2009 Sydney Underground Film Festival Program

Thursday 10 - Sunday 13 September 2009

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2009 FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM Promising four nights of subversive, experimental, visual and aural pleasure

the yes men

kuchar bros

smell cinema

white lightnin’

chevolution

Festival at a glance ** FREE courtesy bus back to Newtown Train Station – see the website or Box Office during the festival for more information **

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OPENING NIGHT 6.00pm 6.15-7.15pm 7.15-8.00pm

8.00 -9.45pm

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Doors open Entrees served

Welcome speeches and special performance by Kamahl THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD

friday 6.00pm 6.30-8pm

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Food and beverages served Opening night party + DJs

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is back this September with twenty-two sessions and 120+ films over four nights. Come and see festival favourites such as ‘Love/Sick’, ‘Recycled Cinema’, and ‘Re:animation’, plus we’re introducing 3 more sessions in 2009

life with ashley Chris Butler

A Weirdo!’ (dedicated to Australian Cinema) and ‘Sgt. Ballsack’s Comedy

6 for an overview of all the programs at this year’s festival. Also note, we bring midnight screenings back in fashion with Porn Dogs: The Adventures

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of Sadie (the world premiere!) and American Swing! So all those who are

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interested in alternative, provocative and artistic films should eat, breathe (and smell) SUFF in September. Plus don’t forget we release a collection

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4.00pm

Doors open

4.30pm-6pm

Christ, kid, you’re a weirdo!

Penelope Ben Ferris

6-6.30pm

Intermission

6.30-8pm

chevolution Trisha Ziff titillations

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8.30-10pm

pink flamingos John Waters Reality bites

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Myna Has Gone Sadrac Gonzalez & Sonia Escolano

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porn dogs Greg Blatman

American swing Jon Hart & Mathew Kaufman

Sunday

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Closing NIGHT

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4.00pm

Doors open

4.30-6pm

The Yes Men fix the world Recycled cinema

hope you join us for the special “Wine down” at Mu-Meson Archives the week after with 3 great nights of more screenings with the ‘Kuchar Brothers retrospective’, ‘Conspiracy 101’ and hilarious ‘Freaks, Geeks and almost X-Rated Peeks! We hope you are looking forward to SUFF just as much as

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It came from Kuchar Jennifer M. Koot

8.30-10pm Closing Night Feature White lightnin’ Dominic Murphy Closing night party + DJs

Please note: the festival has two cinemas operating at The Factory Theatre, often simultaneously. In operation will be the

Main CINEMA and the FUSEBOX CINEMA

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Love the SUFF Team

Directors ���������� Stefan Popescu & Katherine Berger

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we are!

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of shorts on DVD after each festival, so purchase your copy of the SUFF Films DVDs so we can afford to keep making these films available. We also

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first with John Water’s Pink Flamingos in Odorama! Please refer to page

re:animation

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Corner’. We have also programmed 11 features you must see in 2009, highlights include The Yes Men Fix the World on opening night and a world

Blue Gold: world water wars Sam Bozzo

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Three years and still going strong, the Sydney Underground Film Festival

such as ‘Titillations’ (dedicated to women’s cinema) plus ‘Christ, Kid, You’re

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Sgt. Ballsack’s Comedy Corner

8-8.30pm 8.30-10pm

Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno

9.45-10.45pm 9.45-12am

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Welcome

Creative Manager ���������� Liz Berger Event Manager ���������� Michelle Berger

Assistant Producer (TV & DVD) ���������� Anita Huynh

Programming Assistant ���������� Karen Crespo

Volunteer Coordinator ���������� Stephanie Gal

Publicity ���������� Geoff Sirmai (Watchdog Communications) Finance ���������� Bill Appel Festival Assistants & Interns ���������� Pamelah Otto, Nicole Verges & Alison Fowler (The Concept), Max Lochhead, Monique Wong, Jennifer Monk, Nic Connaughton, Isobel Spurr, Anya Weimann, plus many more amazing volunteers.

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Festival partners Cultural & educational partners

Aims of the festival Our aims are simple. We want to provide a platform for the exhibition, exposure and critical discussion of independent, experimental, subversive and provocative films. We want to pay homage to pioneers in experimental and avant-garde film circles and constantly re-ignite local interest in alternative film, as part of an international underground film culture. Finally, we hope the festival will inspire passion for alternative cinema by providing audiences with quality, creative and diverse programming.

Patrons

Media partners

• ARTHUR & CORINNE CANTRILL (Pioneer Experimental Filmmakers)

• GEORGE GITTOES & GABRIELLE DALTON (Yellow House, Independent Filmmaker & Film Producer)

• ALBIE THOMS (UBU / Sydney Filmmaker’s Co-op) • DAVID PERRY (UBU / Sydney Filmmaker’s Co-op)

• SONTAYA SUBYEN (Thailand’s leading Film Critic and Film Author)

• PAUL WINKLER (UBU / Sydney Filmmaker’s Co-op)

Food & beverage partners

patrons in 2009 and thanks them for their ongoing support.

• JAIMIE & ASPASIA LEONARDER (Mu Meson Archives & The Naked City on FBi)

• JOHN CLARK (UBU / Sydney Filmmaker’s Co-op)

Venue & accommodation partners

The Sydney Underground Film Festival warmly welcomes our

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Supporting partners Venue flowers by

All programming and time schedules were correct at the time of print. All details subject to change although all care is taken.

Alex Prior - ScreenHub, Alexandra Roxo, Alice Ansara, Alice Gifford, Alison Rima, Ally Colquhoun, Amanda Jane Newing, Anastasia Zaravinos, Andrew Urban – Urban Cinefile, Anne McDonald – Media Movers, Aspasia Leonarder, Ata & Dan & Tony & Justin – Doughboy Pizza Newtown, Ben Carter, Ben Carter, Boris Mitchell, Brett Collins – Breakout, Brett Dayman, Carissa Bolton, Celia Keane – Drum Media, Charlie McCagh – Avant Card, Clare Ferra, Colin Rhodes, Courtney Robinson, Craig Brown, Dan Sokolowski, Daniel Byrne, Danielle Spurr, David Fishel, Dennis Soulos, Dennis Stojanovski – DV1, Dirk De Bruyn, Dov Kornits – Filmink, Elaine Gibson, Ellie Woods, Emma Keenan, Everyone at Marrickville Council, Fiona Smee, Francois Aoun, Frankie – Zytech Australia, Geoff Weary, George Papadopoulos - Accent Film, Gillian Leahy - UTS Media Arts and Production, Grace Spurr, Greg Khoury, Helena & Michael Berger, Henri De Gorter from TVS, Holly Barter, Hugh Snelgrove, Hugo Race, Ian Howard - COFA, Ira Keller, Jack Sargeant, Jaimie Leonarder, Jamie Fox – Matilda Bay Brewery (Fat Yak Beer), Jane & Rachelle – Ashgrove Farm Cheese, Jayne Waterford – Art News, Jeff – The Print Box Inc., Jessica Waal – ABAF, Joe Accurso – EMedia Creative, John and Maria Kounos, John Gillies, John Waters, Kamahl, Kamrul Hai - Austic Printing, Karen Lockhart, Kat Armstrong, Kate Hickey, Kiersten Hocking, Kurt Eckhart, Kylie Woods - Rydges Camperdown, Lauren Cardwell, Lawrence Gibbons – AlternativeMediaGroup, Leesa Nicholls – Arts Hub, Lehi Curtis, Luke-Dominic Butterworth, Maritza and Paul – Vintage Glamour, Mark Gerber - Oxford Art Factory, Mark Wotherspoon, Martin Radich, Martin Smith, Mary Kotselas - Campus IT Apple Store, Max Lochhead, Maziar Hashemi-Nezhad, Mel Whalen, Mia Falstein-Rush, Michael Cutrupi, Michelle Carey, Michael Moebus (DJ Meem), Michelle Vartuli, Bill & Elia & Greg & Ben & Mollie & Darren & Sam – Factory Theatre / Century Venues, Morgan Fiebig, Nanxi Cheng – Rezo Films, Naomi Radom, Natasha Prendergast – Crumpler Custom Bag Store, Nerida Olson - Sydney College of the Arts, Nic Godoy, Nick – Decolata Café (Summer Hill’s best café), Nikita Byrnes, Nishal Maharaj, Paul Tonta – Madman, Qian Zhao, Raelene Loong, Ralf Otto, Raena Lee-Shannon , Rhiannon Sawyer, Rob Gravestocks, Rod Nash & the Gladi8tor, Ron Sia – Arvato Digital Services, Rosemary Woodcock – Deakin University, Rosey - Trinity Grammar, Sam Reich, Samantha Baiada, Sami Findley – Ruby Slipper, Sarah Phelps, Sharon Bradley – Video Out Distribution, Sheree Dare – Naturally Nichols / Hill Farm Relish, Sherman Young – Macquarie Univerity, Sontaya Subyen & Soh, Spurr Family, Stefanie Loffel, Steven Nuttall, Susan Allenback, Tamar Cranswick, Tanja Meding, Tanya Rolls - Beelgara Winery, Tes Ross, Tina Kaufman, Toni & Phillip Powell, Tony Vaiasinni, Tristan Fawley - @www digital agency, Ty Dunn, Victor Nicolas Szmidt , Wendy Roberts - Island Olive Grove, and to anyone that we may have missed - thank you!

