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London and Mifed 2000 Status: October 20 2000 Contact Details London Mifed Los Angeles
Screening Films risk Greed is contagious and power corrupts. Young Ben Madigan joins an insurance company and quickly learns that honesty doesn't give him the corner office. Groomed by two unscrupulous colleagues, Ben is embroiled in a maze of deceit which collapses when a major scam and an office romance go horribly wrong. Toronto Film Festival 2000. Director: Alan White (Erskineville Kings)
yolngu boy Three Boys. Two Worlds. One Law... Director: Stephen Johnson
chopper The highest crossing "R" rated film in Australian box office history, nominated for ten "Aussie Oscars" AFI awards, including Best Picture and Director. Director/Writer: Andrew Dominik
russian doll Harvey, a neurotic private investigator, is finally ready to get hitched. But as he's investigating a routine husband-cheating-on-wife case, he has to discover his very own girlfriend and future wife is involved. Despair sets in, followed by blind dates... Several months later, Ethan, Harvey's best friend, tells him of his affair with Katia, a sexy Jewish girl from St. Petersburg. Harvey is shocked, as Ethan and his wife were his only proof that true love still exists. To add to Harvey's troubles, Ethan begs him to marry Katia so he can keep her in the country. Cornered, Harvey reluctantly agrees to Ethan's crazy plan... Director: Stavros Kazantzidis
angst In the hippest part of Sydney, everyone is getting over someone: Dean falls in love with Goth-Goddess May and gets over being dumped by his childhood sweetheart. Jade gets over her apathy towards life when she meets a streetkid who needs her protection. And Ian parties in the tough part of town and gets over his guilt about being a working class legend. Director: Daniel Nettheim
screening at the Milano International Film Festival 2000 Shaun spins between chaos at home, hanging 'round the mall with his mates and girlfriend, small time crime, ditching school, and avoiding his youth worker. His dad is just out of jail and Shaun's hoping that things are about to get better. Wrong. As his world tips further off its axis, Shaun realises that he is the only one who can change his life. Ready or not. Directors' Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2000, Hamburg Film Festival 2000 Director/Writer: Vincent Giarrusso
Presales cubbyhouse (a.k.a. the third circle) A young family moves into an isolated neighbourhood. The children's backyard playhouse hides a gaping hole to hell from which emerges the most dreadful spirit in possession of the babies of the family. Classic horror from one of Australia's most respected screenwriters, influenced by such classics as The Exorcist, Poltergeist and The Omen, a highly original, terrifying ride. Starring Joshua Leonard of The Blair Witch Project. Director: Murray Fahey (Dags),
the finder When surfer and ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find and rescue a rich man's daughter, he has to track her kindnappers through a world of night clubs and a maze of dark alleys occupied by dangerous drug dealers. Dripping with interesting and multi layered characters, the thriller plays against the magnificent backdrop of Sydney's northern beaches. Director: Frank Shields (Hurrah, Fatal Sky, The Surfer)
boswell 1792. James Boswell, a larger-than-life character who is a so-so lawyer and considered a drunk and a joke in 18th Century London. His former fame as the friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson is long forgotten. Boswell is asked by a sympathetic law clerk to defend Mary Broad, an escapee from the Botany Bay prison, which is an automatic hanging offence. This is the story of Boswell’s fight for Mary’s life; and of friendship, loyalties and respect. Director: Bruce Beresford (Double Jeopardy, Last Dance, Driving Miss Daisy)
lantana Leon Zat is a cop, tough and good at his job, happily married and proud of his two sons, but his life at 40 is starting to unravel. There's an affair in the attempt to convince himself that something new is still possible... Out jogging one morning he runs into a stranger, knocks him down, and is shocked by the violence with which he abuses the man. The stranger unexpectedly breaks completely down... And as Leon investigates the mysterious disappearance of a woman, he is forced to wade through his own and other people's lives, an entangled, intertwined web of deceit and betrayal. A smart and edgy, star-studded tour de force from the producer of The Piano and Holy Smoke, Jan Chapman. Director: Ray Lawrence (Bliss)
