Filmink Awards Style Villa
Depressed after the Oscars? Wondering how you will survive another 12 months before the glitz and glamour of the awards show rolls around again? Take heart, the Filmink Awards take place on May 9th at the State Theatre and it promises to be a night to rival anything Hollywood has to offer. Well, perhaps that’s going a bit too far, but it should be a fantastic evening nevertheless.
Now in its fourth year, the Filmink Awards have always
prided themselves on being irreverent and fun, and
this year is no different. Film fans can vote on a
number of standard categories like Best Film and Best
Documentary, but there are also numerous opportunities
to honour the frivolous and the silly so start
thinking about who you’d give the gong to for Worst
Film, Best Sort, Best Blow In and Best Movie
Moustache.
To get the festivities off to a suitable start,
Filmink and Tsuki went all Hollywood this week and
invited celebrities to the State Theatre to a lush
Style Villa, to mark the official launch of the 2007
Movie Extra Filmink Awards. It was a chance for the
beautiful and the famous to experience their own
little bit of Tinseltown and in true Hollywood style,
celebrities were treated to swags of free goodies from
leading names in beauty and fashion.
Now while gift lounges are all the rage in America,
it’s a relatively new thing here (this was touted as
the first of its kind in Australia). And at first the
Aussie stars didn’t quite know what to make of it as
people tried to give them free Gucci sunglasses,
Dermalogica cosmetics, Oscar and Oscar hair make overs
and Morrissey trinkets. All you could hear was ‘For
me? Really? Are you sure?’ But before too long
everyone got into the swing of things.
A gift lounge however, is only as good as its
products, and Tsuki certainly lined up a fab
contingent of brand names to make this one memorable.
There were the high-end regulars we all know by heart
and Holly Brisley was delighted when she scored a pair
of Hugo Boss sunnies.
Bessie Bardot was oohing and ahhing over shoes from My
Sweet Feet (as worn by Marcia Cross on Desperate
Housewives) and the Love & Lustre lingerie brand that
is so comfy and chic, most of the girls were
complaining that it was a shame to hide the range
under clothing really. Alice Bell (writer of Suburban
Mayhem) won the use of a very sexy hot pink Scooter
from Scooteria for three months. Leeanna Walsman (Star
Wars Episode II) and Libby Richmond (Burke and Willis)
were impressed with everything from the Go Smile
range, to the Recreation sportswear label, to the mini
spa set up by Dermalogica where exhausted celeb’s
could sit and be pampered while they sipped on
margaritas.
Of course what was unique about this gift lounge was
the number of up-and-coming Aussie brands that were
invited to participate. Take Sarah’s vintage earrings
for example. Designed by a woman who spent 20 years
in catering before she let her inner jewellery maker
come out, her beautiful ‘glomesh’ designs were an
instant hit among the fashionable crowd. Isabel Lucas
(Home and Away) looked gorgeous in a pair, and in fact
before the afternoon was over, most of the glam
looking female celeb’s were walking around wearing
these fab accessories (check them out at
www.sarahvintage.com.au)
Mia Wasikowska (Suburban Mayhem) was taken with
another new jewellery line called Santos (Spanish for
saints). Designed by Aussie girl Kellee Cruse the
range is inspired by all things Mexican and the
gorgeous little beaded bracelets with their intricate
charms (that symbolise everything from luck, love,
peace and protection) were a big hit among the female
contingent. Apparently Bono and Paris Hilton are
already fans. If you want to keep up with what the
celebrities are wearing, go to www.santoswish.com
Now for those of you who missed out on the lush
experience take heart, you can participate in the
Filmink Awards by having your say on who wins. Voting
closes 30th April and all you have to do is to go to
www.filminkawards.com.au. Keep in mind that if it all
sounds like too much hard work, those who vote go in
the running for some fab prizes themselves like a
Cinema Gold Pass and a Yamaha Home Entertainment
System.
Below are the 2007 Nominations.
All films released in 2006 are eligible for the following awards;
MOVIE EXTRA Best Film
Worst Film
Best Australian Film
Nominations will be announced closer to the Awards night as voters create the short lists.
Best Sort
1. Monica Bellucci in How Much Do You Love Me?
2. Penelope Cruz in Volver
3. Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Match Point
4. Clive Owen in Inside Man
5. Rosario Dawson in Clerks 2
Best Documentary
1. The Aristocrats
2. The Devil & Daniel Johnston
3. An Inconvenient Truth
4. March of the Penguins
5. Unfolding Florence
Best Blow In
1. Emily Barclay in Suburban Mayhem
2. Emily Blunt in Irresistible
3. Gabriel Byrne in Jindabyne
4. Laura Linney in Jindabyne
5. Susan Sarandon in Irresistible
Best Politically Charged Movie
1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. The Road to Guantanamo
3. Ten Canoes
4. V for Vendetta
5. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Best Australian Newcomer
1. The cast of 2.37
2. Jack Finsterer in Kokoda
3. Shane Jacobson in Kenny
4. Simon Stone in Jindabyne and Kokoda
5. Mia Wasikowska in Suburban Mayhem
Best Performance by an Australian in an O/S Movie
1. Eric Bana in Munich
2. Toni Collette in Little Miss Sunshine
3. Emily De Ravin in the Hills Have Eyes
4. Hugh Jackman in the Prestige
5. Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
Best Girrrrrl Power Movie
1. The Descent
2. DOA: Dead or Alive
3. Hard Candy
4. Stick it
5. Suburban Mayhem
Best Movie Mind F#%K
1. Hidden
2. A Scanner Darkly
3. Hostel
4. The Book of Revelation
5. Lady in The Water
VH1 Best Movie Moustache
1. Nicolas Cage in World Trade Centre
2. Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat
3. Jack Black in Nacho Libre
4. Colin Farrell in Miami Vice
5. Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
Best Movie Remake
1. The Departed
2. The Hills Have Eyes
3. The Omen
4. Poseidon
5. When A Stranger Calls
