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Thursday 18th October 7PM Opening Night Film and Party at Chauvel Cinema, Paddington
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12min/SP Beta/Denmark
| Director: Signe S�by Bech | Producer: Anne Lindberg |
A poetic portrait of a woman's destiny, through the trials and tribulations of life onwards into eternity.
Very Annie Mary
35mm/104 minutes/Wales
| Director: Sara Sugarman | Producers: Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones |
Australian Premiere
In Sara Sugarman's third and most popular feature, Rachel Griffiths, stars in this touching and heartwarming film about a young girl's life in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. After her father suffers a stroke the young woman is forced to take care of him but uses the circumstances to escape and find the courage to sing once again. Features the voice of Meriel Andrew. The director, Sara has also acted for many years in features and TV series, one of her first being as Abby National in Sid and Nancy.
Followed by a party in Chauvel Cinema Foyer
Femmedia
4 day showcase of the latest in digital media, 3D animation, special effects, web based media and cd roms by women. Curated by Clare Cooper.
Friday 19th October
7:00pm
Blood & Ash
| Director: Emma Freeman | Producer: Emma Freeman/VCA |
24min/35mm/Australia
A short fable that traces a young woman's journey, both physically and spiritually, into unfamiliar and threatening terrain.
One Night the Moon
| Director: Rachel Perkins | Producers: Aanya Whitehead, Paul Humfress, Kevin Lucas |
| 55 min/35mm/Australia | Gold AWGIE Award |
A young girl in the Australian outback in the 1930's, steps out of her bedroom window - entranced by the beautiful beaming moon. When her parents go to check on their sleeping child, she is nowhere to be found. Based on the true story of Aboriginal tracker Riley, this complex emotional film, features Paul Kelly as the racist father who refuses to let the tracker onto 'his land', Kaarin Fairfax as the mother, and the lead actors' real life daughter Memphis Kelly.
Followed by a Q & A with the creative team including Mairead Hannan, composer and initiator of the film and crew.
| 9:00pm | Late Nite Steamy Session |
Convergence
Director/Producer: Tina Gonsalves
3min/SP Beta/Australia
An abstract piece that explores information filters with jellyfish as metaphor.
Love Birds
Director/Producer: Fiona Trigg
3min/16mm/Australia
Hot sex, cold feet: a man and a woman awake to different realities after a one night stand.
Turn Me On
| Director: Catherine Chauchat | Producer: Warwick Burton |
16min/SP Beta/Australia
A group of sexperts reveal the secrets of the vibrator, invented over 120 years ago to 'cure' female hysteria.
Stripped
Director/Producer: Jill Morley
75min/SP Beta/America
Join stripper turned filmmaker Jill Morley for a fascinating and gritty expose of the demimonde of 5 exotic dancers� The director's friendship with her subjects elicits remarkable personal vignettes and raw, uncensored anecdotes (Variety).
WITH Bailey's and Ice-cream
Saturday 20th October
A special day of award winning documentaries, Q & A with the directors, culminating in a panel with the directors, SBS Comissioning Editors and Executive Producer Film Australia.
11:30am
Our Brother James
| Director: Jessica Douglas-Henry | Producer: Mary-Ellen Mullane |
| 52min/SP Beta/Australia | AWGIE Award |
A Film Australia National Interest Program in association with Iris Pictures Pty Ltd. James Dalmann 20 years old, killed himself. In this very personal film, the director, Jessica, returns to Geraldton, Western Australia with her sister Alix to document the impact of their brother's death. A film about love, strength and hope.
Followed by Q & A with director Jessica Douglas-Henry
1pm
My Left Breast
| Director: Gerry Rogers | Producer: Paul Pope |
| 57min/SP Beta/Canada | Gold Award at Hot Docs |
An honest and heartwarming tale of a charming, witty and wonderful woman's outlook on life, love and breast cancer. It is an amazingly candid film, not to be missed. (Rosie O'Donnell)
Followed by Q & A with a health care professional
2:30pm
Fantacoca`
| Director: Angne/s Ndibi | Producer: Annamaria Gallone |
| 30 min/SP Beta/Cameroon | Australian Premiere |
Young African women lighten their skin with dangerous cortisone creams and injections to try to look like the light skinned people in Fanta/Coke commercials and get a rich husband. There's the young woman who campaigns on local radio against the trend, the local men who don't care, a Michael Jackson impersonator and the local beautician who now needs special medical care after years of lightening her skin.
