05 November 2008
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TIM SLADE, JAPAN: SAYAKA SHOJI, AUSTRALIA: NIKI VASILAKIS, NEW YORK: CHO-LIANG ('JIMMY') LIN, FINLAND: PEKKA KUUSISTO, The resonant and much-loved music of Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and the timeless stories they tell form the backbone of this bold and engaging celebration of friendship, homeland a ... 
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| THE ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE (M) |
BRUCE BERESFORD, BARRY CROCKER, BARRY HUMPHRIES This all-time Australian comedy classic is a riot from start to finish. 
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Nambucca Heads (25 Oct) |
| THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (M) |
STEPHAN ELLIOT, TERENCE STAMP, HUGO WEAVING, GUY PEARCE, BILL HUNTER, REBEL RUSSELL Now a classic Australian film, Priscilla is the outback adventure of two drag-queens and a transsexual. They're about as far from Oxford St, Sydney, as they can get!
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| AFTRS SHORTS (-) |
VARIOUS, SEE LINKS BELOW A special program of shorts from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.
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| AFTRS SHORT: BIRTHDAY BOY (PG) |
SEJONG PARK (DIRECTOR/WRITER/ANIMATOR), JOSHUA AHN, JIN SOOK LEE Korean War, 1951. Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier.
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| AFTRS SHORT: BLACK BERRIES (PG) |
EMA MULHOLLAND (DIRECTOR/WRITER), JESSICA REES, DEBORAH LE, ANNE LOUISE LAMBERT A story about Candy and Lao, two 12-year old best friends. To begin to understand the complex nature or relationships, is to begin to grow up.
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| AFTRS SHORT: DANYA (PG) |
BETH ARMSTRONG (DIRECTOR/WRITER), MADDI NEWLING, IAN BLISS, LIJA VEIKINS, STELA SOLAR The story of a troubled eight-year-old girl whose determination to find out about her late mother leads to a deeper connection with her remote father.
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| AFTRS SHORT: INJA (DOG) (M) |
STEPHEN PASVOLSKY (DIRECTOR/WRITER), ANELE VELLOM, LIZO C MAKAMBI, DANNY KEOGH, TERRY NORTON, South Africa, 1980s. Using a young Xhosa boy as a pawn, a farmer teaches his puppy to be white man's best friend.
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| AFTRS SHORT: MOZZIE (G) |
DYLAN YEO (DIRECTOR/WRITER/ANIMATOR), DAMON EGGLETON A film about fluorocarbons, global warming and radical brain surgery.
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| AFTRS SHORT: MR IKEGAMI'S FLIGHT (G) |
ROBERT CONNOLLY (DIRECTOR/PRODUCER), KAZUHIRO MUROYAMA Mr Ikegami is in Sydney on business. Back in Tokyo, his wife Seisuko is expecting their first child. A tale of divided loyalties.
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| AFTRS SHORT: PROJECT VLAD (G) |
AARON ROGERS (DIRECTOR/WRITER/ANIMATOR), LUKE DUNN GIELMUDA Vlad is a Russian chimpanzee cosmonaut. Sent into orbit as a prelude to manned space flight, his hopes for heroism have long since faded.
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| AFTRS SHORT: THE INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE TO DATING (PG) |
SIOBHAN BOWERS (DIRECTOR/WRITER/ANIMATOR), AVIGAIL HERMAN, RYAN DESAULNIER, JACOBIE GRAY, LARA COX, MARY-ANNE HALPIN, RICHARD COTTER, NATALIE ARMSTRONG There are many hazards to avoid in the airport of love. How do you choose a co-pilot to take on your journey?
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| AFTRS SHORT: THE THIRD NOTE (PG) |
CATRIONA MCKENZIE, DEBORAH MAILMAN, LEON DEBRINSKI A blind woman and her neighbour discover a common bond after battling each other with sound. What starts as a war ends as an understanding.
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| ALVIN PURPLE (R) |
TIM BURSTALL, ALAN HOPGOOD, GRAEME BLUNDELL, ABIGAIL, LYNETTE CURRAN, CHRISTINE AMOR, JACKIE WEAVER Alvin (Graeme Blundell) is a little Aussie sexual battler, a champion witht the shelias and for many years an all-time champ at the local box office. He's an average bloke except that beautiful yo ...
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Darwin (17 Aug) |
| AMY GOES TO WADJEMUP ISLAND (G) |
DENISE GROVES When seven-year-old Amy visits the holiday island with her family, they remember the past incarceration and death of Indigenous prisoners held there at the beginning of the West Australian colony.
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| BABE (G) |
CHRIS NOONAN, JAMES BURTON, MAGDA SZUBANSKI, ZOE BURTON, PAUL GODDARD Farmer Hoggett wins a runt piglet at a local fair and young Babe befriends and learns about all the other creatures on the farm.
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Briagolong (07 Jun) , Burnie (11 Oct) |
| BABE: PIG IN THE CITY (G) |
GEORGE MILLER, JAMES CROMWELL, MAGDA SZUBANSKI, MICKEY ROONEY, ELIZABETH DAILY, DANNY MANN, STEVEN WRIGHT, GLENNE HEADLY, GEORGE MILLER A sequel in many ways is more magical than the original.
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| BAD EGGS (M) |
TONY MARTIN, MICK MOLLOY, BOB FRANKLIN, JUDITH LUCY, BILL HUNTER, MARSHALL NAPIER Two recently-demoted undercover detectives bumble onto a link between a freak accident and the sordid dealings of a shonky casino boss.
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| THE BIG STEAL (PG) |
CLAUDIA KARVAN, BEN MENDELSOHN, STEVE BISLEY, NADIA TASS A highly entertaining comedy, The Big Steal stars a young Claudia Karvan (The Secret Life of Us), Steve Bisley (Water Rats) and Ben Mendelsohn (Mullet).
