SCREENING SATURDAY 10TH SEPT 10PM (FUSE BOX)
REALITY BITES
The Reality of life is on display – come hang out with infamous prostitutes and murderers, see how to cook poisonous spiders and go on brutal roo-shoots.
TRAILERS | JASMINE HIRST | 2010 | USA | 32:00 | AUS PREMIERE
“After corresponding for 5 years with Aileen Wournos, she asked me to film her talking about the truth of her crimes as part of her preparation to die. I have been trying to finish this feature length doc since then. But can’t. There is something wrong with me. Instead I make 2 minute trailers about other films I’d like to make.”
OZ | 2011 | AUS | 7:40 | WORLD PREMIERE
Brutal and unashamed footage of a kangaroo being hunted in the outback.
TRANSFORMATION | VAHID VAHED | 2011 | AUS | 18:00
About a young man who was mistaken as a girl because he was not born with male genitalia. At 18 he realizes his true gender and undergoes sex change operation in Tehran, Iran.
A CAMBODIAN SNACK | PHILIP ATLAKSON | 2011 | AUS | 8:00 | PREMIERE
Villagers from a remote Cambodian village scour the countryside with staves and hoes hoping to bag eight-legged creatures living in the ground.
I’M A ROCK STAR | STEFANO BERTELLI | 2011 | FRA | 14:00 | WORLD PREMIERE
Alex, 37 years old, lives in a godforsaken village in the North of Italy. He’s a guitar teacher, but he dreams of being a rock star…
THE BIG STONE | SHANE BORZA | 2011 | AUS | 5:30
A film about the challenge and endurance required when rock climbing – in this case, The Nose of El Capitan, Yosemite, which is one of the most beautiful, classic, and sought after, rock climbs in the world.
PERVO | BRYAN LYE | 2011 | CAN | 1:30 | WORLD PREMIERE
A playful commentary on the nature of voyeurism.