Still Breathing
| Director/Producer: Charlotte Roseby | Producer: Nell White 26min/SP Beta/Australia | World Premiere |
It's easy to believe that our lives will go on forever. Rob is a strapping young man who's always known his life would be condensed - that's what comes with having cystic fibrosis. He's calculates his age in dog years. With Rob's intimate narration, this is an exhilarating journey into the stuff of life.
Followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Charlotte Rosesby
A True Story About Love
Director/Producer: Melissa Lee
27min/SP Beta/Australia
Melissa begins a dry research project into Korean-American documentary filmmakers and cross-cultural identity in America, but 'real life' intervenes when she takes her documentary subjects to bed. Conflicts arise� and Melissa grapples with notions of truth, love and ethics.
Followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Melissa Lee
4:15pm
Panel: Close to the heart: the perils and joys of personal filmmaking.
Directors discuss the delicate process of constructing documentaries with/about family and friends, ethics, asking the hard questions, and where/how to position your self in the film. Jessica Douglas-Henry speaks about 'Our Brother James,' Safina Uberoi 'My Mother India', Melissa Lee 'A True Story About Love' and Charlotte Roseby speaks about 'Still Breathing'. Includes Courtney Gibson (SBS I) and Anna Grieve (Film Australia) and Jacqui North Festival Director as chair.
Cinemateque Double (separate ticket required)
1pm
Thelma and Louise
123mins/35mm/1991
Ridley Scott's terrific feminist road movie stars Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis as two friends who take off on a road trip and end up becoming fugitives on the run. Oscar for scriptwriter Callie Khouri and includes a superb male support cast including Harvey Keitel and Brad Pitt.
PLUS
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
113mins/35mm/1974
Martin Scorsese directs Ellen Burstyn (in her Oscar winning role) about a woman who travels around the USA with her son looking for happiness after her husband dies leaving her penniless. Also starring Harvey Keitel and Kris Kristofferson as the man who falls in love with her.
Cinemateque membership required for Double Feature (separate ticket required) $29 (full) $24 (conc)
5:30pm
My Mother India
| Director: Safina Uberoi | Producer: Penny McDonald |
52/SP Beta/Australia
A young middle class Australian woman falls in love with a young intellectual Indian man whilst at Canberra university in the 1950's. Much to the dismay of both families the pair marry and move to India to start a new life and family. This extraordinary documentary shot on 35mm film and made by their daughter Safina, frames a family history with a nation's political turmoil.
Introduced by director Safina Uberoi and DOP Himman Dhamija and Kodak representative.
Followed by live jazz: Miroslav Bukovsky and Wanderlust
7:30pm
The Luzhin Defence
| Sydney Premiere |
Adapted from a Vladimir Nabakov novel, this sumptuous feature, tells the story of Luzhin, a chess Grand Master (John Turturro) who arrives at an Italian resort to play the match of his life. His obsession with the abstract has cost him the ability to function in the real world. Society beauty Natalia (Emily Watson) decides to prepare him for his great match with passionate lovemaking - to boost his confidence. Luzhin is faced with the unsettling challenge of creating an impenetrable defence against his opponent whilst letting down his emotional defences with Natalia. A stellar cast, subtle script, elaborate costumes, a profoundly moving and dazzingly sensual film.
7:30pm
Deveeri
| 105 mins/35mm/India | Sydney Premiere |
In her feature debut, Indian filmmaker, Kavitha Lankesh, tells the story of a 12 year old Kyatha (Manja) who lives with his sister Deveeri (played by prominent Indian actress Nandita Das). The pair resides in a slum district on the edge of an Indian city. He lives amid the chaos and poverty but Lankesh is able to capture the childs eye view of the world as a beautiful place. This outlook is shattered when Kyatha discovers his sisters involvement in prostitution. In this remarkable film, Lankesh weaves a delicate and complex tapestry. Winner of the Fipresci Prize at the Kerala Film Festival.
Sunday 21st October
11:30am
Filmmakers Brunch by invitation
1pm WOW Shorts Competition
A World of Women's Cinema (WOW) had over 200 entries by Australian and International women filmmakers in 2001. 27 of the most exciting animated, audacious, experimental and narrative films and documentaries have been selected for the competition. The winners will be announced at the closing night party.
Little Darlin'
Director/Producer: Georgina Harper
13min/16mm/Australia
Audrey is having trouble at school and at home, but when an erotic baroness moves into the dugout next door, her life begins to change.
Whitebait
Director/Producer: Beth Phelan
12min/16mm/Australia
A young girl learns some funny tricks for fending off the attentions of an older man.