This project was supported by funding from Marrickville Council

DESIGNED BY LIZ BERGER PHONE 0435 260 100

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Program strands short film programs Sgt. Ballsack’s Comedy Corner.............page 10 This quality assortment of shorts is guaranteed to have you on the floor in stitches or at least wonder what your drink was spiked with. Full of entertaining, dark, politically incorrect, awkward and surreal humour, Sgt. Ballsack has certainly outdone himself this time.

Re:animation.....................................................page 14 Come and experience 18 incredible animations in 90 minutes. Showcasing various styles and techniques from filmmakers around the world, this session is always fun and a festival favourite.

Cinexperiment 1..............................................page 18 A unique program of artistic and entertaining films where the filmmakers explore compelling characters, create fantastical worlds and play with narrative structures. This session is extremely engrossing, subversive and enjoyable.

(Presented by Kodak) Christ, Kid, You’re A Weirdo!....................Page 20 A session that celebrates diversity and ingenuity in Australian filmmaking. One of the few chances you’ll get all year to see the most original and challenging Aussie films, which will leave you feeling inspired about the state of the industry. (Presented by CityHub)

Titillations........................................................page 22 Sensual, comical, neurotic, and honest, this session is by women about women that every man should see.... It’s sure to excite your nerve endings.

Reality Bites......................................................page 24 A heart-warming/heart-wrenching session of several uniquely crafted short documentaries, that range from international tragedy to an intimate story about one man’s foreskin.

Love/Sick.............................................................page 27 Kinky is to use a feather, perverted is to use the whole chicken… This session explores matters of the heart and phone sex grandmas… Need we say more?

Recycled Cinema.............................................page 30 Recycling, reusing, reclaiming, retrieving, recovering, rescuing film footage and image. Come and see the session that’s 100 percent green (well, sort of).

Cinexperiment 2..............................................page 32 An experimental selection of short films for art cinema connoisseurs and film adventurers alike. Hallucinatory, textural, sensual, and engaging. In this session each film’s material is just as important as the story it evokes. This is where cinema begins and ends.

Feature film programs Yes Men Fix the World (Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno)...................page 9 / 30 They have an unusual hobby: posing as top executives of corporations they hate and make it their mission to expose corporate crime, stupidity and greed.

SMELL CINEMA Pink Flamingos (John Waters)..........................................................page 25 Bad taste has never smelt so good. World first, Pink Flamingos with “Odorama” scratch and sniff cards for everyone!

Life With Ashley (Chris Butler)........................page 13 Shows an honest portrayal of young Australian people like never before, equally disturbing, as it is strangely engrossing.

Myna Has Gone (Sonia Escolano & Sadrac Gonzale)......................page 26 Myna has a terrible dilemma and will risk her dignity to resolve it. This film is one of the most challenging pieces of cinema in a long time.

Blue Gold: World Water Wars (Sam Bozzo).............................................................page 17 A line is crossed, as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive the world water wars?

Anywhere USA (Chusy Jardine).......................page 19 At 2pm every Tuesday, Tammy beats Gene with a tennis racquet. It’s his penance. In retrospect, he shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions about the pistachio nut.

Penelope (Ben Ferris).........................................page 20 If Bill Viola and Peter Greenaway had an illegitimate love child, it would be Penelope. A lavish and visually arresting feast, that tells the timeless tale of Homer’s wife, Penelope.

Chevolution (Trisha Ziff)..................................page 23 In 1960, Cuban photographer Alberto Korda captured a photo of Ernesto “Che” Guevara during a mass funeral.

The rest is history.

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PornDogs: The Adventures of Sadie (Greg Blatman)........................................................page 29 After this comedy, one thing is certain; you’ll never look at your dog the same way again.

American Swing (Mathew Kaufman).............page 29 Forget the celebrities at Studio 54, the real place to be was Plato’s Retreat, where ordinary folk would spend their nights having sex with a gleefully free abandon previously unheard of in the modern world.

It Came From Kuchar (Jennifer M. Koot)....page 31 Long before YouTube there were the outrageous, nobudget, underground movies of filmmaking twins George and Mike Kuchar.

White Lightnin’ (Dominic Murphy).................page 35 Inspired by the life of Jesco White, “the dancing outlaw,” this film is a white-trash psychobilly nightmare that everyone will love.

How to buy tickets It’s easy to buy festival passes, day passes, opening night tickets and single session tickets to the Sydney Underground Film Festival.

FESTIVAL PASSES AND TICKET PRICES

You can purchase passes and tickets by visiting: www.suff.com.au/tickets or go directly to: www.factorytheatre.com.au

ADULT PRICES: • Festival Pass............................................$75 • Opening Night (includes food & drink). .......$40 • Friday day pass.......................................$25 • Saturday day pass...................................$30 • Sunday day pass.....................................$25 • Individual session tickets........................$12

Festival passes are only $75 ($70 conc.) and are valued at over $150. Receive a festival pack when you buy a pass, which includes a collector dog tag (this acts as your entry pass to all four nights) and all 10 SUFF collector cards for 2009.

Day passes are a great way to experience the festival and are another way to save some dosh. Friday & Sunday day passes work out to be $8.30 per session and the Saturday day pass works out to be only $6 per session!

Pre-purchased festival passes and day passes can be collected at the box office during the festival otherwise they can be purchased at the door if available.

