2022 Sydney Underground Film Festival Program by Sydney Underground Film Festival

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE FRIDAY 9 THURSDAYSEPTEMBER8SEPTEMBER F = Features D = Documentaries S = Short Films I LOVE MY DAD 6.00pm DRINKS AND CANAPÉS ON ARRIVAL 7.00pm WELCOME AND OPENING FILM 9.00pm AFTER PARTY, DJ JACK SHIT OPENING NIGHT FILM AND PARTY 5.45pm | THE PAWNSHOP F CINEMA 11 PG 53 7.15pm | WTF! SHORT FILM SESSION S CINEMA 10 PG 65 7.00pm | BODIES, BODIES, BODIES F CINEMA 9 PG 19 7.30pm | DUAL F CINEMA 11 PG 22 9.15pm | PIG KILLER F CINEMA 10 PG 27 9.30pm | ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS F CINEMA 11 PG 18 F CINEMA 9 PG 10 Dir. James Morosini | USA | 2022

PROGRAM AT SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 11.00am | I GET KNOCKED DOWN D CINEMA 10 PG 45 11.15am | LOVE/SICK SHORTS DOCS S CINEMA 11 PG 60 12.45pm | A LIFE ON THE FARM D CINEMA 10 PG 40 1.30pm | NO BAD GUYS D CINEMA 11 PG 48 2.45pm | IN THE COURT OF CRIMSON KING D CINEMA 10 PG 46 4.00pm | RHINO (UKRANIAN CHARITY EVENT) F CINEMA 9 PG 29 4.15pm | THE CIVIL DEAD F CINEMA 11 PG 33 4.30pm | SICK OF MYSELF F CINEMA 10 PG 30 F = Features D = Documentaries S = Short Films 6.00pm F CINEMA 9 PG 12 MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour | 2021 | USA | 86 mins CLOSING NIGHT FILM AND CELEBRATION

A GLANCEONLINEONLY FILMS COMPULUS F PG 20 LANDLOCKED F PG 24 THE TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY PG 35 TRIPLE TROUBLE F PG 36 CIRCUS OF THE SCARS: THE INSIDER ODYSSEY OF THE JIM ROSE CIRCUS SIDESHOW D PG 41 F@CK THIS JOB D PG 43 GIRL GANG D PG 44 MIKE MONSTERSMIGNOLA-DRAWING D PG 47 NIGHTCLUBBING: THE BIRTH OF PUNK ROCK IN NYC D PG 48 STILL STOKED D PG 51 TERRA FEMME D PG 52 ZERO BUDGET HEROES: THE LEGEND OF CHRIS SEAVER AND LOW-BUDGET PICTURES D PG 55 LSD FACTORY S PG 61 REALITY BITES S PG 62 RE:ANIMATION S PG 63 SH!T SCARED S PG 64 F = Features D = Documentaries S = Short Films 12-25 SEPT | VIRTUAL PROGRAM VIA EVENTIVE All film/session rentals ......................... $12 5 Film Pass ......................... $45 (Save $15) 10 Film Pass ...................... $85 (Save $30) Full Pass ........................... $130 (Save $50) For more film information and how to purchase your tickets, go suff2022.eventive.orgto:

CONTENTS WELCOME ............................................... 7 PARTNERS............................................... 8 HOW TO BUY TICKETS ............................. 9 OPENING NIGHTI LOVE MY DAD ..................................... 10 CLOSING NIGHT - MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON......................... 12 TAKE 48 CHALLENGE ............................ 14 FEATURES .......................... 17 ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS .. 18 BODIES BODIES BODIES ....................... 19 COMPULSUS ......................................... 20 CULT HERO ............................................ 21 DUAL ..................................................... 22 GIVE ME PITY! ...................................... 23 LANDLOCKED ........................................ 24 MEGALOMANIAC ................................... 25 ON THE COUNT OF THREE ..................... 26 PIG KILLER ........................................... 27 PUSSYCAKE .......................................... 28 RHINO ................................................... 29 SICK OF MYSELF .................................. 30 SOMETHING IN THE DIRT ...................... 31 SWALLOWED ........................................ 32 THE CIVIL DEAD ................................... 33 THE LONELY SPIRITS VARIETY HOUR ...................................... 34 THE TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY .......... 35 TRIPLE TROUBLE .................................. 36 WARM BLOOD ....................................... 37 DOCUMENTARIES .......... 39 A LIFE ON THE FARM ........................... 40 CIRCUS OF THE SCARS ......................... 41 EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE ....................... 42 F@CK THIS JOB ................................... 43 GIRL GANG ............................................ 44 I GET KNOCKED DOWN.......................... 45 IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING ..................................... 46 MIKE MIGNOLA: DRAWING MONSTERS ... 47 THENIGHTCLUBBING:BIRTHOFPUNK ROCK IN NYC ...... 48 NO BAD GUYS ....................................... 49 STILL STOKED ....................................... 50 PUB: THE MOVIE ................................... 51 TERRA FEMME ...................................... 52 THE PAWNSHOP (LOMBARD) ................ 53 THE PEZ OUTLAW .................................. 54 ZERO BUDGET HEROES: THE LEGEND OF CHRIS SEAVER AND LOW-BUDGET PICTURES .............. 55 SHORT FILM SESSIONS .. 57 HOMEBAKED (AUSSIE SHORTS) ............ 58 LOVE/SICK ............................................ 60 LSD FACTORY ........................................ 61 REALITY BITES (SHORT DOCS) .............. 62 RE:ANIMATION ...................................... 63 SH!T SCARED ........................................ 64 WTF! ..................................................... 65

WELCOME

It’s with great excitement that we’re able to officially announce our return to cinemas for the first time since 2019, from the Thursday 8 – Sunday 11 September at a new location; Event Cinemas, George Street. While the venue may have changed, we can’t wait to bring the festival’s atmosphere of raucous revelry to a brand-new home and celebrate the year’s weirdest and wildest films together!

