SCREENING SUNDAY 11TH SEPT 5PM (FUSE BOX)
LSD FACTORY
When the white knight is talking backwards and the red queens “off with her head”, remember what the dormouse said “FEED YOUR HEAD”! And you can do some with this trippy, whacked out session!
ANATOMY OF THE VERTERBRATE RETINA | JON BEHRENS | 5:30 | USA | AUS PREMIERE
The vertebrate retina is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye, and this hand-painted, optically printed film makes you feel like you’re in it.
XMAS | MATEUSZ SUBIETA | 2010 | 4:30 | AUS
A story about the pure need to be giving in a world based on receiving; Santa is having a huge crisis of faith.
ENDLESS | MATT BLOOM | 8:00 | UK | 2011 | WORLD PREMIERE
A supernatural horror about a woman in the shower who suddenly finds herself confronted by a strange intruder who holds her and her family hostage.
YEAR OF THE CHILD | ADAM SIMPSON | 2010 | NZ | 7:30 | AUS PREMIERE
Paint-sniffing, Doors-hating, Punk teenager Tommy races to his family to escape the sick and violent others chasing him.
LARK’S TOUNGE IN ASPICS | DAVID SHUSHAN | 3:00 | ISRL | AUS PREMIERE
Brings cubism back to cinema. The film depicts a deconstructed moving image of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco using multiple exposures in the same frame.
SLICK HORSING | KIRON HUSSAIN | UK | 5:00 | AUS PREMIERE
A pleasant drive. A smoking rabbit. A beautiful nightmare. Mankind, Beastkind and Girlkind [the trinity of schoolboy terror] haunt a perverse dream sequence.
THE BIRTHDAY CIRCLE | PHILIP LEPHERD | UK | 2010 | 5:00
The cruel irony of age is explored here as two young children defiantly claim independence in their own home, but are implored by frustrated relatives to consider external care.
THE ARTIST | JOSEPH PERKINS | AUS | 2011 | 4:30 | AUS PREMIERE
A vigilante thriller driven by The Artist’s thirst for revenge and a desire to heal the wounds both within himself and within society.
1000 GRAMS | TOM BEWILOGUA | GER | 2011 | 15:00 | AUS PREMIERE
A film about Flesh. Flesh in all of its meanings! A story of two tragically colliding Worlds. Poor and Rich!
XTRMNTR | ANDREW MILNER | AUS | 2010 | 6:30
Two exterminators try to finish a job before the football grand final begins only to find there is some unfinished personal business to attend to.
SATAN, JESUS, ELVIS | PIERRE AYOTTE | USA | 2009 | 1:30 | AUS PREMIERE
Satan and Jesus fight each other before being joined by Elvis to blow TV sets.
REAL TIME | GEORGE NAGEL | AUS | 2010 | 8:00 | WORLD PREMIERE
A film director reviews his work spiraling out of control.
DEMODERN TIMES | TARA COOK | 2010 | 0:30
When a man’s computer refuses to cooperate, the only thing left to do is pull out a shot gun.
PARRAMATTA ROAD PROJECT#1 | JOHN GILLIES | AUS | 2011 | 2:00 WORLD PREMIERE
The road becomes a theatre, with its own actors, dancers, stage and audience.
IN SEARCH OF THE MANITOU | DAN SOKOLOWSKI | CAN | 2011 | 2:00 | AUS PREMIERE
The filmmaker behind “Pochsy” claimed that Super 8 film could not be used on Manitoulin Island because of a curse but with mysterious camera troubles and spooky images emerges the final film.
THE GATHERING STORM | DAN SOKOLOWSKI | CAN | 2011 | 1:00 | AUS PREMIERE
The ravens watch as the apocalypse approaches.