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| THE BLACK BALLOON (M) |
ELISSA DOWN, TONI COLLETTE, RHYS WAKEFIELD, ERIK THOMSON, LUKE FORD, EMMA WARD When Thomas and his family move to a new home and he has to start at a new school, all he wants is to fit in. When his pregnant mother has to take things easy, his father puts him in charge of hi ...
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Cairns (19 Jun) , Cairns (19 Jun) , Cairns (20 Jun) , Broome (05 Jul) |
| BLACK SCREEN (M) |
VARIOUS, VARIOUS Award winning short films by Indigenous filmmakers from around Australia.
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Nambucca Heads (24 Oct) , Nambucca Heads (26 Oct) , Broken Hill (16 Nov) |
| BLACK WATER (MA) |
ANDREW TRAUCKI AND DAVID NERLICH, DIANA GLENN, MAEVE DERMODY, ANDY RODOREDA, BEN OXENBOULD, FIONA PRESS While holidaying in Northern Australia, a group of friends are attacked by a crocodile. Stranded in a flooded mangrove swamp, the three holiday-makers must work out what to do to survive.
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Broome (04 Jul) , Port Augusta (13 Sep) |
| BOYTOWN (M) |
KEVIN CARLIN, MICK MOLLOY, BOB FRANKLIN, GLENN ROBBINS, WAYNE HOPE, GARY ECK, SALLY PHILLIPS, TONY MARTIN Once the greatest boy band of the 80s, BoyTown re-forms with its original members.
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| BRA BOYS (M) |
SUNNY ABBERTON, RUSSELL CROWE (NARRATOR), BRA BOYS Koby Abberton and his brothers are unofficial leaders of notorious Sydney surf tribe, the Bra Boys. Attempting to escape lives of poverty and violence, these Maroubra locals search for freedom in ...
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| BREAKER MORANT (PG) |
BRUCE BERESFORD, EDWARD WOODWARD, JACK THOMPSON, JOHN WATERS, BRYAN BROWN, CHARLES TINGWELL, LEWIS FITZGERALD, TERENCE DONOVAN One of the most famous and popular of all Australian films.
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| BRIGHTSPARKS (-) |
Shorts by local filmmakers sponsored by Heritage Nanango Community Branch.
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Nanango (15 Mar) , Nanango (16 Mar) |
| BROKEN HILL SHORTS (-) |
VARIOUS, VARIOUS A special free screening of four short films created in Broken Hill including the World premiere of The Line of Lode and the Death of Charlie Day and three winning films from the Ree ...
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Broken Hill (15 Nov) , Broken Hill (15 Nov) |
| BUSHFIRE MOON (G) |
GEORGE MILELR, JEFF PECK, DEE WALLACE, CHARLES "BUD" TINGWELL, JOHN WATERS, BILL KERR, KYM GYNGELL When eight-year old Ned O'Day mistakes a nasty, curmudgeonly ex-goldminer for Father Christmas, he sets in motion a series of events that saves his family's sheep farm from drought, brings feuding ...
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Port Augusta (14 Sep) |
| CACTUS (M) |
JASMINE YUEN CARRUCAN, TRAVIS MCMAHON, DAVID LYONS, BRYAN BROWN, SHANE JACOBSON, DANIEL KRIGE, CELIA IRELAND, ZOE TUCKWELL-SMITH, ELSPETH BAIRD A man is kidnapped from his city home in the quiet hours of the night.
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Yamba (05 Apr) , Briagolong (07 Jun) , Broome (04 Jul) , Karratha (11 Jul) , Tenterfield (14 Jun) , Burnie (11 Oct) |
| CANDY (MA) |
NEIL ARMFIELD, HEATH LEDGER, ABBIE CORNISH, GEOFFREY RUSH, TONY MARTIN, NONI HAZLEHURST, TOM BUDGE In a dazzling title role performance, Abbie Cornish delivers a fearless portrayal of a young artist whose lust for life takes her to the edge of sanity.
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| THE CATERPILLAR WISH (M) |
SANDRA SCIBERRAS, SUSIE PORTER, WENDY HUGHES, ROBERT MAMMONE, VICTORIA THAINE Emily, a seventeen-year-old, lives with her mother Susan and has never known her father. She has spent her life searching for him.
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Yamba (04 Apr) , Yamba (06 Apr) |
| THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (M) |
FRED SCHEPISI, TOM E. LEWIS, RUTH CRACKNELL, JACK THOMPSON, RAY BARRETT One of the great Australian feature films
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| CHILDREN OF THE SILK ROAD (M) |
ROGER SPOTTISWOODE, JAMES MCMANUS, JANE HAWKSLEY, JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS, RADHA MITCHELL, CHOW YUN FAT, DAVID WENHAM Inspired by true events, The Children of the Silk Road tells how a young Englishman, George Hogg came to lead sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary journey of almost a thousand mil ...
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Darwin (18 Aug) , Port Augusta (14 Sep) , Burnie (11 Oct) , Nambucca Heads (25 Oct) , Broken Hill (16 Nov) |
| CHOPPER (MA) |
ANDREW DOMINIK, ERIC BANA, VINCE COLOSIMO, SIMON LYNDON, KATE BEAHAN, DAVID FIELD America had Al Capone; England, the Kray brothers and Australia – proving once and for all its antipodean sense of humour – has Mark ‘Chopper’ Read.
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| CLUBLAND (M) |
CHERIE NOWLAN, BRENDA BLETHYN, KHAN CHITTENDEN, EMMA BOOTH, REBECCA GIBNEY, FRANKIE J.HOLDEN Meet Jeannie Dwight and her family. Jean (Brenda Blethyn) is a cook, loving mother, divorcee, and on the road to a comeback on the club comedy circuit. Her ex-husband John (Frankie J.Holden) is ho ...
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Nanango (15 Mar) , Briagolong (06 Jun) |
| THE COURIER-MAIL BIFF FAST FILM (UNCLASSIFIED) (-) |
VARIOUS, VARIOUS Fast Film is an annual, national competition that gives filmmakers 50 days to shoot a short film of five minutes or less. There is no restriction on the subject matter or genre of the film, howeve ...