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The impact of the pandemic over the past two-years has really reinforced the importance of the arts and particularly the continued support of alternative culture. While it was a great to be able to present our festival online these past two years, we are thrilled to return to cinema and to be able to offer the opportunity for film fans to come together and experience film as intended, in darkened theatres in front of the big screen. SUFF is pleased to present a wide variety of cinematic offerings in 2022. There’s twisted dark comedies I LOVE MY DAD, SICK OF MYSELF and THE CIVIL DEAD, fantastically wacky docs THE PEZ OUTLAW, A LIFE ON THE FARM and THE PAWNSHOP, sci-fi mind-benders DUAL and SOMETHING IN THE DIRT, exciting Oz cinema with THE LONELY SPIRITS VARIETY HOUR and PUB: THE MOVIE, high body count with BODIES BODIES BODIES and PUSSYCAKE, bugs and body horror with ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS and SWALLOWED, awesome music docs, skater flicks, art docs, found footage films and a whole bunch more! Not to mention, a tonne of incredible shorts films! Finally, closing the festival with a bang is Ana Lily Amirpour’s phantasmagoric fairy-tale MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON! In the spirit of accessibility and deeper connection, we will also be presenting a digital component to the festival from Monday 12 – Sunday 25 September plus the TAKE48 screening will be at Dendy Newtown Friday 16 September, which is sure to be a riot! So, join us any way you can this September!

WELCOME TO THE 16TH EDITION OF THE SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL!

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BUY TICKETS 12-25 SEPT VIRTUAL PROGRAM ONLINE ONLY, EVENTIVE All film/session rentals ......................... $12 You can watch anything from Monday 12 - Sunday 25 September but once you start watching, you have 72 hours to finish watching. WANT TO SEE MORE FOR LESS? 5 Film Pass ......................... $45 (Save $15) 10 Film Pass ...................... $85 (Save $30) Full Pass ........................... $130 (Save $50) For more information on how to purchase your tickets, go to: suff2022.eventive.org 8-11 IN-CINEMASEPT PROGRAM EVENT CINEMAS, GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY Standard ................................................. $20 Concession ............................................. $18 Opening Night ...................................... $35 Closing Night ........................................ $25 Ticket prices include GST and booking fee of $1.50 per ticket. All ticketing terms and conditions are found on the website. All sessions are unclassified 18+ unless noted otherwise. WANT TO SEE MORE FOR LESS? A 5 or 10 Film lets you watch more for only $15 or $12.50 per ticket! (Excluding opening and closing night). 5 Film Pass .............................................$75 10 Film Pass ......................................... George-Streetwww.eventcinemas.com.au/Cinema/$125 VIRTUAL | BUY TIX EVENT CINEMAS | BUY TIX

OPENING NIGHT FILM AND FESTIVAL KICK-OFF 6.00pm DRINKS AND CANAPÉS ON ARRIVAL 7.00pm WELCOME AND OPENING FILM 9.00pm AFTER PARTY, DJ JACK SHIT THUR 8 SEPT | FROM 6.00PM | EVENT CINEMAS, GEORGE ST, SYDNEY FINALLYIT'STIME TO HEAD BACK TO THE CINEMA FOR SUFF #16! We can't think of a better way to kick-off the festival, than with a pitch-black comedy! Head to the SUFF HUB onsite at Event Cinemas (next to the Candy Bar) from 6pm and while FBi DJ Jack Shit provides the tunes, enjoy a complimentary beer or wine on arrival and canapés. Then from 7pm, head to the cinema with our MC Jay Katz and get ready to laugh, cry and squirm! PAGE 10 OPENING NIGHT

“Hilarious cringe to the max anchored by genuinely terrific performances from Patton Oswalt and James Morosini.” - Robert Kojder Flickering Myth OPENING NIGHT PAGE INTERNATIONAL11 PREMIEREI LOVE MY DAD Dir. James Morosini | USA | 2022 | 96 mins After taking home the Grand Jury Prize & Audience Choice Award at this year’s SXSW, the darkly hilarious I LOVE MY DAD is finally coming to the big screen in Australia for its International IndependentPremiere! filmmaker and actor James Morosini (whose actorcasttoLOVEaward-winninglifeusedtoTHREESOMETHINGmicro-budgetplayedcriticalacclaimin2018),hisown,bizarrereal-experiencestowritethescriptforIMYDADandmanagedputtogetheranincredibleincludinglegendaryandcomedianPatton

Oswalt, along with the always entertaining Rachel Dratch and Claudia Sulewski (in what is sure to be a starmaking turn). The film is a sidesplitting ride as we follow Chuck (Oswalt), a hopelessly estranged father who desperately wants to reconnect with his troubled son, Franklin (Morosini). Blocked on social media and concerned for his son’s life, Chuck impersonates a waitress online and starts checking in with Franklin. But things begin to spiral when Franklin falls for this imaginary girl (Sulewski) and wants nothing more than to meet her in person, as Chuck has inadvertently catfished his own son. This is DEFINITELY the kind of film that was made to be enjoyed in-cinema. It will have you cringing between bouts of raucous laughter. This is also the rare kind of film that balances great emotional sensitivity with its surprisingly affecting story. Don't miss securing your tickets to the opening night of SUFF 2022!