CONCESSION / PENSIONER PRICES: • Festival Pass............................................$70 • Opening Night (includes food & drink). ......$35 • Friday day pass.......................................$20 • Saturday day pass...................................$25 • Sunday day pass.....................................$20 • Individual session tickets........................$10

* Please make sure you arrive at least 15 minutes before the session starts to avoid any queues and to ensure you get a seat.

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Opening Night Extravaganza

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Opening Night Feature

Special performance

Join us for the opening of the 2009 festival with the new film by the anti-capitalist pranksters Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum called, THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD. Have you been like us and dying to see what they would get up to next? Screening alongside will be two great shorts, My Name is Pochsy and Cattle Call. Plus KAMAHL

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treats opening night guests to a special one-off performance. Tasty delights will be supplied including premium salmon from Huon Aqua, Ashgrove Farm Cheese and Island Olive Grove olives. After the film screening enjoy gourmet pizza thanks to our friends DOUGHBOY PIZZA Newtown. Plus complimentary Fat Yak Beer (thanks to Matilda Bay Brewery) and fine wine by Beelgara Estate Winery will be flowing.

Kamahl

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The yes men fix the world

Director Andy Bichlbaum/Mike Bonanno | FRANCE/USA | 2009 | 90:00 Cattle Call Dir. Matthew Rankin & Miki Maryniuk / CAN / 2008 / 3:30 A hyper-speed, abstract, absurd, adrenalizing, animated documentary about the art of cattle auctioneering, structured around the mesmerizing talents of Canadian champion auctioneer, Tim Dowler. A hallucinogenic mind-trip into what Werner Herzog has described as the “poetry of capitalism.”

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My Name is Pochsy: An Industrial Film Dir. Karen Hines / CAN / 2007 / 7:00 (Pochsy works at Mercury Packers ... where she packs mercury.

A trans-genre ode to industrial propaganda films from an era gone by and a scathing satire for our times. Spouting affirmations culled from sources as disparate as the Dalai Lama, ‘The Secret’ and the Wal-Mart Mission Statement, Pochsy is a spokesgirl for a species on the brink.

Official selection

Sundance Film Festival 2009

The Yes Men are back! For those of you who don’t know the anti-capitalist pranksters / ‘inside out activists’, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno - they impersonate top executives of corporations they hate and use their momentary authority to expose the biggest criminals on the planet. In The Yes Men Fix the World, Mike and Andy use their unique form of Gonzo activism to take on some of the most notorious corporations (Exxon, Mobil, Shell, Halliburton) and even make Dow Chemicals lose 2 Billion dollars overnight! Andy and Mike bravely put themselves on the line to bring you a hilarious film that compels all of us to question why we have given the ‘free market’ more power than any other institution to determine our direction as a society. Furthermore, why are we letting greed run our world when it is ultimately putting the human race at risk of extinction.

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1 The Truth About Uncle Ron

Dir. Geoff Redknap / CAN / 2008 / 16:37

Dir. Boris Burgess / AUS / 2008 / 8:00

Junior, a chainsaw wielding maniac, but fiercely loyal son finds himself on the wrong side of the picket fence, when the family truck breaks down.

Greg has the perfect uncle or so he thinks. Until he finds out the family secret that will rock his world.

The Evil Dog and the Lovely Pussycat

Your Friendly Local Butcher

Dir. Lee Marquardt / AUS / 2008 / 3:24

Dir. Mischa Chaleyer-Kynaston / AUS / 2005 / 3:05

A domestic cat has his calm lifestyle rudely interrupted by a monstrously evil puppy. Can he devise a way to permanently remove the canine threat?

‘Do you have anything... fresh?’ A spaghetti western stand-off, except between a hungry unarmed customer and a friendly butcher with the freshest meat in town.

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The Auburn Hills Breakdown

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Haute Torture

Phone Sex Grandma

Censordyne

Dir. Craig Foster / AUS / 2008 / 6:59

Dir. Jack Truman / USA / 2008 / 8:40

Getup.org / AUS / 2009 / 1:00

The Sleuth Incident

Cue Howard

A newbie criminal is tied to a chair and is being severely beaten. He must tell the thugs the whereabouts of the missing money before the notorious mob boss Frankie arrives.

This film is a short, shocking film about a 60-something Grandma working a phone sex line in a small ghost town.

The Internet is an amazing place. But here at the Federal Government we think it’s a little too amazing. That’s why we’ve developed Censordyne - a mandatory way to censor the Internet.

Dir. Jason Kupfer / USA / 2008 / 12:30

Dir. Pasan Chandraweera / AUS / 2008 / 4:37 Dir. Rupert Owen / AUS / 2008 / 1:00

The story of a forlorn teddy bear who, one day, decides to up and root and venture out to experience the world beyond the one he’s been forever restricted to.

This surreal film explores the nature of the celebrity chat show and the culture of people worship.

Errol Flynn’s greatest regret was never having learned the piano, yet Marilyn Monroe confessed to Truman Capote that Errol was quite an impressive pianist.

A Boy and His Sock

Telepoor Choice

Apples

Hand Vagina

Potential Employee

Massacrator

Dir. Johan Rosell / AUS / 2008 / 2:00

Dir. Daniel Gurewitch / CollegeHumour USA / 2007 / 2:00

Dir. Andrew Dunstan / AUS / 2008 / 3:30

Dir. Pierre Ayotte / CAN / 2009 / 4:20

A nervous graduate. An excruciating job interview. Things are about to go very wrong.

This action-packed 16mm remake of Terminator is old school all the way: no dialog, no computer FX, nobody got paid – but with plenty of decapitation scenes.

Dir. Karl Lentini / USA / 2008 / 9:06

Dir. Mischa Chaleyer-Kynaston Marvin Whipple is attacked by his socks AUS / 2008 / 2:30 while doing laundry.

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Session

Session

SGT. BALLSACK’S COMEDY CORNER

Two friends discover the truth about teleporting. Can they hold things together?

Would you like an apple?

You got to grow up sometime...

Errol Flynn’s Pianist

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Fuseboxcinema

world premiere

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Life with Ashley

1 Friday 11 LIFE WITH ASHLEY Director Chris Butler | AUS | 2009 | Documentary | 96:56 Life with Ashley intrudes on film school drop-out Chris Butler’s life with his eccentric teenage sister Ashley. Over

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seven days he helps her plan a party as a decoy, to lure her unsuspecting, virginal crush into their psychological labyrinth of obsession so that Ashley may have her way. But what happens when plans become actions, when what’s in our heads meets what’s in our beds, and the way things are meets the way they ought to be? A story that captures the complexities of love and infatuation, the medley of apathy and passion that swirls in the heads of Ashley and Chris, whilst struggling to fit into a society and aspiring to create. Even though this intimate portrait of a brother and sister on the cusp of adulthood may well seem like a well-crafted mockumentary, I assure you its not. Life with Ashley shows a frank and naked portrayal of young Australian people like never before, equally disturbing as it is strangely engrossing. This self-reflexive, voyeuristic, confessional, self-indulgent and at times self-loathing documentary is crafted with considerable determination and flair, acting as both a critique and celebration of contemporary suburban life. Questions, fashion, filmmaking, music, sex, eating, exercise and a whole lot of sitting around - this is Life with Ashley.

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Cattle Call

Dir. Asa Mori / CAN / 2008 / 5:00

Dir. Jill Kennedy / NZ / 2008 / 7:00

A six-nippled creature finds herself trapped in a capsule with a dead rabbit and a bloody hole. With trusty rabbit ears, she taps her way through bizarre TV scenes: Japanese men on carousels, people in monster suits with balloons, and disturbing garbage bags in bathtubs.

