from the director
With the recent announcement of the Adelaide Film & Screen Hub in Glenside as 
the
new home for the SA Film Corporation, and a swathe of film projects about to begin or already in production here, the film industry in South Australia seems to be powering along. The pace is certainly picking up at the Adelaide Film Festival as we lock off our 2009 investment fund slate, and our programming team starts to roam the world to find the movie gems to entertain you at our festival next year [Feb 19 – Mar 1 2009]. This month sees AFF Associate Director Adele Hann attending Edinburgh and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals. The Melbourne Film Festival kicks off on July 25, and with AFF 05 and 07 Program Coordinator Michelle Carey now the MIFF chief programmer there we can’t wait to see their full program.
peter greenaway in conversation
Welsh-born Peter Greenaway is best known for his filmmaking during the 19
80's and 90's, directing visually sumptuous films such as The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover, Belly of an Architect ,A Zed and Two Noughts and his most recent film Nightwatching. His films have polarised viewers, garnering international accolades and audience walk-outs. A fearless visionary and provocateur, he rejected narrative storytelling in favour of his trademark exploration of sex and death.
Visiting Australia as the keynote speaker for the 2008 Australian International Documentary Conference (www.aidc.com.au), Greenaway spoke to Virginia Trioli about his body of work, and also what he's been up to since his last major feature film release in Australia.
'Peter Greenaway is Conversation' will be aired on ABC1 Tuesday July 8 @ 10:00pm and again on ABC2 Sunday July 13 @ 7:00pm.
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SUBSCRIBER OFFERS
On offer to our subscribers this month are double in-season passes to the following films:
The Savages writer/dir: Tamara Jenkins (M)
The Savages is an irreverent look at family, love and morality as seen through the lens of one of modern life’s most bewildering and challenging experiences: when adult siblings find them selves plucked from their everyday, self-centered lives to care for an estranged elderly parent. Starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Thanks to Roadshow we have 50 double passes to a preview screening on Monday 14 July at 6:30pm at Cinema Nova.
To win your tickets, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details, and type 'The Savages' in the 'which film?' field. Tickets are limited, and will fly out the door, so be quick!
Mercury Cinema Giveaways
Grindhouse Dir: Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino (MA15+)
For two nights only… the complete, full-length double feature experience has arrived at the Mercury Cinema, the way it was originally intended to be seen. This sleazy homage to Z grade exploitation shockers delivers two movies for the price of one, replicating the grindhouse theatre going experience of the seventies and eighties. A gun-legged woman named Cherry has to hold back an outbreak of murderous zombies destroying small-town USA in… Planet Terror. A psycho named Stuntman Mike stalks and kills beautiful women with his hotted up muscle car in… Death Proof. Plus trailers for upcoming features so gruesome, you may never see them in their entirety!
The Media Resource Centre and Mercury Cinema are giving away 3 double passes to the Saturday night session of this rarely seen double feature experience. 6:30pm Friday 18 & Saturday 19 July Tickets $11/$9.
The first 3 people to ring the Media Resource Centre on 8410 0979 will win the tickets.
ADELAIDE CINEMATHEQUE relaunch
Paranoid Park Dir: Gus Van Sant (M) 
Like a lot of teenagers, Alex has deal with issues such as his parents’ separation and his intensifying relationship with his girlfriend. But Alex has a bigger problem, accidentally killing a security guard when he was caught hitching a ride on a freight train. He decides to say nothing, recounting the events leading up to the tragedy in an attempt to relieve himself of his guilty conscience. Cinematography by Australia’s Christopher Doyle.
Adelaide Cinémathèque is a film society, membership rates apply.
The Media Resource Centre and Mercury Cinema are giving away 5 double passes, launching the second
half of the 2008 Adelaide Cinémathèque program. Drinks and nibbles served before the movie.
7:30pm Monday 4 August.
The first 5 people to ring the Media Resource Centre on
8410 0979 will win the tickets.
The King Of Kong Dir: Seth Gordon (PG)
Gamer of the Century Billy Mitchell, set the Guinness World Record of 874,300 points in eighties arcade classic Donkey Kong. Years later, stay-at-home dad Steve Wiebe perfected his game every night when his family went to bed, eventually surpassing Mitchell’s record with over one million points, a score once thought impossible. While Steve quickly becomes a celebrity in his hometown, Billy hatches a plan to discredit his score and reclaim his fallen Donkey Kong record.
The Mercury Cinema is giving away 3 double passes to the Saturday night session of this documentary smash. Play classic arcade games in the Mercury foyer and view demonstrations of games produced through the MRC Gameslab program. 7:30pm Fri & Sat, 12 & 13 September Tickets $11/$9
The first 3 people to ring the Media Resource Centre on
8410 0979 will win the tickets.
AFF special offer from brink productions
Brink Productions is offering Adelaide Film Festival members a special discount to see this lyrical and humorous play. Beetle Graduation, a daughter’s story, is about the unique and complicated mother-daughter relationship experienced by most women. This richly observed and moving account of Beetle and her mother’s final days of life will bring smiles of recognition. Beetle Graduation is directed by Chris Drummond (When The Rain Stops Falling) and stars Michaela Cantwell and Carmel Johnson (When The Rain Stops Falling andABC’s Rain Shadow).
Brink is offering all AFF members $5 discount off all tickets to attend performances between 10-16 July at the Space Theatre. Mention ‘AFF offer for Beetle’ when buying your Beetle Graduation tickets at a BASS outlet or by calling 131 246 to receive the discount.
Beetle Graduation by Susan Rogers is presented by Brink Productions, in association with Adelaide Festival Centre’s inSPACE program.
Space Theatre 10-11 July previews 12-26 July season
Suitable 15+ years
REALISE YOUR DREAM
The British Council is once again calling for Australia’s best young creatives to enter the 2008 Realise Your Dream award! It’s a professional development award open to all Australians (aged 30 and under as at 31 July), who are involved in creative industries. This includes those studying or working in creative fields such as visual arts, fashion, design, advertising, architecture, music, animation, multimedia, performing arts and computer games.
Now in its sixth successful year, the British Council Australia is behind the unique scheme and uses its UK network to find suitable mentors and money-can’t-buy work experience for the six winners. Winning candidates will be flown to the UK to work with a mentor, and even get $8,000 to help live the dream.
For more information visit our website at www.realiseyourdream.org.au or email realiseyourdream@britishcouncil.org.au
Applications close 31 July 2008
