Australian Film Festival Delft 2014
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THE DARKSIDE GALORE HEALING Warwick Thornton, 2013 Rhys Graham, 2013 Craig Monahan, 2014 AUS, 94 min AUS, 103 min AUS, 119 min THE DARKSIDE is a documentary- rocky beach, a bush verandah, GALORE is a story about a tangled Laura finds herself attracted to When hope is lost and a broken Viktor (Don Hany), a previous like film based on the strong bond AuStRaLiAn to the storyteller sitting on an of coming of age drama; first the newcomer, while Billie starts man has given up on life, he is hardened criminal now sentenced Australia’s Aboriginal people have esky beside a marina. Some of love, friendship, loss, betrayal acting up, like a bored teenager on redeemed and his spirit is healed to a low security prison farm is FILM FESTIVAL DELFT with the afterlife and ghost stories the stories are spiritual visions, and making bad decisions. Set the path of self-destruction. by the most unusual catalyst. This at a stage when he has given - but it isn’t a scary movie. Director some are funny, creepy, eerie, in the scorching Australian is a beautiful film with stunning up on life and himself until he Warwick Thornton put out a call and some are the classic told summer of 2003, just before Located in the sleepy outskirts magical images by Oscar-winning enters this unusual program. The in Australia’s Indigenous media while sitting around the campfire massive bushfires devastated of Canberra, where suburbia Australian cinematographer beautiful bond between man and for people to share their firsthand at night. Whether it is a brush the outer suburbs of Canberra meets bushland and the contrast Andrew Lesnie (THE LORD OF THE bird allows the spirit to heal and ghostly encounters and personal with the apparition of a young (500 houses were destroyed), of dry countryside - where life RINGS TRILOGY) of the Australian reminds us that the world presents afterlife experiences. A selection Aboriginal girl while fishing or the film reflects the impending seems to be dull and nothing is bush that will lift the spirits and us with simple opportunities that of 13 true stories from across the ghost of a legless woman tone of the approaching disaster. happening. The four adolescents hope. A unique program has can have profound redemptive Australia were filmed, recounted crawling around walls on her However, the focal point is on the find themselves caught up in been established by Matt (Hugo effects. A superb cast is led by Don by some of Australia’s most hand. Combining authentic and narrative of the main character parties - doing impulsive things till Weaving), that aims to rehabilitate Hany (Australian award-winning iconic actors as the storytellers. original ghost stories with great Billie (Ashleigh Cummings), who disaster strikes and life suddenly broken men through giving actor), Hugo Weaving (THE LORD The casts includes Sacha Horler, acting and mix of visually striking is exceptionally great in this film. changes for these teenagers. them the responsibility for the OF THE RINGS, PRISCILLA QUEEN Deborah Mailman, Claudia Karvan, shots, The Darkside is particularly A hot summer before their final GALORE unleashes raw emotions rehabilitation of injured raptors; OF THE DESERT) and Don Hany Aaron Pedersen, Bryan Brown and intriguing and worth seeing. Writer year of school, teenagers Billie (something Australian cinema is beautiful, fearsome and unique (Australian award-winning actor). Jack Charles. and Director Warwick Thornton and Laura (Lily Sullivan) are best well known for) and exciting new birds of prey that are currently The supporting cast includes Jane is an Australian-born aboriginal friends who like to do everything talented young actors. It also not at their best. The movie was Menelaus, Xavier Samuel and the The stories are notably different filmmaker, best known for his together; sleepovers, swimming, provides a glimpse of what its inspired by the formation of the memorable Justine Clarke. Also from one another with diverse film SAMSON & DELILAH, which partying, drinking. Except there like to be a teenager in Australia, real life program run between superbly directed by the writer backdrop and moods. The number won the Camera d’Or for the first is one major problem: Billie is while enjoying some beautiful the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary Craig Monahan who has brought a of shots in this film are limited feature film at the 2009 Cannes in love with Laura’s boyfriend shots of the Australian bush northwest of Melbourne and state unique Australian feel to his films and very intimate, yet each Film Festival. Thorton is renowned Danny (Toby Wallace) and they are landscape accompanied by a great run penal systems of Victoria such as THE INTERVIEW (1998) shot is carefully composed; the for creating original films that deal having a secret love affair. When soundtrack. This the first feature and alongside this wonderful and PEACHES (2004). (DR) storyteller alone