Closing night is always a blast and we have a wickedly subversive treat in store! Join us for a drink at the SUFF HUB before the film, then collect your complimentary icecream at the door and be transported to the lurid streets of New Orleans with writer/ director Ana Lily Amirpour’s mind-bending, fantasy thriller MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON! INTERNATIONALAUDIENCEHOMEBAKEDCHOICEAWARDAUSTRALIANRENEGADESHORTFILMAWARDRENEGADESHORTFILMAWARD THE SUFF DEAD OSCARS SUN 11 SEPT | FROM 6.00PM | EVENT CINEMAS, GEORGE ST, SYDNEY CLOSING NIGHT FILM AND CELEBRATION Handmade awards by Sydney Glass Artist Mark Wotherspoon PAGE 12 CLOSING NIGHT

MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON

| 2021 | USA | 86 mins OFFICIAL ROTTERDAMINTERNATIONALSELECTIONFILMFESTIVAL2022 NSW PREMIERE AGES 18+ OFFICIAL FESTIVALFESTIVALVENICESELECTIONFILM2021OPENINGNIGHTSITGESFILM2022 “With its

For most of her life, Mona Lisa Lee has been institutionalised –straitjacketed and nearly catatonic. But under the influence of a blood moon, she decides to break free, finally tapping into her supernatural ability to control human minds. Escaping into New Orleans’ French Quarter, she must figure out how to survive in a world she doesn’t understand, and no-one can stand in her way. Starring a ferociously bewitching Jeon Jong-seo, Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour’s (A Girl Walks Home at Night) new film explodes onto the screen with her trademark bold visual stylings and twists on genre. Soaked in neon, New Orleans is imbued with a carnivalesque feel that is matched by its kooky inhabitants, including a stripper (played with trashy relish by Kate Hudson) who exploits Mona Lisa’s talents for financial gain and the dogged cop (an unusually straight-faced Craig Robinson) hot on the escapee’s trail. A hostile world, dark humour, odd pairings, superpowers – this subversive horror-comedy thrill ride inspired by your beloved 80s fantasyadventure movies will have you hypnotised. Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour

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PAGE 14 TAKE48 FILM CHALLENGE TAKE48 FILM TAKE48 is a filmmaking challenge that dares you to battle against the clock, creating a film from start to finish over an intense and exciting 48 hours! To spice things up, all films must include the mystery item and line of dialogue, which is revealed as the challenge begins. Interstate and international participation is welcome through our online portals, so you don't have to be in Sydney to participate! WE CAN'T WAIT TO KICK-OFF ANOTHER YEAR OF TAKE48! FRI 16 SEPT | FROM 7.00PM | DENDY CINEMA, NEWTOWN You also have the chance to see your film screen at a special SUFF TAKE48 event on FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2022 at DENDY CINEMAS, NEWTOWN! All submissions are watched by the TAKE48 and SUFF crew, with the best films being chosen and curated to screen. CHALLENGE DATES | FRI 19 AUG - SUN 21 AUG TAKE48 2022 will run from 7.00pm, Friday 19 August to 7.00pm, Sunday 21 August (AEST time). REGISTERNOWAT TAKE48.COM.AU/2022

TAKE48 FILM CHALLENGE PAGE 15 PRIZES We have some amazing prize packs up for grabs for this year’s winners – you can check them out in more detail at www. take48.com.au/2022. A big thank you to our prize partners for making this possible - Maxon, RENTaCAM Sydney, Digital Pigeon, Final Draft and Rode. VALUEDPRIZESWINAT $11,000 CHALLENGE

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FEATURES

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After discovering a hidden stash of powerful hallucinogenic worms, Roscoe, a maintenance man for a seedy motel, follows a path of self-destruction through the alleyways of Chicago. Guided by visions of a giant floating Worm, he encounters Benny, a moped enthusiast trying to manifest a baby from an inanimate sex doll. Together, they fall in love with doing worms before embarking on a euphoric, hallucinatory odyssey of sex and Aviolence.microbudget flick with a vastly creative design and twisted story, Alex Phillips’ debut feature ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS is a squirmy trip into the depths of arthouse horror cinema. A cavalcade of upcoming performers, as flamboyant and daring as John Waters’ dreamlanders, bring a vibrating excess to their wormhead characters. Inspired by Cassavetes and Hennenlotter, Phillips delivers a wriggling, drug-induced creature feature nightmare, TRAINSPOTTING meets BRAIN DAMAGE with a dash of UndergroundVIDEODROME.filmmaking at its best for a ride to hell. Become one with the dirt! Realise your full potential! Nothing is real and everything is permitted.