amazons and gladiators Set during the times of the Roman Empire, 18 year old Sephora is helped by the legendary Amazons to escape slavery. Trained by the female fighters in the art of war, she soon leads the Amazons into battle against Roman Military Governor Crassius, to free all slaves and avenge the death of her parents. Director: Zachary Weintraub
witches honour It's cold, it's wet, it's the Dark Ages England. A land of marauding toothless barbarians, dashing Knights on horseback and voluptuous fair maidens. And Alice and Daisy, two hip teenage girls from the year 2000, who have just crash-landed, with only their lap top, mobile phone and spell book to protect them... Director: Di Drew (Hildegarde, Tread Softly, The Right Hand Man)
seance When unsuspecting students celebrate their prom night in an old, empty house, they discover a Séance table, sit down for an innocent "game" and are soon unleashing evil forces… Director/Writer: Simon D. Hoenger
cape deception A quiet, peaceful weekend on the lake turns into a struggle for survival and revenge… or is it all just an adult game? Writer: Ian Coughlan (Cubbyhouse, Fable, Stones Of Death, Neighbours)
state of the party Saturday Night in London's Clubland where the excitement is brewing as DJ Starbuck from New York is playing at The Cross and that is the place to be. But Callum, Crooky, Gillian and Michelle have a situation - their friend Bobby, having fallen flat on his face, is dead. Gillian puts make up on Bobby to make him look better and it is decided to take him to the Legion Club and leave him there - in the toilets - so they can all go off clubbing for the night. Meanwhile, Mouse has stolen DJ Starbuck's records; Esther has gone in search of her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend Calum; Andy, an aspiring DJ with a broken leg, and Jess are buzzing around Soho giving out flyers for their club; Mouse's brother Conrad hates Andy; Henry The Bouncer is sprouting Nietzsche; Naive Carl is on his first night in clubland; Billy has forgotten an important message; and Olive, well Olive's along for the ride on this wild and wicked night in London... With music and a cameo from hit-maker Jamiroquai. Director: Richard Heslop (music videos for New Order, Happy Mondays, The Cure, Queen, Sienad O'Conner)
Available Films city loop (a.k.a. bored olives) When you're a nighttime pizza delivery boy in tropical Brisbane, not only do you get swooped by bats, you also have to deal with the smouldering passions of the dusk till dawn, all-singing, all-dancing kitchen staff. As hotel doors open on the stars and it gets itchy standing in your fluffy animal suit by the freeway, the temptation to "tomato-paste" the joint gets a little strong... Toronto Film Festival 2000. Director: Belinda Chayako
other voices Against the backdrop of an apocalyptic and highly stylised New York City, an unhappily married couple get themselves more and more in danger when each suspects the other of infidelity and their fantasies go too far. Sundance Film Festival 2000, Dramatic Competition, Hamburg Film Festival 2000. Director/ Writer: Dan McCormack (Minotaur)
my mother frank Frank is a bad tempered, dry witted, over-protective mother, with a seriously bad memory. Frank lives her life through her son David and drives him absolutely crazy. Not only is she trampling on David's sex life, she now also enrolls at his university to broaden her wacky mind. Mother Frank finds herself doing battle with the fearsome Professor Mortlock and when she is ejected from university, it seems things can't get any worse. And then things do... Berlin Filmfestival 2000, Panorama Director/Writer: Mark Lamprell (Babe II)
looking for alibrandi Based on the bestselling novel, this emotionally charged film follows a feisty heroine's struggle to balance the demands of her high school senior year, her exuberant Italian immigrant family and her boyfriends from both sides of the tracks... Director: Kate Woods
strange planet Sydney 2000 - this hip and stylish comedy follows a year in the life of six friends searching for love and fulfillment. From the director of Love And Other Catastrophes. Director/Writer: Emma-Kate Croghan
the craic The biggest opening box office for an Australian film since Muriels Wedding, The Craic is a hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy about two Irish runaways in Australia. Director: Ted Emery (Full Frontal)
strange fits of passion A film for anyone who has ever had sex... Or ever tried to, it follows a young girl's journey in her attempt to lose her virginity. Critics Week, Cannes Film Festival 1999, Hamburg Filmfestival 1999. Director/Writer: Elsie Mccredie
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