WIFT(Vic) Events and Notices
WOW Festival Screenings at ACMI in AprilACMI presents australian perspectivesWhat makes Australia's filmmakers tick? Supporting the best new indie films submitted through our open call for entries, ACMI places contemporary Australian filmmaking against a backdrop of archival classics and special guest presentations. Saturdays 4pm All tickets $8 First 10 members to present their WIFTVic membership card at the box office will receive free passes to either session - Sat 5th April, and Sat 12th April Sat 5th April @ 4pm new documentary shorts presented with women in film and tv (wift) Winner of the Best Documentary award at this year's World of Women (WOW) Festival, Poppy Stockwell's Searching 4 Sandeep is one of the works featured in this collection of documentaries by women directors. Premiering at the 2007 Sydney Film Festival, Stockwell's film won the World Movies Channel Audience Award and has since been screened at the Melbourne and Brisbane International Film Festivals. My Dad Susan Teagan McCarthy, 7 mins, Australia, 2007 A young filmmaker who has been estranged from her father meets him for the first time. He graphically reveals a long held secret that he is in fact, Susan. His alter ego is a cross dresser. Nigger Lovers Rhonda Hagan, 25 mins, Australia, 2007 Follows one man's resistance against bigotry and prejudice in the face of overwhelming odds while it examines the use of language as a tool of oppression. The Eye of a Lie Inka Stafrace, 7 mins, Australia, 2007 An Australian activist visits Palestine to learn first hand what the 'occupation of Palestine' means to the people of Palestine. Searching 4 Sandeep Poppy Stockell, 55 mins, Australia, 2007 A humorous and poignant story of a young lesbian searching for and finding cross-cultural, long distance love on the internet. Poppy and Sandeep's tumultuous relationship spans across two years and thee continents. Multi award-winning. Presented as part of the WOW Festival 2007. WOW package 3 Sat 5-Apr-08 4pm (New Documentary Shorts) WOW best of the fest Sat 12-Apr-08 4pm (Best of WOW 2007) |