SEASON ONE
LOTTERYWEST FESTIVAL FILMS
Season One 23 Nov 2015–7 Feb 2016 Season Two 8 Feb–10 Apr 2016
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LOTTERYWEST FESTIVAL FILMS The world’s greatest new films, on Australia’s best outdoor screens. DATE
UWA SOMERVILLE Mon–Sun (8pm)
ECU JOONDALUP PINES Tue–Sun (8pm)
23–29 Nov
In Harmony
A Perfect Day
30 Nov–6 Dec
A Perfect Day
In Harmony
7–13 Dec
Tangerines
Queen and Country
14–20 Dec
The Crow’s Egg
Tangerines
21–27 Dec
Blind Date
The Crow’s Egg
28 Dec–3 Jan
Dark Horse
Blind Date
4–10 Jan
Tale of Tales
Dark Horse
11–17 Jan
Mia Madre
Tale of Tales
18–24 Jan
The Brand New Testament Mia Madre
25–31 Jan
Dheepan
The Brand New Testament
1–7 Feb
The Wait
Dheepan
ALL TICKETS ARE VALID FOR DIRECT ENTRY AT THE GATE Tickets to UWA Somerville and ECU Joondalup Pines are available through our Info Centre, online or at the gate. You can purchase flexible 6- and 12-pack vouchers, valid for any screening, or choose to attend an individual session. All tickets are valid for direct entry at the gate. This year, we have removed the redemption-at-the-gate process for vouchers to make entry faster and give you more time to picnic. No screenings Christmas Day (Thur 25 Dec), Australia Day (UWA Somerville Tue 26 Jan) or Good Friday (Fri 25 Mar). ECU Joondalup Pines is closed Sat 28 Nov and Fri 8 Apr.
Welcome to 2015/16 Lotterywest Festival Films PIAF presents a summer season of the best new films from around the world at Australia’s finest outdoor cinemas. Lotterywest Festival Films' cinemas at UWA Somerville and ECU Joondalup Pines are in two specially planted pine groves, venues that are renowned worldwide for the excellence of their presentations and their truly evocative atmosphere. There are no other cinemas quite like these. To deliver outstanding cinema experiences to Perth audiences, this year we present a 21 film season. The first 12 of these films are listed here, with a selection of new Australian short films preceding several of the features. Beyond Somerville and Joondalup, a scintillating dance film and our evergreen Screenkids program bring you the wider world of film, unique to our Festival. To bring you the freshest and best selection of films possible, we announce a further nine feature films and additional Australian short films at a special event on Monday 18 January (see page 17). Then in February, expect some extra special film treats in Perth Writers Festival, as chosen by guest writers … Whether you’re joining us for the first time or as an old friend, this summer at Lotterywest Festival Films we will share the very best that cinema can be. Tom Vincent Program Manager: Film Photo: Tom Vincent cr. Natasha Pawlowski Cover Image: Jarrad Seng, film: Tangerines Selected films also available in the Great Southern. CTC: Check the classification.
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FRANCE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
IN HARMONY + THE END OF THE EARTH, 7mins
Cast: Albert Dupontel, Cécile de France DIRECTOR DENIS DERCOURT, 90mins, CTC French with English subtitles Mon 23–Sun 29 Nov 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 1–Sun 6 Dec 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines This simmering romantic drama set in the golden fields of rural northern France is the ninth feature by writer-director Denis Dercourt (The Page Turner, 2007 PIAF). It reunites French acting luminaries and Orchestra Seats (2007 PIAF) co-stars Albert Dupontel (A Very Long Engagement) and Cécile De France (The Kid with a Bike). They play Marc, a taciturn stunt actor hurt in a riding accident, and Florence, who works for Marc’s insurer. This is classic French drama with a terrific script, great music and exceptional acting.
