2010 Screening times
Screening 1
Friday 7 May at 7:30 pm
(Double session with Supper)
Screening 2
Saturday 8 May at 9:00 am
Screening 3
Saturday 8 May at 11:00 am
(Lunch break)
Screening 4
Saturday 8 May at 3:45 pm
(Dinner break)
Screening 5
Saturday 8 May at 8:00 pm
2010 Program
The program is subject to occasional alteration due to changes in film availability.
This website is regularly updated to reflect these changes
| Screening 1 - Friday 7 May at 7:30 pm | |
FRIDAY: Session 1 | |
The Combination | Australia 2009 96 mins Drama Dir: David Field M |
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A must-see Australian film about a Lebanese-Australian determined to stop his brother from becoming a criminal. Set against the Cronulla riots and featuring an inter-racial love story, this is a powerfully authentic and beautifully made contemporary drama.
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SUPPER | |
FRIDAY: Late Session, 10:30 pm | |
District 9 | South Africa 2009 112mins SciFi Dir: Neil Blomkamp MA(15+) |
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Twenty years ago, a spaceship stalled over Johannesburg and the million starving aliens aboard were rescued and placed in camps. Now, we follow the latest developments in simulated news dispatches and documentary-style re-enactments. This inventive film is fast-moving and makes a sharp social and political comment.
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| Screening 2 - Saturday 8 May at 9.00am | |
Gomorrah | Italy 2008 137mins Drama
Dir: Matteo Garrone MA(15+)
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A sprawling and immensely involving memoir of contemporary life under the violent shadow of the mafia. This film has the tension of the best crime cinema, but also the scope and intent of great drama.
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| Screening 3 - Saturday 8 May at 11.00am | |
Frozen River | 2008 Canada 97mins Drama
Dir: Courtney Hunt MA(15+)
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A grimly impressive Oscar-nominated film about two women who take part in the illegal smuggling of refugees between Canada and the US. This first feature is a keen and subtle observation on the nature of poverty and desperation, and the situation for minority races.
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LUNCH BREAK (approx 1:15 to 2:15)Yummy home-cooked soup, sandwiches, cakes and slices will be available in the Town Hall for $15. Historic Walk (2:15 to 3:00)
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| Screening 4 - Saturday 8 May at 3:45pm | |
Departures | Japan 2009 130mins Drama/Comedy
Dir: Yokiro Takita M
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A delicately uplifting drama. A recently laid-off cellist accidentally comes to work in the funeral industry. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey, as his world expands and deepens in this new profession.
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DINNER BREAK (6.00 to 8.00)
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| Screening 5 - Saturday 8 May at 8.00pm | |
We of the Walls |
Australia 2009 17 mins Drama Dir: pascal Mercay MA |
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Filmed on the Warrambeen property to the south of Buninyong. This period drama abut two Scottish brothers honours the memory of the wallers of Western Victoria.
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Mary and Max |
Australia 2009 93 mins Animation/Comedy Dir: Adam Elliot PG |
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The story of a long-distance friendship between pen-pals in Melbourne and New York. This strikingly original film has an enchantment all its own. Its themes are menacing (loneliness, isolation, bereavement, mental illness) - yet the results are delightful. Narrator Barry Humphries features, with voice roles for Toni Collette and Philip Seymour Hoffmann.
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