huge month for movie lovers!
We know how much you love watching movies in winter, so this month, we're giving away more tickets than you can poke a stick at! See below for all the details.
Also, a big thank you to everyone who filled out our annual AFF customer survey. The response was great and the data collected is invaluable. If you didn't fill out the survey and would like to do so, simply click here.
big news for AFF Investment films
In the last newsletter we mentioned that Lucky Miles was In Competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival . The excited producer Jo Dyer contacted AFF with the great news that it had in fact won the Special Jury Prize, the equivalent of second place in this competition of international feature films. An amazing achievement and a brilliant start for the film and as a debut feature for director Michael James Rowland. The film is now playing at the Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas.
After so many runs on the board for their earlier works it's no surprise that the People's Republic of Animation are doing brilliantly with the 15 min animation SWEET & SOUR. It's just been announced that it will be screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Sapporo Shorts Festival in Japan this year and has been selected for official competition at the L.A Shorts Fest in the U.S. This is an academy accredited festival and the first time any of the PRA animations have been screened in Los Angeles.
Brisbane International Film Festival [2-12 August] has released their program and it seems that both the low budget feature Boxing Day, (directed by Kriv Stenders and produced by Kristian Moliere) and The Home Song Stories (directed by Tony Ayres) have been nominated for the FIPRESCI Award for Asia-Pacific film. Hip-hop documentary Words from the City (directed by Natasha Gadd & Rhys Graham) and Dr Plonk also found favour with Brisbane’s programmers. We especially enjoyed looking at the program as it is peppered by descriptions of the films by Hussain Currimbhoy, our Print Co-ordinator & Program Assistant this year, and now BIFF’s Senior Programming Assistant & Guest Co-ordinator.
The Melbourne International Film Festival's program includes Boxing Day, along with Paul Cox’s Kaluapapa Heaven, the half hour doc What the Future Sounded Like (directed by Matthew Bate) the music doc Words from the City, and The Home Song Stories. MIFF opens tonight.
australian screen: online
People all over Australia and internationally will be able to access Australia’s audiovisual heritage free via the internet following the launch of the Australian Film Commission’s groundbreaking digital resource, australianscreen online.
This $2.4m initiative will offer the general public unparalleled access to a vast collection of excerpts of Australian feature films, television drama, documentaries, newsreels and other historical material gathered both from the rich collections of the AFC’s partners in australianscreen online including the National Film and Sound Archive, the National Archives of Australia, the ABC, SBS and AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) as well as from Australia’s independent production sector.
Produced in Australia over the past 100 years, the website includes information about the programs, curators' notes, and links to producers’ and distributors’ home pages and other sources of information about the programs. Click here to visit the website: www.australianscreen.com
Klose call for Adelaide Film Composer
Congratulations to Adelaide based film composer and sound designer Ashley Klose who is attending the prestigious 2007 ASCAP Film & Television Scoring Workshop in Los Angeles. He is the only Australian artist in the group of 12 selected to participate in the intensive workshop. An accomplished orchestral composer, Ashley is particularly excited to be attending the Orchestral Workshop, paneled by a number of high profile Hollywood composers.
subscriber offer: free FILM tickets!!!
get in quick - these things go faster than a speeding bullet!
On offer to our subscribers this month, thanks to our friends at Madman and Dendy Films, are over 130 double preview passes to THIS IS ENGLAND (valid Wed 15 August at 6.30pm at Palace Nova), and AFF07 award winning film,THE HOME SONG STORIES (valid Saturday August 18 and Sunday August 19 at Palace Nova).
To win your tickets, CLICK HERE and fill in ALL of your details. Make sure you type in the name of the film you want tickets for in the 'Which Film?' field. Tickets are limited, and will fly out the door, so be quick!
If you have trouble filling out the form, please CLICK HERE and email your contact details and film name
THIS IS ENGLAND (M 15+):
From the award winning director of Twenty Four Seven, comes the story of Shaun a 12 year old kid growing up without a father in the north of England. Set in the summer of 1983, a time of rising unemployment, Rockers, New Romantics, Mods, Punks & Skinheads. THIS IS ENGLAND charts Shaun's rite of passage from a scruffy misfit grieving the loss of his father into a shaven-headed thug whose anger and pain are embraced by the local skinhead fraternity.
Starring Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley & directed by Shane Meadows.
THE HOME SONG STORIES (M 15+):
This is the true story of Rose, a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer, who struggles to survive in seventies Australia with two young children. Based on writer/director Tony Ayres' own life, THE HOME SONG STORIES is an epic tale of mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, unrequited love, betrayal and secrets.
The film revolves around a strong, complex performance by Joan Chen (The Last Emperor,
Twin Peaks). This visually beautiful film works both as an intensely autobiographical introspection in which the film's narrator attempts to come to terms with the unresolvable ambiguity of his feelings towards his mother, as well as uncovering of the rarely-told history of Chinese-Australians.
more free tickets!
you better believe it!
The Mercury Cinema has an unusually eclectic program this fortnight. It’s always a good idea to keep an eye on their program at www.mercurycinema.org.au as there are always surprises – whether it is new Asian Cinema, special programs (this week five wonderful films featuring one of the great actresses of our era Isabelle Huppert) or the always interesting program at Adelaide Cinémathèque.
The Mercury is saying – “YOU CHOOSE”. They have five double tickets for each of their programs listed below just for AFF subscribers.
7:30 Monday 30 July |
The Adelaide Premiere and only screening of Steven Soderberg’s indie film – a riveting psychological drama leading to a powerful murder mystery. |
7:30 Thursday 2 August |
Premiere. From the irrepressible Luc Besson a paean to Paris, black and white film and the power of love, Particularly recommended to lovers of Wings of Desire. |
7:30 Fri 3 August |
Recorded interview with this mainstream Hollywood director who edited for Sam Peckinpah. The Mercury screens Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (M) after the conversation. |
4 August & 5 August (various times) |
The Isabelle Huppert season – 4 films to choose from, click here for more details |
7:30 Monday 6 August |
Premiere. Terry Zwigoff’s (Ghost World) satire of the art world. |
7:30 Tuesday 7 August |
Premiere. Japanese film which won the Innovation Award at Montreal Film Festival for its poetic quality. |
7:00 Wednesday 8 August |
Isabelle Huppert season. Chabrol at his devastating best. |
To claim your tickets, be one of the first callers through to 8410 0979 during office hours, mention that you are an Adelaide Film Festival subscriber and nominate which film you would like to see. Be quick! Only one program per person.
