from the director...
The Venice and Toronto film festivals were happy hunting grounds for the AFF programming team this year. Like most festivals they were awash with buzz, gossip, celebrity sightings, meetings, wheeling & dealing and all, as the Toronto motto says, “for the love of film”,
and what an incredible array.
According to festival director Katrina Sedgwick “AFF has never had so many titles to choose from at this stage of programming and it looks like being our strongest line-up yet”.
crossover australia - international mentors announced, applications open
Crossover Australia is a 5-day interactive residential workshop designed to brainstorm cross-platform models and projects. It will take place at McLaren on the Lake and follows 2007's highly successful Crossover.
Three leading international practitioners from the film and digital media sectors have been confirmed as mentors for Crossover Australia 2009. Leading the laboratory is Frank Boyd, former Director and Creative Development with BBC's Innovation and Learning Team, currently working with Creative London. He will be support by mentors: Matt adams, co-founder of Blast Theory and Heather Croall, Director of the Sheffield International Documentary Conference.
Participation for the 20 successful applicants is FREE. Submissions close OCTOBER 31. For full details, guidelines and application forms please visit www.crossover.org.au or contact Kate Jarrett in Screen Industry Programs at the SA Film Corporation on (08) 8348 9307 or email crossover09@safilm.com.au.
celebrity: dominick dunne at mercury
This season, in partnership with the MRC, launches the Adelaide Film Festival’s pilot program to bring Australian films to Adelaide audiences outside the dates of the festival that they might not otherwise be able to access.
Celebrity: Dominick Dunne dir: Timothy Jolley and Kirsty de Garis(M)
Film Art Media announced earlier this month that they will be holding an advance season of Celebrity: Dominick Dunne, in association with AFF and the Mercury Cinema, Adelaide. Opening on 5th October, directors Timothy Jolley and Kirsty de Garis will provide an introduction of the Australian made documentary which reveals the inside scoop on the world's most famous chronicler in the age of celebrity, Dominick Dunne. The film features extraordinary access to Dunne's world, including never-before-seen home video footage. For the first time, Dunne tells his own story revealing the journey from unlikely war hero, Hollywood producer and outcast, to special correspondent and defining 'voice' of Vanity Fair magazine.
Screening at Mercury Cinema, Adelaide
Opening Night (inc. Q&A with filmmakers) 7pm 5 October
Thursday 9 October - 6pm
Friday 10 October - 7pm
Sunday 19 October - 7pm
Thursday 23 October - 6pm
Friday 24 October - 7pm
For more information visit www.mercurycinema.org.au
To win one of ten double passes, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'Celebrity' in the 'which film?' field.
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The Tender Hook dir: Jonathan Ogilvie
Set in a stylised version of 1920’s, THE TENDER HOOK tells the story of 
Iris, a beautiful young woman caught at the apex of a dangerous love triangle. Her English lover McHeath, a rogue boxing promoter, suspects her involvement with his new young protégé Art. In a flawed moral landscape each struggles to retain their personal sovereignty as McHeath is provoked to acts of jealousy and violence. Ultimately Iris’s desires lead them all to an unexpected and destructive final destiny.
Starring Hugo Weaving, Rose Byrne, Matt Nevenz and Pia Miranda.
In cinemas September 18 through Icon Film Distribution.
To win one of thirty double passes, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'Tender Hook' in the 'which film?' field.
In Bruges dir: Martin McDonagh
Bruges the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travellers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), it could be their final destination. A difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered (right before Christmas by their London boss Harry - two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes) to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks.
In cinemas September 4. Icon Film Distribution.
To win one of thirty double passes, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'In Bruges' in the 'which film?' field.
Funny Games dir: Michael Haneke
In this provocative and brutal thriller from director Michael Haneke, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive.
Remade from his own acclaimed 1997 film, FUNNY GAMES is written and directed by Michael Haneke (Hidden), and stars Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet and Devon Gearhart.
In cinemas September 11 through Madman Cinema.
To win one of thirty double passes, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'Funny Games' in the 'which film?' field.
