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FESTIVAL PROGRAM 3 - 14 APRIL 2019 175+ FILMS, PANELS, PARTIES & EVENTS WELCOME FROM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR/CEO LUCY FISHER From our home at HOTA, you can explore illustrate the power of film festivals world cinema from 15 countries, discover to connect people. new Australian film gems, walk the red carpet For GCFF, connecting people is now a year- at special premiere events or hear round endeavour. Thanks to increased funding from leading filmmakers at Q&As and support from the City of Gold Coast we can screen industry panels. now deliver films, panels, workshops and We now screen as far north as Coomera and events year-round. as far south as Coolangatta – bringing festival This festival is like a giant puzzle and behind My warmest welcome to the 2019 Gold Coast experiences closer to more Gold Coasters than the scenes there are so many people to thank Film Festival – now Queensland’s biggest film ever before. With just over 175 films, panels, for helping each piece fit into place. festival with an enormous 175 films, panels, parties and events at 14 different locations, parties and events. we are proud to be the biggest film festival in A big thank you to our sponsors and With films more accessible than ever before, Queensland. government partners, particularly Screen Queensland for sharing the vision of the what is it that a film festival, like the Gold For our friends and colleagues working in the festival. Thank you to our board, particularly Coast has to offer? screen industry, our ever-expanding program our Chair, Andrea Lewis, for steering the of panels, workshops and guild events We believe it’s about creating unique festival festival into bigger and better places. experiences and shared connections – provide not only learnings, development and whether through a laugh-out-loud moment networking, but a chance to have some fun A warm thank you to our volunteers who in a film, a post-film chat over coffee, asking doing what we love. donate hundreds of hours during the festival for the love of film. And finally to the festival a director about the film you’ve just seen or One of the most exciting inclusions in our team, who always go the extra mile to pull learning from and connecting with another program this year is LOCUSTS, a film written everything together, especially our festival screen professional. by Gold Coast writer, Angus Watts and coordinator Isabella Schoonenberg. This year, we have taken our incredible city’s directed by Heath Davis. When the GCFF iconic locations and created unique pop-up screened Heath’s first film, Broke, in 2016, I hope you enjoy the 2019 Gold Coast cinema experiences on the iconic Surfers Angus attended a panel and heard Heath Film Festival! Paradise beach, in the lush Springbrook speak. They connected and from there, began hinterland, in a Southport laneway and even working together – and now just 3 years later floating on a boat. have a film in GCFF. There is no better story to 2 See more at www.gcfilmfestival.com | #GCFF19 MESSAGE FROM MESSAGE FROM MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER OF THE MINISTER THE MAYOR QUEENSLAND FOR TOURISM AND MINISTER INDUSTRY TOM TATE FOR TRADE DEVELOPMENT Gold Coast has been miraculously blessed by Mother Nature with magnificent scenery that ANNASTACIA THE HON makes us a firm favourite with film producers. PALASZCZUK MP KATE JONES MP Combined with our admirable weather that offers such seasonable conditions for The Queensland Government, through Welcome to the 17th Gold Coast Film Festival. location shoots, we have become a favoured place for blockbuster productions like Screen Queensland, is proud to support the This highlight on the It’s Live! in Queensland 2019 Gold Coast Film Festival. recent successes, Aquaman, Pirates of the events calendar brings film and filmmaking Caribbean and Thor: Ragnarok. The Gold Coast is experiencing a wave of to life, offering attendees a program of more unprecedented screen production, having than 100 films, panels, parties and functions The fantastic investment made by Village earned a strong international reputation in one of Australia’s premier filmmaking Roadshow in their nine-stage studios has for making world-class screen content for a hubs – the Gold Coast. enabled Gold Coast to become home to a global audience. world-class workforce of highly competent Known for screening a diverse range of and experienced technical crew. Warner Bros. Pictures’ $1billion+ box office Australian and international films, the Gold hit Aquaman was filmed at the Gold Coast’s Coast Film Festival attracts thousands of It offers a wonderful package to showcase Village Roadshow Studios, supporting people each year, showcasing the Gold Australian talent and Queensland’s beauty 1000 jobs and injecting more than $144 Coast’s thriving screen industry and visitor to the world. million into the local economy. This year’s experiences, promoting tourism and I applaud the organisers of the Gold Coast Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary supporting regional jobs. Film Festival for creating an ever more Entertainment’s blockbuster Godzilla vs. The