Fish N' Chip Shop
New Zealand / 10 min / Dir: Kirsten Green / Producer: Stephen Lovatt / Short / 2007 / Australian Premiere
An urban love story, a young girl hopes and dreams of escaping her life working in the family run fish 'n' chip shop.
Apnee
France / 4 min / Dir: Claude Chabot / Experimental / 2006 / Australian Premiere
A photographer tries to capture an embarrassing moment in the life of someone in the public eye. He doesn't realise that time is working against him.
Best Experimental Nominee.
Tanghi Argentini
Belgium / 13 min / Dir: Anja Daelemans / Short / 2006 / Byron Premiere
Despite the faceless and cold atmosphere at his work place, an office clerk tries to connect with his colleagues. When he meets a tango dancer on-line he needs to convince his workmate to teach him to dance.
Nominated for an Academy Award this film is also a
Best Short Film Nominee.
Postman
Netherlands / 2 min / Dir: Mischa Rozema / Animation / 2007 / Australian Premiere
In space nobody can hear you panic.
Best Animation Nominee.
A Map With Gaps
Ireland/UK / 26 min / Dir: Alice Nelson / Documentary / 2006 / Byron Premiere
An account of Alice Nelson’s late father’s travels through Soviet Russia in the early seventies in a van he called Supervan. This film demonstrates that fact can indeed be stranger than fiction and sometimes the grey area between the two is the most interesting place to explore, particularly if you forgot to bring a map.
Best Short Film Nominee.
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Ripple Effect
USA / 83 min / Dir: Philippe Caland / Dramatic Feature/ 2007 / Australian Premiere
Starring Writer/Director Philippe Caland, Forest Whitaker, Minnie Driver and Virginia Madsen.
First generation immigrant and hip, new-age clothing designer, Amer Atrash (Phillipe Caland), left Lebanon in pursuit of the America Dream. Though he has come close several times, something unexpected always seems to prevent Amer from accomplishing his goal--financial success. In the weeks before the launch of his cutting-edge clothing brand and on the brink of major financial success, Amer finds himself in an all-too-familiar predicament when the rug is pulled from under him at the eleventh hour.
Instead of dwelling on the bad news, Amer is propelled into action--the hustler within awakened. Met with a barrage of excuses and “no's,” Amer finds himself with his back against the wall. Meanwhile, his wife Sherry (Virginia Madsen), feeling neglected, decides that she needs time to reevaluate her situation and asks Amer to move into his office. Amer tries to bury himself in his work, but is haunted by the memories of an event that transpired years ago. Finally, he confesses his secret to Sherry-- an unavoidable accident fifteen years earlier that left Phillip Blackman (Forest Whitaker) in a wheelchair. Amer further confesses that he believes all of the failures he has encountered in life since that night are directly linked to bad karma, preventing him from achieving his dream.
Sherry, who is tired of losing her husband to his work, encourages Amer to find Phillip and make amends. Amer sets out to find Phillip, and does so, after first meeting his amazingly beautiful wife, Kitty (Minnie Driver). Amer begs for forgiveness, but does so by citing all the trouble and bad karma that has resulted in his life. Eventually, Phillip takes Amer on a journey, the goal of which is to change Amer's state of mind and help bring him nearer to enlightenment.
Filmmaker Philippe Caland will be in attendance.
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