There's a hole in my chest where my heart used to be
Director/Producer: Rachel Harris
7min/SP Beta/Australia
Through the imagery of dolls comes an animated story of pain and courage. The learning of self-loathing, the finding of self-love and the healing of the suffered heart.
Pyjama Girl
| Director: Gabrielle Jones | Producer: Maryanne Lynch |
9min/16mm/Australia
A journey from meat to flesh and from past to the present� a tale of a woman doubly betrayed. Both in life and in death, Linda Agostini struggles to reclaim herself from a destiny that she did not choose.
Lola
| Director: Jackie Young | Producer: Ellen Tsoi |
9min/SP Beta/Australia
Lola Harding-Irmer is an 87 year old Sydneysider who carried the flame in the 2000 Olympic Torch relay. In this charming low budget documentary she tells of her exile from Australia, her role as an Assistant Choreographer at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and her trip down Oxford Street with the flame.
Angel Food
| Director: Julia Bourke | Producer: Ann Shenfield, Robert Stevenson, Paul Fletcher |
6min/SP Beta/Australia
A strawberry awakes to the harsh reality of its inevitable destiny. A bitter-sweet journey, jam packed with exotic fruits and delectable delights.
Bowl Me Over
| Director: Angie Black | Producer: Fabienne Nicholas |
15min/16mm/Australia
Cultural difference, hair dye gone wrong and the fiery spirit of a daring Greek woman armed with a few bottles of bleach.
Wanted
Director/Producer: Milla Moilanen
11min/35mm/Finland
This animation deals with people's classification based on outward appearance using anthropological research photos from the Uppsala Institute for Racial Biology, Sweden, which is now a centre for genetic manipulation and DNA research.
Absence
| Director: Margaret Bearman | Producers: Peter George, Margaret Bearman |
8min/16mm/Australia
When Michelle's Jewish grandfather dies, she must reconsider her concept of kinship. Childhood memories interweave with loving preparation of matzo ball soap and endless games of family scrabble.
Delivery Day
| Director: Jane Manning | Producer: Liz Watts |
26min/35mm/Australia
Eleven year old Trang must get her Vietnamese mother to a parent-teacher interview - but it's delivery day in her mum's garment factory and everybody is busy�.
3pm WOW Short Film Competition
Wounded
Director/Producer: Tina Gonsalves
3min/SP Beta/Australia
Scientific imaging machines currently assess the bodies physical health- what if they could assess the psychological and emotional health? How would a broken psyche read?
Tree
| Director: Eliza Johnson | Producer: Rachel Clements |
15min/35mm/Australia
Following the death of her mother, a nine year old girl forms a surrogate parent relationship with a tree.
| The Big Check-Out | Awarded UTS Encouragement Award (logo UTS) |
| Director: Amanda Bishop | Producers: Amanda Bishop, Antonia Murphy |
4min/SP Beta/Australia
Two flatmates, Tempe and Anna, get a surprise in their local supermarket.
Paperdoll Girl
Director/Producer: Kezia Barnett
1min/SP Beta/New Zealand
A quirky, colourful, era-swapping, musical love story. Paperdoll Girl and Fake Elvis fall in love on the top of a hill, in front of a fake diner.
Just Do It
| Director: Sarah Hatherley | Producers: Jenny Livingston, Kim Snow |
17min/35mm/Australia
Two thirty something friends meet regularly to walk around a park. Ostensibly they are there for the exercise. In reality it's more like therapy.
Petite Mort
| Director: Stephanie Keating | Producers: Stephanie Keating, Corrina Schmitt Porsia |
9min/35mm/Canada
Claire, a disturbingly intelligent 15-year-old, is tired of being a virgin, so she acts out a darkly comic fantasy.
Laquiem
| Director: Andre(/acute)e Greenwell | Producer: Danielle Townsend |
7min/35mm/Australia
A young woman ends her life by drowning in a man-made lake.
The Pill Box
Director/Producer: Jimena Puente Trevino (~ over n)
3min/16mm/Australia
A wife gives her husband with a heart condition a beautiful new pillbox for his 50th birthday�but all day he keeps having problems trying to get it open.