Palaszczuk Government is proud to popular vehicle to spread the word about our Kong and ABC Studios International’s support this event via Tourism and Events capabilities and provide a worthy celebration crime drama series Reef Break were also Queensland and Screen Queensland. for stars and crew alike. filmed here, creating local jobs and direct investment in local businesses. Enjoy this captivating event experience, and The festival ensures that film production if you’re visiting the Gold Coast I encourage will continue to grow its importance as part As this festival highlights, the Gold Coast is you to explore more of this beautiful of Gold Coast’s diversifying economy. Well a boldly creative place where Queensland destination, including our famous beaches, done, all concerned! original screenplays and international world-class dining experiences, amazing franchise scripts are being brought to life nightlife and enchanting national parks. on screen. I hope you enjoy this year’s fantastic line-up of films and associated events here in the ‘Home of the Blockbuster’. 3 NAVIGATING THE PROGRAM Every film, event, panel and activity of the 2019 Gold Coast Film Festival is covered in this program. EVENTS PAGE 3 - 14 APRIL 2019 Women in Film Lunch 8 Gold Coast Film Festival features more than 175 Screen Industry Gala Awards 11 screenings, events, panels and parties across 14 different Gold Coast Movie Locations Tour 14 Gold Coast locations from Coomera to Coolangatta. REELLIFE – industry panels & events 46 Our main hub, where most screenings and panels are Special events 50 – 73 scheduled is HOTA, Home of the Arts. TICKETS Tickets for all film sessions and events are available via gcfilmfestival. com and participating cinema venues – HOTA, Home of the Arts, BCC Coolangatta and Event Cinemas Coomera. Regular film sessions are $17 for adults and $14 for concession. School screenings and special events have different pricing. Some events are free. Check specific film and event pages for special pricing. Book your GCFF tickets online in advance to pay NO BOOKING FEES from gcfilmfestival.com. Transaction or booking fees of between $1-2 may apply when OPENING NIGHT | 2040 | P6 purchasing tickets from partner venues. BUY 6+ TICKETS – GET 15% OFF Buy 6 or more cinema sessions tickets and receive 15% discount off the total price. Only available online or through the HOTA Box Office. PAY IT FORWARD In the same spirit as the random acts of kindness movement and pay-it-forward coffee initiative, you can now help others experience a film as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival. Gold Coast Film Festival has partnered with the Gold Coast Hospital CLOSING NIGHT | ESCAPE AND EVASION | P7 Foundation to enable you to gift tickets to cancer patients and families, hard-working cancer transport volunteer drivers and the amazing Gold Coast Health doctors and nurses. Your kindness will help FEEL-GOOD FABLES | P18 – 20 deserving individuals escape to another world through film. Film festivals are not all serious business, enjoy a laugh at the lighter To find out more about the valuable work the Gold Coast Hospital side of cinema with a bit of Bollywood brilliance, French family fun, Foundation does or to donate directly to them, please visit and a food trip across Tuscany. https://gchfoundation.org.au Dumped | The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir | As Needed RATINGS GCFF screenings are Festival Exemption (18+) except where otherwise CRIME TIME | P21 – 23 indicated. Please check our website for updated classification information. Take a trip around the world with four very different tales of crime. ACCOMMODATION A South American odyssey shows the birth of modern drug cartels; a gritty, small-time Italian story explores the lure of evil; a South African Want to make a night of it? QT Gold Coast is the official hotel film riffs on the Hitchcock classic Rear Window; and a modern American partner of GCFF. Exclusive to GCFF guests, use code GCFF19 western looks at women forced into crime in the 21st century. at checkout to receive 20% off the best available rate. Visit qthotelsandresorts.com/gold-coast/ to book your stay. Little Woods | Birds of Passage | Dogman | Number 37 4 See more at www.gcfilmfestival.com | #GCFF19 GCFF SHUTTLE BUS A free shuttle bus will be operating between QT Gold Coast and HOTA, Home of the Arts from 9.30am-10pm on Friday to Sunday each weekend during the festival. Buses will depart QT Gold Coast at half past the hour from 9.30am and from HOTA on the hour every hour from 10am. Check online for the schedule. GET SOCIAL /GCFILMFESTIVAL GALA SCREENING | TOP END WEDDING | P17 @GCFILMFEST WHAT THE…? | P24 – 26 REAL PEOPLE, If you are a connoisseur of the weird REAL JOURNEYS | P32 – 34 @GCFILMFESTIVAL and wonderful fringes of cinema then Incredible documentaries telling the #gcff19 #gcfilmfest #thisisqueensland #wearegoldcoast you have come to the right place real stories of real people, including #ourgoldcoast #creativegold #screenqld with a selection of films to make you an epic journey across India in a stand up and exclaim, “What the vintage Rolls Royce, the travails of All information correct at time of printing.