24 AUG – 1 SEPT FILM FESTIVAL A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS
MINI MUFF
SESSION 4
CURATED AND NOTES
28.08 / Tuesday / 9pm / Cinema 1
David Leadbetter An incredible range and selection of over 500 short films from all over the world were submitted to MUFF 13. MUFF is committed to searching out the best new filmmakers, based solely on their ability as storytellers and provacteurs.
Stretch / Arturo Cubacub / 3:37 A sensual representation of an internal transformation. Real Meal Deal / Stuart Mannion / 6:25 A woman pulls a machine gun in a suburban burger joint. Tentaklees / Peter Allen / 4:00 An experimental horror film that puts a unique spin on the Little Miss Muffet tale. Harmony of Twists / Kristin Casey / 11:43 Reality can be darker than nightmares. Gyre / Lindsay Morrison / 17:00 A chilling tale of love, monogamy, sexuality and breaking up.
SESSION 1 27.08 / Monday / 7pm / Cinema 1
Winter Man / Mirae Kim / 3:14 A girl sees a fortune teller to ask about her future husband.
Secret Life of Objects / Nathan Jones / 3:12 An animated story of a cynical, used up, toilet paper roll.
Two Feet Under / Cameron McGrane / 8:46 A girl has to deal with a sleazy funeral director as she tries to bury her mother.
Shorty & Morty / Dave Edison / 12:15 An extraordinary homeless couple wander into a bizarre, yet humorous 12-step meeting in Hollywood.
The Wishful / Daniel Gregg / 11:41 A twisted journey through music, relationships and fairytales.
Picking Up at Auschwitz / Alice Foulcher / 3:37 Lou finds love and much more while on holiday. Honour / Azahn Munas / 7:31 A young woman turns to religion to cope with an extremely overbearing father. Derby Wives / Matt Horne / 7:34 The true story of the Roller Derby Wives. Government Funding Bodies / Sam Eliopoulos / 7:00 A filmmaker documents his attempts at receiving film funding. The Billabong / Jeffory Assalin / 11:11 A young boy is forced to stand up and face his fears head on to save a friend. The Disappearance of Lyle Humphries / Rowan Elliott Hopkins / 5:00 A small town police department investigates the mysterious disappearance of a local man. Skeletons / Ryan Coonan / 12:12 What secrets lie within Rods cupboard in the shed? The housemates hatch a plan to find out but soon realize this was a deadly mistake. Tough / Anna Snoekstra / 6:22 A young female boxer has dreams of killing her sister. 2 Guys in a back Yard / Tez Frost / 5:00 After years of being best mates, is there more to this relationship?
SESSION 5 29.08 / Wednesday / 7pm / Cinema 1 Tilting at Skyscrapers / Frank Stasio / 8:09 When a gamer is overcome by his obsession, things happen. Scenes from the end of the world / Doug Mason / 11:00 A climate change denier plays a game of chess with Gaea. Body Movie / Jordon Prosser / 17:30 Pop Quiz needs help disposing of a dead body. Jackson is that guy. War Profit / Aaron Singfield / 9:45 The promise that a soldier made to his wife of never going on tour again becomes harder for him to keep. Killer Lizards / Blake Borcich / 6:38 A struggling writer has to cope with the success of his nemesis.
NEW IRISH LOW BUDGET CINEMA Richard Wolstencroft Something is happening in Ireland. I visited the country in Jan and Feb 2012 (to shoot my portmanteau style adaptation feature The Second Coming – based on the famous poem and poetry of W.B.Yeats). I loved the place and the people very much. A lot like Australia in ideas of mateship, loyalty to family, Nationalism and a healthy ‘fuck you’ attitude to the Poms. Even more so the latter in Eire -lol. And like in Australia they have a God awful film funding system and Film Board dedicated – mainly - to destroying Irish Cinema - and not helping it! All run by Socialist ne’er do wells and their cronies busy feathering their own effete nests. Ring any bells, anyone? But in the margins again, just like in Australia, a new aggressive and intentionally exciting Indy cinema is growing. We’re showing highlights at MUFF 13 of this ground roots cinema movement. Special thanks to my friend and comrade Michael Parle for putting this section together.
