These are some new photos of Cate Blanchett launching “The Oasis: Homeless Short Film Competition” in Sydney, Australia yesterday. It’s a funky name for a competition, right? It makes it sound like the homeless people are making the films? But they’re not. The competition is actually for young, aspiring Australian filmmakers to create three-minute movies about the plight of homeless youths. The winner gets $25,000 – for their school. Blanchett told the media:

“Film and theatre and the visual arts I really strongly believe have an exceptional and unique capacity to spread important social issues and help produce change in our community. I’d like to encourage school students – both primary and secondary – to not only pick up a camera and participate in the competition but to use the education resource and to delve into the issues and make outstanding films. Films that raise awareness, tell really inspiring stories and provide solutions that not only touch our hearts, but provoke us into making real action… These kids who pick up these cameras will be the strategists and policy makers and artists of the future.”

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Sure. I guess there are worse things, totally. But I’m just saying: funky name.

In other Blanchett news, she has a new film coming out! It’s that weird/cool looking one called Hanna, with Eric Bana doing a German (?) accent and Blanchett doing a Southern accent and Saoirse Ronan as Hanna, the teenage assassin. I actually want to see it, just because I like everyone involved. And it actually looks like a solid action-thriller. But I’m worried about it too – the movie opens on Friday and Cate has barely done anything to promote it. I can’t even find any premiere photos – will there even be a premiere? I need a heavy dose of Blanchett boob frame!!! Here’s the trailer:

So I’ll have to settle for that and these weeks-old photos of Cate in a fabulous red suit.

Photos courtesy of WENN.