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FEATURE FILMS
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Celia
- Australia
- 1989
- 103 min
- DIR: Ann Turner
- MA 15+
Celia (Rebecca Smart) is rebellious child growing up in Melbourne in the 1950s, in a community gripped by paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’. Her fear and confusion come to a head when a government ban on rabbits robs her of her beloved pet, and fantasy and reality begin to merge.
Celia was described by Janet Maslin in the New York Times as “transfixing, assured, extremely lucid”; by Tom Hutchinson in The Mail as, “One of those classics of childhood such as Reed’s The Fallen Idol or Truffaut’s The 400 Blows. It was named one of the world’s 10 best films of 1990 by Village Voice and in 2009 English Time Out rated Celia in its “50 Greatest Debut Movies” and also placed the DVD release in its top ten DVDs for that year. The film boasts an outstanding cast including Victoria Longley, Nicholas Eadie, Mary-Anne Fahey and William Zappa. Both Fahey and Longley were nominated for AFI Awards (Longley won).
The screening will be followed by a conversation with director Ann Turner and star Rebecca Smart.
SWMF’s Briony Kidd recently wrote about the film for the anthology Kid Power!, which explores images of children in cult film and television. Kid Power! also features an essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, a speaker at the festival as part of the Mary Shelley Symposium on 23 August. The book will be available for sale.
Friday 22 August, 7.30 pmDechaineux Theatre - UTAS Art School, Hunter St$15 (or book with VIP pass)BOOK TICKETS
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Chanthaly
- Laos
- 2012
- 109 min
- DIR: Mattie Do
- Unclassified, under 15s not admitted unless accompanied by an adult
A young girl, raised alone by her overprotective father sequestered in their home in Vientiane, Chanthaly suspects that her dead mother’s ghost is trying to deliver a message to her from the afterlife. After a change in the medication treating her hereditary heart condition causes the hallucinations to cease, Chanthaly must decide whether or not to risk succumbing to her terminal illness to hear her mother’s last words.
Chanthaly has the distinction of being the first horror film to be written and directed entirely in Laos and the first Lao feature film directed by a woman. It screened at the 2012 Luang Prabang Film Festival and the 2013 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Pop singer Amphaiphun Phimmapunya stars in the leading role as Chanthaly, alongside Douangmany Soliphanh and Soukchinda Duangkhamchan.Mattie Do will be present for a post-screening discussion of the film and her new project, Dear Sister.Sunday 24 August, 8 pmFounders Room, Salamanca Arts Centre$10 (or book with VIP pass)BOOK TICKETS
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EVANGELINE
- Canada
- 2013
- 85 min
- DIR: Karen Lam
- Unclassified, under 18s not admitted
Evangeline Pullman (Kat de Lieva) has just escaped her sheltered upbringing to reinvent herself in college. As she begins to break out of her shell, she attracts the attention of a violent fraternity leader (Richard Harmon) and his two cohorts. Beaten and dumped in the woods to die, Evangeline finds herself trapped in a supernatural nightmare, and she must choose between vengeance and redemption.“Imagine I Spit On Your Grave adhered to The Crow but filtered through the sensibilities of a real artist…. The results are fascinating, flawed and incredibly stylish.” - Fangoria
Evangeline was partially inspired by the real life killings in British Columbia on the ‘highway of tears’ and Vancouver’s downtown eastside. Robert Pickton was convicted in 2007 of the Vancouver murders, and the highway 16 murders have never been solved.
Karen Lam will be available for a post-screening Skype Q & A.
Saturday 23 August, 3.00 pmFounders Room, Salamanca Arts Centre$10 (or book with VIP pass)BOOK TICKETS
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SOULMATE
- UK
- 2013
- 104 min
- DIR: Axelle Carolyn
- Unclassified, under 18s not admitted
Recently widowed Audrey Barker (Anna Walton) moves to the Welsh countryside in a last ditch effort to get back on her feet after the death of her husband. She soon realises the house she’s renting is haunted, but against all odds, decides to stay, hoping to find comfort in the presence of the ghost. But things are not as they seem…
Axelle Carolyn will intro the film with a video message.Saturday 23 August, 10 pmFounders Room, Salamanca Arts Centre$10 (or book with VIP pass)BOOK TICKETS
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KEPT
- Japan
- 2014
- 71 min
- DIR: Maki Mizui
- Unclassified, under 18s not admitted.
One summer night, teenager Mayuka is abducted on her way home from work, but manages to forge a temporary personal bond with her attacker…From first-time writer / director Maki Mizui (best known as an actor, in such films as Tokyo Gore Police) comes this dark and original drama.
Based on the filmmaker’s own experiences as a crime victim, and inspired by a real-life series of abductions that happened in Saitama Prefecture outside Tokyo.Maki Mizui will be available for a post-screening Skype Q&A.
Sunday 24 August at 3.00 pmFounders Room, Salamanca Arts Centre$10 (or book with VIP pass)BOOK TICKETS
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