Lotterywest Films Season One Brochure 2017/18

PERTH FESTIVAL

SEASON ONE

SEASON ONE

27 Nov 2017 – 11 Feb 2018

SEASON TWO

12 Feb – 15 Apr 2018

Founder

Principal Partner

LOTTERYWEST FILMS

SEASON ONE

The best in international cinema under a Western Australian night sky.

DATE

UWA SOMERVILLE

Mon – Sun, 8pm*

ECU JOONDALUP PINES Tue – Sun, 8pm

27 Nov – 3 Dec

Faces Places

4 – 10 Dec

Good Time

Faces Places

11 –17 Dec

Back to Burgundy

Good Time

18 – 24 Dec

Borg vs McEnroe

Back to Burgundy

26 – 31 Dec

Pecking Order

Borg vs McEnroe

1 – 7 Jan

The Party

Pecking Order

8 – 14 Jan

Aurore

The Party

15 – 21 Jan

The Square

Aurore

22 – 28 Jan

The Other Side of Hope The Square

29 Jan – 4 Feb

God’s Own Country

The Other Side of Hope

5 – 11 Feb

Thelma

God’s Own Country

No screenings Christmas Day (Mon 25 Dec) or Good Friday (Fri 30 Mar).

ECU Joondalup Pines closed Sat 24 Feb & Fri 2 Mar *On Australia Day at UWA Somerville screening starts at 8.30pm Films will usually go ahead in the event of rain. Any cancellations will be announced by 4.30pm on the day of screening at perthfestival.com.au and on Facebook/Twitter.

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WELCOME TO

LOTTERYWEST FILMS

2017/2018

Perhaps we invented storytelling to relax, to take a break from the stresses of the hunter-gatherer life. Or perhaps it was because sharing in an experience outside of ourselves helps to bring us together. As our stories became more sophisticated, the best storytellers, and the best stories, became famous.

Whether it was 60,000 years ago or right here and now, storytelling makes us feel emotion. How does it feel to be the best in the world at something (Borg vs McEnroe), to make art for everybody (Faces Places, The Square), to be in love (Aurore, God’s Own Country), to be a total stranger in town (The Other Side of Hope, Thelma), to be desperate (Good Time, The Party), to make your passion your way of life (Back to Burgundy, Pecking Order) or to live in the world’s best building (Living Architectures)?

That’s a lot of feelings and we need a meeting place to make the best of them. Whatever the film and whatever the emotion, our two open-air pine grove cinemas are the very best environments at which to meet and dream.

This is the best of the year’s film from around the world and I hope that by showing these 11 films – with more to be announced in January – we can meet as we always have to share stories and the feelings they give us.

TOM VINCENT PERTH FESTIVAL PROGRAM MANAGER: FILM Perth Festival acknowledges that our events take place on the lands of the Noongar people and we wish to pay our respects to the traditional custodians of this Country.

TICKETS There are three convenient ways to purchase tickets to UWA Somerville and ECU Joondalup Pines – online, by phone through the Perth Festival Info Centre or at the box office at the gate.

DOOR PRICE A $18 / F $15* / C $16 / S $13.50 *Limit two discounted tickets per night

BUY TICKETS ONLINE perthfestival.com.au PHONE 08 6488 5555 BOX OFFICE UWA Somerville (open 6pm)

ECU Joondalup Pines (open 6.30pm)

Spend less time in line and more time picnicking by pre-purchasing your ticket.

Tickets purchased over the phone or online will incur a booking fee.

LIVING ARCHITECTURES

Flexible 6- and 12-pack vouchers are not date-stamped and may be used for entry on any one night to any film at either venue throughout both seasons. All tickets scan in directly at the gate. Entry is subject to venue capacity.

FILM PACKS

Venue entry is general admission. Saving seats for friends does not guarantee them entry unless they hold a valid ticket for that evening’s screening.

STANDARD 12-TICKET PACK

See perthfestival.com.au for food options.