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| CRACKERJACK (M) |
PAUL MOLONEY, MICK MOLLOY, BILL HUNTER, FRANK WILSON, JUDITH LUCY, MONICA MAUGHAN, JOHN CLARKE, LOIS RAMSEY, SAMUEL JOHNSON Jack (Mick Molloy), an enterprising jokester, is a member of a local bowling club purely for the purpose of renting out his car park space to nearby workers.
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Mallacoota (09 May) |
| CROCODILE DUNDEE (M) |
PETER FAIMAN, PAUL HOGAN, LINDA KOZLOWSKI, JOHN MEILLON, DAVID GULPILIL, RITCHIE SINGER He's survived the most hostile and primitive land known to man. Now all he's got to do is make it through a week in New York.
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| CRYSTAL VOYAGER (G) |
DAVID ELFICK, GEORGE GREENOUGH, NAT YOUNG, RICHIE WEST In 1972 George Greenough strapped his waterproof camera onto his back, taking audiences for the first time surfing inside ‘the green room’. Join George and Nat, world champion surfer, travelling t ...
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| DEATH DEFYING ACTS (PG) |
GILLIAN ARMSTRONG, TONY GRISONI, BRIAN WARD, GUY PEARCE, CATHERINE ZETA-JONES, TIMOTHY SPALL, SAOIRSE RONAN On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic who aims to con the famous magician out of $10,000.
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Broome (06 Jul) , Tenterfield (13 Jun) , Burnie (12 Oct) , Broken Hill (13 Nov) |
| DECEMBER BOYS (PG) |
ROD HARDY, DANIEL RADCLIFFE, LEE CORMIE, CHRISTIAN BYERS, JAMES FRASER, VICTORIA HILL, SULLIVAN STAPLETON, TERESA PALMER, JACK THOMPSON One summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.
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Nanango (15 Mar) |
| DIRTY DEEDS (MA) |
DAVID CAESAR, BRYAN BROWN, TONI COLLETTE, SAM NEIL, JOHN GOODMAN It is 1969 and business is booming for a Sydney crime boss (Bryan Brown). But things get a bit complicated - personally and professionally - in his world when Chicago Mafia come to town and try to ...
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Broken Hill (15 Nov) |
| DOT AND THE KANGAROO (G) |
YORAM GROSS, ANIMATED Classic Australian animated feature from 1977.
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| DR PLONK (G) |
ROLF DE HEER, NIGEL LUNGHI, PAUL BLACKWELL, MAGDA SZUBANSKI, WAYNE ANTHONEY, QUENTIN KENIHAN, MIKE RANN It is the great year 1907 and Dr Plonk, famous scientist and inventor calculates that the world will end in 101 years unless immediate action is taken.
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Yamba (04 Apr) , Yamba (02 Apr) , Yamba (03 Apr) , Briagolong (06 Jun) , Cairns (19 Jun) , Broome (03 Jul) , Traralgon (18 Jun) , Darwin (15 Aug) , Port Augusta (11 Sep) , Burnie (09 Oct) , Woomera (03 Oct) , Nambucca Heads (22 Oct) , Nambucca Heads (23 Oct) , Gunnedah (30 Oct) , Broken Hill (13 Nov) |
| DRIVE (G) |
TELEN RODWELL, BRONWYN PURVIS The Drive crew present a series of short films made by young men across the northwest coast. The audience and a community panel will discuss the issues of young men coming of age dying befo ...
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Burnie (10 Oct) |
| ELEPHANT TALES (G) |
MARIO ANDREACCHIO A moving and magical tale of two elephant brothers in search of their mother, and the flamingo, chimp and giraffe that they encounter as they roam the African plains.
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Yamba (06 Apr) , Nanango (15 Mar) , Mallacoota (10 May) , Briagolong (05 Jun) , Cairns (19 Jun) , Cairns (18 Jun) , Cairns (19 Jun) , Broome (03 Jul) , Traralgon (18 Jun) , Tenterfield (15 Jun) , Darwin (15 Aug) , Darwin (17 Aug) , Port Augusta (11 Sep) , Nambucca Heads (23 Oct) , Gunnedah (30 Oct) , Broken Hill (13 Nov) |
| THE FINAL WINTER (M) |
JANE FORREST, BRIAN ANDREWS, MATT NABLE, MATT JOHNS, JOHN JARRATT, RAELEE HILL, NATHANIEL DEAN, CONRAD COLEBY As the winds of change sweep across the rugby league landscape, Grub Henderson (Matt Nable) defiantly stands among all others as the embodiment of those before him.
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Nanango (16 Mar) |
| FORBIDDEN LIES (M) |
ANNA BROINOWSKI, NORMA KHOURI, LINDA MUTAWI Spinning murder, greed and literary scandal into a web that entangles us all, Forbidden Lie$ is a real-life thriller for our time.
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Broome (06 Jul) , Port Augusta (13 Sep) , Burnie (12 Oct) |
| GALLIPOLI (PG) |
PETER WEIR, MEL GIBSON, MARK LEE, DAVID ARGUE, BILL KERR A great tale of mateship, hardship and courage.
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Quorn (25 Apr) |
| GALLIPOLI: UNTOLD STORIES (-) |
BILL LEIMBACH, NARRATED BY JACK THOMPSON This program provides, through first hand accounts and contemporary films and photographs, a rare insight into what really happened.
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| GATE (-) |
PETER CARSTAIRS, JOEL EDGERTON, TONY RYAN, BRETT WOOD A whodunnit on a sheep station.
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Gunnedah (01 Nov) , Gunnedah (02 Nov) |
| GEMS FROM THE ARCHIVE (G) |
Take a free trip down memory lane with this collection of entertaining short films from the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive.
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| GETTIN' SQUARE (M) |
JONATHAN TEPLITZKY, SAM WORTHINGTON, DAVID WENHAM, TIMOTHY SPALL, FREYA STAFFORD, GARY SWEET, DAVID FIELD 'Wattsy' Wirth (Sam Worthington) is fresh out of prison and determined to go straight. But like his ex cell-mate, Johnny Spit (David Wenham), and reformed gangster Dabba Barrington (Timothy Spall) ...
