Seditious Intent

SEDITIOUS INTENT is a compilation of films inspired by Australia’s Anti-Terrorism Bill - some sad, some funny, some downright shocking. Dissent is an essential part of democracy. But under the Anti-Terrorism legislation, the right to oppose or challenge the State is significantly compromised. The Seditious Intent Short Film project was initiated in late October 2005. A call out was sent to filmmakers to produce a short work that was inspired by the anti-terror laws. The following 17 short films were selected from the submissions. For details about the background of the project, please visit http://spinach7.com/si/background.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fibber Phil — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-09 19:13

Highlights the mis-quoting by the Australia’s Attorney General, Philip Ruddock of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 3, particularly drawing attention to his dropping of a vital word.

Sedition is bad for you OK! — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-09 19:15

Set in the future, a rebel on a soap box questions the culture of Canberra’s Parliament House and its inhabitants.

The Last Sentence — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-09 19:18

Set in Australia of the future in which the quest for national security has blown into full-scale censorship. A young man tests his rights. Drama

(Untitled) Sedition Ad — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-09 19:27

Capital needs army boots to free float and roam the most unknown corners of the globe. Expansion is, first and foremost, violation. To market is to mark enemies and eliminate them. Ours are the times of Capital marketing Democracy. In doing so, while it expands its territories overseas through naked occupation, it needs to eliminate dissent within its own borders. Fascism is catchy.

Sleepwalking into History — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-09 19:28

Vox pops with high profile comedians, Wendy Harmer, Max Gillies, Will Anderson and The Chaser’s, Julian Morrow and Co, journalist, David Marr and film critic, Margaret Pomeranz, add their voices to the alarm felt in the arts community to the anti-terror laws particularly those dealing with sedition. Dynamically intercut with rehearsals of The Three Amigos by the Wharf Revue – Jonathan Biggins, Genevieve Lemon, Drew Forsythe, and Phil Scott - the documentary highlights the role of satire in a democratic society.

Be aware, and alarmed — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-09 19:29

John Howard is granted 3 wishes.

Urban Warfare — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:21

The premise of the film is that peace starts at home, or conversely that terror starts at home and uses humour to highlight the theme. This film is from SEDITIOUS INTENT, a compilation of films inspired by Australia’s Anti-Terrorism Bill - some sad, some funny, some downright shocking. Dissent is an essential part of democracy. But under the Anti-Terrorism legislation, the right to oppose or challenge the State is significantly compromised.

Elizabeth the last! — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:21

This is a tribute to the Denis Kevans, Australia's Poet Lorikeet, who died last September.

New Rules of Engagement Part 1 — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:26

A silent piece of condemnation.

The Bridge — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:26

On the Harbour Bridge two couples - one of Anglo descent and the other Arabic - walk with their children. As they draw nearer each other, the parents are wary, but the children find common ground.

Lets Play… — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:26

They are playing….playing with us as kids play with their toys. And they want us not to speak about it. In this short film I have made toys speak. A duck making the logo of McDonalds is looking at all this from above, laughing and enjoying it, the duck actually represents the multinationals and their role.

INTERCEPTED — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:26

A terrorist video fo a different kind: suburban white supremacist stock-broker threatens that the government’s new terror laws are not extreme enough….

The Impresario of Rubbished Megaliths (aka 2 box cutters) — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:04

(If the world trade centre collapsed in a forest would anybody hear it?) This film is a matrix of the notions of body and place as sites for collective experience and the things from which we cannot retreat. In the title of this piece I am the impresario, however, it could also be the violence of our modern age: Osama bin Laden; American foreign policy; the Rockefellers, who instigated the creation of the WTC. In one scenario the world trade centres collapses, one after the other in an empty field. In another scenario September 11 is performed through mime.

Weapons of Mass Hysteria — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:04

A subversive underground lair and a media bombardment of fear and terrorism bring New Horizons in Violence to the extremely seditious band of the same name.

Lookout OZ — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:04

Inspired by the Lets Lookout for Australian handbook, this short is intended to be on the lighter side of terror. Made by TAFE students in 2003.

Last Stop — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:03

A young untidy man boards a Melbourne tram with his gym bag. Alarm spreads among the passengers when he gets off at his stop, leaving the bag behind.

Article 3 — by SeditiousIntent — last modified 2007-09-10 03:03

Vox pops in the street highlight the confusion about our rights in light of Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which specifies our right to life, liberty and security of person.

Copyright 2007, by the contributing author. Cite/attribute Resource. spanna. (2006, April 17). Seditious Intent. Retrieved October 13, 2008, from EngageMedia Web site: http://www.engagemedia.org/seditious-intent. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.