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ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS Dir. Alex Phillips | 2022 | USA | 71 mins | AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

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PREMIERE “A terrific privilege.”entitlementeviscerationhorror-comedyofTikTok-eraandrich,Gen-Z–ThePlaylist FRI 9 SEPT | 7.00pm | CINEMA 9 FEATURES PAGE 19 OFFICIAL FILMINTERNATIONALMELBOURNESELECTIONFESTIVAL2022 OFFICIALSXSWSELECTION2022 OFFICIAL LONDONSELECTIONFILMFESTIVAL2022 OFFICIAL SUNDANCESELECTION2022

A bloody, wildly funny Gen-Z horror-comedy that remixes CLUELESS, SCREAM and MEAN GIRLS for the digital age. Sophie (Amandla Stenberg, The Hunger Games) and new girlfriend Bee (Maria Bakalova, breakout star of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) arrive at the suburban mansion owned by the out-of-town parents of David (Pete Davidson, Saturday Night Live). They join their drug-taking, rich-kid friends – including toxic truth-teller Jordan and neurotic, self-deprecating Sarah – who decide to play a game of ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’, a murder-in-thedark-style lark to pass the time while they’re stuck without wi-fi. But when someone actually dies, the party spirals into a savage, hilarious web of paranoia and blame. A smash hit out of SXSW, this whip-smart horror-comedy from Dutch director Halina Reijn, working from a story conceived by ‘Cat Person’ author Kristen Roupenian, has the entitlement of Gen-Z brats locked squarely in its sights. Mixing the classic whodunnit with reality-show sass, Hollywood teen-flick wit and ‘For You’ Page mania, Reijn’s English-language debut is deliriously funny, anxietyinducing and instantly quotable. 95 mins NSW

BODIES, BODIES, BODIES Dir. Halina Reijn | 2022 | USA |

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Spoken-word poet Wally (Lesley Smith) is a queer woman who sympathizes with her straight girlfriends’ struggle to meet reliable, non-violent men. News of non-consensual incidents with a particular guy—a popular chef in the neighbourhood— makes the women want to exact revenge on violent men. Wally has her own dating woes, but after a successful night with Lou (Kathleen Dorian), she impulsively attacks the chef in question. She’s exhilarated by the rush of violence and the power she wields; seduced and fuelled by the women who applaud the mystery attacker. Reports sent to her anonymous tip line enforce the urge to attack men behind numerous assaults. When she enlists her lover Lou as backup and suspects her sister may be in an abusive relationship, Wally’s intense need for power and vengeance may jeopardize everything. Dir. Tara Thorne | 2022 | CANADA | 81 mins talking about women’s power, and end violence women.” Carolyn Mauricette

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Dale Domazar (Ry Barrett) is a washed-up private investigator and “cult-buster” whose last cult bust resulted in a mass suicide. Kallie Jones (Liv Collins) is a realtor who needs to control everything. With her husband Brad (Justin Bott) sleepwalking through life, Kallie is certain a stay at Master Jagori’s (Tony Burgess) retreat for men will help their marriage. But when Brad extends his stay against Kallie’s wishes, she suspects he’s been indoctrinated into a cult and calls Dale for help. This moment couldn’t have come at a better time, giving Dale a chance to redeem himself with this “Karen” lite, and—you guessed it—mayhem ensues, especially when they discover Master Jagori’s sinister plan. HERO Dir. Jesse Thomas Cook | 2022 | CANADA | 94 mins

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"The screenplay is filled with witty one-liners and nonsequiturs. But the writing isn’t only funny, it’s also very clever. While the best word to describe Cult Hero might be ‘fun,’ it isn’t just superficial entertainment. The film’s narrative concern with cults – and people who are trying to find some kind of meaning and belonging in these groups – is also its thematic preoccupation." Culture Mag

In his latest provocation and most eccentric premise yet, satire master Riley Stearns (The Art of Self-Defense, SUFF 2019) asks: if you had to duel your own clone to the death, would you win? Starring as Sarah alongside hilarious Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) as madcap sensei Trent. Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) is Sarah, a woman who learns she is dying of a rare illness and agrees to undergo a cloning procedure that will create a “replacement” for her when she’s gone. It will look just like her, and Sarah’s last days will be spent teaching her double how to replace her. But after nearly a year of watching this alternate version insinuate herself into her life, Sarah’s mysterious illness completely vanishes. When she tries to have her clone decommissioned, it refuses to be terminated, and exercises its right to challenge her to a duel to the death, which will be broadcast for a popular TV show. Straddling a line between savage deadpan satire and highconcept storytelling, Stearns takes us on a sci-fi journey into the ways a catastrophic lifechange can force reconsideration of one’s entire existence. Gillan delivers two hilarious performances, and Aaron Paul’s crazy supporting turn as Sarah’s personal combat trainer just adds to the ruthless, deeply cynical, and jet-black humor of this darkly off-kilter comedy.

DUAL Dir. Riley Stearns | 2022 | USA | 94 mins | NSW PREMIERE OFFICIAL FILMINTERNATIONALMELBOURNESELECTIONFESTIVAL2022 OFFICIAL SUNDANCESELECTIONFILMFESTIVAL2022 FRI 9 SEPT | 7.30pm | CINEMA 10 SAT 10 SEPT | 7.30pm | CINEMA 9 PAGE 22 FEATURES

