Widescreen

Wednesday 1 August 2007

JUST ANNOUNCED - Q&A with Geoffrey Rush and Shekhar Kapur

We are thrilled to announce that acclaimed director Shekhar Kapur and Academy Award winner and MIFF patron Geoffrey Rush will be guests of the Festival on Saturday 11 August.

MIFF and X|Media|Lab will present a special and exclusive opportunity to hear director of Elizabeth and The Golden Age Shekhar Kapur and actor Geoffrey Rush talk for the first time about their experiences working together over the past few years leading up to their ‘Golden Age’. Tom Ryan will be hosting the session.

Shekhar Kapur is visiting Melbourne to advocate digital technologies for film-makers. Shekhar Kapur will be presenting a keynote at the X|Media|Lab Melbourne “Digital Worlds: Social, Cultural, Mobile” at ACMI on Friday August 10th.

Sat 11 Aug, 6pm at Coopers Festival Lounge (Forum Theatre).
Tickets $16 via the MIFF Box Office at Forum Theatre or phone 03 9662 3722

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s a week since Opening Night, which means MIFF 2007 is officially seven days old. If you haven’t thrown yourself into the Festival yet, there’s no better way to sail through hump day with a smile on your face than with a MIFF fix. And if you don’t know where to start, read ahead and we’ll give you some pointers. Only twelve days to go…

This coming Saturday at 1pm, MIFF audiences are invited to travel back in time with a unique cinematic offering, The Phantom of the Opera (1925), starring Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin. The Regent Theatre’s Wurlitzer organ, played by organist David Johnston, will provide the soundtrack to this silent classic. This is a rarely offered opportunity to enjoy the film as it was intended – and, for those who miss it, the performance will be repeated on Sat 11 Aug, 1pm.

Following tonight’s premiere screening of Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw – a homegrown tribute to esteemed rockers Rose Tattoo – at the Greater Union at 9.15pm, come join the filmmakers at a party that will see Cherry Bar rockin’ like there’s no tomorrow. From 10.30pm, the music of Rose Tattoo and their other compadres in rock ‘n’ roll will be pumping out until who-knows-when. Entry is free.

We're all out of tickets to tomorrow’s 9.25pm screening at ACMI of local hip-hop doco Words of the City which means the vibe should be high for the film’s party, taking place at Ding Dong Lounge. From 10.30pm, hear good beats and rhymes, with special appearances from TZU’s MCs and DJ Perplex, the current Australian DMC champion and, just confirmed, Wire MC from Sydney. Free entry for ticket holders and $10 at the door for other punters.
Tickets available to the second screening Sat 11 Aug 7.20pm @ ACMI.

Highlights of today’s screening schedule include:

Don't forget that all weekday sessions before 6pm are only $12.50 (Full), $10.50 (Industry/concession). TAK A LONG LUNCH.

  • Control, Anton Corbijn’s much-anticipated biopic about Joy Division’s troubled frontman, Ian Curtis (7pm @ Regent). Sold out but tickets available to second screening Sat 11 Aug, 9:20 PM @ Forum.
  • Day Watch, the sequel to the Russian, special effects-laden blockbuster Night Watch (9.15pm @ Regent)
  • The Hottest State, a portrait of nascent narcissism and heartbreak, written and directed by recent MIFF guest, Ethan Hawke (7pm @ Forum)
  • Lake of Fire, a riveting and definitive study of the complex abortion debate, 15 years in the making (9.10pm @ ACMI)

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CAE $100 Vouchers up for grabs

CAE love film and they have loads of short courses to indulge your passion. You can Create a Film Soundtrack or join our Film Discussion Group. Start Screen Acting or dabble in Film Making for Beginners. CAE have 5 x $100 Gift Vouchers to give away. Email guidealerts@cae.edu.au with MIFF in the subject line, include your name and contact number by 12pm Wednesday 15 August 2007 for your chance to win. cae.edu.au

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Filmmakers present…

Coming up this week:
  • Magnum Photos photographer Donovan Wylie introduces his documentary, The Train (tonight 7pm @ ACMI)
  • Director and producer Lucille Desoto Clements presents her on-the-road tribute to stalwarts of Aussie rock Rose Tattoo, Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw (tonight 9.15pm @ Greater Union, followed by Cherry Bar after party)
  • Ivan Sen introduces his moving documentary about the abduction and murder of Indigenous performer Rhoda Roberts’ twin sister, A Sister’s Love (tomorrow 7pm @ ACMI)
  • Natasha Gadd and Rhys Graham present their local hip-hop doco, Words of the City , then return straight afterwards for a Q&A (tomorrow 9.25pm – sold out – but punters can still come along to the after party at Ding Dong Lounge, tickets on the door). Tickets available to the second screening Sat 11 Aug 7.20pm @ ACMI.
  • Director Lawrence Johnston and producer Lizette Atkins introduce their hypnotic ode to the hours between dusk and dawn, Night (this Friday 7pm @ Regent)

Win Tickets

WE HAVE 10 DOUBLES UP FOR GRABS TO TONIGHT'S SCREENING OF THE TRAIN, 7PM AT ACMI. FOR A CHANCE TO COME ALONG, E-MAIL YOUR FULL NAME AND CONTACT NUMBER TO penny@melbournefilmfestival.com.au by 5.00pm TODAY.

