Illawarra Film Society

Year Founded:

1928

Location:

Sydney, Australia

Film Formats:

35mm

Resources:

"FROM George K. Aldersley, its director, comes word of the formation of the Illawarra Film Society in Hurst- ville, Sydney, New South Wales. "We are commencing shooting," writes Mr. Aldersley, "in a week or so on 35 mm. film and, so far, our story is entitled The Love Test. We find the climate here excellent for exterior work which the story, in the main, demands. Apart from the general fun of making a movie, a very fine sense of sportsmanship seems to prevail among the members. We hope to make Australia known to the movie makers of the world through our activities." Here is an excellent statement of purpose which shows very clearly some of the many-sided values of amateur movie club organizations." (Gale 676)

References:

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 4, no. 10 (1929): 652:653, 673:677.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 5, no. 6 (1930): 353, 386:388.