Plans for Pacific Films

Sydney Producer is Seeking Scripts

A N interesting invitation has been issued to Pacific Islands people by Mr. Lex Halliday, the Direc ;or and Producer of Australian In itructional Films, of Turella Sydney.

AI Films, who specialise in the production of “shorts” for educa ional and cultural institutions, pro pose to make a series of 8-minute •ictures, with sound track of course, iving typical glimpses of life on the

*acific Islands—village life, educa

ion of natives, industries, Islands istitutions, Islands practices, geo raphical description, history, native msic, native mythology, and nature .udies (animal, bird, plant or sea fe).

AI Films invite Islands people to ibmit scripts, on which such films lay be based. Mr. Halliday has rawn out a list of hints to pros -ctive writers, indicating how they lould set about the preparation of film.

The scripts will be judged, for ent, by a special panel, and special 'izes will be awarded the best of r €l But any scri Pt which the I Films producer thinks may be Drth “editing.” with a view to pro will be bought from the ithor for £lO. Especially good horts, ’ based on the best of these npts, may go, not only into AI Ims customary channels, but also to general and world-wide circu bion.

The list of prizes offered, and all tails governing this new compe lon for Pacific Islands script ers > Will be published in Nov iber PIM. Anyone interested may the meantime, obtain particulars wntmg directly to the Producer istralian Instructional Films. Tur

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