Coopers Festival Lounge @ Forum

There’s only one place where MIFF-goers and friends should be seen outside the cinema – and that’s the Coopers Festival Lounge, open daily from the afternoon until late night at the Forum Theatre. Not only that, but the Coopers Festival Lounge is the one time during the year that you can sit back and relax under the glittering stars of the Forum without paying a cover charge.

Note to regulars: The Coopers Festival Lounge has been made even more ‘schmooze-friendly’ with the majority of Talking Pictures sessions moved to ACMI cinemas. This means your conversation can now flow freely with entertainment that is designed to complement your chatter, not impinge on it.

Tonight at 6pm, Major Chord, better known as Danny Flynn, blends his folk sugar experimental delights yet again. Then at 8pm, DJ Tendekasha gives us his world tunes… all tunes.

Talking Pictures @ ACMI


Join industry specialists, Festival guests, filmmakers and actors as they discuss everything ‘film’. Get up close and personal, and come armed with your best questions. Admission is free.

CANCELLED EVENT
Due to circumstances beyond our control, today’s Talking Pictures, Nollywood Calling, has unfortunately been cancelled. This session was scheduled for 2.30pm at ACMI Cinemas. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Tonight at 6.15pm, Screens of David looks at the renaissance of Israel’s contemporary cinema, having been reinvigorated after battling poor box office and public indifference several years ago. Hosted by broadcaster John Safran, panelists will include Dvir Abramovich from University of Melbourne; Eddie Tamir from Champion Pictures; and Keith Lawrence from Australia Israel Cultural Exchange.

Tomorrow at 11.30am, the work of MIFF’s retrospective focus for this year, Shohei Imamura, will be fully dissected and discussed in An Introduction to Shohei Imamura. A member of the New Wave movement in Japan, Imamura reacted against the understated subtlety of the classical masters and delved into themes that others thought taboo. But was he just a vulgar anarchist? Join Freda Freiberg – film critic, lecturer and author – as she runs through the roll call of Imamura’s 45-year career.

Tomorrow at 6.15pm, Can your hear this? Music on Screen teases out the issues facing filmmakers when documenting live events and bringing music to the screen. Hosted by music journalist Patrick Donovan, panellists include Darcy Maine (Dirty Three, this Fri 9pm @ Greater Union & Fri 10 Aug 3pm @ ACMI), Lucille Desoto Clements (Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw tonight 9.15pm @ Greater Union & Thu 9 Aug 7.15pm @ ACMI), and Natasha Gadd and Rhys Graham (Words from the City , Sat 11 Aug 7.20pm @ ACMI).

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Sold Out and Selling Fast

Ticket sales are running hot at this year’s Festival, which means MIFF suggests you book your sessions sooner rather than later in case they sell out. As the following lists suggest, it’s best not to be tardy…

The following sessions are sold out:

Control - tonight 7pm @ Regent (tickets still available but selling fast for Sat 11 Aug 9.20pm @ Forum)
Words from the City – tomorrow 9.25pm @ ACMI (tickets still available for Sat 11 Aug 7.20 @ ACMI)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – this Saturday Aug 9.15pm @ Forum (tickets still available for Sun 12 Aug 5.10pm @ Regent)
Inland Empire – Tues 7 Aug 9pm @ ACMI & Thurs 9 Aug 9.15pm @ Forum
Spicks & Specks Trivia Night @ Coopers Festival Lounge – Thurs 9 Aug 7pm
Azur and Asmar – Fri 10 Aug 1pm @ ACMI (tickets still available for Sat 4 Aug 1pm @ Forum)
Once – Fri 10 Aug 7pm @ ACMI
Savage Grace – Sun 12 Aug 3pm @ Forum
This is England (closing night feature) – Sun 12 Aug 7.30pm @ Regent

The following sessions are selling fast:

Exterminating Angels – tonight 5pm @ Forum
The Workshop – this Friday 7pm @ ACMI
Billy the Kid – this Saturday 7.40pm @ ACMI
Beyond our Ken – this Sunday 3pm @ ACMI
Bella - this Sunday 5.30pm @ Forum
The Armstrongs – The Movie – this Sunday 7.3pm @ ACMI
I Served the King of England – Wed 8 Aug 7pm @ Forum
Control – Sat 11 Aug 9.20pm @ Forum
Manufacturing Dissent: Michael Moore and the Media – Sun 12 Aug 7.30pm @ ACMI
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