SPAIN
A PERFECT DAY Cast: Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Mélanie Thierry DIRECTOR FERNANDO LEÓN DE ARANOA, 106mins, CTC Mon 24–Fri 27 & Sun 29 Nov, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines Tue 30 Nov–Sun 6 Dec, 8pm | UWA Somerville Oscar-winners Benicio del Toro (The Usual Suspects, Sicario) and Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption) shine in this witty Balkans-set comedic drama that has proved a hit with audiences worldwide. The year is 1995 and a group of humanitarian aid workers, led by world-weary veterans del Toro and Robbins, are nearing the end of their tour in mountainous Bosnia. A village’s water supply has been contaminated and amid the mayhem the workers’ seemingly straightforward quest for a rope soon becomes quite the ordeal. 3
ESTONIA
TANGERINES Cast: Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen DIRECTOR ZAZA URUSHADZE, 87mins, MA Estonian, Russian and Georgian with English subtitles Mon 7–Sun 13 Dec, 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 15–Sun 20 Dec, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines A tense parable, this moving anti-war film is the first from the region to be nominated for an Oscar. In the deep-rooted tangerine orchards of western Georgia, a war between ethnic Georgians and separatist mercenaries encroaches. It is the summer of 1992 and farmers Ivo and Margus are harvesting their crop, nervous at the rising tensions nearby. Suddenly, a battle on their land leaves two enemy soldiers injured. As Ivo pledges to care for both men, he makes them promise not to harm one another while they are in his home. A tremendous, old-fashioned anti-war film, by turns touching, moving and suspenseful. THE GUARDIAN (UK)
UK/IRELAND
QUEEN AND COUNTRY Cast: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, Pat Shortt, David Thewlis DIRECTOR JOHN BOORMAN, 114mins, CTC
Tue 8–Sun 13 Dec, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines This wistfully mocking drama by British film luminary John Boorman (Hope and Glory, Deliverance) transports us to sun-dappled southeast England in 1952. In a boot camp for young troops heading to Korea, Bill begins to discover worldly pleasures. The camp officers are officious and pompous, and for questioning young men like our hero Bill and his pals they are ripe for derision. This is intelligent nostalgia by a world-class filmmaker. Loaded with delicious period detail – yes, people really did buy their first TV to watch the Coronation … showcases Boorman’s great humanity. THE IRISH TIMES
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INDIA
THE CROW'S EGG Cast: Ramesh, J. Vignesh, T.R. Silambarasan DIRECTOR M. MANIKANDAN, 99mins, PG Tamil with English subtitles Mon 14–Sun 20 Dec, 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 22–Thur 24 & Sat 26–Sun 27 Dec, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines Cheeky and street-smart, young brothers Big Crow’s Egg (aged 8) and Little Crow’s Egg (aged 6) are the masters of mischief in their hectic Chennai neighbourhood. When a pizza restaurant opens in the smart part of town they become desperate to taste this exotic new dish, trying every trick in the book to raise money to buy a slice. But even if they have the cash, will this snooty pizzeria tolerate kids from the ‘wrong’ part of town? A hit with audiences from Sydney to Mumbai, this colourful, music-laden film has bundles of energy, joy and charm.
FRANCE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
BLIND DATE + HIGH TIDE, 10mins
Cast: Mélanie Bernier, Clovis Cornillac DIRECTOR CLOVIS CORNILLAC, 90mins, CTC
French with English subtitles Mon 21–Thur 24 & Sat 26–Sun 27 Dec, 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 29 Dec–Sun 3 Jan, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines Blind Date is a clever Parisian comedy to delight anyone who’s ever played the dating game. When a young pianist moves in to a new apartment, she discovers that the walls are so thin, she and her neighbour can hear everything the other does. A battle ensues on both sides of the wall, each party trying to annoy the other into silence. Yet before long, these noisy lonely hearts start to enjoy each other’s quirks, despite having never seen each other. Stylish and laugh-out-loud funny, this audience award-winner is thoroughly charming entertainment. 7
UK
DARK HORSE: THE STORY OF DREAM ALLIANCE
DIRECTOR LOUISE OSMOND, 85mins, PG
Mon 28 Dec–Sun 3 Jan 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 5–Sun 10 Jan 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines Fifteen years ago in a lush but poor village in the South Wales Valleys, a group of pub mates each paid £10 a week to own a racehorse. The colt showed remarkable early promise and began to turn heads in the notoriously elitist ‘sport of kings’. Full of heartin-mouth thrills and blessed with unforgettable characters, this documentary is a riveting, us-against-the-world delight you will cheer on right to the finishing post. Osmond's documentary is inspiring and emotive but it is never manipulative. THE TELEGRAPH (UK)
ITALY/FRANCE/UK