HMAS Unicorn
| Director: Elissa Down | Producers: Elissa Down, Jimmy Jack |
12min/35mm/Australia
1964, Lake Grace, Gwendolin, 16 years old, meets a mysterious boy�
Burning Heart
Director/Producer: Alexa Schulz
| 18min/16mm/USA/Germany | Australian Premiere |
6pm
Sisters of the Surf
Producer/Directors: Anna Bateman and Katey Grusovin
45min/SP Beta/Australia
Two of the hottest Australian juniors on the professional world circuit, Amee Donohoe and Samantha Cornish take us into their world of best friends, bitching, and no bikinis across one challenging surfing season. Sam admits 'second sucks', while her rival Amee claims to be very Zen about life and surfing. Surfing pioneers Pam Burridge, Pauline Menczer, Layne Beachley and Lisa Andersen joke about the past when they were supposed to 'sit on the beach and wait for their boyfriends'. Sisters of the Surf follows the girls in a challenging surfing season ending with the biggest competition of the year.
Followed by a Q & A with producer/directors Anna Bateman and Katey Grusovin
Live performance from Chloe Hall, singer/songwriter whose style is a subtle electronica. Tonight she'll perform an intimate acoustic gig on guitar with cellist Anita Quayle.
Announcement of WOW Short Film Competition winners.
8:00pm
| Gaudi Afternoon | Sydney Premiere |
| Director: Susan Seidelman | Producers: Andre Vicente Gomez, Susan Seidelman |
93mins/35mm/USA
From the director of 'Desperately Seeking Susan', Susan Seidelman, comes this warm, witty, gender-bending detective story. Starring Judy Davis as Cassandra, an American translator caught in a web of mistaken indentities. Marcia Gay Harden is the femme fatale after her mission 'husband'. Juliette Lewis and Lili Taylor as a dysfunctional couple make up part of the great support cast.
Followed by Live Band - INERTIA
A three piece band, originally from Perth, return to Sydney from a sell-out National Tour to close the 2001 International WOW Festival.
Chauvel Cinema - Sydney Film Centre, Paddington Town Hall
Cnr Oxford St and Oatley Rd, Paddington
TICKETS
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| Opening Night Thursday 18th October | Premiere & Party $20 (WIFT members $15) |
| Closing Night Sunday 21st October | Premiere & Party $15 (No concession) |
| Festival Single session $13 | Single concession/WIFT members $10 |
| Festival Pass Full $95 | Concession/WIFT members $75 |
Documentary Panel $5 or free with any documentary session ticket
Cinemateque Double - Separate ticket required, call Chauvel Cinema (02) 9361 5398
Due to festival classification, no admission under 18 years.
WOW is presented by Women in Film and Television NSW
Level 2, Sydney Film Centre - Cnr Oxford and Oatley Rd, Paddington, NSW, 2021
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WOW Touring Festival
Each year a selection of the best of the Australian and International short films tour Australia.
November
Taree
18th November, 2001
( Beta and 16mm)
Tourist Information Centre
Alice Springs
24th - 25th of November
35mm, 16mm
Circus Lawn
Alice Springs
December
Melbourne
5th and 6th of December
Cinema Nova
Orange
9th December, 2001
January 2002
Moondance International Film Festival
25th -27th of January, 2002
In Boulder, Colorado USA
Lismore
26th of January
February
Tasmania
Friday 15th of February
Armidale
20th February
Adelaide
27th February
March
Canberra
2nd March, 2002
Darwin
16th -17th of March
Deckchair Cinema
Wagga Wagga
22nd of March
Newcastle
26th March, 2002
FEMMEDIA
- logo's - possibly AMBIENCE
- possibly a panel - include Anna Bronowski AFC - re the new funding possibilities
- credits - clare, jacqui, clare friend whose helping
- Clare has all the AFTRS ones - should give me a list����.
Sonata in Tea
An afternoon tea dances and serenades for your pleasure. Synchronised cupcakes and sandwiches move with delight to a staccato soundtrack of idle chatter and melodic piano. The sensuous medely of fruit tarts to a final creamy crescendo.
There's a whole in my chest where my heart used to be
Through the imagery of dolls comes an animated story of pain and courage. The learning of self-loathing, the finding of self love and the healing of the suffered heart.
Angel Food
A strawberry awakes to the harsh reality of its inevitable destiny, in a bitter-sweet journey, jam packed with exotic fruits of delectable delights.
Preserving Wax
A wax doll in a cosy house dreams of escape. Her formidable master does not take kindly to the budding indepence of her charge, and a silent and compelling battle ensues. Sometimes the ties that bind become too tight. (no 176)
Re
Is there a dream you wish to recall? Is there a moment you wish to retain? Is there a time you wish to repossess? Is there a feeling you wish you could remember?
(no 117)
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