CHEAP TUESDAYS $10

for concession cardholders A $15 / F $13 / C $13

$183.60 (save $32.40)

FRIENDS 12-TICKET PACK $163.20 (save $20.40)

STANDARD 6-TICKET PACK

ACCESS INFORMATION Wheelchair accessible

$97.20 (save $10.80)

Audio description

LOTTO PLAYERS 6-TICKET PACK*

Fully surtitled or has minimal dialogue Some background music and/or sounds

$91.80 (save $16.20)

*Available to Lotterywest Players Cardholders only Transaction fees may apply Film pack vouchers are valid for both Season One and Season Two

Partially surtitled or includes dialogue Background music and/or sounds Download our Access Guide at perthfestival.com.au.

FRANCE

USA

FACES PLACES

GOOD TIME

Directors Agnès Varda, JR Documentary with Agnès Varda, JR. 89mins, G French with English subtitles

Directors Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie Cast Robert Pattinson, Ben Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh. 100mins, MA

UWA SOMERVILLE | 27 Nov – 3 Dec ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 5 – 10 Dec A playful, creative road trip through the France you don’t see in a travel brochure.

Join Agnès Varda, a sprightly 89-year-old hero of cinema, and her young pal, star photographer JR as they take their mobile photography lab around rural and working-class France. Get to know the locals, hear their stories and see the incredible giant portrait posters that pop up in unexpected places. This uplifting travelogue celebrates ordinary people, France, art and an unlikely friendship.

Winner Best Documentary 2017 Cannes Film Festival ‘Magnificently moving, funny, life-affirming, and altogether wonderful.’ IndieWire

+ Melon Grab, 10mins

UWA SOMERVILLE | 4 – 10 Dec ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 12 – 17 Dec An adrenalin-filled night that will have you as on edge as the characters onscreen.

Evading the police after a botched bank robbery, Connie goes on a mission of increasingly desperate – and dangerous – measures to spring his brother from jail. Robert Pattinson delivers a magnetic performance as Connie, the best of an already-impressive career.

Follow him on a dark journey into New York’s underbelly, where the twists and turns are non-stop. Featuring a killer soundtrack from Oneohtrix Point Never.

‘Good Time is exactly what it says it is: a thrill, a blast, a fast-acting tonic of a movie.’ Los Angeles Times

FRANCE

SWEDEN

BACK TO BURGUNDY

BORG VS MCENROE

Director Cédric Klapisch Cast Pio Marmaï, Ana Girardot. 113mins, CTC

Director Janus Metz Pedersen Cast Shia LaBeouf, Sverrir Gudnason, Stellan Skarsgård. 100mins, CTC

French with English subtitles

UWA SOMERVILLE | 11 – 17 Dec ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 19 – 24 Dec

English, Swedish, French, German and Spanish with some English subtitles

UWA SOMERVILLE | 18 – 24 Dec ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 26 – 31 Dec

What’s so good about ‘The Good Life’?

Two intense souls, one spellbinding sporting duel.

Following the death of his father, Jean reluctantly comes home to his family vineyard after ten years overseas. He reconnects with his wine making siblings and must decide whether to return to his new life in Australia or dedicate himself to the family business.

The Wimbledon tennis championships of 1980 ended with one of the greatest sporting encounters ever seen: Sweden’s ice-cool four-time Men’s Singles Champion Björn Borg, versus snotty New York upstart John McEnroe (a never-better Shia LaBeouf). As the clock ticks down to their utterly thrilling showdown, surprising vulnerabilities emerge.

Set in the Burgundy region’s stunning vineyards, this French family drama abounds in the pleasures of wine, the passing of the seasons and familiar sibling rivalry.

‘A lively and tender look at a family saga, inhabited by a new team of charismatic actors.’ Le Parisien

Whether you know the outcome or not, or whether you even care about tennis, it doesn’t matter – Borg vs McEnroe is fascinating drama and an exhilarating battle of personalities. ‘(LaBeouf) is terrific in a role that shrewdly plays off his controversial off-screen persona.’ Variety

NEW ZEALAND

UK

PECKING ORDER

THE PARTY

Director Slavko Martinov Documentary with Doug Bain, Sarah Bunton. 88mins, PG

Director Sally Potter Cast Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson,

UWA SOMERVILLE | 26 – 31 Dec ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 2 – 7 Jan Best in Show with chooks. And it’s real!