Dir. Matthew Rankin & Miki Maryniuk / CAN / 2008 / 3:30

Better Military Modelling is the second short film in the New Educational Series, an animated series intricately constructed from images sourced from out-dated instruction and education manuals of the 60’s and 70’s this film re-imagines childhood knowledge through a playful pastiche of images, movement and sound.

A hyper-speed, abstract, absurd, adrenalizing, animated documentary about the art of cattle auctioneering, structured around the mesmerizing talents of Canadian champion auctioneer, Tim Dowler. A hallucinogenic mind-trip into what Werner Herzog has described as the “poetry of capitalism.”

2 Bir Fincan Kahve ( a cup coffee)

Dir. Ebru Arda / AUS / 2008 / 2:30 This film invites the audience into a world of superstition and adventure, driven by the art of cup reading tradition and culture over the centuries.

Removed

Triumph of the Wild I & II

Dir. Hobart John Hughes | AUS | 2005 / 4:30

Dir. Martha Colburn / USA / 2008 / 11:00

An audio-visual daytime ghost story, concerned with society’s fear of the sun and our dangerous relationship with the climate. It is an allegory of our relationship with our own minds.

With its disquieting allusion to Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will, this film is a disturbing retrospective of 200 years of conflict from the American Revolution, WW1 & 2, Vietnam and the Middle East.

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Orgesticulanismus

Sleeper

Lonely Girl

GreyCon4

Dir. Jack McGrath / AUS / 2005 / 3:00

Dir. Mathieu Labaye / BELGIUM / 2008 / 9:00

Dir. Marina Roy / CAN / 2004 / 8:05

Dir. Kyle Evans / AUS / 2009 / 1:44

Dir. Brandon Blommaert / CAN / 2007 / 6:36 Dir. PES / USA / 2009 / 1:40

Set in a post-nuclear holocaust world, a special machine labelled ‘Genetic Order Design’ (GOD) is created to breed the new human race from blood samples taken from the dead. The film is a disturbing look at the future of genetics in our civilisation.

A tribute to the filmmaker’s father, who A surreal experimental animation suffered from Multiple Sclerosis from the exploring the themes of the human-animal age of 29, this film explores the very nature distinction and the nature-culture divide. of human motion. Beginning with a study of rudimentary human movement, the film eventually explodes into a kinetic orgy and an existential dance party.

A young girl is happy and content in her own little world – then a strange man keeps bothering her. At first she tries to just ignore him, but then things get really weird.

A scientist working for a better tomorrow, through schemes and manipulations that ultimately don’t work out in his favour.

Bicycle Boy

Flip

Heavy Metal Parking Lot

Dir. Marieka Walsh, Emmanuela Prigioni, Sarah Eddowes / AUS / 2009 / 1:12

Dir. Peter W. Allen / AUS / 2009 / 2:22

Dir. Leslie Supnet / USA / 2008 / 1:40

Animated in hand-drawn flipbook style, ‘Flip’ uses humour to graphically explore the consequences of violence.

An animated tribute to Jeff Krulik and John Heyn’s 1986 video documentary classic, Heavy Metal Parking Lot.

This film depicts a little boy’s exploration of his surrealistic urban environment.

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FRIDAY 11

Better Military Modelling

Session

Session

re:animation

Western Spaghetti Everyday objects become delicious ingredients as we learn how to cook spaghetti through stop-motion photography.

Unravel

Oh So Sweet

Flying Lesson

Dir. Caroline Huf / AUS / 2008 / 6:50

Dir. Amy Meyer / AUS / 2009 / 0:30

An emotional unravelling, which reveals itself through the movement of found objects, plasticine and medication boxes that transform into strange forms.

Have you ever spat on the birthday cake when blowing out your candles? A birthday cake wishes it had an umbrella to protect it from such mishaps.

Dir. Rosane Chamecki, Andrea Lerner, Phil Harder / USA / 2007 / 4:37 Two women bat their wings, preparing to take off. They practice the dream of flight.

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Blue gold: world water wars Australian premiere

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GO, GO! KILL! KILL!

A Russ Meyer Retrospective Discover cinema’s undisputed king of sexploitation, camp humour, sly satire and ample-breasted actresses!

8.30pm FRIDAY NIGHTS EXCLUSIVE TO CHAUVEL! SEPTEMBER 11

BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRA-VIXENS (R18+)

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VIXEN (R18+)

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In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as population and technology grows. The rampant over development of agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth.

Corporate giants force developing countries to privatise their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geopolitical map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars.

FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (R18+)

We follow numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water,

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at grade schools. As Maude Barlow proclaims, “This is our revolution, this is our war”.

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Blue Gold Director Sam Bozzo | USA | 2008 | Documentary | 90:00

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from court case, violent revolutions, U.N. conventions, revised constitutions to local protests A line is crossed as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive?

“The mainstream media rarely questions our culture’s approach to water use, so it takes passionate figures like Bozzo to explore them... builds the message to a feverish pitch and delivers a haunting film.”

Official Selection

Palm Springs International FILM FESTIVAL 2009 Audience Choice

Vancouver

International FILM FESTIVAL 2009 Best Documentary

Newport beach FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Plus screened AT

over 50 festivals worldwide

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2008

La casetta di marzapane (The Gingerbread House) Dir. Claudio Centimeri / ITALY / 2008 / 18:05

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This film is an adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Hansel & Gretel. The story is retold through the eyes of a child who, forced to sit in front of the constant and unhealthy ”media bombing” from the TV.

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Braco Dir. Lewis Cuthbert-Ashton / USA / 2008 / 8:00 In the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere...A gas station…A suicidal shopkeeper, a couple, and two criminals...

Mauvaise Route (Wrong Road)

Isosceles

Dir. Joan Chemla / FRANCE / 2008 / 12:00

Jessie has had a bad day. All he wants to do is jump off a building and end it all. But a random encounter with Julie, a young pregnant woman, ruins his plans.

Dir. Anton Steel / NZ / 2008 / 9:46

On a deserted road, a young man chases a motorcycle. Along the way, the omen of a tragic fate awaits.

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Director Chusy Jardine | USA | 2008 | Feature | 123:00

In a trailer, a woman who used to be an alternate on her high school tennis team beats her boyfriend senseless once a week. Meanwhile, an eight-year-old girl experiences an awakening that makes her wonder if the guy next door driving the ‘89 Subaru is, in fact, the guy she thinks he is. On the other side of the tracks, Kobe beefsteaks and manicured gardens go hand in hand, a man of privilege has an epiphany at the dinner table that ultimately leads to a contusion and a revelation. Told in three subtly related segments, featuring a cast of mostly non-professionals and exploring passive racism, geo-political vagaries, good intentions, faith and disappointment, this deeply personal film manages to tread the lines between vulgar and humane, between absurd and tender, and finds its heart in the story segment featuring the

Swayambhu Sen Foresees Chord His End Dir. Simon Rauh / GERMANY / 2008 / 12:20 Dir. Debashish Medhekar / INDIA / 2008 / 21:00 Three narrators atop a bus in Bombay on the fateful rainy day of 26th July 2005 entertain those stranded by the floods with an urban legend of an extraordinary filmmaker who stole everything he needed to make a film, from film stock to cameras.

