{"id":176022,"date":"2017-04-21T21:18:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T11:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=176022"},"modified":"2020-09-18T16:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T06:07:18","slug":"curtain-falls-on-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtain Falls On Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Magda<\/a>
FLASHBACK: Australian comedian Magda Szubanski was a popular special guest star at the 2013 Big Screen Film Festival; she is pictured here with Jane Erkens, from Nanango, having fun at the Nanango races mid-way through the three-day event (Photo: Clive Lowe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 22, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Nanango Tourism and Development Association (NaTDA) has expressed its disappointment the town’s Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.<\/p>\n

The Festival, which was started by the former Nanango Shire Council in 2006 in partnership with the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), celebrated its 10th anniversary last year.<\/p>\n

However, that outing has proved to be its last.<\/p>\n

The South Burnett Regional Council has abandoned any further support for the festival, citing the high cost of staff time to organise it.<\/p>\n

The film festival was the only one of its kind in regional Queensland, and specialised in screening new Australian films released during the previous 12 months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It usually screened between eight and 10 films over three days.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the event was always a guest movie star, which has seen many well-known Australian actors including Sigrid Thornton, Magda Szubanski, Michael Caton, John Wood and Martin Sacks visit the region.<\/p>\n

In late 2015, the future of the festival was dealt an unexpected blow when the Federal Government slashed the NFSA’s budget by 30 per cent, forcing them to withdraw their participation.<\/p>\n

But Nanango’s Heritage Community Branch stepped in with a $20,000 donation in 2016 to ensure the Festival celebrated its first decade of screenings last year.<\/p>\n

All up, it is believed the Festival costs about $40,000 a year to run.<\/p>\n

But southburnett.com.au<\/strong> has been told that a more slimmed-down version of the event – without a guest star, and using volunteer labour – could be run for about $20,000 to $25,000.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, NaTDA president Gloria Kirkness said the loss of the festival was very sad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apart from providing an annual highlight for South Burnett film buffs, the festival also drew visitors to the region and exposed the South Burnett in a positive way.<\/p>\n

She hoped a volunteer committee could be formed to revive the event in future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nanango Tourism and Development Association has expressed its disappointment the town’s Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":176028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[863,16,3],"tags":[23,30],"yoast_head":"\nCurtain Falls On Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nanango Tourism and Development Association has expressed its disappointment the town's Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Curtain Falls On Film Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nanango Tourism and Development Association has expressed its disappointment the town's Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-21T11:18:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-18T06:07:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20130522nanango15.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dafyd Martindale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dafyd Martindale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/\",\"name\":\"Curtain Falls On Film Festival\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-21T11:18:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-18T06:07:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/fe1462de610cb7aeff2e2962d60f4188\"},\"description\":\"The Nanango Tourism and Development Association has expressed its disappointment the town's Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/\",\"name\":\"southburnett.com.au\",\"description\":\"Kingaroy and South Burnett News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/fe1462de610cb7aeff2e2962d60f4188\",\"name\":\"Dafyd Martindale\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/dafyd\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Curtain Falls On Film Festival","description":"The Nanango Tourism and Development Association has expressed its disappointment the town's Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Curtain Falls On Film Festival","og_description":"The Nanango Tourism and Development Association has expressed its disappointment the town's Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.","og_url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/","og_site_name":"southburnett.com.au","article_published_time":"2017-04-21T11:18:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-18T06:07:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"620","height":"385","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20130522nanango15.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dafyd Martindale","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dafyd Martindale","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/","name":"Curtain Falls On Film Festival","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-04-21T11:18:19+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-18T06:07:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/fe1462de610cb7aeff2e2962d60f4188"},"description":"The Nanango Tourism and Development Association has expressed its disappointment the town's Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.","inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/21\/curtain-falls-on-film-festival\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/","name":"southburnett.com.au","description":"Kingaroy and South Burnett News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/fe1462de610cb7aeff2e2962d60f4188","name":"Dafyd Martindale","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/dafyd\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176022"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176022"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277035,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176022\/revisions\/277035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}