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| THE GLENROWAN AFFAIR (G) |
RUPERT KATHNER, BOB CHITTY, BEN CROWE, LARRY CROWHURST, BILL CROWE, RUPERT KATHNER, ALMA KING, CHARLES 'BUD' TINGWELL Ned Kelly rides again in this blazing tale of his infamous exploits at the Glenrowan Hotel.
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| HAPPY FEET (G) |
GEORGE MILLER, GEORGE MILLER, JOHN COLLEE, JUDY MORRIS, WARREN COLEMAN, ELIJAH WOOD, ROBIN WILLIAMS, BRITTANY MURPHY, HUGH JACKMAN, NICOLE KIDMAN, HUGO WEAVING, MAGDA SZUBANSKI The story of a misfit who finds a beat all his own, Happy Feet is a toe-tapping comedy-adventure for all ages.
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Cairns (21 Jun) |
| HARVIE KRUMPET (G) |
ADAM ELLIOT, GEOFFREY RUSH The biography of an ordinary man seemingly cursed with perpetual bad luck.
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| HATING ALISON ASHLEY (PG) |
SASKIA BURMEISTER, DELTA GOODREM, GEOFF BENNETT A comic yet poignant portrayal of the dilemmas of being a teenager, of how schoolgirl rivalries and embarrassing families can eventually lead to true friendship.
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Nanango (14 Mar) , Cairns (20 Jun) , Burnie (09 Oct) |
| HILDEGARDE (G) |
DI DREWE, RICHARD E. GRANT, TOM LONG When their beloved duck Hildegarde is 'abduckted' by bird smugglers it is up to Christopher, Isabel and Jeremy to save the day.
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| THE HOME SONG STORIES (M) |
TONY AYRES, JOAN CHEN, YUWU QI, JOEL LOK, IRENE CHEN, STEVE VIDLER, KERRY WALKER The Home Song Stories is an epic tale of mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, unrequited love, secrets and betrayal.
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Briagolong (08 Jun) , Burnie (11 Oct) |
| HUNT ANGELS (M) |
ALEC MORGAN, BEN MENDELSOHN, VICTORIA HILL, GARY BOULTER, PETER HANSEN Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks were the Bonnie & Clyde of Australian Showbiz. A fascinating, tall but true tale about wonderfully original Australian filmmakers.
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| IN THE COMPANY OF ACTORS (G) |
IAN DARLING, CATE BLANCHETT, ROBYN NEVIN, HUGO WEAVING, ANDREW UPTON, JUSTINE CLARKE In 2004, a new adaptation of Hedda Gabler by writer Andrew Upton premiered to great acclaim at the Sydney Theatre Company. Almost two years later, the original performers – Cate Blanchett, ...
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| IRRESISTIBLE (M) |
ANN TURNER, SUSAN SARANDON, SAM NEILL, EMILY BLUNT, BUD TINGWELL, WILLIAM MCINNES, GEORGIE PARKER Sophie Hartley is convinced that someone is trying to steal her children, her husband, her life.
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| THE JAMMED (MA) |
DEE MCLACHLAN, EMMA LUNG, VERONICA SYWAK, SASKIA BURMEISTER, MASA YAMAGUCHI, TODD MACDONALD, ANDREW S GILBERT, KATE ATKINSON, DAMIEN RICHARDSON Inspired by court transcripts and actual events, The Jammed is a social thriller about trafficking and the sex slave trade in Melbourne.
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| THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO (M) |
ANTHONY LUCAS, JOEL EDGERTON, JUDE BEAUMONT This is the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.
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| JEDDA (G) |
CHARLES CHAUVEL, ROBERT TUDAWALI, ROSALIE KUNOTH, BETTY SUTOR, GEORGE SIMPSON-LYTTLE Australia's first narrative colour feature film (1955), and the first to star Indigenous actors. Beautifully restored by the National Film and Sound Archive.
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Mallacoota (11 May) |
| JERRYCAN (-) |
JULIUS AVERY, TRISTAN BURKE, WALTER CURRIE, DYLAN PRETTY-RILEY, KYLE TAYLOR, NICK THOMAS Nathan is a kid who risks everything after he is bullied into making a life and death decision.
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Darwin (17 Aug) , Darwin (18 Aug) , Gunnedah (01 Nov) , Gunnedah (02 Nov) |
| JINDABYNE (M) |
RAY LAWRENCE, LAURA LINNEY, GABRIEL BYRNE, CHRIS HAYWOOD, DEBORRA-LEE FURNESS, JOHN HOWARD, EVA LAZZARO, ALICE GARNER The story of a murder and a marriage. A powerful and original film about the things that haunt us.
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| JOSH JARMAN (M) |
PIP MUSHIN, MARCUS GRAHAM, KESTIE MORASSI, DANIELLA FARINACCI, KYM GYNGELL Josh Jarman is a struggling playwright looking for a producer for his play. When Josh meets Sasha, another struggling playwright and daughter of producer Stan Billows, a relationship develops. Fac ...
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| KANYINI (PG) |
MELANIE HOGAN, BOB RANDALL Kanyini is a story told by an Aboriginal man, Bob Randall, who lives beside the greatest monolith in the world, Uluru in Central Australia.
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| NURSE MAGGIE (G) |
JONATHON HEATH AND REBECCA HEATH, MAGGIE SISTER This film a poignant documentary that looks at the extraordinary life of Australian nurse and Order of Australia Medal recipient Maggie Sister and the work she undertakes in India.
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| KENNY (M) |
CLAYTON JACOBSON, SHANE JACOBSON, EVE VON BIBRA, RONALD JACOBSON, CHRIS DAVIS, IAN DRYDEN, MORIHIKO HASEBE From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Follow Kenny as he takes every septic challenge that comes his way, culminating in a pilgrimag ...
