced
Due to the surge of interest in the film comp following the Speed Renting event, late submissions will now be accepted up until Tuesday October 14th, 5pm GMT.
Late submissions must provide a $10 entry fee.
We are hoping that most film makers enter by the official closing date of October 2nd.
We have already received a number of creative entries.
Happy editing!
25th Sep, 2008
Petrol Play
Funny stuff, but oil companies are easy pickings. Where do you spend most of your money? Petrol or Rent? Many joke beer (if only!).
If you want to read some more serious issues we’ve covered of recent:
Pumped Money Supply - No Wonder Oil Peaks
US Banking Intervention video
Bailout brings US Hegemony to its knees
Can the US Treasury learn from mistakes?
Hattip Radical Cross Stitch
22nd Sep, 2008
Film Comp Count Down
thxs 2 http://flickr.com/photos/bubustudio/
With all the hype of Speed Renting, we must remember our main purpose! It’s less than two weeks before entries close for the first ever IW2LH short Film Competition. This is your chance to gain industry exposure, whilst also getting your opinion out on how we can improve housing affordability.
Winners will receive Portable prize packs and opportunities to have your film distributed through their website, giving unprecedented world wide exposure. There are also awesome Media Bags up for grabs from our good friends at Crumpler, whilst 1st prize walks away with a cool $3000. Prize details
*** Think it’s too late? Don’t wait til next year! We have created a special two week extension till the 14th of October. Late fee’s will incur a $10 entry fee payable by cheque or money order to Earthsharing Australia.
17th Sep, 2008
Speed Renting - Huge Night
Speed Renters in Action
Last nights event was a huge success with over 50 people attending. CH10 News, the Age and a cast of eager individuals attended. One proactive young guy brought a little print out summarising his interests. Another was only looking for a room with an en suite. It certainly was a diverse collection of people.
The surprise of the night was that there were more leaseholders than room-seekers. The media tells us there is a shortage of rental accommodation. Last night proved that there was a need for more progressive ways to use existing land and housing. Read more of the Additional Resources on the guidelines page to see how.
The overwhelming feedback was positive, with most seeing the benefits of what we were doing as a big plus. Young women were particularly thankful with the opportunity to vet people before inviting them into their home. A number of leaseholders had met a prospective tenant and were off home to work out which one they preferred.
We hope to do another Speed Renting event in the near future. If anyone wants to volunteer to help run the event, that will make it much easier to make this possible. A special thanks to all who volunteered last night and to those who attended.
