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ifi_aus_film_fest_07 23/03/2007 17:13 Page 1 2-12 APRIL 2007 ifi_aus_film_fest_07 23/03/2007 17:13 Page 2 WELCOME FESTIVAL SPONSOR It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2007 Rosemount Dublin Australian Film Festival. The Australian Embassy in Dublin is proud to be involved with an event that showcases the diversity of contemporary Australian cinema. The film industry in Australia is continuing to produce many high quality feature and documentary films. These films reflect, question and FESTIVAL PARTNER challenge how we see ourselves, while simultaneously offering the world a glimpse of contemporary Australia. Their quality showcases Australia as a vibrant, diverse, creative, talented and highly competitive player in every aspect of film production. FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS Australian actors such as Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Naomi Watts, Heath Ledger, Toni Collette and Eric Bana have amassed a body of work that has won critical acclaim and commercial success around the world. Australia’s directors, producers, costume designers, writers, cinematographers and animators are attracting growing international attention and many overseas film producers come to Australia to take advantage of the world-class studio facilities, highly-skilled local FESTIVAL PATRON technical crews and the stunning diversity of the landscape. Jane Scott, film producer The selection of films featured in this year’s Festival provides audiences with the opportunity to sample an interesting and broad cross section of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS recent Australian cinema. Our thanks to those involved in assisting the IFI in producing this festival each year, I would like to thank all those who contributed their time and effort in most notably the good work of Trish bringing the collection to Dublin as well as the sponsors for supporting Crerar, who each year gives tremendous such a wonderful event. energy to this project, and to Leah McLennan from the Australian Embassy and Melissa Maloney of Austrade. Anne Plunkett Australian Ambassador to Ireland The Australian Ambassador to Ireland has, since her arrival here last year, shown fabulous enthusiasm for this CALENDAR festival, and a warm welcome to Amanda OPENING FILM Luttrell, her new first secretary, who began here last month. 48 SHADES MON 2 8.30 A big thanks to Barry Costello in Edward Dillon for his support. He brings Rosemount to the table, and without TEN CANOES TUES 3 6.30 Rosemount we would be missing both a THE CATERPILLAR WISH WED 4 6.30 fine wine and an Australian film festival in this country. SUBURBAN MAYHEM THURS 5 6.30 And finally a welcome and thanks to FIVE MOMENTS OF INFIDELITY FRI 6 6.30 everyone in Tourism Australia, who have decided to use this event to STRANDED [PLUS SEXY THING] SAT 7 2.30 showcase Australia to Ireland and to MACBETH SAT 7 6.30 support its future. KOKODA SUN 8 2.00 LIKE MINDS SUN 8 6.30 THE BALANDA & THE BARK CANOES MON 9 1.50 IRRESISTIBLE WED 11 6.30 6 Eustace Street CLOSING FILM Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Box office: 01-679 3477 2:37 THURS 12 APRIL 6.30 Buy online: www.irishfilm.ie ifi_aus_film_fest_07 23/03/2007 17:13 Page 3 48 SHADES TEN CANOES THE CATERPILLAR WISH April 2 (8.30) April 3 (6.30) April 4 (6.30) director: Daniel Lapaine director: Rolf de Heer director: Sandra Sciberras When 16-year-old Dan (Richard “A story like you’ve never heard In a small coastal town in Victoria, Wilson) declines to go to Geneva before” claims well-known Aboriginal 17-year-old Emily (Victoria Thaine) is with his parents for a year and actor David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril anxious to find out who was her father. instead shares a house with his Dalaithngu’s droll off-screen narrator, Her single mom Susan (Susie Porter) young aunt Jacq (Robin McLeavy) and this deeply enjoyable fable fully wants to keep the past closed off, and and fellow young tenant Naomi delivers on his promise. maintains that the father was a “tom (Emma Lung), he begins an Directed by Rolf de Heer and cat”—a tourist who came through the adventure which leads him to Peter Djigirr, Ten Canoes was town one summer and never returned. parties, new friends, and his first, conceived in collaboration with Local boatman Stephen (Robert troubled romance. the indigenous community of Mammone), however, is haunted by Through Daniel Lapaine’s deft Ramingining and developed into a the past and memories of his deceased script and direction, Nick Earls’ stylishly told ancient tale with a wife and daughter. Carl (Philip Quast), best-selling novel 48 Shades of Brown refreshingly modern feel. Setting out the town policeman, is hiding the past springs to the screen with as much on an annual goose egg collecting from his wife Elizabeth (Wendy freshness as its endearing and expedition, old Minygululu (Peter Hughes), while their older son Joel diverse