St.Kilda Film Festival comes to Port Fairy

Don’t miss your chance to see the best of Australia's Top 100 short films as the St Kilda Film Festival hits the road taking in 37 destinations Australia-wide with a selection of shorts that includes Festival award winners and stand out favorites.

These exciting films, which cover a diverse range of subject matter ranging from laugh out loud comedy to quality drama, share an infectious passion for the medium, limited only by the size of their relatively modest budgets.

Our short filmmakers push the creative envelope producing work which delights and provokes.

.The 2010 highlights include
Tomorrow by Simon Portus about a young country girl and a businesswoman who meet on their journey to Brisbane; their connections are greater than their differences (Winner 2010 StKFF & 2010 Flickerfest FF, Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actor).

Ink by Justine Wallace is the story of a lost toy, a girl graffiti artist and a stolen childhood(2010 StKFF Best Animation, Screenplay, and Sound & UK SSF, WOW FF, Salento FF ).

Little Ripper by Craig Boord about the tough, competitive, full time occupation of training and racing pigeons( 2010 StKFF Best Documentary, Austin & Indie FFs).

Helmut’s House by Jess Dickenson about an 89hermit who has lived in a hand built house in a remote Australian riverbed for 40 years.

Primo Bacio by Sarah Vasssilas, a documentary dedicated to a couple who have been together for 49 years about how kissing has changed since their courting(2010 StKFF Best positive image of age award).

Apricot by Ben Briand about an man with memory loss who asks personal questions of a young woman to cover his own loss ( Cannes FF Best Young Director).

The Wake by Gemma Lee about a well meaning, social misfit who makes an unexpected arrival at his best mate’s fathers Funeral (2010 StKFF SBS award winner).

In Port Fairy, 7.30 pm Friday 30th July (16 films: interval at 8.30). Exempt 15+ 125mins $10, $8 for PFFS members.

http://www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/page-54/tour-films

Brothers-A very worthy remake at the Friday night movies

When a decorated Marine goes missing overseas, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home—with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family….

This Friday July 16^th, the Port Fairy Film Society brings a moving, beautiful and dramatic film from acclaimed director Jim Sheridan which is a faithful remake of the Danish made 2000 film of the same name. Brother is the powerful story of two siblings, thirtysomething Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters (Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare). Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who’s always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam’s farewell dinner with their parents, Sam is then shipped out to Afghanistan.

Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children. The film is a rich exploration of family relationships, and the issues of love, loyalty and manhood.

Margaret from “At the Movies” found the really interesting American cast all gave very fine performances which contribute to making a very strong and powerful film worthy of four stars.

“Brothers” screens at 7:30pm at the Reardon Theatre this Friday. Members tickets go on sale from 7:10pm.

Screenings coming later in July include the St Kilda Film Festival.