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14th WOW FILM FESTIVAL TOUR
Four
selected programs from the WOW Film Festival toured venues
throughout Australia as the 14th WOW National
Tour.
Each venue made a selection for screening from the four
programs available.
The
four programs '07/08 are listed below:
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WOW
FICTION
SELECTION
- In life nothing is certain...
( drama & comedy selection )
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WHAT
GEORGIA DOESN'T KNOW
Essi Haukkamaa (producer)
Katelnd Griffin (director/writer)
Fiction / drama (8:20 mins)
Friendship can be complex - a young girl's unhappiness
has many consequences.
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TATTERSON
Yen Yang (producer)
Michaela Danby (director)
Nicola Jordan (writer) Velinda Wardell (DOP)
AFTRS student Fiction / drama (5 mins)
Contrast between the reality of a young Aussie soldier
in New Guinea in WW2 & thoughts of home. He
writes a letter in which brutal images of warfare
are transformed into exotic wonders of nature. Multi
award-winning. |
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THE
RAID
Muy Lang Linda Ung
(producer/director/writer)
Fiction / drama (3:12 mins)
Crime doesn't pay –- unless the substance
is precious enough. |
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HEAD
OVER HEELS
Susan Woodford (producer/writer)
Haley Stibbard (director)
Fiction / comedy (8:13 mins)
An ageing biker finds an unusual solution to his
romantic troubles. Ron must step into the alien
world of beauty salons to win back the lady of his
dreams. |
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THE
UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Jason Harty, Karen Radzyner (producers)
Jackie Schulz (director)
Anna Howard (DOP)
Fiction / drama (14:45 mins)
An unusual friendship brings blossoming to a desiccated
life. Uncertainty can be a rewarding experience.
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MARTI'S
PARTY
Cath Murphy (producer/co-writer)
Annabelle Murphy (director/co-writer)
Fiction / comedy (15 mins)
A birthday party, a male mid-life crisis and a health
crisis humorously exposes complex family relationships
Gary McDonald is an amusing hypochondriac with Diane
Craig as his wife. Award-winning. |
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CROCODILE
DREAMING
Sue Milliken (producer)
Darlene Johnson (director/writer)
Fiction / drama (27 mins)
Modern day, supernatural myth. Two estranged brothers,
played by David Gulpilil and Tom E. Lewis struggle
to come to terms with their traditional roles and
identities. The spirit of their mother guides them
through crocodile danger. |
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WOW
DRAMA
SELECTION
- To be human, no easy road ...
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PLAYGROUND
Liam Branagnan (producer)
Eve Spence (director/writer)
Fiction / drama (21 mins)
Mind games can be fraught with danger in a playground.
A powerful story of complex emotions, an allegory
for the delicate roots of aggression. |
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BREAD
Rachel Fiddes (producer)
Paola Morabito (director/writer)
Bonnie Elliot (cinematographer)
AFTRS student Fiction / drama (5 mins)
A Vietnamese bread shop and a young girl's longing.
Her friend plays soccer, she works with her parents.
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LOVEPROOF
Katherine Shortland (producer)
Maia Horniak (director/writer)
AFTRS student Fiction / drama (14 mins)
Can true love find a way in a totalitarian future
state? Alex Dimitriades & Megan Dorman star.
Multi award-winning. |
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KINDLE
Courtney Wise (prod), Erin White (direct/writer)
AFTRS student Fiction / drama (8:30 mins)
Boy meets girl in a refuge and find a connection
in adversity. Each have their own secrets which
are dramatically revealed. |
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SEX
WITH THE EX
Natalie Palomo (prod), Leigh Richards (direct)
Christine Hewitt (production designer)
FAFTRS student Fiction /comedy (7:30 mins)
An Ex goes to extraordinary lengths to get what
she wants. Award winning. |
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SINGLE
SEXY BILINGUAL
Barbara Karpinski &
Tamilco Chee (producers)
Barbara Karpinski (director/writer)
Bonnie Elliot (cinematographer)
Fiction / comedy (13 mins)
A black comedy about being bi-sexual, bilingual
and bipolar, and a fun romp in a Jewish nursing
home. |
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SEXY
THING
Heather Oxenham (producer)
Denie Pentecost (writer / director)
Fiction / drama (14 mins)
On a dry, suburban day, a 12 year old is caught
between the conflicting worlds of family, friendship
& imagination. Struggling to endure a confusing
love & longing simply to be seen, the child
survives by transforming pain into beauty. Catherine
McClements as the mother with Hanna Mangan Lawrence
as the child, Georgie. Award winning. |
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WOW
DOCUMENTARY
SELECTION
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MY
DAD SUSAN
Teagan McCarthy (producer/director/writer)
Sydney Film School student / documentary (7:20 mins)
A young filmmaker who has been estranged from her
father meets him for the first time. He graphically
reveals a long held secret that he is in fact, Susan.
His alter ego is a cross dresser.
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NIGGER
LOVERS
Daryl Spankes / Stephen Hagan (producers)
Rhonda Hagan (director) documentary (26 mins)
Follows one man's resistance against bigotry and
prejudice in the face of overwhelming odds while
it examines the use of language as a tool of oppression.
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THE
EYE OF A LIE
Inka Stafrace (producer/director)
documentary (7:50 mins)
An Australian activist visits Palestine to learn
first hand what the ‘'occupation of Palestine'’
means to the people of Palestine.
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SEARCHING
4 SANDEEP
Cecilia Richie (producer)
Poppy Stockell
(director/writer)
Documentary (55 mins)
Humorous & poignant story of a young lesbian
searching for and finding cross-cultural, long distance
love on the internet. Poppy and Sandeep's tumultuous
relationship spans across 2 years and 3 continents.
Multi award-winning. |
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WOW
FESTIVAL
WINNERS SELECTION
(fiction
& documentary mix )
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PLAYGROUND
Liam Branagnan (producer)
Eve Spence (director/writer)
Fiction / drama (21 mins)
Mind games can be fraught with danger in a playground.
A powerful story of complex emotions, an allegory
for the delicate roots of aggression. |
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LOVEPROOF
Katherine Shortland (producer)
Maia Horniak (director/writer)
AFTRS student Fiction / drama (14 mins)
Can true love find a way in a totalitarian future
state? Alex Dimitriades & Megan Dorman star.
Multi award-winning. |
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SEARCHING
4 SANDEEP
Cecilia Richie (producer)
Poppy Stockell
(director/writer)
Documentary (55 mins)
Humorous & poignant story of a young lesbian
searching for and finding cross-cultural, long distance
love on the internet. Poppy and Sandeep's tumultuous
relationship spans across 2 years and 3 continents.
Multi award-winning. |
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Some
venues will also be screening 'Climbers' and 'Safehouse':
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CLIMBERS
Rosalind Gillespie (producer/director)
Martha Ansara (cinematographer)
Margaret Barr (choreographer)
Fiction / dance (29 mins)
Surreal dance drama allegory of 3 Japanese women climbers
conquering
Mt Everest, facing challenges Triumph of human spirit.
Multi award-winning. |
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SAFE
HOUSE
Denise Haslam (producer)
Lee Whitmore (director/writer/animator)
Animation (26 mins)
Childhood in 1950's Australia, families, secrets
and intriguing neighbours.
Multi award-winning. |
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DOWNLOAD
PROGRAMS
(1)
WOW FICTION Selection
- download program here
(2)
WOW DRAMA Selection - download program
here
(3)
WOW DOCUMENTARY Selection - download
program here
(4)
WOW FESTIVAL WINNERS Selection
- download program here
15th
WOW Film Festival Information 'Tour
Program'
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