characters. An observant and Minygululu) discovers that his (Khan Chittenden) has a secret affair thoroughly enjoyable coming of age younger unmarried brother Dayindi with Emily. story coloured by circumstance, (Jamie Dayindi Gulpilil Dalaithngu) Writer-director Sandra Sciberras emotions, expectations and dreams, has designs on his third and is making her second feature (after the film is as charming as it is funny. youngest wife. To “help him live the Deeper than Blue), and her storytelling We instantly warm to Richard proper way”, Minygululu decides to is more confident and accomplished Wilson’s protagonist Daniel, who tell him a salutary tale of wrong love, this time around. Sciberras’ focus is stumbles headfirst into situations he kidnapping, sorcery and inept on character, not action, and her had not even considered. Lapaine revenge set in the mythological past, scripts attract top-flight actors. She meticulously creates a mood and replete with plentiful digressions writes particularly well for women. environment that immediately gives and ample bawdy humour. In The Caterpillar Wish, Victoria us a sense of place. From Brisbane’s Combining ethnographic detail Thaine is a good fit for Sciberras’ sparkling harbour and cityscape of with an entertaining narrative, theme of the optimism and inno- suburban houses propped up on showing respect without being cence of youth. stilts, the mood, like the music, is preachy, this guilelessly enchanting AUSTRALIA, 2006. COLOUR. multi-faceted. Delightful. film is an unmissable one of a kind. DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO. 95 MIN. louise keller, Urban Cinefile. sandra hebron. AUSTRALIA, 2006. COLOUR. AUSTRALIA, 2006. SUBTITLED. MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE FUNDRAISER DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO. 96 MIN. COLOUR. ANAMORPHIC. DOLBY DIGITAL A number of tickets for The Caterpillar Wish are being made available for a fundraiser for this STEREO. 90 MIN. charity (CHY 14187) which will be followed by a Festival guest of honour wine reception in the IFI. Tickets for this are writer-director Daniel Lapaine See also The Balanda and the 140 and every cent will reach its destination will introduce his film. Bark Canoes, about the making of at the Department of Neuroscience at Ten Canoes. St Vincents. If you would like to support this, please contact Trish Crerar 086 356 7373. 1 ifi_aus_film_fest_07 23/03/2007 17:13 Page 4 SUBURBAN MAYHEM FIVE MOMENTS OF STRANDED INFIDELITY April 5 (6.30) April 7 (2.30) director: Paul Goldman April 6 (6.30) director: Stuart McDonald director: Kate Gorman Katrina Skinner (Emily Barclay) is a Made under an Australian Film single mum living with her baby and This thought-provoking first feature Commission initiative to develop her single dad. She manipulates her from former theatre and TV director emerging writers and directors, father to support her, just as she Kate Gorman chronicles moments of Stranded is a black comedy about a manipulates all men, using sex as infidelity across five different worlds girl trying to start a new life after the currency and an abnormal in the same city. There is the carefree loss of her mother. Claudia (Emma determination to get what she wants. sexy young things who think they Lung) lives and fights with her When her dad urges her to get a job have nothing to lose; the upwardly loving but inept father and psychotic and generally get real, Katrina fights mobile thirty-something couple with little sister. Moving into her back, with murderous consequences. perfect careers and family; the gay mother’s abandoned car in the drive- Wild and out of control, she’s pair with an open relationship; the way, Claudia plans to fix it and take rebellion in a mini-skirt. Emily frustrated urban duo hanging onto off—that’s if she can avoid falling in Barclay’s Katrina is a wonderful familiarity; and the suburban family love with the cute kleptomaniac invention, her sexy, bold exterior that’s riddled with secrets and lies. from the local supermarket. masking a cold, heartless vamp A believer in the Mike Leigh Taking his cue from Kathleen who instinctively tries to control approach of developing her scripts O’Brien’s excellent script, director everyone around her. Barclay is through a process of research and Stuart McDonald wisely opts for sensational, combining defiant rehearsals, Gorman has produced a dark humour rather than sentimen- callousness with a youthful complex and non-judgemental tality. There are serious themes innocence that begs forgiveness. In portrait of modern-day relationships here—hopelessness and suicide, her first screenplay, acclaimed writer in which infidelity is a common intimacy and responsibility—but the Alice Bell unleashes high energy and feature. “You have to appreciate that film-makers resist the temptation to emotional chaos. Director Paul people have different guidelines, so resort to emotional catharsis. Goldman’s film is brash and cloaked you can’t judge them,” says Gorman.