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Crumble / Renata Bialkouska / 22:00 A married couple experiment with drugs and swinging. A SERIES OF RETRO FILMS
RETRO MAVERICKS
27.08 / Monday / 9pm / Cinema 1
A metaphorical look at the history of human development.
SESSION 6
The Poet Cursed / Ryan Smith / 5:23 Ryan J-W Smith has written 500 Shakespearean sonnets, and now he can’t stop rhyming - or attracting women.
30.08 / Thursday / 9pm / Cinema 2 01.09 / Saturday / 5pm / Cinema 1
Their Morning / Girard Dorney / 4:24 One morning a man and a woman attempt suicide but neither truly wants to die. Aboriginal Embassy / Nick McLaren / 12:25 Since 1972, the Tent Embassy has stood in Canberra. How and why did this happen? The Smile / Arturo Cubacub / 3:16 Using non-dialogue based narrative; this piece is an exploration of an introspective discourse. Migraine & Michael A Love Story / Adrian Goodman / 5:00 A man is in a long term relationship that may not be good for him. Late One Night Ep 1 / Gregory Pakis / 10:00 After 12am, suburbia isn’t quite what it was. Quinkin / Mick Wannenmacher / 15:00 A twisted riddle...
Its all the rage / Julian constanzo / 10:00 Alex is a man of conflict and ambiguity. The Winking Boy / Alan King / 14:00 Martin only communicates via winking. However, a new nurse changes everything. Kitchen Sink Drama / Michael Ciccone / 4:58 Love, relationships, fidelity, vomit. All at the kitchen sink.
Polly / Jennifer & Melissa, Diego Ramirez / 4:31 A sci-fi horror querying notions of gender and identity. 1000 Grams / Tom Bewilogua / 15:00 1000 grams is the average quantity of fat that gets lipoed out...? Monopsters / Brandon deWys / 6:27 The man who doesn’t pay his bills has a nasty surprise.
SESSION 3 28.08 / Tuesday / 7pm / Cinema 1 Dying and other Superpowers / Elias Ribeiro / 13:42 One man’s news affects an entire family. Andrew & Bec’s Skydiving video / Lachlan Ryan / 12:30 Some special found footage of a couple’s most intimate moment. Evie Wants a Baby / Jemma van Loenen / 10:09 A boozy dinner out leads to an unexpected turn amongst friends. Broken Superman / Zev Howley / 9:39 Two sexy girls, a pistol and a soldier with a climax you won’t easily forget.
Double features from some of cinemas greatest Mavericks. Selected and written about by contemporary Mavericks, turn over for more notes. RAY DENNIS STECKLER DOUBLE FEATURE
THE INCREDIBLE STRANGE CREATURE WHO STOPPED LIVING & BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES
THE LOOKING GLASS 27.08 / Monday / 9pm / Cinema 2
GARY KENNEALLY
“Tin Can Man is without question the best film I’ve seen all year. A film so terrifying that I had to keep looking around for the safety of the cinema” Sydney Herald review.
“…one of the most harrowing and disturbing cinema experiences I have seen this decade… Tin Can Man is a masterpiece...” Melbourne Underground Film Fest - oh that’s me.
IVAN KAVANAGH
THE FADING LIGHT 28.08 / Tuesday / 9pm / Cinema 2
Ivan’s follow up to Tin Can Man. A change of pace, but an amazing film all the same. To the outside world, Yvonne is a strong, happy and successful woman. But when she returns home to be with her sick mother, she is forced to make life-changing decisions and the facade that she has carefully constructed begins to collapse. A must see at MUFF this year.
