AIDC 2010 - IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL
February 18th 2010 11:38
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F4 Documentary
If you are involved in the factual content industry you simply can not miss the Australian International Documentary Conference 23 - 26 Feb. Full program now available here.
SEE IT FIRST AT THE FIRST FACTUAL FILMS FESTIVAL (F4)
Co-presented by the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and the Media Resource Centre, F4 is Australia's only film festival dedicated to documentary - a unique and rare opportunity to see remarkable documentaries on the big screen. Revisit classics and discover new work by some of the world's most renowned filmmakers alongside new films by Australia's most talented emerging filmmakers. F4 is where you will see them first.
Screenings Tues 23 - Thurs 25 Feb at the Mercury Cinema. Tickets $14/$10 on the night at the door. Bookings FringeTIX. Free entry to AIDC delegates allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY
OPENING NIGHT SESSION - 5PM. Admission Over 18 ONLY
Celebrate the opening with complimentary drinks from 4.30PM. Screenings hosted by Screen International journalist Sandy George who will introduce the filmmakers and chair the post-screening Q&A.
SATURDAY NIGHT dir Brian Hill / UK / 1996 / 50mins
We go in search of the heart of Saturday night in Leeds through the lives of assorted revellers, ravers, rogues and cross-dressers.
THE RISE OF LEATHERMAN dir Kim Munro /2008 / 10mins
A part-fantasy musical documentary tracking Scott Watterson's journey through his preparation for the Mr Leather Australia New Zealand Competition.
MAKING MARY & MAX - World Premiere - dir Stella Kinsella / 2009 / 57mins.
A satirical behind-the-scenes obsession with the making of Academy Award-winning Adam Elliot's animation feature Mary and Max.
WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
SESSION ONE - 5PM.
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Tom Zubrycki with first filmmaker William Head.
KEMIRA: DIARY OF A STRIKE
dir Tom Zubrycki / Australia / 1982 / 60mins / rated G
A day-by-day account of the BHP coal miners' strike and aftermath personalised through one of the families of the striking miners. Winner AFI Best Documentary.
NIGHT FARE - World Premiere - dir William Head / 2009 / 5:40mins / Admission 18 Only
In the dead of a lonely night, Melbourne's Punjabi taxi drivers meet post-shift at the Red Pepper Indian restaurant.
SESSION TWO - 6.45PM. Industry Preview Screening for AIDC delegates only
Introduction by special guest Gillian Armstrong
LOVE, LUST & LIES dir Gillian Armstrong / Australia / 2010 / 88mins / rated M
The fifth film in the documentary series about the lives, hopes and dreams of three ordinary, working class Adelaide girls
SESSION THREE - 8.45PM. Admission 18 Only
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Jonathan Stack with first filmmaker Elizabeth Tadic.
THE FARM: ANGOLA USA dir Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus & Wilbert Rideau / USA / 1998 / 53mins
A year inside Louisiana's Angola Prison, capturing the reality of six men living - and dying - in one of America's oldest and largest maximum security penal institutions. Winner Sundance Grand Jury Prize, LA Film Critic's Award, New York Film Critic's Award, 2 Emmys and an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary.
UMOJA: WHERE WOMEN RUN WILD - World Premiere - dir Elizabeth Tadic / 2010 / 33mins
The amusing and life-changing story of a group of tribal Samburu women in Northern Kenya who reclaim their lives, turning age-old patriarchy on its head
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY
SESSION ONE 4PM
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Tom Zubrycki with first filmmaker Trevor Almeida.
MOLLY AND MOBARAK dir Tom Zubrycki / Australia / 2003 / 85mins / rated M
Mobarak, a young refugee from Afghanistan, finds work in a small Australian country town and falls in love with local school teacher Molly. Opening film for Margaret Mead Film Festival NY.
SESSION TWO 7PM.
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Brian Hill with first filmmaker David Downey.
THE BIGAMIST BRIDE: MY FIVE HUSBANDS - Australian Premiere dir Brian Hill / UK / 2009 / 75mins / Admission 18 Only
Emily Horne is tabloid gold, a giddy mixture of sex, deceit and betrayal. She wanted to be in a film in order to present the truth about herself, but can we trust the testimony of a woman who has been lying all her adult life? "one of those extraordinary oh-my-god-did-you-see documentaries" The Guardian
WORLD CHAMPION SANTA dir David Downey / 2009 / 26mins / rated PG
One man's hilarious journey from naughty to nice as he goes for gold at the Santa Winter Games in Sweden
SESSION THREE 9.20PM. Admission 18 Only
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Jonathan Stack with first filmmakers Bronwyn Purvis and Telen Rodwell.
THE FARM: 10 DOWN - Australian Premiere
dir Jonathan Stack & Nancy Novack / USA / 2009 / 98mins
Ten years on, Stack reconnects with the incarcerated characters he profiled in THE FARM: ANGOLA to witness first hand time's impact on their spirits, their bodies, their sense of hope and purpose.