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Their fingers and hands are used liked bristles of a brush, creating patterns of touch and motion on the skin. This film is an interplay between dance, music and colour.

I want to make a video about you Dir. Chie Yamayoshi / JAPAN/USA / 2005 / 12:30 “I am looking for someone who can pretend to be my family member, best friend or lover...” Looking for intimacy on the Internet.

A Japanese female filmmaker starts having rendezvous with strangers in LA.

director’s own daughter and a man living in a van.

“Anywhere U.S.A. reduces every audience that sees it into a delighted, giggling mob. The talented cast of nonprofessionals reminds one of what the word , ‘amateur’ really means: to love. As silly, provocative, risky and downright loose-screwed as Mr. Haney-Jardine and his cast are, the sense that they did this movie out of love-- love for the weird, love for the unsayable idea, love for the privilege of movie making-- proved to be one of the most moving experiences at the Sundance Film Festival. It reminds one of the joy of sitting in an audience of strangers while everyone laughs hysterically.”

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Aqua/ship Dir. Merilyn Fairskye / AUS / 2009 / 3:15 On a grey day, surfers paddle out towards a ship that passes without stopping.

PENELOPE Director Ben Ferris | AUS/CROATIA | 2009 | 80:00

Remembrance Day Speech Prod. Dirk De Bruyn / AUS / 2008 / 8:00 An ‘exquisite corpse’ like animation involving 19 animators each responding to a section to Paul Keating’s Remembrance Day speech.

Penelope, the mythical character from Homer’s The Odyssey, is waiting for her husband Odysseus to return from war. In this film adaptation, set in a mythic time and space, with contemporary influences and attitudes, Penelope

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each other. Her visions are an escape from the loneliness of the present and increasingly dislocate her from the world around her: the companionship of her maidservants and the feasting mythical suitors who have gathered in her halls. If Bill Viola and Peter Greenaway had an illegitimate love child, it would be Penelope. Stylistic and live this artwork.

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This film interprets discarded 16mm records of the past, deemed to be obsolete and irrelevant, in a piece of ‘reconstructed cinema’.

memory. In these rooms she has visions of her husband, as past, present and future become indistinguishable from

contemplative - the lavish settings and rich cinematography provide a transcendent situation for the spectator to

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Partition for Obsolete Visuals Dir. Emmanuela Prigioni / AUS / 2008 / 3:55

is both archetype and human being. She wanders alone through the halls of her castle, each room a different START

Conceived at the nexus of fantasy and flesh this film records the actual etching of a poem onto a woman’s skin by a mysterious blind tattooist. Part gruesome Gothic neo-noir and part hyper-real documentary.

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Dir. Dustin Clare / AUS / 2008 / 9:00

Dir. David Hansen / AUS / 2009 / 5:30

Dir. Kitty Green / AUS / 2008 / 8:30

Roo and Barney are best mates but when Roo’s attention turns to Barney’s younger sister, Pearl, everything comes crashing down.

A group of Indigenous leaders from the Northern Territory decide that the incidence of child abuse in white Australia is too high. They send in a militarised task force to Sydney to intervene.

A litter of kittens ignite a fierce sensuality in three little girls. Dolled in white tulle and lace, the girls paw and purr with the silver cats. As their games evolve, the claws come out.

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Dir. Josephine Starrs & Leon Cmielewski AUS / 2001 / 2:30

Dir. Girard Dorney / AUS / 2008 / 12:07

a.k.a. - “also known as”, an alias, a front, a smokescreen - poses the question: how will we respond when the day of universal surveillance arrives?

Francis has thought of the right words for Matthew and Matthew’s son likewise wants to communicate with his dad. It’s easier to talk with someone who’s dead.

They’ve already replied.

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Dir. Roberto Jean Francois & Elena Knox AUS / 2008 / 11:15

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Cstation Dir. Emmanuela Prigioni, Marieka Walsh, Rachel Peacock / AUS / 2009 / 2:24 A train station, late at night, is captured through the random glitches of a Bolex camera.

BREATHLESS

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the dreaming man

road movie (part 1)

Dir. Sumugan Sivanesan AUS / 2009 / 1:33

Dir. Peter O’Brien AUS / 2008 / 9:02

Dir. Amber Wright AUS / 2009 / 3:00

Dir. John Gillies AUS / 2008 / 9:30

A self inflicted, potentially comedic, but generally pointless near death experience.

An existential fable about a man who wakes to find himself broke, homeless and missing one shoe.

A comment on the ways in which Western society has failed Aboriginal Australians.

A man drives out of the city to secluded place. He gets out of the car and opens the boot.

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Dir. Lulu Keating & Karen Hines / CAN / 2009 / 4:30

My Name is Pochsy: An Industrial Film

What’s My Mother F**king Name?

Pochsy works at Mercury Packers ... where she packs mercury. A trans-genre ode to industrial propaganda films and a scathing satire for our times. Spouting affirmations culled from sources as disparate as the Dalai Lama, ‘The Secret’ and the Wal-Mart Mission Statement, Pochsy is a spokesgirl for a species on the brink.

A female bondage model struggling to be free is juxtaposed with a narration that moves through issues of sex work, queer and feminine identity, class, immigration, consumerism, global health and quality of life.

Dir. Karen Hines / CAN / 2007 / 7:00

Dir. Amber Dawn / CAN / 2008 / 4:25

TWITCH

Dir. Leah Meyerhoff / USA / 2005 / 10:00 A young girl torn between two worlds: her domestic life where she must care for her wheelchair-bound mother and her escape into the emerging world of adolescence with her hormone-addled boyfriend.

The Crooked Eye

Dir. D.C Douglas / USA / 2009 / 18:44 Part live action and part animation, this film is a dreamy portrait of troubled young woman, Sharon, as she struggles with a recent divorce and a current perception problem.

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Dir. Leah Meyerhoff / USA / 2001 / 4:00

A Tax on Pochsy

Dir. Karen Hines / CAN / 2009 / 18:30 Set in the waiting room at an audit from hell sits Pochsy, a mercury-poisoned factory worker who glows like the ghost of a silent film star and is pretty as a corpse.

Part confession, part alibi, Pochsy is the subversively seductive anti-heroine.

A young woman eats her lunch according to a precisely calibrated routine. Today, she is interrupted by a man seeking sexual gratification.

Mind’s Eye

Dir. Bernice Ong / AUS / 2007 / 4:10 An odd mix of terror and detachment, as in a dream sequence, is situated in a state between reality and fiction.

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A girl loves dogs. She wants to be one.

This is an experimental, musical, ecstatic ode to dogs and those who both master and worship them.

Dir. Shelley Jordon / USA / 2009 / 2:40 An animated painting, which explores issues of vulnerability and how each new experience is filtered through our perceptions of previous ones.

Chevolution Director Trisha Ziff

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| USA / UK / Mexico | 2008 | Documentary | 86:00

In 1960, Cuban photographer Alberto “Korda” Díaz captured a photo of Ernesto “Che” Guevara during

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a mass funeral. History conspired to enable this dynamic portrait to explode on the world scene in 1968

Salome’s Picnic

throughout Europe and Latin America, when it became an

Dir. Victoria Waghorn / GER / 2008 / 1:00

international symbol of protest and dissent. In the last decade,

A set picnic blanket sits unattended in the depths of a forest. Two lovers lie beyond coupled in a deep embrace. A generic picture of erotic bliss. Or is it?

with the establishment of the Internet, the image has once again travelled the globe in many forms. From protest to commerce, it is constantly transformed and reinvented. It is considered to be the most reproduced image in the history of photography.