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| KOKODA (M) |
ALISTER GRIERSON, JACK FINSTERER, TRAVIS MCMAHON, SIMON STONE, LUKE FORD, WILLIAM MCINNES, TOM BUDGE, STEVE LE MARQUAND, ANGUS SAMPSON A fearsome force of Japanese fighters land on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. Their intention: to seize Port Moresby and invade Australia.
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Mallacoota (12 May) , Briagolong (06 Jun) |
| LANTANA (M) |
RAY LAWRENCE, KERRY ARMSTRONG, ANTHONY LAPAGLIA, GEOFFREY RUSH, BARBARA HERSHEY, RACHAEL BLAKE, VINCE COLOSIMO, RUSSELL DYKSTRA, DANIELA FARINACCI, PETER PHELPS, LEAH PURCELL, GLENN ROBBINS Detective Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia) tries to untangle a complex web of relationships and solve the mystery of a woman’s disappearance.
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| LAST TRAIN TO FREO (M) |
JEREMY SIMS, STEVE LE MARQUAND, TOM BUDGE, GIGI EDGLEY, GLENN HAZELDINE, GILLIAN JONES Two thugs on a late night suburban train get more than they bargain for when they start looking for trouble.
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| THE LAST WAVE (PG) |
PETER WEIR, TONY MORPHETT, RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, OLIVIA HAMNETT, DAVID GULPILIL, PETRU POPESCU A hotshot lawyer who has been called upon to defend a small group of tribal Aborigines on what appears to be an open and shut murder charge finds himself drawn into an unfamiliar world of ancient ...
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| LITTLE FISH (MA) |
ROWAN WOODS, CATE BLANCHETT, HUGO WEAVING, SAM NEILL, MARTIN HENDERSON, NONI HAZELHURST, DUSTIN NGUYEN Cate Blanchett plays Tracy Heart; a woman trying to create a future for herself beyond the limitations of the present and the pull of a dangerous past.
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| LOBSTER TALES (G) |
DENISE GROVES A wry and celebratory documentary about the mysterious Western Australian Rock Lobster and the kaleidoscope of fisher folk whose livelihood depends on them.
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| LOOK BOTH WAYS (M) |
SARAH WATT, JUSTINE CLARKE, WILLIAM MCINNES, ANDREW S. GILBERT, DANIELLA FARINACCI, SACHA HORLER AFI Award-winning mix of animation and live action. Over a hot weekend, seven people try to deal with unexpected events. As their paths intersect and their stories intertwine, they create an intr ...
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| LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI (M) |
KATE WOODS, PIA MIRANDA, GRETA SCACCHI, ANTHONY LAPAGLIA, ELENA COTTA A teenage girl deals with the traumas of everyday life, her mother, father, school, schoolmates and romantic dilemmas over two very different boys.
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| LOST PROPERTY (M) |
CRAIG PROUDLEY, RON KELLY A nightmarish suburban comedy of errors about what happens when a drunk in a superhero outfit arrives home to find a corpse and a stoner in his house during a terrific thunderstorm.
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| LUCKY MILES (MA) |
MICHAEL JAMES ROWLAND, KENNETH MORALEDA, RODNEY AFIF, SRISACD SACDPRASEUTH, GLENN SHEA, DEBORAH MAILMAN It’s 1990 and an Indonesian fishing boat abandons Iraqi and Cambodian refugees in a remote part of Western Australia.
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Quorn (26 Apr) , Briagolong (08 Jun) , Broome (05 Jul) , Karratha (11 Jul) |
| MACBETH (MA) |
GEOFFREY WRIGHT, SAM WORTHINGTON, VICTORIA HILL, STEVE BASTONI, MICK MOLLOY, GARY SWEET Baz Luhrmann blazed the trail with Romeo+Juliet in a wholly contemporary approach to Shakespeare and now comes this great adaptation of one of the great man’s most famous tales. With guns a ...
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| MAD MAX (R) |
GEORGE MILLER, MEL GIBSON, STEVE BISLEY, HUGH KEAYS-BYRNE An international hit and still fabulous viewing, Mad Max is a wonderful stylish work containing some of the most inspired character acting committed to Australian celluloid.
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| MAD MAX II (MA) |
GEORGE MILLER, MEL GIBSON, MAX PHIPPS, MIKE PRESTON, BRUCE SPENCE Sequel to the film that launched the international career of Mel Gibson and the local career of Steve Bisley.
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| MAD MAX III (MA) |
GEORGE MILLER, GEORGE OGILVIE, TERRY HAYES, MEL GIBSON, TINA TURNER, BRUCE SPENCE, ADAM COCKBURN, FRANK THRING Bartertown is a city on the edge of a desert that has managed to retain some technology, if no civilization. Max has his supplies stolen and must seek shelter there in a post-apocalypse world whe ...
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| THE MAGIC PUDDING (G) |
KARL ZWICKY, JOHN CLEESE, SAM NEILL, GEOFFREY RUSH, HUGO WEAVING, JACK THOMPSON, TONI COLLETTE, MARY COUSTAS, ROY BILLING, GREG CARROLL, JOHN LAWS Bunyip Bluegum (Rush) is a koala on an adventure and in search of his missing parents. His companions include Bill Barnacle (Weaving), Sam Sawnoff (Neill) and Albert (Cleese) the magic pudding.
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| THE MAGICIAN (MA) |
SCOTT RYAN, SCOTT RYAN, BEN WALKER, MASSIMILLANO ANDRIGHETTO, A rough and ready crime-cum-documentary-cum-thriller-cum-comedy quite unlike anything you may have seen before.
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| THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER (PG) |
GEORGE MILLER , TOM BURLINSON, SIGRID THORNTON, JACK THOMPSON, KIRK DOUGLAS, TERENCE DONOVAN, CHRIS HAYWOOD, GUS MERCURIO, LORRAINE BAYLEY A stellar cast shine in this classic Australian period drama. Based on Banjo Paterson’s much-loved poem, the film is set in Australian high country.
