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January 8th, 2015 - THE LANDING RELEASES ONLINE!

The Landing finally lands online! Garnering the prestige of feature spots on SHORT OF THE WEEK and Film Shortage, the film has gone on to become a Vimeo Staff Pick, and amass a view tally of over 200,000 views in the span of a month.

For more info, please visit:

http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/12/08/the-landing/
http://filmshortage.com/shorts/the-landing/

October 23rd, 2014 - THE LANDING TAKES BEST SHORT AT SCREAMFEST 2014

The Landing has claimed the top prize for Short Film at the 2014 Screamfest Horror Film Festival, claiming a 'Skully' trophy, designed by the late and great Stan Winston.

For the full list of winners, please visit: http://screamfest.com/blog/screamfest-2014-awards

August 1st, 2014 - THE LANDING WINS BEST FOREIGN FILM AT LA SHORTS FEST!

From a pool of 233 short films screened at the festival, The Landing has been awarded Best Foreign Film at the AMPAS accredited 18th Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (LA Shorts Fest), qualifying the film for shortlisting at the 87th Academy Awards®. For more information on the LA Shorts Fest winners, please visit: http://lashortsfest.com/content.asp?PageID=72.

July 18th, 2014 - THE LANDING SECURES CANADIAN PREMIERE AT FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL

The Landing will have its Canadian Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec. Regarded as North America's most prestigious genre film festival, Fantasia will screen the film on the 30th of July at 5pm at the Concordia Theatre, in Montreal. For tickets, and more info please visit: http://www.fantasiafestival.com/.

May 11th, 2014 - THE LANDING WINS BEST OF FEST AT FILMQUEST FESTIVAL 2014

The Landing has taken out five awards at the first annual FilmQuest Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. The festival, which is a new and exciting celebration of genre filmmaking, awarded the film with Best Sci-Fi Short, Best Cinematography, Original Score and finally, the top title of Best of Fest. More details on the winners and festival can be found at: http://www.filmquestfestival.com/.

June 2nd, 2014 - THE LANDING RECEIVES FOUR NOMINATIONS AND TAKES OUT BEST SOUND AWARD AT ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL

The Landing was honored with four nominations at the St Kilda Film Festival last month, receiving nods for Best Achievement in Production Design, Visual Effects, Musical Score and Sound Post Production, with our sound post-production team of Tony Vaccher and John Dennison (Audioloc) taking out their respective category. For more info, please visit: http://www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/2014-s2/page-257

May 26th, 2014 - THE LANDING TAKES BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT AT FANTASPOA 2014

The Landing has taken out the award for Best International Live-Action Short Film at the 10th Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival, South America's biggest genre film festival, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

May 25th, 2014 - THE LANDING CINEMATOGRAPHER RECEIVES 2014 NATIONAL ACS AWARD

Cinematographer Jason Hargreaves ACS has been awarded the coveted Golden Tripod for Short Film for his work on The Landing at the 2014 National ACS Awards, where the industry’s most talented cinematographers gathered in Brisbane to celebrate the art of cinematography in Australia. For more info on the winners, please visit: http://www.cinematographer.org.au/cms/page.asp?ID=21382

April 9th, 2014 - THE LANDING DIRECTOR NOMINATED FOR AUSTRALIAN DIRECTORS GUILD AWARD

Director of The Landing, Josh Tanner has been nominated for the 2014 ADG (Australian Directors Guild) Awards for his work on the film. The Awards celebrate the outstanding work of Australian screen directors over the past year across 16 categories including film, television, multiplatform, music video and advertising. The Award winners will be announced on Friday May 2 at an Awards Ceremony and Black Tie Dinner at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. For further information about the 2014 ADG Awards, please visit http://adg.org.au/awards-2014.aspx

March 31st, 2014 - THE LANDING WINS THE BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM AWARD AT CLEVELAND

The Landing has taken out the award for Best International Short Film at the 38th Cleveland International Film Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. We are thrilled to have been recognized as a winner from a pool of 166 short films selected from well over 1,300 entries. For a full list of winners, please visit: http://www.clevelandfilm.org/about/awards

February 26, 2014 - THE LANDING NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT FILM AT BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL

The Landing is honored to be the only Australian short film nominated for the Best Short Film award at the Byron Bay Film Festival, which will screen the film on Sunday, 2nd of March at 3:45pm at Pighouse Flicks cinema, Byron Bay, NSW. For more info, and ticket purchases, please visit: http://www.bbff.com.au/