How did the iconic image of Che Guevara end up on beer bottles and bikinis?

FYRE

Dir. Maia Sinclair-Ferguson AUS / 2009 / 4:00

Hey F**k Face

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Chick Addict

Dir. Amber Dawn / CAN / 2008 / 4:15 Dir. Elka Kerkhofs / AUS / 2008 / 5:26 Dir. Victoria Waghorn Medical specimens, gender Celina discovers that religious AUS / 2009 / 2:00

A distorted narrative where abject bending Christian clergy and kinky persecution cannot kill the power A playful & erotic experimental images of female empowerment sex are just a few of the topics the of love. exposition of one woman & her are transferred from body to body. whimsical narrator touches on. hedonistic addiction for chicks.

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CHEVOLUTION is a film about a photograph. It explores how the Che image travelled from Korda’s studio in Havana to the streets of Europe and beyond. We investigate how this portrait with its enigmatic gaze became a symbol for countless visions for change.

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Dir. E. Aaron Ross / USA / 2008 / 11:00

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Prod. WITNESS and Research Advocacy Unit / USA / 2009 / 6:00 Four women who have been targeted for their political affiliations and subjected to rape, torture, and violence come forward to demand justice from the Zimbabwean Government and the Southern Africa Development Community.

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Protest Diaries: Outrage at the Embassy

Pink Flamingos

Dir. Shahriar Shadab / AUS / 2009 / 6:00 In Canberra, Persian Australians gather at the embassy with a message to the Islamic regime in Iran. One of many demonstrations around the world after the recent Iranian election fallout.

Director John Waters | USA

| 1972 | 93:00

Pink Flamingos follows the adventures of Babs Johnson (Divine), a fat, style-obsessed criminal who lives in a trailer with her egg-loving mentally ill mother Edie, her delinquent son Crackers, and her traveling companion Cotton. Soon, their strange idyllic life in a trailer is threatened and turned upside down when an eccentric couple, Raymond and

User

Connie Marble, “two jealous perverts”, try to seize Divine’s

Dir. Sally O’Grady / AUS / 2008 / 7:30 Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) opened five years ago and now sees up to two hundred clients a day.

User is an intimate portrait of the centre’s clients as she walks the streets of the city’s red light district.

Dogra Sahab

Dir. Gurpreet Singh / SWEDEN / 2008 / 23:00 Mr. Dogra is an elusive character. At 84, he is still witty, mischievous, charming and even absurd at times. But beneath his jolly disposition lies the sad truth of old age, a truth that even he cannot outsmart.

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Odoramas back and SUFF’s got it!

a field guide for the modern uncircumcised male Despite the overloading transmission of information in today’s society there still remains a gap in the knowledge of men, particularly when it comes to their foreskin.

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title of “filthiest person alive”. John Waters’ infamous transgressive cult comedy is on for one night only at the

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Sydney Underground Film Festival for the first and only time

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has created a whole new sense sensation for Pink Flamingos

A moving documentary (and the ultimate Part coffee klatch, part baking party, a visit anti-war statement) about the real-life with Meredith in her Brooklyn apartment story of children who took refuge in a leads to talk of ‘happy endings’ and the theatre in Beirut, during the Israeli war on Lebanon in the summer of 2006. horrors of getting old.

as Divine deserves to be seen and smelled! Bad Taste has

Dir. Sharon Mooney / USA / 2008 / 6:00

Count Backwards From Five

Dir. Clint Nenns / USA / 2008 / 2:05

Dir. Tony Gault / USA / 2007 / 8:00

A voyeuristic intervention into the lives of Tells the story of the director’s brother, a chat addicted users. A commentary on man struggling with the fine line between the para-social relationships often formed life and death. through Internet communication.

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ever - in Odorama. With John Water’s permission the festival

Dir. Sharif Abdunnur / LEBANON / 2008 / 22:00

Putting Yourself Out There

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Dir. Nicole Brending / USA / 2008 / 11:00

Dir. Antoine Barraud / FRANCE / 2008 / 14:00

A meth addict looking for his next hit hands over his developmentally disabled brother to a cadre of bored, camcorder-toting drug dealers. Their attempts at a cruel joke leads to moment of sexual awakening.

In a palace, men seek the name of the unknown princess Turandot to save the marriage in which she finds herself trapped. This story is transposed onto a contemporary setting of gay clubs, hidden rooms, and orgies.

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Director Sadrac Gonzalez & Sonia Escolano | SPAIN | 2009 | Drama | 98:00

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When the couple goes on a trip, Myna is left in charge of all the responsibilities for the household, as well as for their son. However, one night, Pablo has an accident and Myna, who knows that she can be deported if she goes to the hospital, decides to help Pablo through alternative means. Despite Myna Se Va’s micro budget, both Sonia

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Phone Sex Grandma

and Sadrac have delivered a tour de force, one of the most challenging and sincere films in a long time. The

Dir. Christoph Strobl AUSTRIA / 2008 / 14:47

Dir. Jennifer Lyon Bell NETHERLANDS / 2006 / 8:30

Dir. Jack Truman / USA / 2008 / 8:40

Three people are taking their lunch break.

In just a few minutes a surreal unfolding of events will leave their lives torn to pieces.

An engaging re-interpretation of Andy Warhol’s classic 1964 film ‘Blow Job’. A surprisingly intimate portrait of sex.

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central character of Myna is played by brilliant young unknown actress Maria Del Barrio, who had to rehearse for 3 months, the 33-minute continuous, very difficult sex scene. But as a result, the overall film is one that will be on everyone’s lips who see it.

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Dir. Mathieu Arsenault / CAN / 2008 / 12:30 (THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM) A stormy night. A dying man. Soiled Dir. Violette Stehli / AUS / 2009 / 0:32 linen. Across the mirror, the nightmare is coming back again.

What happens when we take a closer look? What rests in the chambers of the heart?

This film is a short, shocking film about a 60-something Grandma working a phone sex line in a small ghost town.

Loma Lynda: The Red Door Dir. Jason Bognacki / USA / 2007 / 16:00 Part David Lynch psychological mind trip and part Dario Argento blood drenched giallo styled around the manic characters Loma and Lynda.

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Director Greg Blatman | USA | 2009 | Comedy | 82:00

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An outrageous comedy that pretends to be a hardcore porn film, where all the actors are dogs.

Over thirty of our canine friends, a chicken and a man in a dog suit star in this hilarious film with the following celebrities doing some of the voices: Marilyn Chambers, Ron Jeremy, Too $hort, Dustin Diamond, Heidi Fleiss, Paul Rodriguez and more. Think of it as “Benji Does Dallas” or “Animal Planet” on Viagra. Porndogs is at once a parody on human sexuality and a satire on adult films where the dogs talk and act just like people… or is it people who act just like dogs? The story is simple.

Sadie, the most beautiful yellow lab in the whole wide world, lives an idyllic, pampered life in the suburbs. One day, she comes into heat and has no idea what to do with her new found feelings and urges. When she learns that her loving owners are about to have her spayed, she runs away to the big city where her erotic adventures begin. Whatever you may think of Porndogs, one thing is certain… you’ll never look at your dog the same way again! Oh, and by the way, no animals were harmed or injured in the making of this motion picture... in fact, they rather enjoyed it!