Drawing from her background in dance and theatre arts, rising indie filmmaker Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please) invites us to a Primetime Saturday Night Network Television Spectacular! A delightful, cringe-comedyhorror-tingedthatwould be perfectly at home on late-night Adult Swim, GIVE ME PITY! is a satirical send-up of American television—complete with musical numbers, commercial breaks, thematic segments and a melting, analogue video aesthetic mined for all its psychedelic potential. Embodied by Sophie Von Haselberg’s spectacular performance in the lead role, Kramer’s daring monologue confirms a rare talent for words. Here is an extravagant “hour of television” composed with exquisite wit and intelligence, doubling as a thorough takedown of noxious, showbiz expectations— performance of gender, of beauty, of success—that cast a long shadow on women’s limelight. GIVE ME PITY! Dir. Amanda Kramer | 2022 | USA | 80 mins | NSW PREMIERE OFFICIAL FILMINTERNATIONALMELBOURNESELECTIONFESTIVAL2022 OFFICIAL FILMINTERNATIONALROTTERDAMSELECTIONFESTIVAL2022 OFFICIAL FANTASIASELECTIONFILMFESTIVAL2022 “A singular vision for audiences with a taste for lurid cinematic mischiefmaking. - Wendy Ide, SCREEN DAILY SAT 10 SEPT | 1.00pm | CINEMA 10 FEATURES PAGE 23

LANDLOCKED Dir. Paul Owens | 2021 | USA | 74 mins ONLINE ONLY | MON 12 - SUN 25 SEPT PAGE 24 FEATURES Summoned to his soon-to-be demolished childhood home, Mason discovers an old VHS camera that can see into the past, driving him to record as many memories as possible before the doomed house is destroyed. Utilising the director’s actual home movies, filming in his now-dilapidated childhood home and casting real-life family members to play fictionalised versions of other.sci-fiandLandLockedthemselves,combinesnarrativedocumentarywithhorrorandtocreateamovieunlikeany OFFICIAL FILMUNDERGROUNDBOSTONSELECTIONFESTIVAL2021 OFFICIAL SELECTION SAN INDEPENDENTFRANCISCOFILMFESTIVAL2022 OFFICIAL SELECTION SYDNEYFESTIVALFICTONSCIENCEFILM2022 “Paul Owens has crafted the most strikingly original debut feature since Donnie -Darko.”Simon Foster, Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival "...a family affair of passion and DIY ingenuity exemplifiesthatthe power of a new cinematic voice. " - CineNiche

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1997, Mons, Belgium. The “Butcher”, one of Europe’s most notorious serial killers, strikes and abruptly vanishes. He leaves behind him no clues other than a trail of trash bags, bits and scraps of femme-flesh in ruin, sole testimony to his brutal killings. Born in blood and rage, his offspring, Martha (Eline Schumacher) and Felix (Benjamin Ramon), must carry on with their gruesome heritage. They take over his eternal wrath and, through agony and revenge, fall into the realm of absolute darkness. Prolific filmmaker Karim Ouelhaj delivers his fourth feature, and by far the most savage. His sharp examination of societal anguish blends into this genre-adoring film that no horror devotee would dare to miss. A visceral film about the torture of madness that blurs the line between victims and executioners. Carried by the breathtaking performance of lead actor Eline Schumacher and her descent into insanity, the film digs deep into one of Belgium’s deepest traumas, the real-life sordid story of the Mons Butcher. The film is a nightmare of mystical violence anchored in the reality of female persecution and gender-based abuse, a radical yet subtly nuanced take on the evil of patriarchy and its undying legacy. – Celia Pouzet Dir. Karim Ouelhaj 100 mins

MEGALOMANIAC

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"Executed with stunning visual composition, a powerful pulsing score, and production design to die for, Megalomaniac is an impressive creation. It’s not one you’ll soon forget." ihorror.com

In this boldly bleak tragicomedy from rising star Jerrod Carmichael, two best friends decide today will be the day to end their lives. Val is sick of life. He hates his job, and freaks out when he learns his girlfriend is pregnant. The one person who gets him is his traumatised best friend Kevin, who’s currently in hospital after a suicide attempt; now, Val breaks Kevin out and convinces him they should both go out with a bang. But only after a day that’s part reminiscence and part reckoning: Val wants to confront his abusive dad, while Kevin seeks revenge on the child psychiatrist who abused him. Of all days, though, why must everything go pear-shaped today? On the Count of Three is a carefully calibrated feature debut, delicately tackling its dark themes and ensuring its humour offers dimension over derision.

ON THE COUNT OF THREE Dir. Jerrod Carmichael | 2021 | CANADA | 86 mins NSW PREMIERE “(The) most nihilistic of buddy comedies is unexpectedly lifeaffirming.” - MIFF

“The film is so skillful at navigating the difficult topic at its center, you will almost miss the clever and necessary things it has to say about gun control, race, or even homosexuality.”

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Directed by cult underground horror filmmaker Chad Ferrin (The Deep Ones, Exorcism at 60,000 Feet, Parasites, Someone's Knocking at the Door, Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!, Tales from the Crapper and Night Caller).

“The film bridges reality and elements of the classic horrorfilm genre. In addition to the genius effects of Joe Castro, real blood was shed in the making of this extraordinary little film."

PIG KILLER Dir. Chad Ferrin | 2022 | USA | 120 mins PREMIERE

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Based on the terrifying story of Robert 'Willy' Pickton, the pig farmer cum prolific lady killer whose horrific crimes shocked the Withworld.hisherculean hog, Balthazar, by his side, Willy (Jack Busey) and his menagerie of colourful cohorts terrorised Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for almost two decades until his 2002 arrest that uncovered the most bizarre series of murders Canada has ever seen. In chilling detail, the sometimes darkly humorous PIG KILLER spins a tale of true-crime terror, sheathed in sadism and splattered in gore, as it graphically depicts Pickton's felonious farmhouse of torture and slaughter. This portrait of a reclusive, pig-farming serial killer is not one you will soon forget.