in a room talking with Australian indigenous themes Billie’s mum takes in Isaac (Alika film for writer and director Rhys storyline there are also simmering to the camera. Each shows typical that challenge the audience. (SJ) Matangi), a troubled teenager Graham. GALORE was selected to undercurrents of tension, FILMHUIS LUMEN snapshots of the looking to get his life together, screen in the Generation program backstories and friction. Australian landscape; from a his presence causes a disruption of the 2014 Berlin International between the girls friendship: Film Festival. (SJ) 21-23 NoVeMbEr 2014 THE INFINITE LASSETER’S THE MAN BONES Hugh Sullivan, 2014 Luke Walker, 2012 AUSTRALIAN AUS, 85 min AUS, 101 min ENCOUNTERS Heroes, Villains, Ratbags Josh McConville plays Dean, the Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter’s Nevertheless, there is one person DELFT comedy with thought. Sullivan’s Suitcase Murphy lovestruck control freak scientist claim to fame was his apparent who is unwavering in his belief in screenplay is one of the sharpest discovery of the “vast gold bearing Lasseter and the reef’s existence - AUS who is trying to create the and most enjoyable to have perfect romantic weekend for his reef” somewhere in the seemingly Harold Lasseter’s son, Bob Lasseter. come out of Australian cinema never-ending desert of Central Bob was only six years old when Just before your Australian film are humorous little yarns, based girlfriend Laura (Hannah Marshall). for many years. Shot with a three Australia. Lasseter declared “It’s his father died but it was only odyssey begins, you will love on real stories that have been With the unexpected arrival of person cast, the smart storyline, a bonanza” with the gold said later in his life that he realised the the short animated stories that published in the Encounters Laura’s ex-boyfriend Terry (Alex 21-23 combined with a minimalist to be worth millions. During his significance of what his father was celebrates 10 historic encounters Column in the Monthly by Shane Dimitriades), and Dean’s obsession isolated outback setting - the effort to rediscover the reef in trying to do and made it his mission between a renowned Australians Maloney and Chris Grosz - they with making everything perfect, abandoned motel in the middle early 1931, he succumbed to the to prove, once and for all, that his and an International mover and portray Australian and its NOVEMBER he builds a time machine to set of nowhere - resulted in a win for harsh conditions of the Australian father was indeed telling the truth. shaker. Narrated by Oscar winner attitude to celebrity, politics and In LASSETER’S BONES, filmmaker matters straight, but instead writer director Hugh Sullivan, with outback, thus never to retrieve Geoffrey Rush (THE KING’S local heroes. makes things worse - a spiral of the bounty that is now notoriously Luke Walker teams up with the now Best First Feature at Fantasia Film referred to as Lasseter’s Reef. An 85-year-old Bob, to retrace Lasseter SPEECH), Australian encounters multiple “Deans” appear from Festival 2014 for his debut film. alternative time frames, each one eccentric and often contradictory senior’s steps, in the attempt to This is a film for both the romantic individual, Harold Lasseter’s unravel the mystery that surrounds in competition with the next. dreamer, the philosopher, old and integrity was frequently brought the mythical reef, while in the Sponsored by wise film lovers and a must see for into question due to the conflicting meantime piecing together the The Infinite man is an intelligent all those at TU Delft studying the information he gave regarding enigmatic character that was Lewis well thought out comedy romance sciences. (DR) the location and timing of the Harold Bell Lasseter. Having been that also raises deep philosophical discovery of the reef. Although nominated for two awards, this is a questions we all face about self-educated, Lasseter was a heartwarming documentary about escapism, the consequences literate and well-spoken man the journey of discovery - of hidden of regret and what would we who also claimed to have made treasures, a lost father and the sT do if we could go back in time. the original design for the Sydney story behind a man who may have fOr tHe 1 Mathematically maddening, Harbour Bridge. Yet, his demeanor been ahead of his time. (HE) and apparent ‘flights of fancy’ morally questioning with some made him come across as a con tImE In tHe deep insightful thoughts that will man. Ultimately, it seems that it resonate with everyone, it is not was this erratic behaviour that quite a thriller, not quite science eventually led to his untimely AuStRaLiAn fIlM fEsTiVaL nEtHeRlAnDs fiction but a great romantic demise. AuStRaLiAn friday 21 NOV SaTurdAy 22 NOV sUnDaY 23 NOV FILM FESTIVAL DELFT The Australian Film Festival (AFFDelft) is devoted THE INFINITE MAN to bringing recent Australian cinema and talent that Hugh Sullivan have never before been seen in the Netherlands.