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The strength of the teams selected for the first intake of FilmLab indicates the depth of talent there is in the state.

SAFC CEO, Richard Harris

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FilmLab Mentors and Advisors were asked to provide a list of their Top 5 Low Budget Films. This is what they chose:

Key Consultant

Stephen Cleary

	Film Title	Director	Year	Budget
1	Dark Star	John Carpenter	1974	$60,000
Dark Star at IMDB
2	Ghosts of the Civil Dead	John Hillcoat	1988	n/a
Ghost of the Civil Dead at IMDB
3	The Blair Witch Project	Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez	1999	$60,000
The Blair Witch Project at IMDB
4	Festen (The Celebration)	Thomas Vinterberg	1998	$1.3 m
Festen at IMDB
5	The Duellists	Ridley Scott	1977	$900,000
The Duellist at IMDB

Mentors

Paddy Cunneen

	Film Title	Director	Year	Budget
1	American Graffiti	George Lucas	1973	$777,000
American Graffiti at IMDB
2	Blair Witch Project	Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez	1999	$60,000
The Blair Witch Project at IMDB
3	Butterfly Kiss	Michael Winterbottom	1995	n/a
Butterfly Kiss at IMDB
4	El Mariachi	Robert Rodriguez	1992	$220,000
El Mariachi at IMDB
5	Eraserhead	David Lynch	1977	$20,000
Eraserhead at IMDB
6	Lilja 4-Ever	Lukas Moodysson	2002	$33,700
Lilja 4-ever at IMDB
7	Mad Max	George Miller	1979	$350,000
Mad Max at IMDB

Peter Speyer

	Film Title	Director	Year	Budget
1	Mapantsula	Oliver Schmidz	1988	n/a
Mapantsula at IMDB
2	O Thiassos (Travelling Players)	Theodoros Angelopolous	1975	n/a
O Thiassos at IMDB
3	Paris, Texas	Wim Wenders	1984	n/a
Paris, Texas at IMDB
4	Persona	Ingmar Bergman	1966	n/a
Persona at IMDB

Advisors

Antonia Barnard, Producer

	Film Title	Director	Year	Budget
1	Razzle Dazzle	Ken Jacobs	2007	n/a
Razzle Dazzle at IMDB
2	Samson & Delilah	Warwick Thornton	2009	$1.6 m
Samson and Delilah
3	The Combination	David Field	2009	$2 m
The Combination at IMDB
4	The Station Agent	Tom Mccarthy	2003	$500,000
The Station Agent at IMDB
5	The Tracker	Rolf de Heer	2002	n/a
The Tracker at IMDB
6	Transamerica	Duncan Tucker	2005	$1 m
Transamerica at IMDB

Nick Batzias, Madman Entertainment

	Film Title	Director	Year	Budget
1	Brick	Rian Johnson	2005	$475,000
Brick at IMDB
2	El Mariachi	Robert Rodriguez	1992	$220,000
El Mariachi at IMDB
3	Festen (The Celebration)	Thomas Vinterberg	1998	$1.3 m
Festen at IMDB
4	Mad Max	George Miller	1979	$350,000
Mad Max at IMDB
5	With Blood On My Hands: Pusher II	Nicolas Winding Refin	2004	n/a
Pusher II at IMDB

Lindy Davies, Actress /Director

	Film Title	Director	Year	Budget
1	Crys and Whispers	Ingmar Bergman	1972	$400,000
Crys and Whispers at IMDB
2	Cul-de-sac	Roman Polanski	1966	n/a
Cul-de-sac at IMDB
3	Mad Max	George Miller	1979	$350,000
Mad Max at IMDB
4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Tery Gilliam	1975	$250,000
Monthy Python at IMDB
5	The Cars That Ate Paris	Peter Weir	1974	n/a
The Cars That Ate Paris at IMDB

Michael Favelle, Odin's Eye Entertainment

	Film Title	Director	Year	Budget
1	Clerks	Kevin Smith	1994	$230,000
Clerks at IMDB
2	Cube	Vincenzo Natali	1997	$57, 100
Cube at IMDB
3	Napoleon Dynamite	Jared Hess	2004	$400,000
Napoleon Dynamite at IMDB
4	Once	John Carney	2006	$150,000
Once at IMDB
5	Pi.	Darren Aronofsky	1998	$60,000
Pi. at IMDB
6	Mad Max	George Miller	1979	$350,000
Mad Max at IMDB

Rachel Okine, Hopscotch

	Film Title	Director	Year	Budget
1	Once	John Carney	2006	$150,000
Once at IMDB
2	The Station Agent	Tom Mccarthy	2003	$500,000
The Station Agent at IMDB
3	The Lives of Others	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	2006	$2 m
The Lives Of Others at IMDB