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Burnie (12 Oct) |
| THE MAN WHO SUED GOD (M) |
MARK JOFFE, BILLY CONNOLLY, WENDY HUGHES, JUDY DAVIS A delightful romantic comedy starring Billy Connolly as an ex-lawyer enjoying a sea-change in Bermagui.
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Yamba (05 Apr) |
| MIMI (M) |
WARWICK THORNTON, SOPHIE LEE, DAVID GULPILIL, AARON PEDERSEN, , , , , , When you buy black there's no turning back.
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Mallacoota (11 May) |
| MOULIN ROUGE (MA) |
BAZ LUHRMANN, NICOLE KIDMAN, EWAN MCGREGOR, JOHN LEGUIZAMO, JIM BROADBENT, RICHARD ROXBURGH Christian, a young poet living in 1899 Paris, defies his father by moving to Montmartre, where he falls in with the ideals of freedom, truth, beauty, and love espoused by Toulouse Lautrec and the ...
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| MURIEL'S WEDDING (M) |
P.J. HOGAN, TONI COLLETTE, BILL HUNTER, RACHEL GRIFFITHS, JEANIE DRYNAN, GENNIE NEVINSON, MATT DAY, DANIEL LAPAINE, SOPHIE LEE, BELINDA JARRETT Now an Australian classic, Muriel's Wedding is a poignant, reflective, very funny and completely engrossing film.
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| MY BRILLIANT CAREER (G) |
GILLIAN ARMSTRONG, JUDY DAVIS, WENDY HUGHES Judy Davis plays a headstrong young farm girl trying to choose between marriage to a handsome suitor and her dream to become a novelist.
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Yamba (05 Apr) |
| NAPOLEON (G) |
MARIO ANDREACCHIO, JAMIE CROFT, PHILIP QUAST, SUSAN LYONS, ANNE-LOUISE LAMBERT, FIONA PRESS, CORALIE SAWADE, BRENTON WHITTLE, LUCIA MASTRANTONE Napoleon is a golden retriever pup who dreams of leaving the limits of the backyard to conquer the outback and to live with the wild dogs.
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Port Augusta (13 Sep) , Woomera (04 Oct) |
| NEWSFRONT (PG) |
PHILLIP NOYCE, CHRIS HAYWOOD, TONY BARRY, BRYAN BROWN, WENDY HUGHES, DON CROSBY, BILL HUNTER, GERARD KENNEDY, ANGELA PUNCH MCGREGOR In Australia in the late 1940s, before the coming of television, Len Maguire (Bill Hunter) and his young sidekick Chris (Chris Haywood) cover the big news stories for the Cinetone newsreel company.
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| NO WORRIES (G) |
DAVID ELFICK, BOB BAINES, RAY BARRETT, SUSAN LYONS, JOHN HARGEAVES, GEOFF MORRELL, AMY TERELINCK When 11-year-old Matilda's family have to leave their sheep station to live in inner city Sydney, the shock is enormous.
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Cairns (20 Jun) , Tenterfield (12 Jun) , Tenterfield (13 Jun) |
| NOISE (MA) |
MATTHEW SAVILLE, BRENDAN COWELL, MAIA THOMAS, HENRY NIXON, NICHOLAS BELL, KATIE WALL Graham McGahan (Brendan Cowell) is a cop – almost by default he thinks. Laid back, beset with doubt and living with tinnitus, he’s sent by his boss to spend Christmas alone in a police van.
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Briagolong (08 Jun) |
| NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD (MA) |
MARK HARTLEY, QUENTIN TARANTINO, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, DENNIS HOPPER, GEORGE MILLER, JACK THOMPSON Not Quite Hollywood is the wild, wonderful, untold story of "OZPLOITATION" films. It irreverently documents an era when Australian cinema got its gear off and showed the world a full ...
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Darwin (17 Aug) , Nambucca Heads (24 Oct) , Broken Hill (14 Nov) |
| ONE PERFECT DAY (M) |
PAUL CURRIE, DAN SPIELMAN, ABBIE CORNISH, LEANNA WALSMAN, NATHAN PHILLIPS Charts a course through life, love, music and family with an unabashed raw energy. Sparkles in its high moments, and delivers the sort of body blows so often missing from the pap of the Hollywood ...
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Nanango (15 Mar) |
| OPAL DREAM (PG) |
PETER CATTANEO, BEN RICE, PHIL TRAILL, CHRISTIAN BYERS, SAPPHIRE BOYCE, VINCE COLOSIMO, JACQUELINE MCKENZIE Pobby and Dingan are the invisible friends of Kellyanne, the nine-year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film is a funny, uplifting and touching story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearan ...
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Nanango (14 Mar) , Mallacoota (12 May) |
| OUR TOWN + SHORT FILMS BY INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS (-) |
A spirited film by young locals about the importance of the Clarence River to their lives and to their Indigenous culture.
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Yamba (06 Apr) |
| OYSTER FARMER (MA) |
ANNA REEVES, KERRY ARMSTRONG, JACK THOMPSON, DAVID FIELD, ALEX O'LACHLAN, JIM NORTON, DIANA GLENN 23-year-old Jack Flange (Alex O'Lachlan), moves from Sydney to a small oyster-farming community to work for Brownie (David Field) and his old man Mumbles (Jim Norton), one of the founding families ...
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| PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (PG) |
PETER WEIR, HELEN MORSE, JACKI WEAVER, ANNE-LOUISE LAMBERT, KAREN ROBSON Students at an upper crust Victorian-era girls' school go on a field trip to Hanging Rock. On the trip, three of the girls and one of the teachers go missing.
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| THE PICTURE SHOW MAN (G) |
JOHN POWER, JOHN MEILLON, ROD TAYLOR, GARRY MCDONALD, HAROLD HOPKINS, TONY BARRY, JOHN EWART, JEANIE DRYNAN Journey back to the 1920s when horse-drawn travelling picture shows brought cinema to country towns.