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- Kate Patel, Producer of Pig Killer

“PussyCake is a wild and crazy ride that delivers all the bloody goods.” - Brandon Hill, Cinedigm OFFICIAL

The Argentinean gorefest PUSSYCAKE carries a reverence for many of the eighties classics we so love — especially Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead — and promises monsters, interdimensional journeys, kickass music, and of course, lots and lots of gore! In this pure, uncut Midnighter fodder, that’s absolutely frantic, manic, and off the wall, a struggling all-girl rock band kicks off a new tour, hoping to rekindle their popularity. But when they catch the attention of horrors from beyond our reality, the band realizes that being forgotten by their fans is the least of their problems.

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PUSSYCAKE Dir. Pablo Parés | 2021 ARGENTINA | 82 mins AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Starting out as an aggressive delinquent, a young man nicknamed Rhino works his way up the criminal hierarchy in the 1990’s Ukraine. But navigating through post- Soviet times in a cutthroat society does not come without sacrifices. With nothing left to lose, will he finally find a chance at redemption? Director Oleh, the Internationally awardwinning Ukrainian film maker, Sentsov was arrested during the 2014 annexation of Crimea and unlawfully sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. While in prison, he received the European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. He was finally released in 2019, after massive International pressure including from the global film community. Rhino was his first feature after his release and he is now serving at the front lines in Ukraine’s defence for freedom against russia’s genocidal war.

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Thanks to WestEnd Films, Ivan & Lily Semciw, Knysh & Associates, Dorosh Heritage Tours & the Embassy of Ukraine in Australia.

This special charity screening of Rhino to be opened by His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia followed by a unique interview with Sensov at front line of the war alongside Julian Kynsh (guest programmer for SUFF). (NOSORIH)

Dir. OleH Sentsov 2021 UKRAINE 96 mins gangland post-Soviet Ukraine."

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An outrageously dark, funny and painfully relatable satire brimming with crippling narcissism, Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli’s second feature (SUFF screened his first unforgettable DRIB in 2017) packs a visceral punch with his unromantic comedy about the relationship between the needy Signe (Ninjababy’s Kristine Kujath Thorp) and her equally self-absorbed artist boyfriend Thomas (Erik Sæther) to hilarious extremes. With their relationship seemingly based on mutual loathing and one-up-manship, Signe is cut down when Thomas finds a modicum of success with his artistic installations of stolen chairs. Desperate to wrestle the spotlight back for herself, Signe impulsively abuses a banned pharmaceutical with dangerous side effects in the hope of getting sick enough to garner the sympathy she so craves.

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Michael McDonnell SICK OF MYSELF Dir. Kristoffer Borgli 2022 | NORWAY | 95 mins NSW

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Hot on the heels of their Marvel debut directing episodes of Moon Knight and Loki, filmmaking duo powerhouse Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return to their kitchen-sink roots with a DIY sci-fi Aboutmind-bender.toskip town for good, Levi holes up in a decrepit Los Angeles apartment for what he assumes will be a short stay as he sorts his stuff out. Instead, he meets and soon clicks with long-time resident John. When the pair start witnessing weird things in Levi’s lounge room, they hatch a get-rich-quick plan to film the phenomena and sell their footage to Netflix. Much as they did in The Endless (SUFF 2017), Benson and Moorhead direct, produce, edit and star in Something in the Dirt.

Set almost entirely within Levi’s apartment, against the backdrop of a semi-apocalyptic, fire-ravaged LA, the film is a COVID chamber piece of sorts. As it digs into its characters’ increasingly wild, conspiracy-fuelled psyches, it also offers a blackly comic take on filmmaking itself via a highly meta, mockumentary framework. It’s deliberately chaotic and loopy, like its protagonists’ unspooling brains, but through it all, Benson and Moorhead’s off-screen friendship imbues their onscreen IDs with a lived-in likeability – even as they spiral further towards delusion and possible doom. Dir. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead 2022 USA

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Set in a remote township on the border of Maine and Canada, Benjamin and his Dom are headed for the lights and promises of the city of angels, with the dream of Ben becoming a professional porn performer. Attempting to earn some quick cash, they meet up with Alice (Jena Malone - The Hunger Games, The Neon Demon, Lorelei SUFF 2021). Smuggling drugs across the borders is no easy task. One does not become a mule overnight… though our two friends are “persuaded” by Alice to swallow up those little bags, and boy, that’s only the beginning of their troubles. 2022 USA 92 Celia Pouzet Terry Mesnard, DREADFUL

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Shyamalan decided to remake Ghost and you have THE CIVIL DEAD, one of the best independent films of the year! OFFICIAL FESTIVALFLORIDASELECTIONFILM2022OFFICIAL SLAMDANCESELECTIONFILMFESTIVAL2022 THE CIVIL DEAD Dir. Clay Tatum | 2022 | USA | 103 mins AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE “The Civil Dead couples its naturalistic storytelling with a visual style that captures the beauty of the mundane" – Film Cred "The deep, dark, and delicious finale is a marvelous payoff" – Film Threat SAT 10 SEPT | 5.30pm | CINEMA 9 SUN 11 SEPT | 4.15pm | CINEMA 11 FEATURES PAGE 33

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A misanthropic, struggling photographer just wants to watch TV and eat candy while his wife is out of town, but when a desperate old pal resurfaces, his plans are thwarted, with spooky consequences. Writer/ Director/Actor Clay Tatum and Co-writer and actor Whitmer Thomas present an absurdist plot with understated (but very, very funny) comedy that deals with psychological themes such as friendship, the dynamics of marriage, and betrayal. the independent the year. The Night

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An existential mishmash of Spike Milligan and Jacques Tati with Aussie flair, this is absurdist comedy at its weirdest and most charming.