Join members of the 148-year-old Christchurch Poultry Club as they battle history (and each other) in the lead up to New Zealand’s National Show. These everyday fanatics provide loads of laughs, their passions plucked from the shed to strut on the silver screen. Who will rule the roost in this hilarious and heartwarming slice of Kiwi cinema magic?

+ The Eleven O’Clock, 13mins

Cillian Murphy, Bruno Ganz. 71mins, CTC

UWA SOMERVILLE | 1 – 7 Jan ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 9 – 14 Jan A cast to die for shines in this fast-paced, biting satire of bourgeois Brits.

A dinner party from hell gathers old friends in honour of Janet, recently appointed a Shadow Minister. As politics and personalities collide the celebrations turn to chaos and secrets spill out over the vol-au-vents.

Stuffed full of charm, Pecking Order is the year’s funniest, most loveable documentary.

With a barrage of killer one-liners and an energy that zings, The Party is a wickedly entertaining get together you won’t want to leave.

‘I was amused, engaged and touched.’ The Sunday Times (UK)

‘A deliciously heightened, caviar-black comedy.’ Variety

FRANCE

AURORE

SWEDEN

Australian Premiere

THE SQUARE

Director Blandine Lenoir Cast Agnès Jaoui, Thibault de Montalembert. 89mins, CTC

Director Ruben Östlund Cast Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West. 145mins, CTC

UWA SOMERVILLE | 8 – 14 Jan ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 16 – 21 Jan

UWA SOMERVILLE | 15 – 21 Jan ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 23 – 28 Jan

When faced with a midlife crisis do you accept your fate or try and start over?

An absurd jet-black comedy that will leave you breathless.

French with English subtitles

Fifty, separated, unemployed and about to become a grandmother, Aurore feels increasingly ignored by society. After bumping into the great love of her youth she wonders if a whole new life might still be possible.

Actress and co-writer Agnès Jaoui is the heart and soul of this witty feel-good film. She brings a touching poignancy to an endearing portrait of an everyday heroine on the road to rediscovery.

English, Swedish and Danish with some English subtitles

In the run-up to his bold new exhibition called ‘The Square’, the wellmeaning head of an art museum reacts shamefully when his mobile phone is cunningly pickpocketed.

With its brilliant world of daft media stunts and confounding artspeak, The Square offers a goldmine of awkward dark humour. This deliriously strange parody of art and imagination marks director Ruben Östlund (Force Majeure) as modern cinema’s most savage and inventive satirist.

Winner Best Film 2017 Cannes Film Festival

‘An intelligent and salutary comedy.’ Paris Match

‘It sets out to make your jaw drop. And it succeeds.’ The Guardian

FINLAND

UK

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE

GOD’S OWN COUNTRY

Director Aki Kaurismäki Cast Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen. 100mins, M

Director Francis Lee Cast Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart.

UWA SOMERVILLE | 22 – 28 Jan ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 30 Jan – 4 Feb

UWA SOMERVILLE | 29 Jan – 4 Feb ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 6 – 11 Feb

Super-droll Scandi humour takes on a story for our times.

Love thaws a frozen soul in the most striking British film of the year.

Arriving accidentally in Helsinki as a stowaway, Syrian asylum seeker Khaled has hopes for a future as a legitimate Finn. When he crosses paths with grumpy former shirt salesman turned restaurateur Wikstrom, the two become unlikely companions.

Young Johnny Saxby resents toiling on his family farm in the bleak Yorkshire hills. Angry and alone, he lives for the weekend. But when Romanian seasonal worker Gheorghe joins the farm, this hard heart begins to soften.

Director Aki Kaurismäki perfectly nails the experience of helplessness in this surprising comedy. He refuses to shy away from hardship but expertly wraps it in plenty of deadpan northern European humour.

The rural Yorkshire setting is distinct, and you’ll recognise right away the beauty of Johnny’s gradual emotional dawn in this tender, authentic and extraordinarily moving film.

Winner Best Director 2017 Berlin Film Festival

Winner Directing Award 2017 Sundance Film Festival

‘Combines poignancy with torrents of laughter.’ The Telegraph (UK)

‘The storytelling leaves you powerfully involved.’ Sydney Morning Herald

Finnish, Arabic and Swedish with English subtitles

104mins, MA

NORWAY

SHORT FILMS Two new Aussie shorts feature as part of the Lotterywest Films Season One program.

