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28 September
& 2 October A 17 year old teenager of Italian heritage searches for identity as she tries to balance home, family, school and relationships while doing her final year of high school. Adapted by Melina Marchetta from her bestselling novel. Depicts inner-city Sydney, Glebe and Leichhardt locations shot by cinematographer Toby Oliver |
Image: Looking for Alibrandi courtesy Roadshow Film Distributors |
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5 & 9 October
Forty-eight hours in the lives of motley characters who reside in the northern beaches area. With an experimental narrative structure, long takes and documentary-style camera work, the film explores Palm Beach in the 1970s with its unique mix of rich and poor, straight and crooked. |
Image: Palm Beach courtesy Albie Thoms |
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12 & 16 October
Shot on location in the Western suburbs with non-professional actors from the area cast in the lead roles, this social realist drama focuses on Kevin, his brief relationship with Anne and his ongoing relationship with his FJ Holden. "A suburban road movie, in which the protagonists _ get nowhere, trapped in the maze of Sydney's western suburbs". – Susan Dermody |
Image: FJ Holden courtesy Michael Thornhill |
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19 & 23 October
Influential documentary of the nine-year fight by residents of the suburb of Waterloo to stop planned demolition of their community by housing authorities. The residents won the battle and this film played a major part in their victory. |
Image: Waterloo courtesy Tom Zubrycki |
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Our Park A diverse and rapidly changing community in Leichhardt must negotiate a conflict over the use and development of a local park. Filming of the documentary took place over one year with intimate access to those involved in the dispute. |
Image: Our Park courtesy Ronin Films |
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