This adaptation of Nitin Vengurlekar’s lauded stage show of the same name is a rare gem of independent local filmmaking. Starring Vengurlekar as Chakraborty/Umbrellaman –reprising the role he also played onstage – the film builds on the warped whimsy of award-winning director Platon Theodoris’s debut feature Alvin’s Harmonious World of Opposites (SUFF 2015), enabling him to stake a claim as one of the country’s most distinctive and curious filmmakers. The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour is a hilarious, wonderfully weird delight.

THE LONELY SPIRITS VARIETY HOUR Dir. Platon Theodoris | 2022 | AUSTRALIA | 77 mins NSW PREMIERE + Q&A WITH DIRECTOR PLATON THEODORIS AND THE CAST & CREW! OFFICIAL FILMFILMINTERNATIONALMELBOURNESELECTIONFESTIVAL2022OFFICIALSELECTIONREVERLATIONINTERNATIONALFESTIVAL2022 SAT 10 SEPT | 3.30pm | CINEMA 9 PAGE 34 FEATURES

Neville Umbrellaman is a verbose, velvet-voiced intellectual who hosts a late-night radio show from his parents’ garage. The alter ego of Rabindranath Chakraborty, Umbrellaman is deeply committed to the program, a labour of love and fantastical fancy that masks deeper, more tragic truths. Luckily, he’s got plenty of eccentric guests to help him out, from folk singer Kenneth Wong and Terry the neighbour to French baker Yvette and Chakraborty’s secret crush, Sabrina D’Angelo. But is anybody tuning in?

Mr Toomey obsessively tears paper to control his childhood monsters, but when he wakes mid-flight to Boston to find most of the other passengers disappeared, he must confront the paper nightmare which threaten to rip everything apart. A classic Stephen King miniseries is re-envisioned in this radical collage experiment by Greek director, Aristotelis Maragkos: A group of passengers aboard a routine flight to Boston wake up to find themselves alone on the plane. Things get even worse when they land and find a dead world, empty of all other human life. Unfortunately, one of the passengers, Craig Toomey is having a mental breakdown -which summons the mysterious creatures known as the MrLangoliers.Toomey has an important business meeting in Boston, but he dreads the thought of arriving. The only relief from the screams of his father in his traumatic dreams of childhood, is obsessively tearing paperripping it into strips. When he wakes on his flight, there seems to have been a tear in reality as most of the other passengers have vanished. When the survivors land, the airport is eerily empty of life, like a blank page. Something is coming to rip this weird paper purgatory of the mind apart: Monsters only Mr Toomey can confront.

THE TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY Dir. Aristotelis Maragkos | 2021 GREECE/UNITED KINGDOM | 63 mins ONLINE ONLY | MON 12 - SUN 25 SEPT OFFICIAL AUSTRALIAFILMFANTASTICSELECTIONFESTIVAL2022 FEATURES PAGE 35

In the year 2023, following the death of Randy Rose, the lead singer of The Residents, his son Randy Junior discovers that his father’s ashes have been stolen and listed for sale on eBay by a mysterious culprit. While investigating, Junior discovers the footage for the group’s unfinished feature film Vileness Fats in a foot locker in his mother’s basement.

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"Triple Trouble and the path leading to its completion was long – 50 years – and unusually convoluted, with some of the obstacles also serving as inspiration. The first and primary stimulus came from The Residents’ unfinished wannabe masterpiece, Vileness Fats. If you haven’t seen it, immediately go to YouTube and search for “Vileness Fats" and you’ll see what I mean. There’s nothing else quite like it." by Homer Flynn of The Cryptic Corporation, the record label behind legendary art Residents Homer Flynn | 2022 | USA | 94 mins Residents willingness to take chances, stretch credibility has been a constant source of inspiration for me for 50 years. I can only hope for fifty Homer Flynn

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Inhabiting the fringes of Modesto, California, in the toxic haze of the 1980’s, we meet Red, a young runaway who returns to her hometown to track down her wayward father. As she wanders the streets selling stolen drugs to finance her next move, she reflects on her early teen life by reading a journal that she finds in her old Co-writtenbedroom.byAustralian avantgarde director Courtin-Wilson, WARM BLOOD marks the feature debut of Sant’ssuper-8thebeganCoanCharnoskiskater-turned-filmmakerandhisproducer“Buddy”Nichols.ThepairmakingDIYskatefilmsinlate90sandshotthedreamysequencesforGusVanParanoidPark. Shot on 16mm film by renowned cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt (Emma, Night Moves) and nine years in the making, WARM BLOOD is a politically subversive, raw, searing collage of sound, narrative, documentary and trash B movie meta narratives, which paints an evocative portrait of an underseen American underclass. WARM BLOOD Dir. Rick Charnoski | 2022 | UNITED STATES/NEW ZEALAND | 86 mins | NSW PREMIERE “Nobly transgressive … Feels like a lost piece of cinema from the No Wave era that reveled in the New York underground, only relocated to NorCal.” – The Moveable Fest SAT 10 SEPT | 5.00pm | CINEMA 11 FEATURES PAGE 37 OFFICIAL FILMINTERNATIONALMELBOURNESELECTIONFESTIVAL2022

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community members, and associates, as well as appearances from