TALE OF TALES Cast: John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, Shirley Henderson DIRECTOR MATTEO GARRONE, 134mins, MA Mon 4–Sun 10 Jan, 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 12–Sun 17 Jan, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines Three classical Italian fairy tales are told with mad abandon by an all-star cast in luscious Baroque surroundings. These magical, feverish stories, drawn from the original 400-year-old The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile, weave the surreal into a parable of desire. Full of humour, mythical beasts, bawdiness and dark power, and exuding Neapolitan style, this is an evocative, full-blooded film, born for the big screen. Combines the wildly imaginative world of kings, queens and ogres with the kind of lush production values for which Italian cinema was once famous. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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ITALY
MIA MADRE + KARROYUL, 15mins Cast: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Nanni Moretti DIRECTOR NANNI MORETTI, 106mins, M Italian with English subtitles Mon 11–Sun 17 Jan, 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 19–Sun 24 Jan, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines A beautifully moving film, Mia Madre (My Mother) introduces us to a woman trying to hold things together while dealing with work, grief and a prize idiot. Margherita is a director immersed in her latest production, which stars riotously inept actor Barry Huggins (played by John Turturro, in scene-stealing form). Meanwhile her mother is gravely ill, so she must try to juggle the chaos at work while adapting to upheavals in her life. One of the finest films from Italy in recent years, Mia Madre shows a deep understanding of life that few movies manage. Warm, witty and seductive … a tremendously smart and enjoyable movie. THE GUARDIAN (UK)
BELGIUM/FRANCE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT+ NAJI, 9mins Cast: Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve DIRECTOR JACO VAN DORMAEL, 113mins, MA French with English subtitles Mon 18–Sun 24 Jan, 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 26–Sun 31 Jan, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines What if God were an angry family man from Brussels? What if he sat at his computer in his dressing gown, dreaming up commandments to amuse himself and annoy everyone else? And what if his daughter, in a fit of childish pique, decided to change the rules and write a brand New Testament? This gloriously imaginative comedy answers all these questions with a series of affectionately funny twists on religion and society. Consistently playful, often delightful and frequently funny. SCREEN INTERNATIONAL 11
FRANCE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
DHEEPAN
Cast: Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan DIRECTOR JACQUES AUDIARD, 109mins, CTC French and Tamil with English subtitles Mon 25 & Wed 27–Sun 31 Jan, 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 2–Sun 7 Feb, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines Winner of the top prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Dheepan is the latest masterpiece by director Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, 2006 PIAF). In the aftermath of civil war in Sri Lanka, Dheepan flees to make a new life in France. He arranges with two strong women to pose as a family in their Paris apartment, but outside, trouble is brewing. An utterly absorbing drama, Dheepan is one of the year’s most important films. A radical and astonishing film that turns conventional thinking about immigrants on its head. THE INDEPENDENT (UK)
ITALY/FRANCE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
THE WAIT + THE GUESTS, 11mins
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Lou de Laâge DIRECTOR PIERO MESSINA, 98mins, CTC Italian and French with English subtitles Mon 1–Sun 7 Feb, 8pm | UWA Somerville Tue 9–Sun 14 Feb, 8pm | ECU Joondalup Pines Single mother Anna (Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche, The English Patient, Chocolat, Three Colours: Blue) is in shock following the death of her teenage son Giuseppe. Shuttered up in a villa in mourning, she is visited by Giuseppe’s girlfriend Jeanne, who is unaware of recent events. And Anna is in no hurry to reveal the truth. The Wait is a calm, stylish and atmospheric tale, with a spinetingling central performance from Binoche as a woman in denial. Piero Messina is a guest of the Festival and will attend screenings for Q&As on 1, 2 and 3 February. 13
SPEAR Cast: Hunter Page-Lochard, Aaron Pedersen, Djakapurra Munyarryun and Bangarra dancers DIRECTOR STEPHEN PAGE, 84mins, M Fri 26–Sat 27 Feb, 7pm
STUDIO UNDERGROUND, STATE THEATRE CENTRE OF WA Adult $17 Friends $15 Conc $16 FT Students $13
A foot in each world. A heart in none. Acclaimed artistic director and choreographer, Stephen Page, brings Bangarra Dance Theatre’s outstanding dance work Spear to the screen. Using gesture and dance, Spear follows a young Aboriginal man named Djali (Hunter Page-Lochard) from the outback to the streets of Sydney on his quest to understand what it means to be a man with ancient traditions in a modern world. Stephen Page is a guest of the Festival and will host a post-screening Q&A on Friday 26 February. A weird, wonderful milestone of a dance movie. THE GUARDIAN (UK)
AUSTRALIA
INTERNATIONAL
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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
SCREENKIDS Discover the wonderful world of digital innovation made especially for children. Explore incredible interactive installations and check out two superb short animated film programs direct from our partners at Cinekid (The Netherlands). Titles include The Mods (Italy), The Present (Germany) and Tik-Tak (Estonia).
SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE, SUBIACO Fri 26–Sun 28 Feb, 60mins per program Fri 26 Feb Program A 4pm Program B 5.30pm
Sat 27–Sun 28 Feb Program A 10am, 1 & 4pm Program B 11.30am, 2.30 & 5.30pm
TICKETS $10 per program For ages 4+
Digital Exhibition All Day FREE
Supported by Family & Education Program Partner Rio Tinto
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SHORT FILMS Five of the best new Australian shorts precede selected features. THE END OF THE EARTH DIRECTOR ADRIAN HOLMES, 7mins An unwilling actor is encouraged to perform. Filmed in coastal Victoria.
HIGH TIDE DIRECTOR KIMBERLEY WEST, 10mins Fish are in the sea, and love is in the air, at the Sun Pictures cinema in Broome.
KARROYUL DIRECTOR KELRICK MARTIN, 15mins A father and daughter connect with country, and with one another. Filmed around Pemberton and Yeagarup, WA. NAJI DIRECTOR KIMBERLEY WEST, 9mins The creation story of Yawuru, an Indigenous people of the Kimberley.
THE GUESTS DIRECTOR SHANE DANIELSEN, 11mins A mother seeks company in her unfamiliar new home. In competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
LOTTERYWEST FESTIVAL FILMS SEASON TWO LAUNCH Mon 18 Jan 8pm | UWA Somerville Regular ticket prices apply.
Join us at UWA Somerville at 8pm on Monday 18 January for the first screening of the terrific comedy The Brand New Testament. Before the film, we will announce the program for Season Two of our Lotterywest Festival Films and treat that night’s audience to an exclusive program preview. Expect another terrific slate of films to continue until 10 April, bringing this year’s season to a thrilling conclusion. Look out for your Season Two brochure from Monday 18 January for all the details of what’s coming up on screen.
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TICKETS DOOR PRICE $17/Friends $15* Conc $15.50/FT Students $12.50 *Limit two tickets per night FILM PACKS Standard 12-Ticket Pack $175.80 (save $28.20) Friends 12-Ticket Pack $165.60 (save $14.40) 6-Ticket Pack $91.20 (save $10.80) Lotto Players 6-Ticket Pack $88.20* (save $13.80) *Available to Lotterywest Players Card holders only Tickets for Spear and Screenkids must be purchased separately online or through a Ticketek outlet.
BUY TICKETS Online perthfestival.com.au (e-tickets available) Phone 08 6488 5555 Box Office UWA Somerville and ECU Joondalup Pines (excluding Spear and Screenkids) Flexible 6- and 12-pack vouchers are not date-stamped and may be used for entry on any night to any film at UWA Somerville and ECU Joondalup Pines. Ticket redemption at the gate is no longer required. Entry is subject to venue capacity. Venues include entry by general admission. Saving seats for friends does not guarantee them entry unless they hold a valid ticket for that evening’s screening. Tickets purchased over the phone will incur a booking fee. See perthfestival.com.au for food options.
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UWA SOMERVILLE The University of Western Australia, Crawley Mon 23 Nov 2015–Sun 6 Mar 2016, films start 8pm Mon 7 Mar–Sun 10 Apr 2016*, films start 7.30pm INFO 08 6488 1732 OPEN FROM 6PM NIGHTLY 0410 699 075 LOST PROPERTY 08 6488 2691 Door sales from 6pm nightly. Picknickers welcome. Food and beverages available inside the venue. BYO and licensed. Take advantage of delicious wood-fired pizzas from Charlie’s Pizza at UWA Somerville. Order at the venue or pre-order during the day on 0437 877 837. Be seated 15 minutes before film start time. * See Season Two brochure for details.
ECU JOONDALUP PINES Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Drive, Joondalup Tue 24 Nov 2015–Sun 1 Mar 2016, films start 8pm Tue 3 Mar–Sun 10 Apr 2016*, films start 7.30pm
INFO 08 6304 5888 OPEN FROM 6.30PM TUE–SUN 0407 420 503 LOST PROPERTY 13 43 28 Door sales from 6.30pm Tue–Sun. Picknickers welcome. A selection of food will be available at the venue. BYO only. Be seated 15 minutes before film start time. * See Season Two brochure for details. 21