DRIVE - World Premiere. dir Bronwyn Purvis & Telen Rodwell / 2009 / 55mins
A film about identity and the rites of passage young men face on their journey to adulthood - gaining a driver's license and the legal right to drink alcohol.
F4 is co-presented by AIDC and the Media Resource Centre, and supported by the South Australian Government through Arts SA
SEE IT FIRST AT THE FIRST FACTUAL FILMS FESTIVAL (F4)
Screenings Tues 23 - Thurs 25 Feb at the Mercury Cinema. Tickets $14/$10 on the night at the door. Bookings FringeTIX. Free entry to AIDC delegates allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY
OPENING NIGHT SESSION - 5PM. Admission Over 18 ONLY
Celebrate the opening with complimentary drinks from 4.30PM. Screenings hosted by Screen International journalist Sandy George who will introduce the filmmakers and chair the post-screening Q&A.
SATURDAY NIGHT dir Brian Hill / UK / 1996 / 50mins
We go in search of the heart of Saturday night in Leeds through the lives of assorted revellers, ravers, rogues and cross-dressers.
THE RISE OF LEATHERMAN dir Kim Munro /2008 / 10mins
A part-fantasy musical documentary tracking Scott Watterson's journey through his preparation for the Mr Leather Australia New Zealand Competition.
MAKING MARY & MAX - World Premiere - dir Stella Kinsella / 2009 / 57mins.
A satirical behind-the-scenes obsession with the making of Academy Award-winning Adam Elliot's animation feature Mary and Max.
WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
SESSION ONE - 5PM.
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Tom Zubrycki with first filmmaker William Head.
KEMIRA: DIARY OF A STRIKE
dir Tom Zubrycki / Australia / 1982 / 60mins / rated G
A day-by-day account of the BHP coal miners' strike and aftermath personalised through one of the families of the striking miners. Winner AFI Best Documentary.
NIGHT FARE - World Premiere - dir William Head / 2009 / 5:40mins / Admission 18 Only
In the dead of a lonely night, Melbourne's Punjabi taxi drivers meet post-shift at the Red Pepper Indian restaurant.
SESSION TWO - 6.45PM. Industry Preview Screening for AIDC delegates only
Introduction by special guest Gillian Armstrong
LOVE, LUST & LIES dir Gillian Armstrong / Australia / 2010 / 88mins / rated M
The fifth film in the documentary series about the lives, hopes and dreams of three ordinary, working class Adelaide girls
SESSION THREE - 8.45PM. Admission 18 Only
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Jonathan Stack with first filmmaker Elizabeth Tadic.
THE FARM: ANGOLA USA dir Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus & Wilbert Rideau / USA / 1998 / 53mins
A year inside Louisiana's Angola Prison, capturing the reality of six men living - and dying - in one of America's oldest and largest maximum security penal institutions. Winner Sundance Grand Jury Prize, LA Film Critic's Award, New York Film Critic's Award, 2 Emmys and an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary.
UMOJA: WHERE WOMEN RUN WILD - World Premiere - dir Elizabeth Tadic / 2010 / 33mins
The amusing and life-changing story of a group of tribal Samburu women in Northern Kenya who reclaim their lives, turning age-old patriarchy on its head
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY
SESSION ONE 4PM
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Tom Zubrycki with first filmmaker Trevor Almeida.
MOLLY AND MOBARAK dir Tom Zubrycki / Australia / 2003 / 85mins / rated M
Mobarak, a young refugee from Afghanistan, finds work in a small Australian country town and falls in love with local school teacher Molly. Opening film for Margaret Mead Film Festival NY.
SESSION TWO 7PM.
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Brian Hill with first filmmaker David Downey.
THE BIGAMIST BRIDE: MY FIVE HUSBANDS - Australian Premiere dir Brian Hill / UK / 2009 / 75mins / Admission 18 Only
Emily Horne is tabloid gold, a giddy mixture of sex, deceit and betrayal. She wanted to be in a film in order to present the truth about herself, but can we trust the testimony of a woman who has been lying all her adult life? "one of those extraordinary oh-my-god-did-you-see documentaries" The Guardian
WORLD CHAMPION SANTA dir David Downey / 2009 / 26mins / rated PG
One man's hilarious journey from naughty to nice as he goes for gold at the Santa Winter Games in Sweden
SESSION THREE 9.20PM. Admission 18 Only
Intro and Q&A featuring special guest Jonathan Stack with first filmmakers Bronwyn Purvis and Telen Rodwell.
THE FARM: 10 DOWN - Australian Premiere
dir Jonathan Stack & Nancy Novack / USA / 2009 / 98mins
Ten years on, Stack reconnects with the incarcerated characters he profiled in THE FARM: ANGOLA to witness first hand time's impact on their spirits, their bodies, their sense of hope and purpose.
DRIVE - World Premiere. dir Bronwyn Purvis & Telen Rodwell / 2009 / 55mins
A film about identity and the rites of passage young men face on their journey to adulthood - gaining a driver's license and the legal right to drink alcohol.
F4 is co-presented by AIDC and the Media Resource Centre, and supported by the South Australian Government through Arts SA
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