27.08 / Monday / 7pm / Cinema 2 The Looking Glass is a surreal thriller from writer-director Colin Downey (also Tin Can Man DOP). The film follows Paul, a troubled young man who lives in a rural cottage with his pregnant girlfriend Claire. Paul’s world is turned upside down one night when Claire’s sinister, predatory mother, Agnes arrives at their house to visit.Paul is instinctively afraid of this witch-like woman who seems to know all of his darkest secrets and fears. Agnes begins to exert a malevolent influence over Paul’s life. One of her patients, a terrifying burn victim, starts to stalk Paul with murderous intent. One night, after a row with Claire, Paul goes on a secret journey to a mysterious castle in the park. Blending reality and fantasy, The Looking Glass interweaves Paul’s adult journey with a parallel story from his childhood as his eight year old self reveals his inner thoughts and his hopes for a future free from fear. The Looking Glass is top notch Indy cinema. Colin Downey is a major cinema force and one to watch in the future. WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
“Colin Downey is a filmmaker of startling originality.” Film Ireland
JOHN WATERS DOUBLE FEATURE
KEN RUSSELL
PINK FLAMINGOS
SAVAGE MESSIAH
25.08 / Saturday / 9pm/ Cinema 2
31.08 / Friday / 7pm / Cinema 2
John Waters’ excursion into perversion is a sublime exercise in glorious bad taste!
1972 biography film of the short life of Modernist sculpture Henri GaudierBrzeska and his partner in love & art.
JOHN WATERS
ANDY MILLIGAN DOUBLE FEATURE
DESPERATE LIVING
NIGHTBIRDS (1970)
25.08 / Saturday / 7pm/ Cinema 2
29.08/Wednesday/9pm/Cinema 2
This is a political fairytale at it’s most revolting!
A tale of a not unfamiliar female predator who happily destroys a simple bloke with a few problems.
31.08 / Friday / 9pm / Cinema 2 This film is director Ray Dennis Steckler’s undeniable magnum opus and one of the world’s most unusual films.
THE BODY BENEATH (1968) 29.08/Wednesday/7pm/Cinema 2
26.08 / Sunday / 7pm / Cinema 2
A weekend escape to the woods turns nasty for a group of friends.
Thrill Killers may be one of Ray Dennis Steckler’s most accomplished works, as both actor and director.
TWO NEW FEATURES FROM MAVERICK OF ROCK.
KIM FOWLEY
DIR : KIM FOWLEY / RUN TIME 78 MINUTES
Russell’s finest and most disturbing film that exists as a kind of aesthetic statement on humanity and human nature in general.
GOLDEN ROAD TO NOWHERE, is the best, scariest, craziest look at Hollywood, USA… since the Black & White Noir Classic “Big Knife”… which starred Rod (“On The Water Front”/”Illustrated Man”)Steiger…back in 1955. This time, West Coast Based Multi Media Legend, Kim Fowley, takes Steiger’s position as the ruthless, but sympathetic, older man/show biz industry expert. 20 something, Nick Robinson portrays the Fan Boy/Film School Dreamer. Fowley does triple duty as Writer-Director-Producer. Robinson does some camera/some editing. Marie Ilene did the Final Edit. 19 year old, Brianna Garcia, who dazzles in Richard Wolstencroft’s, “The Second Coming”, plays the new girl in town. Christine Blood is the NYC transplant. Dominatrix/Model/Director, Snow Mercy, is the world weary expert of Tinsel Town Survival. Golden Road To Nowhere will make you laugh, cry, try suicide…or even get high. (Flesh-ORama Films, USA) DIR KIM FOWLEY / RUN TIME 94 MINS
ANDY MILLIGAN
RAY DENNIS STECKLER
Tarquin Nertherway / The River / 13:00 2 boys entertain themselves while exposing the towns benevolent side.
