BIOGRAPHY:
Jim Stamatakos is a film and video
maker and photographer. Beginning with Wig Out in 1994,
he has directed and produced a number of short films. In 1995,
Paris-New York-London was screened continuously throughout
the Antipodes Festival exhibition 'Neophytes IV', where his photography
was also exhibited. His photography has also appeared in the Australian/Greek
magazine Thifonies and in Country Road catalogues.
Jim was also
the director/producer of a series of television programs for Local
Vision (Optus Vision) titled Techne Arts in Melbourne which
were broadcast in 1996.
Jim has undertaken
studies into many aspects of film-making, including animation,
Super 8, video, and in 1997, he completed the Certificate of Media
(film-making) at Footscray Secondary College. He is also completed the Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing at
Holmesglen Tafe.
He is also
the founder and director of Electric
Shorts,
a annual program of self-funded shorts that screened at the Fringe Festival
in October 2002, and has continued every year since then.
Misfortune
CRITICAL
OVERVIEW: Jim´s films come from a single image that pops up in his head. Then, while storyboarding, he develops a narrative around it, creating a story out of fragmented images.
He doesn’t tell stories in a classical sense; the narrative of his films is hardly ever linear, they have little to no dialogue and they all have a dream-like atmosphere. Still, even he devises his films with a well-thought story, his works allow multiple interpretations, something that he welcomes.
Jim's works are a reflection of a complex inner world. It is an amalgam of subconscious influences and personal stories. He creates short tragedies and puts them on a screen with a disruptive narrative that allows us to interpret them in many ways, but what unifies his work is that each film leaves us with a sentiment of hope in their sadness.
Jim Stamatakos talks about 'Anastasi' - Part 1
Jim Stamatakos talks about 'Anastasi' - Part 2
FILMOGRAPHY:
Telos
Wig Out
(1994, 2 mins, Super 8/video)
Paris-New
York-London (1995, 6 mins, Super 8/video)
Trilogy
of Horror Part 1 (1996, 16 mins, SVHS)
Techne-Arts
in Melbourne (1996, Six 15-minute Betacam television programs
for Local Vision)
Pictures
of You (1996, 3 mins, B&W, silent, Super 8)
Regurgitate
(1997, 3 mins, Hi8/Betacam)
Bring
Forth Monsters (1997, 4 mins, Super 8/Umatic)
Misfortune
(1998, 4 mins, 16mm/Betacam)
Lilith
Telos
(2002, 8 mins, 16mm/DV)
Lypi
(2004, 4 mins, color, 16mm/DV)
Take me
Away (2005, 4 mins, DV, Music Video)
Lilith
(2006, 5 mins, 16mm)
Collide
(2008, 14 mins, DV)
Once for
Yes, Twice for No (2008, 17 mins, HD)
In The Moment # (2008-2017, VHS/BETA/Hi8/DV/HD)
Annex (2016, 5 mins, 5K/Super 8)
Collide Recur (2017, 4K in Pre-Production)
Anastasi (2017, 5K, in Production currently)
LilithTRAILER (2006)
LypiTRAILER (2004)
SCREENINGS:
OUTWEST Film Festival Melbourne, Australia 1996
White Gloves Film Festival. Melbourne, Australia 1996
Brisbane International Film Festival 1998
Edge of the World Film Festival, Tasmania, Australia 1998
Sydney Fringe Film Festival 1998 ,1999
BUZZ Byron Bay Short Film Festival 1998, 1999
Melbourne Fringe Film Festival 1998,1999
Melbourne Fringe Festival ‘Best of the Fest’ 1999
Metro Screen Horror Film Feast Sydney 1999
Antipodes Greek Film Festival Melbourne 1999
Watch My Shorts Film Festival Melbourne 1999
Wellington Fringe Film Festival New Zealand 2002
Sour Grapes Film Festival Fox Studios Sydney 2002,2004
Electric Shorts Film Festival Melbourne Fringe Festival 2002,2010
Feast Festival Adelaide 2002
Capital Queer Film Festival (Finalist) Canberra 2003
Queer Film Festival Melbourne 2003
FrameXFrame ACMI Melbourne 2003
Capital Queer Film Festival (Finalist) Canberra 2004
Drama Short Film Festival Thesaloniki Greece 2004
Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2004,2009
My Queer Career Short Film Festival (Finalist) Mardi Gras Sydney 2004
Madrid Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2005
Outfest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Los Angeles 2005
Adelaide International Film Festival 2005
My Queer Career Mardi Gras Film Festival (Finalist) (Best Sound Prize) Sydney 2005
CinemArte Assoc & Municipalitly of Venice 2006
Sexy International Film Festival- Paris 2008
Sexy International Film Festival- Melbourne 2008,2009
10x10 Film Festival 2009
Electric Shorts Film Festival Melbourne Fringe Festival 2010