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| PROOF (M) |
JOCELYN MOORHOUSE, HUGO WEAVING, GENEVIEVE PICOT, RUSSELL CROWE, HEATHER MITCHELL, JEFFREY WALKER, DANIEL POLLOCK, FRANKIE J HOLDEN Blind from birth, Martin trusts no-one except the camera that has replaced his eyes.
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| THE PROPOSITION (MA) |
JOHN HILLCOAT, NICK CAVE, GUY PEARCE, TOM BUDGE, EMILY WATSON, RAY WINSTONE, DAVID WENHAM, JOHN HURT, DANNY HUSTON, DAVID GULPILIL, LEAH PURCELL, TOMMY LEWIS "...a visceral, violent study of blood-ties exploring ethnic and family bonds, feuds, loyalty and betrayal." - IMDB
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| PUBERTY BLUES (M) |
BRUCE BERESFORD, MARGARET KELLY, KATHY LETTE, GABRIELLE CAREY, NELL SCHOFIELD, JAD CAPELJA, GEOFF RHOE, TONY HUGHES, CHARLES TINGWELL Debbie and her best friend Sue desperately try to break into the "in" group of surfie chicks who dominate Greenhill Beach. Once they are accepted, they realise that the group's laid-back, ultra-c ...
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| THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE (M) |
TONY MCNAMARA, MIRANDA RICHARDSON, GARRY MCDONALD, BEN LEE, ROSE BYRNE, NATHANIEL DEAN, JESSE SPENCE An exuberant, sharply satirical comedy about two parentally neglected teenagers who find the courage to believe in themselves.
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| RAY (R) |
TONY MAHONY, DYLAN LEWIS An intriguing short set in a small country town.
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| RAZZLE DAZZLE (PG) |
DARREN ASHTON, KERRY ARMSTRONG, BEN MILLER, NADINE GARNER, TARA MORICE, BARRY CROCKER, NOELINE BROWN Featuring an all-star cast, this film takes you behind the glitter and glamour, lifting the curtain into the world of competitive dance. A world of parental politics, petty rivalry and creative co ...
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Broken Hill (14 Nov) |
| ROGUE (M) |
GREG MCLEAN, MICHAEL VARTAN, RADHA MITCHELL, JOHN JARRATT, SAM WORTHINGTON, CAITLIN STASEY Pete is an American travel writer reporting on the booming tourist industry in the Northern Territory. While taking a river cruise he finds himself stuck with a collection of interesting character ...
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| ROMULUS, MY FATHER (M) |
RICHARD ROXBURGH, ERIC BANA, FRANKA POTENTE, MARTON CSOKAS, KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, RUSSELL DYKSTRA, JACEK KOMAN Based on Raimond Gaita's critically acclaimed memoir, this film tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, R ...
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Briagolong (07 Jun) , Traralgon (18 Jun) |
| SA SHORT SCREEN AWARDS (-) |
VARIOUS, VARIOUS Now in its ninth year, the SASSA program includes some of the best short films made by local South Australian filmmakers. This year we include winners for Best Film You Better Watch Out ...
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Port Augusta (13 Sep) |
| SA SHORT SCREEN AWARDS (-) |
VARIOUS, VARIOUS Now in its eighth year, the SA Short Screen Awards program includes some of the best short films made by local South Australian filmmakers.
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| THE SAVIOUR (PG) |
PETER TEMPLEMAN, THOM CAMPBELL, SUSAN PRIOR, RHYS MULDOON, DAVID SOMERVILLE, , , , , Malcolm is a gentle, effective door-to-door evangelist who's in love with a married woman. With pressure mounting from his church to convert her, Malcolm decides his bible is the very weapon he n ...
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Mallacoota (09 May) |
| SHINE (PG) |
SCOTT HICKS, GEOFFREY RUSH, LYNN REDGRAVE, SIR JOHN GIELGUD, ARMIN MUELLER STAHL, NOAH TAYLOR, GOOGIE WITHERS Based on the life of brilliant pianist David Helfgott. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor - Geoffrey Rush
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| THE SILLY BILLIES SAVE THE CIRCUS!! (G) |
JOHN KENDRICK, WAYNE CLARKE, RED SYMONDS, JOHN KENDRICK, DAVID WELLS, CASSANDRA SPARKE, MIRANDA THE AUSSIE KANGAROO, MERRICK ASHTON When the Silly Billies hear that their circus friends are in trouble, they decide to help. Fun and laughter follow as the Silly Billies create chaos under the big top.
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Yamba (03 Apr) , Yamba (02 Apr) , Mallacoota (12 May) |
| SOLO (MA) |
MORGAN O'NEILL, COLIN FRIELS, BOJANA NOVAKOVIC, LINAL HAFT, ANGIE MILLIKEN, VINCE COLOSIMO, BRUCE SPENCE, CHRIS HAYWOOD, TONY BARRY Set in Sydney, this film is a dark journey into the heart of the Australian underworld: standover tactics, illegal gambling, prostitution, creative importation - it's all there.
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| SON OF A LION (PG) |
BENJAMIN GILMOUR, NIAZ KHAN SHINWARI, SHER ALAM MISKEEN USTAD Eleven-year old Niaz lives in remote mountains of Pakistan. Niaz doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of his father, a weapons maker. He dreams of going to school just as his mother had wanted. ...
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Cairns (20 Jun) , Darwin (16 Aug) , Port Augusta (12 Sep) , Nambucca Heads (26 Oct) , Gunnedah (01 Nov) , Gunnedah (02 Nov) |
| SPIDER (MA) |
NASH EDGERTON, DAVID MICHOD, NASH EDGERTON, MIRRAH FOULKES It's all about fun and games until someone loses an eye!
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Gunnedah (31 Oct) , Gunnedah (02 Nov) |
| SPIDER AND ROSE (M) |
BILL BENNETT, RUTH CRACKNELL, SIMON BOSSELL, MAX CULLEN, TINA BURSILL, BRUCE VENABLES Spider McCall is a 22-year-old ambulance driver with ‘attitude’. His final day on the job lands him the assignment from hell - driving an elderly patient from a Sydney hospital to her son’s farm i ...