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American swing Director Jon Hart & Mathew Kaufman | USA | 2008 | Documentary | 81:00 The year was 1977 and New York City burned. As the metropolis hurtled into bankruptcy, the city’s nightlife hit unprecedented heights. In midtown, the ultra-exclusive Studio 54 was a cocaine-fueled celebrity playhouse. Meanwhile, in the basement of the prestigious Ansonia building on the conservative Upper West Side, Plato’s Retreat opened its doors to ordinary couples who came to dance, to swim, and...to swap. It was the start of a revolution. The brainchild of former wholesale meat purveyor Larry Levenson, Plato’s Retreat quickly emerged as the epicenter of public sex for the “me” generation. For a mere $35, couples checked their judgments and pedigrees at the door at this clothing-optioned Disneyland. For Levenson and others, Plato’s was utopia. For some, it is a time capsule that they are eager to forget.

American Swing brings this epicenter of sex and excess to the big screen for the first time.

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2 The Marina Experiment My father spent 16 years (19591975) communicating with me solely through cameras and audio recording devices, documenting the emotional violations I endured under his direction. After his death I exhumed his collection; boxes of reel-to-reel audiotape, super 8 films, and over 10,000 photographs. As the daughter and the filmmaker, I present the evidence.

The Lovecats Dir. MS. & MR. / AUS / 2007 / 3:00 Ms. & Mr. (a.k.a Stephanie and Richard nova Milne) have created The Lovecats through old home movies. Stephanie as a schoolgirl dances in front of her school with an adult Richard digitally inserted as her dancing partner.

Wearing a matching costume, he mimics her every move. A rewriting of history so that there was never a time that they were neither apart nor alone.

Goldtop Mountain

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Dir. Tony Gault / USA / 2003 / 12:00 Dir. Marina Lutz / USA / 2009 / 18:00 Maybe it’s the CIA and the LSD they gave “Richard,” or America and pop culture screwed into our brains and restructuring our identity. Whatever “it” is, get ready for a found footage film that deconstructs the mighty power of narratives and their pervasive effect on the formation of consciousness.

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RECYCLED CINEMA It came from Kuchar Dir. Tony Lawrence / AUS / 2009 / 5:30 Joining together 8mm 1960s biker footage, black and white 16mm LSD propaganda, softcore porn and home movies to create a trip to Goldtop Mountain.

Henry Weston Smith Dir. Tony Lawrence / AUS / 2009 / 5:30 A 8mm decayed journey to the gravesite of preacher Henry Weston Smith.

It came from Kuchar

Director Jennifer M. Kroot | USA | 2009 | Documentary | 86:00

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IT CAME FROM KUCHAR is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking

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musicians, and artists with their zany, “no budget” films and with their uniquely enchanting spirits. George and Mike Kuchar grew up in the Bronx in the 1950’s making “no-budget” films, compulsively copying Hollywood

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melodramas with their aunt’s 8mm, home-movie camera. In the 1960’s the New York underground film scene

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embraced them as the “8mm Mozarts”. Their early films deeply inspired many filmmakers, including John Waters,

Dir. Soda_Jerk / AUS / 2008 / 6:30

I Covered My Eyes

A found footage and audio construction, which draws on Afrofuturism, to create a work that positions the sci-fi aspects of hip-hop as a form of social politics by reworking the 1974 film ‘Space is the Place’.

Dir. Paul Turano / USA / 2008 / 29:00

Baggies!

A film essay reconsidering television newscasts witnessed as a kid in the 70’s and 80’s and how it shaped my sense of personal and political identity today.

Dir. Greg Benson / USA / 2008 / 1:00 Dir. Timothy Orme / USA / 2008 / 7:00

numerous clips from the Kuchar brother’s early films including HOLD ME WHILE I’M NAKED, SINS OF THE

1950’s TV advertising meets This short film documents “the modern day truth in advertising. journey” and examines what “home” is through a series of found postcards.

FLESHAPOIDS, and many others. IT CAME FROM KUCHAR features interviews of many of the filmmakers, artists

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the yes men fix the world Director Andy Bichlbaum/Mike Bonanno FRANCE/USA | 2009 | 90:00

In The Yes Men Fix the World, Mike and Andy use their unique form of Gonzo activism to take on some of the most notorious corporations (Exxon, Mobil, Shell, Halliburton and Dow Chemicals). Andy and Mike bravely put themselves on the line to bring you a hilarious film to expose corporate crime, stupidity and greed. (See page 9 for more details)

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Buck Henry, Atom Egoyan, Todd Haynes, Cory McAbee and Wayne Wang. IT CAME FROM KUCHAR includes

and writers who’ve been inspired by the Kuchars. The film also features interviews of key “actors” from the Kuchar’s films, ranging from the earliest days in the Bronx through today. For close to forty years George has taught film production at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). His class is unbelievable in a circus-like, Felliniesque style that generates tremendous enthusiasm from his students. IT CAME FROM KUCHAR follows his latest class production as they make an over-the-top “monster picture”.

“George and Mike Kuchar’s films were my first inspiration”

John Waters Filmmaker

“The Kuchar Twins have become living legends in the world of experimental film”

Roger Ebert Chicago Sun Times

“A fun documentary that shows just how enjoyable filmmaking can be” Film Threat *Come see the Kuchar Brothers Retrospective at Mu-Meson (see page 37 for more info)

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Dir. Jeremy Schiffler / AUS / 2008 / 3:29

LAY CLAIM TO AN ISLAND

Dir. Chris Kennedy This is a film about torture. Set within a CAN & USA / 2008 / 12:00

Dir. Eve Gordon & Sam Hamilton NZ / 2009 / 9:20

Amid an ocean of wax one might chance upon a garden of flowering chemicals, where the filmmakers circumnavigate microscopic reactions, creating an epic in miniature.

Botched Eyeball Operation

Dir. Clint Enns / CAN / 2007 / 1:00 A voyeuristic gaze at a common operation gone awry, this is the video documentation of someone losing their sight.

Texts from the 1969 American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz and letters from supporters propel an exploration of political yearning, emancipatory architecture and failed utopias. What does it mean to claim land that has more value as a symbol than as a potential home?

Dir. Patrick Bergeron / CAN / 2009 / 5:00 Using animation, sounds warping and time shifts, this video runs forwards and backwards looking for forgotten details, mimicking the way memories are replayed in the mind.

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Blue Tide, Black Water

clinical cell constructed for use by the CIA, MK ULTRA does its job - mind control... thousands of civilians were tortured by this operation.

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Surfers congregate out past the breakers. A rainbow arches across an overcast sky.

The Perfect Negative

Dir. Rene Chandler / AUS / 2008 / 4:14

Trips the Light Fantastic Dir. Michael Higgins / IRE / 2009 / 9:00

Lenny is an ill and orphaned child. He spends his waking life engrossed in a mean hardboiled novel, where the contents have a profound impact on Lenny’s reality.

From The Ground Up In Order, Embrace Dir. Nick Briz / USA / 2007 / 1:39

A young couple at the end of a tired relationship express their jealousy. An older couple in the honeymoon period of love express their wisdom yet ironically are just about to show their honesty.

This film explores the digital medium’s natural aesthetics through the binary code, which is a system of ones and zeroes and at the core of everything digital.

