Due to the surge of interest in the film comp following the Speed Renting event, late submissions will now be accepted up until Tuesday October 14th, 5pm GMT.

Late submissions must provide a $10 entry fee.

We are hoping that most film makers enter by the official closing date of October 2nd.

We have already received a number of creative entries.

Happy editing!

Funny stuff, but oil companies are easy pickings. Where do you spend most of your money? Petrol or Rent? Many joke beer (if only!).

If you want to read some more serious issues we’ve covered of recent:
Pumped Money Supply – No Wonder Oil Peaks
US Banking Intervention video
Bailout brings US Hegemony to its knees
Can the US Treasury learn from mistakes?

Hattip Radical Cross Stitch

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With all the hype of Speed Renting, we must remember our main purpose! It’s less than two weeks before entries close for the first ever IW2LH short Film Competition. This is your chance to gain industry exposure, whilst also getting your opinion out on how we can improve housing affordability.

Winners will receive Portable prize packs and opportunities to have your film distributed through their website, giving unprecedented world wide exposure. There are also awesome Media Bags up for grabs from our good friends at Crumpler, whilst 1st prize walks away with a cool $3000. Prize details

*** Think it’s too late? Don’t wait til next year! We have created a special two week extension till the 14th of October. Late fee’s will incur a $10 entry fee payable by cheque or money order to Earthsharing Australia.

Speed Renters in Action

Last nights event was a huge success with over 50 people attending. CH10 News, the Age and a cast of eager individuals attended. One proactive young guy brought a little print out summarising his interests. Another was only looking for a room with an en suite. It certainly was a diverse collection of people.

The surprise of the night was that there were more leaseholders than room-seekers. The media tells us there is a shortage of rental accommodation. Last night proved that there was a need for more progressive ways to use existing land and housing. Read more of the Additional Resources on the guidelines page to see how.

The overwhelming feedback was positive, with most seeing the benefits of what we were doing as a big plus. Young women were particularly thankful with the opportunity to vet people before inviting them into their home. A number of leaseholders had met a prospective tenant and were off home to work out which one they preferred.

We hope to do another Speed Renting event in the near future. If anyone wants to volunteer to help run the event, that will make it much easier to make this possible. A special thanks to all who volunteered last night and to those who attended.

Its the land under it that counts!

Media calls have jumped today as interest in the event peaks. Will the opportunity to interview dozens of potential room hunters inspire leaseholders to come and have a laugh at the Speed Renting event? It seems so as many realise they can clean up their junk room and save money whilst they do it.

Today we make the Leader, tonight MX, tomorrow Red Symon’s ABC breakfast and TV too …..

“I was talking to a friend last night and she said ‘I wish I’d had thought of that, I should have had a beer with a guy I’ve got in my house, he is an absolute dork’,” she said.

The speed renting event is part of a campaign to address housing affordability and student living conditions through the organisation’s “I Want To Live Here” film competition.

Coordinator Karl Fitzgerad goes on further to say

“We’ve got a spare garage to rent if you need storage space for your ’stuff’. Every centimetre of this great city must be used effectively for people to live in. To think there are easily 120,000 speculative vacancies in Melbourne whilst the battling renter struggles to pay for 2 minute noodles is a crazed indictment of this era. Land is for people not profit”

Despite such serious topics, the team are preparing for an upbeat night with good music, good vibes, a slapstick MC and hopefully a few ‘ahh’s’ of relief emanating from both sides of the rental market as they meet the perfect people.

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