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| THE SQUATTER'S DAUGHTER (G) |
KEN G HALL, JOCELYN HOWARTH, GRANT LYNDSAY, JOHN WARWICK, OWEN AINLEY, CLAUDE TURTON, KATHLEEN ESLER, Joan Enderby (Jocelyn Howarth) is about to lose her family's sheep station, because she can't afford to buy out the lease from the Sherringtons who run the neighbouring station, Waratah. Joan's tr ...
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Gunnedah (01 Nov) |
| STORM BOY (G) |
HENRI SAFRAN, GREG ROWE, DAVID GULPILIL, PETER CUMMINS The power of friendship and devotion is at the heart of this classic Australian film.
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Nambucca Heads (26 Oct) , Gunnedah (31 Oct) , Gunnedah (31 Oct) , Broken Hill (16 Nov) |
| STRANGE BEDFELLOWS (M) |
DEAN MURPHY, MICHAEL CATON, PAUL HOGAN, PETE POSTLETHWAITE, ALAN CASSELL, ANDY PAPPAS, PAULA DUNCAN, ROY BILLING, JAMIE ROBERTSON The hilarious and heart–warming story of two very straight country blokes who, out of financial desperation, declare themselves a gay couple to exploit new tax legislation.
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| STRICTLY BALLROOM (PG) |
BAZ LUHRMANN, PAUL MERCURIO, TARA MORICE, BILL HUNTER, PAT THOMPSON, BARRY OTTO, GIA CARIDES When a young ballroom champion defies the all-powerful Federation by dancing his own steps, his dream of winning the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix is shattered. His career seems in jeopardy until help co ...
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Mallacoota (11 May) |
| SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY (M) |
KEN HANNAM, JACK THOMPSON, MAX CULLEN, ROBERT BRUNING, JERRY THOMAS, PETER CUMMINS, JOHN DINGWELL The title comes from the lament of a shearer’s neglected wife: ‘Friday night, too tired; Saturday night, too drunk; Sunday, too far away’. The setting is an outback sheep station in 1955; Foley ...
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| TEN CANOES (M) |
ROLF DE HEER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PEOPLE OF RAMINGINING. CO-DIRECTED BY PETER DJIGIRR., CRUSOE KURDDAL, JAMIE GULPILIL, RICHARD BIRRINBIRRIN, PETER MINGYLULU, FRANCES DJULIBING It is the distant past, tribal times. Dayindi (played by Jamie Gulpilil) covets one of the wives of his older brother.
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Mallacoota (10 May) |
| THANK GOD HE MET LIZZIE (M) |
CHERIE NOWLAN, CATE BLANCHETT, RICHARD ROXBURGH, FRANCES O’CONNOR A bittersweet romantic comedy about Guy who, on his wedding day, reminisces about his former girlfriend Jenny and wonders whether he made the right choice.
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| THE TENDER HOOK (M) |
JONATHAN OGILVIE, HUGO WEAVING, ROSE BYRNE, MATT LE NEVEZ, PIA MIRANDA, , A film noir set in stylised version of 1920's Sydney, The Tender Hook charts a young woman's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle. Femme fatale Iris, underworld figure McHeath ...
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Port Augusta (12 Sep) , Gunnedah (31 Oct) , Gunnedah (02 Nov) |
| THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB (G) |
MICHAEL POWELL, WALTER CHIARI, CLARE DUNNE, CHIPS RAFFERTY, ED DEVEREAUX, JOHN MEILLON, GRAHAM KENNEDY, SLIM DE GREY, JEANIE DRYNAN, BARRY CREYTON “The funniest film ever made about Australians!”
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| THREE DOLLARS (M) |
ROBERT CONNOLLY, DAVID WENHAM, FRANCES O'CONNOR, SARAH WYNTER, JOANNA HUNT-PROKHOVNIC A story about an ordinary man whose newly found conscience leads him to a better understanding of himself and his life…
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| THE TRACKER (M) |
ROLF DE HEER, DAVID GULPILIL, GARY SWEET, DAMON GAMEAU, GRANT PAGE Rolf de Heer's innovative feature starring David Gulpilil and Gary Sweet.
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| TRAVELLING PICTURE SHOW PRESENTATION (M) |
VARIOUS, VARIOUS From the early 1920s until the mid 1950s, picture shows were generally brought to small Gippsland towns by travelling exhibitors.
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| UNFINISHED SKY (M) |
PETER DUNCAN, WILLIAM MCINNES, MONIC HENDRICKX, ROY BILLING, DAVID FIELD A lyrical and sensual story set in a country town with a sinister secret.
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Yamba (05 Apr) , Port Augusta (13 Sep) , Burnie (10 Oct) , Woomera (04 Oct) , Nambucca Heads (25 Oct) , Gunnedah (01 Nov) , Gunnedah (02 Nov) , Broken Hill (15 Nov) |
| UNFOLDING FLORENCE (PG) |
GILLIAN ARMSTRONG, JUDI FARR, FELICITY PRICE, HANNAH GARBO Florence Broadhurst lived an amazing life. Not content with reality, she invented and reinvented her past to be even more interesting.
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Mallacoota (11 May) |
| THE VIEW FROM GREENHAVEN (-) |
KENN MACRAE, SIMON MACRAE, CHRIS HAYWOOD, WENDY HUGHES, SUSAN PRIOR, RUSSELL DYKSTRA A delightful comedy about life in an idyllic and small coastal town.
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Yamba (04 Apr) , Nanango (14 Mar) , Mallacoota (10 May) |
| THE WOG BOY (M) |
ALEKSI VELLIS, NICK GIANNOPOULOS, LUCY BELL, VINCE COLOSIMO, ABI TUCKER, STEPHEN CURRY, GERALDINE TURNER, HUNG LEE, JOHN BARRESI, CHARLES 'BUD' TINGWELL A hilarious film starring Nick Giannopoulos of Wogs Out of Work, Wogarama and Acropolis Now fame.
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