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BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS
EXPERIENCE A MIX OF THE BEST DOCUMENTARY,
DRAMATIC & COMEDIC SHORT FILMS FROM
AUSTRALIA’S FEMALE FILMMAKERS
FESTIVAL PASS $25
SESSION TICKETS $10 & $8 Concession
Ph: 66 856 807 ext1
Friday April 4th 7.30pm
WOW FICTION SELECTION - In life nothing is certain...
( drama & comedy selection )
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WHAT GEORGIA DOESN'T KNOW
Essi Haukkamaa (producer)
Katelnd Griffin (director/writer)
Fiction / drama (8:20 mins)
Friendship can be complex - a young girl’s unhappiness has many consequences. |
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TATTERSON
Yen Yang (producer)
Michaela Danby (director)
Nicola Jordan (writer) Velinda Wardell (DOP)
AFTRS student Fiction / drama (5 mins)
Contrast between the reality of a young Aussie soldier in New Guinea in WW2 & thoughts of home. He writes a letter in which brutal images of warfare are transformed into exotic wonders of nature. Multi award-winning. |
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THE RAID
Muy Lang Linda Ung
(producer/director/writer)
Fiction / drama (3:12 mins)
Crime doesn’t pay – unless the substance is precious enough. |
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HEAD OVER HEELS
Susan Woodford (producer/writer)
Haley Stibbard (director)
Fiction / comedy (8:13 mins)
An ageing biker finds an unusual solution to his romantic troubles. Ron must step into the alien world of beauty salons to win back the lady of his dreams. |
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THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Jason Harty, Karen Radzyner (producers)
Jackie Schulz (director)
Anna Howard (DOP)
Fiction / drama (14:45 mins)
An unusual friendship brings blossoming to a desiccated life. Uncertainty can be a rewarding experience. |
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MARTI'S PARTY
Cath Murphy (producer/co-writer)
Annabelle Murphy (director/co-writer)
Fiction / comedy (15 mins)
A birthday party, a male mid-life crisis and a health crisis humorously exposes complex family relationships Gary McDonald is an amusing hypochondriac with Diane Craig as his wife. Award-winning. |
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CROCODILE DREAMING
Sue Milliken (producer)
Darlene Johnson (director/writer)
Fiction / drama (27 mins)
Modern day, supernatural myth. Two estranged brothers, played by David Gulpilil and Tom E. Lewis struggle to come to terms with their traditional roles and identities. The spirit of their mother guides them through crocodile danger. |
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Saturday April 5th 4pm
WOW DRAMA SELECTION - To be human, no easy road ...
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PLAYGROUND
Liam Branagnan (producer)
Eve Spence (director/writer)
Fiction / drama (21 mins)
Mind games can be fraught with danger in a playground. A powerful story of complex emotions, an allegory for the delicate roots of aggression. |
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BREAD
Rachel Fiddes (producer)
Paola Morabito (director/writer)
Bonnie Elliot (cinematographer)
AFTRS student Fiction / drama (5 mins)
A Vietnamese bread shop and a young girl’s longing. Her friend plays soccer, she works with her parents. |
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LOVEPROOF
Katherine Shortland (producer)
Maia Horniak (director/writer)
AFTRS student Fiction / drama (14 mins)
Can true love find a way in a totalitarian future state? Alex Dimitriades & Megan Dorman star. Multi award-winning. |
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KINDLE
Courtney Wise (prod), Erin White (direct/writer)
AFTRS student Fiction / drama (8:30 mins)
Boy meets girl in a refuge and find a connection in adversity. Each have their own secrets which are dramatically revealed. |
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SEX WITH THE EX
Natalie Palomo (prod), Leigh Richards (direct)
Christine Hewitt (production designer)
FAFTRS student Fiction /comedy (7:30 mins)
An Ex goes to extraordinary lengths to get what she wants. Award winning. |
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SINGLE SEXY BILINGUAL
Barbara Karpinski &
Tamilco Chee (producers)
Barbara Karpinski (director/writer)
Bonnie Elliot (cinematographer)
Fiction / comedy (13 mins)
A black comedy about being bi-sexual, bilingual and bipolar, and a fun romp in a Jewish nursing home. |
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SEXY THING
Heather Oxenham (producer)
Denie Pentecost (writer / director)
Fiction / drama (14 mins)
On a dry, suburban day, a 12 year old is caught between the conflicting worlds of family, friendship & imagination. Struggling to endure a confusing love & longing simply to be seen, the child survives by transforming pain into beauty. Catherine McClements as the mother with Hanna Mangan Lawrence as the child, Georgie. Award winning. |
Saturday April 5th 7.30pm
WOW DOCUMENTARY SELECTION
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MY DAD SUSAN
Teagan McCarthy (producer/director/writer)
Sydney Film School student / documentary (7:20 mins)
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.
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NIGGER LOVERS
Daryl Spankes / Stephen Hagan (producers)
Rhonda Hagan (director) documentary (26 mins)
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.
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THE EYE OF A LIE
Inka Stafrace (producer/director) documentary (7:50 mins)
An Australian activist visits Palestine to learn first hand what the ‘occupation of Palestine’ means to the people of Palestine.
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SEARCHING 4 SANDEEP
Cecilia Richie (producer) Poppy Stockell(director/writer)
Documentary (55 mins)
Humorous & 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 2 years and 3 continents. Multi award-winning.
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SAFE HOUSE
Denise Haslam (producer)
Lee Whitmore (director/writer/animator)
Animation (26 mins)
Childhood in 1950’s Australia, families, secrets and intriguing neighbours.
Based on from director Lee Whitmore's childhood and her brush with the Cold War spy drama known as the Petrov Affair one of the most talked about moments in Australia’s history Multi award-winning.
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