I Love Live Music launches

The inaugural I Love Live Music film competition is a new national initiative to focus on the importance of live music. It offers prizes for filmmakers and musicians who collaborate on a 60-second short film around three themes: ‘Imagine life without live Australian music’; ‘What I love about live Australian music’; or ‘What live Australian music means to me’. Applications opened this week and closes on April 1.

It is the brainchild of the Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN), the Live Music Office and the St Kilda Film Festival.

The ten finalists will be screened at the festival’s SoundKILDA event (May 26) alongside international and Australian music videos. The winner is announced on the night.

St Kilda Film Festival Director Paul Harris says “The marriage of filmmakers and musicians is an important development in the evolution of both art forms.”

Winner prizes:

$5,000 cash courtesy of NXTGIG (for filmmakers)

2 x annual Palace Cinemas VIP Movie Club membership valued at $3,000 (for filmmakers)

Up to 5 x Sensaphonics acoustic earplugs valued at $1,600 (for musicians)

Travel Beyond Group gift voucher valued at $500 (for musicians)

Allans Billy Hyde gift voucher valued at $500 (for musicians)

Runner Up Prizes:

$1,000 cash courtesy of APRA AMCOS (for filmmakers)

SAE Institute Australia post production workshop valued at $250 (for filmmakers)

Travel Beyond Group gift voucher valued at $250 (for musicians)

Allans Billy Hyde gift voucher valued at $250 (for musicians)

Filmmakers and musicians will receive extensive exposure through a national distribution campaign that will showcase the final ten films through the NXTGIG app, Telstra Road and the national music bodies including the Live Music Office, AMIN, APRA AMCOS, Music Rights Australia, the Association of Artist Managers and Music Australia.