Psycho Cicada Circus Circa ’73 Dir. James Blannin-Ferguson AUS / 2009 / 0:23

A myriadical whirlwind of colour crazy ballistic blitzkrieg. Arm yourself with red cordial and fizz whiz and hold onto your hats.

The Sleeper

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Dir. Kate Taylor / AUS / 2008 / 5:30 The sleeper gently leads the viewer over the quaking ridges of hallucination & consciousness.

Ascolta!

Dir. Stephen Dwoskin / ITALY & UK / 2008 / 6:00 Liu, crying, sings “Signore, ascolta!” Liu can bear it no more. She sinks to the ground, exhausted and sobbing. Puccini makes tears of joy and of sadness.

Dissimilation

Dir. Ryshard Dabek / AUS / 2009 / 4:15

EULOGY

Perceptual Subjectivity

This is a film about life, death... and pigeons.

A short essay exploring the structural formation of thoughts.

Dir. Ben Claremont / AUS / 2009 / 6:51

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Dir. Philippe Léonard / CAN / 2009 / 5:30

From Water

Dir. Tony Lawrence / AUS / 2009 / 3:50

A writer imagines the last moments of Found footage of a damaged piece of 8mm the life of W.G.Sebald as a super 8 movie film constitutes this extraordinary journey screened in an abandoned cinema for an into life and light. audience of one, traversing the uncanny memory spaces of a trashed shopping mall.

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Dir. Gregory Godhard / AUS / 2009 / 3:00 Using the most powerful ‘atom-smasher’ ever built, physicists in Switzerland hoped to find the theoretical Higgs-Boson Particle, the so-called ‘God Particle’.

Within days it was reportedly shut down due to faults in its ‘superconducting magnets’. This was a lie. This film contains secret footage of those results.

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Closing Night Feature

Party and Awards

Official selection

Sundance Film Festival 2009

Buy a Sunday day pass for only $25 ($20 conc.) to see 3 sessions plus join us for the after-party where DJ Meem from 2SER will provide the tunes and FAT YAK

Official selection

Pale Ale and Beelgara Winery will provide the beverages!

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CINEMA, a repeat of THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD for those who missed

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opening night plus CINEXPERIMENT 2 and hilarious and touching documentary,

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IT CAME FROM KUCHAR. Starting from 8pm will be the SUFF awards and

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Awarding filmmakers

We at SUFF do believe that all the films at SUFF are equally great, however we want to commend filmmakers who really are pushing the boundaries of filmmaking. Therefore, on the closing night of the festival we will be presenting filmmakers with awards like: Recycled Cinema award, The Taboo Film award, Provocative Film award, Experimentation award, Unique Aesthetic Film and award. Filmmakers will receive a SUFF hand-made award, which are created by

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Jury Duty

• SONTAYA SUBYEN (Thailand’s leading film critic and author) • ALICE ANSARA (Actress / Sydney Theatre Company resident) • KURT ECKHARDT (2SER Radio) • SPECIAL JURY GUEST

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WHITE LIGHTNIN’

nsw premiere

Director Dominic Murphy | UK | 2009 | 90:00 Some people spend their whole lives running from who they really are, but Jesco White (Edward Hogg) uses tap dancing to keep his demons at bay. At the tender age of six, he started getting high by huffing gasoline and stolen lighter fluid. Growing up, Jesco often found himself shuffling

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between reform schools, work camps, and his home in West Virginia—until his father, famous mountain dancer D. Ray White, taught him how to tap.

After his father’s murder, Jesco begins to dance to control his increasingly wicked ways. Wearing his late father’s tap shoes, he takes his show on the road, where he meets Cilla (Carrie Fisher), the love of his life. Sadly, Jesco’s troubled past doesn’t stay gone for long, and we are forced to bear witness to the dual powers of revenge and redemption, and the bone-chilling lengths that he will go to have both. White Lightnin’ is a phantasmagoric tumble into the dark corners of artistic genius, addiction, and insanity that is set to an aptly kinky soundtrack. Inspired by the life of Jesco White, ”the dancing outlaw,” director Dominic Murphy creates a cleverly stylized portrait that is nothing short of sensational.

“Oozing with style - a gut-punching combination of fast-paced Jean Pierre-Jeunet-type compositions and immensely accurate, gritty, West Virginia trailer trash sensibility” - indiwire.com

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Vintage Glamour

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SUFF at mu-meson - wine down Come celebrate the end of SUFF with a glass of complimentary Beelgara wine and supper in Sydney’s original underground cinema Mu-Meson Archives from Wednesday 16 – Friday 18 September 2009. Three nights of fun and frivolity with your hosts Jay Katz and Miss Death and the Sydney Underground Film Festival.

Doors 7.30 for 8pm start $10 with supper + wine. For more information please visit Mu-Meson Archives www.mumeson.org Mu-Meson Archives are located at the corner of Parramatta Rd and Trafalgar St Annandale at the end of King Furniture building up the steel staircase. Phone 9517-2010 Wednesday 16 September

Thursday 17 September

Friday 18 September

The weird world of the Kuchar Brothers: Mike and George

Conspiracy 101

Freaks, Geeks and almost X-Rated Peeks

Lavish melodramas on a low budget by the kings of the New York underground George and Mike Kuchar. Hand Painted titles, lurid colour and sound, tabloid type tales, startling hairdos and vivid costumes blend and clash in funny and bitter sweet moments. *A great follow on after watching “It Came From Kuchar” at the festival on Sunday 13 September at 6:30pm.

Savage slices from guerilla documentaries that deal primarily with the paranoid and conspiratorial perspective. DIY can be dangerous when dealing with this subject matter such as Orgone, Mind Control Sex Slaves, free energy, cancer cures, Monsanto, political assassination, 911, the origin of evil, and more - conspiracy theory fun for all!

A high-speed tube tunnel ride through decades of obscure and lost media guaranteed to make you laugh and cry. Some of the wildest and weirdest commercials, music clips, info breaks, television, trailers and educational films ever made.

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WHEELS IN MOTION Tuesday 1 September at 7pm Dendy Cinema, 261 King Street, Newtown.

MARRICKVILLE CONTEMPORARY ART PRIZE 2009 4-27 September Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Pidcock Street Camperdown.

11-27 September At The Vanishing Point, 565 King Street, Newtown.

SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 10 -13 September The Factory Theatre, 105 Victoria Road, Marrickville.

11/08/2009 12:30:36 Prepare yourself for a cultural feast for the senses at the 2009 Marrickville Cultural Festival!

CUT + PASTE: SUSTAINABLE CRAFT FEST AND MAKERS MARKET 11-13 September The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham Street, Marrickville.

TORTUGA ART JAM Workshops 12-13 September Exhibition 19 September at 3pm Tortuga Studios, 31 Princes Highway, St Peters.

DANCE AROUND THE WORLD 19 September from 11.30am to 4pm Marrickville West Primary School.

LOLO LOVINA AND THE GYPSY CARAVAN STAGE 25 September at 7pm Newtown Square, Enmore Road, Newtown.

HISTORY WEEK SCANDAL, CRIME AND CORRUPTION TOURS Sunday 6 September and Wednesday 9 September at 10am.

Kendrick Park, Princes Highway, Tempe.

Crime Night - Thursday 10 September at 6.30pm Petersham Town Hall, 107 Crystal Street, Petersham.

MARRICKVILLE STREET FESTIVAL Sunday 27 September 11am-5pm Marrickville and Illawarra Roads, Marrickville.