MELON GRAB

THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK

THELMA Director Joachim Trier Cast Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins. 116mins, CTC Norwegian with English subtitles

UWA SOMERVILLE | 5 – 11 Feb ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 13 – 18 Feb Intoxicating first love meets cool thriller in this spine-tingling film.

Thelma is a young woman living away from home for the first time, suddenly feeling that overwhelming force of a real romantic crush. But this is more than just a feeling. Thelma’s passion for her classmate has the power to move things, even to fracture her world.

Marrying supernatural shivers with a truly affecting romance, Thelma will take over your emotions. A sexy, head-spinning delight.

‘Thelma’s story sticks to your bones like a shiver, and sinks deeper for days after the credits have rolled.’ Indiewire

Director Andrew Lee Cast Noah Fuzi, Noah Regan.

10mins

Skating and everyday poetry come together in this distinctive short film from New South Wales.

Jaxon and Corey are best mates sharing one final skate.

Screens before Good Time

Director Derin Seale Cast Josh Lawson, Damon

Herriman. 13mins

A patient meets a psychiatrist for a session of weird and funny power games in a smartly controlled short comedy.

Screens before The Party

FRANCE/UK/DENMARK/JAPAN

KOOLHAAS HOUSELIFE (2008)

Sat 24 Feb, 1pm. 58mins, unclassified 15+ French with English subtitles

Designed by star architect Rem Koolhaas, the Bordeaux House is both a beautiful design monument and a private functioning home – and no-one knows it quite like cleaner Guadalupe.

BARBICANIA (2014)

Sat 24 Feb, 4pm. 90mins, unclassified 15+ Koolhouse Houselife, 2008

LIVING ARCHITECTURES

Through a series of daily snapshots, Barbicania reveals the unique, eccentric and invaluable stories of the residents of London’s 1960s utopian, brutalist housing complex, Barbican Estate.

BÊKA & LEMOINE DOLPHIN THEATRE, UWA | 24 & 25 Feb How does it feel to live in a work of art?

Since 2008 filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have made funny and intriguing films that uniquely investigate what we mean when we call a building ‘great’ and how these great buildings can make people think and feel. Their ‘Living Architectures’ series gives us special insight not only into amazing buildings but how they affect the people who use them every day.

To coincide with a focus on architecture at Writers Week, we present four highlights from ‘Living Architectures’ – Koolhaas Houselife, Barbicania, The Infinite Happiness and their latest work, Moriyama-san, in its Australian premiere.

Full details at perthfestival.com.au ‘A completely original way to tell a story. Astonishing!‘ Huffington Post

THE INFINITE HAPPINESS (2015)

Sun 25 Feb, 1pm. 85mins, unclassified 15+ Recognised as the world’s best residential building in 2011, the 8 House outside Copenhagen is shaped either like a giant number eight or infinity. Is happiness truly infinite here?

MORIYAMA-SAN (2017)

Sun 25 Feb, 4pm. 75mins, unclassified 15+ Australian Premiere

A free-spirited urban hermit, Mr Moriyama lives in one of Tokyo’s most experimental dwellings, an ‘insideout’ house purpose-built for him and used for quiet, spontaneous enjoyment of art.

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Door sales from 6pm nightly.

Door sales from 6.30pm, Tue – Sun.

Picnics and BYO drinks welcome. Licensed venue with food and drink available for purchase. Order a delicious wood-fired pizza from Charlie’s Pizza at UWA Somerville on the night or pre-order on 0437 877 837.

Picnics and BYO drinks welcome. Food available for purchase at the venue. Pre-order your pizza from Slice of Italy at ECU Joondalup Pines (open Fri – Sun) on 08 6304 2326.

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UWA SOMERVILLE | Mon 15 Jan, 8pm Regular ticket prices apply Join us before the screening of the absurd jet-black comedy The Square on Monday 15 January and hear what’s in store for Season Two of Lotterywest Films.

We have nine more gems of international cinema coming your way, as well as some home-grown short docos celebrating water and its importance to us all. That’s plenty of reason to share some incredible stories under the stars with us right up until 15 April.

Look out for your Season Two brochure from Monday 15 January for all the details of this feast of films.