February 4, 2014 - THE LANDING CHAMPIONED BY SCREEN AUSTRALIA AT CLERMONT-FERRAND 2014

Thanks to Screen Australia, The Landing will begin its market presence today at the 2014 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Market, widely regarded as the world’s leading international short film festival and marketplace. Selected as one of seven Australian short films to be represented by Screen Australia (market stand 32), The Landing will screen at the special market screening (Shorts from down under) tomorrow at 4pm, Tuesday 4th at Georges Conchon Theater. Worldwide sales for The Landing is to be handled by Premium Films, who are also in attendance at the festival.

December 30th, 2013 - ''THE LANDING'' NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2015 ACADEMY® AWARD CONSIDERATION

Wrapping up a great 2013 for The Landing, incredible news has been received that the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia has been granted Academy® accreditation from The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, meaning our award for Best Short makes the film eligible for submission to the selection committee for consideration for the 2015 awards. A huge thanks goes out to the team at Sitges for making this possible for us!

December 15th, 2013 - THE LANDING TO SCREEN AT ACADEMY® QUALIFIED FLICKERFEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL IN 2014

The Landing has been invited to screen in competition at the 23rd Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Selected as one of 120 short films in competition handpicked from 2300 entries, the film will screen for audiences at the Bondi Pavillion on January the 11th in the Best of Australian 1 program at 6:30pm. For more information, and ticket purchases, please visit: www.flickerfest.com.au/

November 28th, 2013 - THE LANDING WINS BEST SHORT FICTION AWARD AT THE 2013 ATOM AWARDS

The Landing has won the industry award for Best Short Fiction (50 minutes or less) at the 2013 ATOM Awards last night in Melbourne. Following the win, The Landing has been selected by ATOM to tour around the country in 2014, and be screened for senior secondary school students along with a selection of fellow finalists.

November 9th, 2013 - THE LANDING SELECTED FOR NORTHERN IRELAND'S ACADEMY® QUALIFYING, FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL

The Landing has been selected as a finalist at the 2014 Foyle Film Festival in Northern Ireland on the 23rd of November, and is the only Australian live-action short selected as one of 26 films competing for the Light in Motion Award, which qualifies the winning film for Academy Award© nomination. For more info, please visit: www.foylefilmfestival.org

October 23rd, 2013 - THE LANDING TO HAVE ITS AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE AT BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Landing will make its Australian Premiere on home turf at this years Brisbane International Film Festival, taking place on November 19th, at 6PM at the Palace Barracks Cinemas as a part of the Queensland shorts block. For more info, and ticket purchases, please visit: www.biff.com.au

October 21st, 2013 - THE LANDING TAKES OUT BEST SHORT FILM IN OFFICIAL FANTÀSTIC AT SITGES

The Landing has taken out the award for Best Short Film in Official Fantàstic Shorts at the 46th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Director Josh Tanner was in attendance in Spain to receive the award, and attend the films world premiere the last week, thanks to the generous support of a travel grant from the marketing team at Screen Australia.

September 16th, 2013 - THE LANDING TO MAKE AMERICAN DEBUT AT ACADEMY® QUALIFIED AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER

Continuing to fill out the already bustling month of October, The Landing has been accepted into the 20th Austin Film Festival, as one of the 12 narrative shorts selected to compete for Academy Award® qualification from the line-up of 105 shorts programmed (from over 2,000 submissions). For more info, please visit: www.austinfilmfestival.com

September 16th, 2013 - THE LANDING TO SCREEN AT THE PRESTIGIOUS WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER

Following closely on the heels of the its debut at Sitges, The Landing has been invited to screen in competition at the 29th Warsaw Film Festival. Chosen as one of 41 short films selected from almost 2,500 entries, Warsaw is a qualifying festival for Academy Award® nomination and is recognized by FIAPF as one of the fourteen premier international competitive film festivals in the world.
For more info, please visit: www.wff.pl

August 30th, 2013 - THE LANDING TO DEBUT AT THE 46TH SITGES INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER

The Landing is set to have its World Premiere at the 46th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain, the worlds largest, and most prestigious genre festival. Accredited by the FIAPF, Sitges showcases films that traverse various genres, and attracts 110,000 visitors plus 700 industry attendees annually. For more info, please visit: www.sitgesfilmfestival.com