Australian Film Festival is set to be a blast in 2010. Like any aspiring filmmaker, its only smart to be plugged in to the events and know the who’s who in the filmmaking realm. The Australian Film Festival was born out out of the Australian Film Week in 2009 and now sports are very sexy website and promising outcome for first year week event.
Great news! Maximum Choppage: Round 2 will be a part of the Australian Film Festival, with the final dates yet to be confirmed. I have recently handed over the marketing connections to Timothy Ly and fingers crossed that he will do it justice.
Anyhow, for all you avid filmmakers out there who check my posts for “film related” goldmines, I’ll definitely won’t want to miss out on:
The Australian Film Walk of Fame
Date: Sunday, March 7 6.00 pm (immediately after the Spot Food & Film Festival)
Location: Ritz Cinema, 43-47 St Pauls Street. Randwick NSW 2031
Check out their website for more details! www.australianfilmfestival.com.au
Brief on the Australian Film Festival
With the iconic Randwick Ritz Cinema as its’ screening HQ, the Australian Film Festival opens on February 24 with a special Popcorn Taxi event featuring fabulous Australian filmmakers. Over the next 12 days be inspired by classic films, unreleased features, outdoor screenings, seminars and workshops, fringe events with Q & A's by Australia's best filmmakers, the Spot Food & Film street festival and the Australian Film Walk of Fame.
Featuring traditional and new media productions, classic films, unreleased features and digital genres, the Festival is underpinned by the unique AFF Next Wave Film Centre, educating Australia’s future filmmakers. Then, on the 7th March, the AFF closes the streets surrounding the Ritz Cinema for an exciting Food & Film Festival, the inducting of this year’s Australian Film Walk of Fame recipient and the final event, the Australian Short Film Festival.
It's a ripper of a film festival, and all Australian, so don't miss it!With the iconic Randwick Ritz Cinema as its’ screening HQ, the Australian Film Festival opens on February 24 with a special Popcorn Taxi event featuring fabulous Australian filmmakers. Over the next 12 days be inspired by classic films, unreleased features, outdoor screenings, seminars and workshops, fringe events with Q & A's by Australia's best filmmakers, the Spot Food & Film street festival and the Australian Film Walk of Fame.
Featuring traditional and new media productions, classic films, unreleased features and digital genres, the Festival is underpinned by the unique AFF Next Wave Film Centre, educating Australia’s future filmmakers. Then, on the 7th March, the AFF closes the streets surrounding the Ritz Cinema for an exciting Food & Film Festival, the inducting of this year’s Australian Film Walk of Fame recipient and the final event, the Australian Short Film Festival.
It's a ripper of a film festival, and all Australian, so don't miss it!
Australian Film Festival is set to be a blast in 2010. Like any aspiring filmmaker, its only smart to be plugged in to the events and know the who’s who in the filmmaking realm. 
Some try to interpret him:
"You can tell he is all about Image."
"So, daddy bought little chongy a Beemer or he’s a drug runner for the triads?"
Some are even part time policing his movements:
"Hahaha, it’s his real plate; I’ve seen this kid driving around the ANU."
"Even the footage if it didn’t have the rego you could deduct well enough that he lives in one of the newest suburbs in Canberra, take a pick of roughly 3 that are developed to the stage seen in the video."
"From memory I’ve seen this car pull into a house in Franklin"
"I’ve seen this guy around too. He nearly took me out on the Barton a while ago!"
Some are even connected to him:
I’m best mates with him… we go out racing on a few occasions… Canberra has the best roads.
I have seen this idiot around, and will be taking this footage to my colleagues.
Some critiqued his final alternative media engagements:
lol I’d be ashamed in posting a vid like that, … if you are going to do it, do it properly and nail it!!
Ok...what freakier...is that Canberrian detective work is linking CHONG to Vietlish! Hilarity!
The “Chong” mobile makes an appearance at ANU.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9klkRN0rqHs8UqBvIE8VCZLQoT8O5dGW1dZP3Xwx0IO2WTMDbcuVC2ilv96rT_poqxFUSvaDQWSsIvmiIPtMqHl73ITSH7vQXnNa33kTbuWIPaPKmSp_ARV37Aa_XtapeMyT4U7Y47I/s400/Joseph+Hieu+Dinh+BMW.jpg
http://mariatran.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/internet-ii-alternative-media-team-vietlishs-lecture-at-australian-national-university-canberra/
There’s some pearls on that web reference from zig:
Chong is apparently Vietnamese for ‘husband’ – as in let me be your husband.
He has his own website:
http://www.josephdinh.com/
Chong’s profile includes this gem: Bankstown Local Government 2009 Citizen of the Year!
I think Joseph just posed in front of the lame Choung mobile. The driver of the Beemer is much younger.
OYM said :
I don’t think Dinh == Chong. Dinh just happened to take a photo of the same car we’re talking about.
OYM said :
I’m reluctant to post the results of the “whois” lookup for that domain… I might get into trouble for posting Josephs physical address, phone number and email addressOYM said :
I’m reluctant to post the results of the “whois” lookup for that domain… I might get into trouble for posting Josephs physical address, phone number and email addressFar out! Canberrian vilgilantes do go along way! A post that was made two days ago (10 Nov) has involved in 67 posts (probably counting!) CHONG's friends and haters and the police! Currently Vietlish is under sucpicion that it links to Vietlish! Hilarity! Poor Joseph Mr Australian-Vietnamese of the Year 2009, a guy who's hasn't had a girlfriend before is now a suspect! One great idea of taking a photo with a funny looking number plate can really land you under suspicion.
I've been to Canberra a couple of times in my life and I must say, its a really peaceful and quiet place. Not much happens in regards to community activities that involve that culturally diverse (people from Non-English Speaking backgrounds) and a lot of "youngies" have really detailed it as a place where "nothing happens".
People work and do the same thing over and over again, go to parties on the weeken ds or leave for Sydney. So when a little "Asian nippy gook" goes around doing something like MR CHONG it must definitely cause an outrage to society. But, then again, what else is in Canberra?
I've just recently finished a Asian-Australian Kung Fu Film based on Western Sydney (apparently the ghettos to the media) and this just demostrates that when a community supports that grassroots, great things can happen! Check out "Maximum Choppage: Round 2".
Canberrians interested in hosting a free community screening? maria.tran@rumblepictures.com.au
Canberrians looking for working more with culturally diverse communities? Check out Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE)
To other news, for MR CHONG, friends & haters...my workplace will be in town for the National Arab Film Festival:
I'll be at the 7.00pm Sat 14 Nov Captain Abu Raed session (I've seen this film before and loved it! This is a must for Canberrians!) but I'd love to catch up with you all for a coffee chat.