Paul Winkler - Australian Icons (RED AVOCADO Collection)

“Filmmaking has always been a journey into the unknown for me. Each new film demands its own trajectory. I might start with a particuliar idea and than after the first 100 feet of exposed film comes back, the imagines tell me which way to go or not to go.

There is always a kind of pull between me and the material photographed, something opens up. If everything works out fine and the imagines connect to me and i can almost hear the sound they want, it is one hell of elation running through jour body and mind, unbelievable. To sum up: my approach to filmmaking is primarily an organic one. The films are a synthesis of the intellect and emotion all filtered through the plastic material of film. I try to let imagines flow freely to the surface.” (Paul Winkler)

1. Sydney Harbour Bridge (1977)
16mm, colour, sound, 13mins
Gold Award – Best Experimental, Australian Film Awards 1979

2. Bondi (1979)
16mm, colour, sound, 15mins
Silver Award – Experimental, Australian Film Awards 1979

3. Ayers Rock (1981)
16mm, colour, sound, 21mins
(produced by CINE PRO, Germany)
Price money, Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA 1983

4. Time out for Sport (1996)
16mm, colour, sound, 17mins
Best Editing, Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA 1996
Finalist – Dendy Awards Sydney Film Festival 1996

5. Rotation (1998)
16mm, colour, sound, 17mins
Directors Choice Award, Black Maria Film & Video Festival, Jersey City, USA 2000
Best Experimental Film, Melbourne Film Festival 1999
Finalist, Dendy Award, Sydney Film Festival 1998
Honorable Mention, Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA 1999

6. Bonus: © Paul Winkler (2005)

Paul Winkler - Sidney Harbour Bridge (1977) 12:31mins

Paul Winkler - Bondi (1979) 14:17mins

Paul Winkler - Ayers Rock (1981) 19:33mins

Paul Winkler - Time out for Sport (1996) 18:20mins

Paul Winkler - Rotation (1998) 17:15mins

Free: Paul Winkler - Portrait film (bonus) 11 mins