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The 2008 St Kilda Film Festival has extended its National Tour and will now be visiting regional destinations. We will be touring two sessions of highlights from our 2008 festival.
As these films are not classified, persons under 18 years of age will not be admitted to any sessions. See below for details on Session One & Session Two
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Synchrodyes
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2007, DVD, 3 mins
Genre Digital Art
Producer Katrina J. Putker
Director Katrina J. Putker
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Synchrodyes (sin. kro. dies) verb. The simultaneous combination of sound and liquid images
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Beggar's Belief
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Genre Comedy
Producer Colin and Cameron Cairnes
Director Colin Cairnes
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A beggar approaches passers-by with an unlikely tale of woe. A kind soul comes along and offers him the last thing he needs.
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Pleasance
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2007, Digital Betacam, 13 mins
Genre Drama
Producer Ben Commens
Director Amy Gebhardt
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Les and Errol are two elderly brothers living on their family property of Pleasance. Their existence is well-worn, a functional marriage of needs that neither questions. When Errol's past love returns to the district, the brothers' idyllic life is thrown painfully into question.
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AUNTY BETELNUT
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2008, Digital Betacam, 8 mins
Genre Documentary
Producer LINDA MICSKO
Director NATASHA HENRY
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A group of Papua New Guinean women gather to chew betelnut, a mild stimulant, in an intimate and joyous celebration of friendship and cultural identity.
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Lone Rider
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Genre Comedy
Producer Chris Kamen
Director Edwin McGill & Kasimir Burgess
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A portrait of an independent film maker and the lengths to which he will go to fulfil his celluloid dream.
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Dearest Sir
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2007, Digital Betacam, 6 mins
Genre Drama
Producer Victorian College Of The Arts
Director Michael Kratochvil
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An elderly man receives a captivating email from a Nigerian bureaucrat.
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Yolk
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2007, 35mm, 15 mins
Genre Drama
Producer Sally Madgwick & Damon Escott
Director Stephen Lance
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Lena, a teenager with down syndrome explores all the curious and rebellious impulses of sex and boys in a sweet tale of growing up.
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Funk, The
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2008, Digital Betacam, 7 mins
Genre Drama/Animation
Producer Melanie Coombs
Director Cris Jones
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Jack woke up in a Funk one day. No-one really knows how it started.
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7.23
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2007, Digital Betacam, 6 mins
Genre Comedy
Producer Brian Lien
Director Brian Lien
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Two strangers share a moment on a busy, evening commuter train.
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MY COUNTRY
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2007, DVD, 11 mins
Genre Drama
Producer Sally Madgwick
Director Odette Best
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An old indigenous Uncle revisits a painful memory to set his story straight.
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Pigeon Men
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2008, Digital Betacam, 7 mins
Genre Documentary
Producer Marryanne Christodoulou
Director Marryanne Christodoulou
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A group of men obsessed with the sport of pigeon flying take us into their strange world.
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Poles Apart
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2007, DVD, 6 mins
Genre Animation
Producer Andi Spark
Director Paul Lalo, Xue Sen Wong, Steven Smith
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In big cities it is easy to feel isolated, especially if you are Pang Pang who is the only panda in a city of polar bears.
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Wind
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2007, Digital Betacam, 8 mins
Genre Drama
Producer Katrina Fleming, Wahyuni Hadi, Aaron Wilson
Director Aaron Wilson
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Two people from two countries who once shared a common experience.
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Len's Love Story
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2007, 35mm, 14 mins
Genre Drama
Producer Michaela Kalowski and Karen Radzyner
Director Sonia Whiteman
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Len is having trouble with day-to-day life after his mother's death, until she sends him something quite unexpected to help him on his way.
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Eclipse
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2007, 35mm, 9 mins
Genre Documentary/Experimental
Producer Mark Lapwood ACS Co-Producer Jamie Hilton
Director Mark Lapwood ACS
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This visually based film journeys through India's economic capital, Mumbai, contrasting portraits of people who live in the streets with the natural beauty that surrounds them.
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