JOIN US IN 2012 31.08 / Friday / 7pm / Cinema 1
KEN RUSSELL DOUBLE FEATURE
Torn / Lori Young / 19:00
“The Shaken 3” is the third feature film from writer/director Gary Kenneally. Darren Burns and Nathan Sandison reunite to lead the cast as renegade researchers Eddie Burns and John Baron, who are finally closing in on the one obstacle that has evaded them all this time – the identity of the elusive Creator of The Shaken virus. Joining the cast for the final instalment of The Shaken Trilogy is a performer who is undoubtedly the highlight of the film – the multitalented Irish and International award-winning actor star Mr. Michael Parle. This acclaimed actor is a force to be reckoned with in the world of independent cinema!
GOLDEN ROAD TO NOWHERE
THE DEVILS
RETRO MAVERICK THE THRILL KILLERS YES
A man goes to see a psychologist to explain how an evil creature is responsible for the deaths of his three children. Starring the great Michael Parle from Tin Can Man. Expect Irish Horror chills in this great low budget gem from Eire from a short story by the Master of Horror Mr Stephen King.
THE SHAKEN 3
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
26.08 / Sunday / 9pm / Cinema 2
Viscosity / Paul von Stoetzel / 7:18 Three men share stories of their early misadventures in masturbation.
Wakey Wakey / Adrian Goodman / 15:00 A narcoleptic teenager on the cusp of her new sexuality.
The MUFF hit Tin Can Man is back! Tin Can Man is a terrifying exercise in cinematic terror. It’s loosely based on a series of bizarre and grisly (seemingly copycat) murders in 1892, 1926 and 1957. This film is an imagining of what may have happened to the victims. A truly unique new horror film as important as David Lynch’s Eraserhead. A MUFF see at MUFF 13 this year.
Boyd Rice, Lee Gambin, Mark Savage and Richard Wolstencroft
Cryo / Luke Doolan / 8:00 With most of the crew of the Noah-1 dead, what next? Frank Howson: A Portrait / Anthony Gravina / 12:00 Writer/poet/director/producer Frank Howson shares some candid moments in relation to his life, and moments that have contributed to his life’s journey, thus far.
28.08 / Tuesday / 7pm / Cinema 2
NOTES AND PROGRAMMING
Blood on the Game Dice / Ahren Morris 12:00 Things are getting critical... Painted Love / Johnny McPherson / 4:25 Romance and betrayal between a painter and her wooden dummy.
25.08/Saturday/11pm /Cinema 1
COLIN DOWNEY
CURATED/NOTES :
The Show Must go On / BJ Britton / 8:06 Two German soldiers find a British Paratrooper that is very hard to kill.
Let there be light / Pete Pauls 27:20
GERARD LOUGH
STEPHEN KING’S THE BOOGEYMAN
THEIR DAY HAS COME
Glare / Anna Snoekstra / 1:30 Two young women stop at a petrol station during a long summer road trip.
SESSION 2
IVAN KAVANAGH
TIN CAN MAN
A vampire film without the typical vampire trappings.
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BLACK ROOM DOOM 31.08 / Friday / 11pm / Cinema 1 BLACK ROOM DOOM = All Girl Band, Drag Queen, Fetish Models, & Sex Workers, Both Past & Present. Written-Produced-& Directed by Kim Fowley, BRD is a Female Spinal Tap meeting an All Girl Commitments, pretending to be a 21st Century Runaways. Two of the girls=Snow Mercy & Noizee Noize, contributed Directing & Camera skills to the fracas…which boasts a cast of Female Animals that include, Elmyra, Dianna St. Hilaire, Giddle Partridge, (Who sizzles in Richard Wolstencroft’s “The Second Coming”.), The Fabulous Miss Wendy, Snow Mercy, Krystal D. Thomas, Nicole Rouge & the late Hollie Stevens. Plagued by Death, Disease, Jail & Cast Mutiny…BRD managed to get finished in spite of itself....thanks to the Super Skills of Ace Editor Marie Ilene=who also edited “Golden Road To Nowhere”. (Flesh-O-Rama Films/ USA)
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