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''Cantrills Filmnotes'' was a magazine about experimental films published in
Melbourne, Australia Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropol ...
, between 1971 and 2000.


History and profile

''Cantrills Filmnotes'' was founded and published by
Arthur and Corinne Cantrill Arthur Cantrill, AM (born 1938) and Corinne Cantrill, AM (born 1928) are filmmakers, academics, composers and authors based in Castlemaine, Australia. They have worked in children's educational film, experimental 16mm shorts, multiple projection ...
. The first issue of the magazine appeared in March 1971. The headquarters was in Melbourne. The frequency of the magazine varied: for the first two years it was published on a bi-monthly basis; from 1973 to 1974 it was published four times a year and from 1975 to 2000 it was published biannually. ''Cantrills Filmnotes'' was financed by the
Australian Film Commission The Australian Film Commission (AFC) was an Australian government agency was founded in 1975 with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a producti ...
from October 1984 (issue #45/46) to December 1998 (issue #91/92). The magazine covered articles, which featured the reviews of
experimental films Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...
or avant-garde films,
video art Video art is an art form which relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium. Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology such as video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting ...
and
digital media Digital media is any communication media that operate in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital media can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, and preserved on a digital electronics device. ' ...
. ''Cantrills Filmnotes'' ceased publication with the issue December 1999-January 2000 (#93-100) due to financial problems.


See also

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List of film periodicals Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines whi ...


References

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