Society are proud to present the award winning full length feature
documentary by Australian film maker. Charlie Hill-Smith, "Strange Birds in
Paradise".
Winner of the 2010 IF award for "Best Documentary" and nominated for four
AFI awards, Strange Birds in Paradise is a journey into just some of the
more than 250 West Papuan cultures.
Intercut with Hill-Smith's travelogue
and short animations, the interviews paint a picture not only of a country
with a rich musical tradition and breathtaking nature, but also of a country
weighed down by Indonesian military oppression.
A large number of retired
army generals have substantial economic interests in West Papua, and the
army uses extreme violence to keep the lid on the West Papuan population's
independence movement.
In 2006, Hill-Smith decided to return to West Papua,
this time equipped with a professional camera and all the knowledge he had
gained about the country's history.
While the Indonesian army continues to dominate the indigenous inhabitants
of West Papua, three friends gather in Melbourne to record outlawed folk
songs with renowned Australian rock musicologist David Bridie.
Charlie Hill -Smith confronts a basic question: how could these two vibrant
cultures be at war and how can the rest of the world seemingly not care?
The film features music by award winning performer, composer and frequent
visitor to SW Victoria, David Bridie.
The film is presented as a fundraiser to support educational programs about
human rights and non-violent resistance in West Papua and to support health
and education for West Papuan refugees living in camps on the PNG - West
Papua border.
entry is $12/$8 concession Rated PG, 78 Mins.
To see the film trailer go to http://www.strangebirds.com.au/
Friday May 13th: 7:30pm.Movie: "The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest" Rated MA 15+. A community Fundraiser for St.Patrick's School Port Fairy.
It takes up where the previous two films finished with Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) recovering in a hospital from horrendous attacks and awaiting trial for three murders. When she is released, Mikael Blomqvist (Michael Nykvist ) must prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Lisbeth is plotting her own revenge against the people who put her in this situation.
"The third and final entry in Stieg Larsson's enormously successful series is perhaps the least thrilling, but it's easily the most satisfying."
Tickets available at the door. Rated MA 15+ 147 Mins
The trailer can be viewed at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi650316057/
Friday May 20th: Usual monthly PFFS Screening. Movie: "Another Year" Rated M (UK) 130 Mins
Directed by Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies, Vera Drake, Happy go Lucky), Starring Jim Broadbent & Ruth Sheen.
The PFFS brings yet another of Director Mike Leigh’s wonderful domestic dramas with the 2011 released "Another Year" starring Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville and Ruth Sheen. This drama & comedy follows the story of a married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
It is described by critics as "An unassuming little masterpiece.." "Desperation and fulfilment, anxiety and warmth, pain and contentment -- all come together in the darkly splendid Another Year. " . “a deeply involving, intelligent, compassionate drama of the sort only Leigh can create” (Peter Bradshaw) ..with all the sadness and happiness that Leigh can staple onto the screen in the amalgam that is life around him”(Andrew Urban)
The Trailer can be viewed at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4561177/
Tuesday May 24th: Tuesday PFFS Movie Classic: 1:30pm. "Rebecca"
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and George Sanders. Rated PG 130 Minutes
Rebecca is a masterpiece of haunting atmosphere, Gothic thrills, and gripping suspense.
A lonely man, a lovely girl... struggling against the secret of Manderley….The shadow of a remembered woman came between their lips... but these two had the courage to hope... and to live their love!
The Trailer can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwneccC52fY
Final film in this 2011 Feb-May series of Classic Movie matinees; Next season August- November 2011, starts at 1.30pm on Tuesday 23 August. Concession Memberships through the PF Day Centre, Senior Citizens Club and Moyneyana House.
Have a Great May!!!!
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