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is a fascinating and laugh-out-loud documentary about one man’s creativity, the wonder of found video recordings, and life on the farm. OFFICIAL FILMUNDERGROUNDCALGARYSELECTIONFESTIVAL2022 A LIFE ON THE FARM Dir. Oscar Harding | 2022 | UK | 75 mins NSW REMIERE + Q&A WITH PRODUCER DOMINIK PLATON “A must-see documentary that is at times disturbing, but ultimately heartwarming.” - Filmink “Quirky perfection” - Documentary Drive OFFICIAL FILMREVELATIONSELECTIONPERTHINTERNATIONALFESTIVAL2022 SUN 11 SEPT | 12.45pm | CINEMA 10

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When filmmaker Oscar Harding's grandfather passed away, his family inherited an extraordinary video tape - a feature-length home movie from neighbour Charles Carson, which can best be described as "Monty Python meets The Texas Chainsaw ButMassacre".there's so much more to the man than his bizarre videos - Charles was an inventor, an outsider artist, a farmer, and a unique figure. Laced from friends, Derrick Beckles (TV Carnage) and Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher (The Found Footage Film Farm

DOCUMENTARIES PAGE 41 A scrappy sensational sideshow revival act playing Seattle dive bars suddenly launches into the big time, riding the same wave that brought grunge rock crashing into mainstream culture. This microbudget documentary follows the infamous Jim Rose Circus Sideshow on a relentless and controversial world tour. Sold out audiences gape in horror and howl with laughter, but behind-the-scenes, inner struggles and battles with their maniacal hype master push the troupe ever closer to an early implosion. OFFICIAL FILMUNDERGROUNDCALGARYSELECTIONFESTIVAL2022 CIRCUS OF THE SCARS: THE INSIDER ODYSSEY OF THE JIM ROSE CIRCUS SIDESHOW Dir. Chicory Wees | 2022 | USA | 95 mins | AUS PREMIERE ONLINE ONLY | MON 12 - SUN 25 SEPT Why did Slug the Sword Swallower choose to tattoo his entire body and become The Enigma? Why did the young Torture King stick pins into his arms in grade school? Why did the eccentric pharmacist from Montana leave his pharmacyhigh-payingjobtohave his stomach pumped nightly? And what inspired the Amazing Mister Lifto to lift two steam irons from his...?

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EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE Dir. Marc Shaffer | 2021 | USA | 88 mins PREMIERE SELECTION PALM FILMINTERNATIONALSPRINGSFESTIVAL2022

Exposing Muybridge tells the story of coursecamera.changedEadweard19th-centurytrailblazingphotographerMuybridge,whotheworldwithhisMuybridgesettheforthedevelopment of cinema when he became the first photographer to capture something moving faster than the human eye can see--Leland Stanford's galloping horses. He also produced a sprawling and spectacular landscape catalog, ranging from Alaska to Central America, Utah to California. Artful, resilient, selfish, naive, eccentric, deceitful--Muybridge is a complicated, imperfect man and his story drips with ambition and success, loss and betrayal, near death experiences and even murder. "The machine cannot lie," Stanford declared of Muybridge's pioneering motion images. But what about the photographer? More than a century after his death, Muybridge's photographs have never ceased to seduce cutting-edge artists, scientists, innovators, and general viewers alike. Narrated by Gary Oldman.

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In 2008, Natasha, a newly rich woman, decides to open an independent TV station in Russia and builds an open-minded team of outcasts. By 2020, Natasha has lost everything to Russia's war between Propaganda and TenTruth.turbulent years behind the scenes at Russian TV channel Dozhd, following its flamboyant founder, Natasha Sindeeva. What starts as a lifestyle channel ‘for normal people’ becomes one of Russia’s few independent news broadcasters. And also one of Vladimir Putin’s loudest rivals – with all the dangers involved. From a partying socialite who doesn’t even vote, Natasha Sindeeva becomes a determined force opposing Putin’s autocracy. Slowly but surely, Dozhd’s reporting on subjects such as the situation in Ukraine and the downing of the MH17 plane, puts the channel further and further at odds with Putin. Sindeeva and her co-workers are threatened, intimidated, censored and evicted from their studios. And when Dozhd is branded a ‘foreign agent’ by the government, the problems enter a whole new phase. Dir. Vera Krichevskaya 2021 88

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Shot over the course of four years, Swiss film-maker Susanne Regina Meures’ documentary GIRL GANG is fascinating and disturbing in equal measure. The film follows Leonie, a teen influencer who lives on the outskirts of Berlin. She’s got a million followers and counting, and hordes of adoring fans. But the pressure to produce content is massive and she begins to struggle. Seeing economical potential in her internet stardom, her parents fire her agent and step into the role of full-time managers. As Leonie ventures into the perils of puberty, her parents are suddenly faced with a difficult situation: to protect Leonie from the dangers of the internet as parents should or push her to work as her manager. This is a modern fairy tale about cyber-servitude, a girl with more followers than friends as she tries to strike a balance between the pressures of popularity, the murky role of parent/manager and child and branding herself within a new technological and financial system that will ultimately swallow its young.

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Dunstan Bruce (the lead singer of Chumbawamba) is 59 and he's struggling with the fact that the world seems to be going to hell in a handcart He is angry and frustrated. How does a middleaged, retired radical, who feels invisible get back up again? You will remember the song but did you know Chumbawamba had been an anarchist U.K. band for 15 years before “Tubthumping” invaded the airwaves (and every drunken pub singalong) in 1997. They had been playing and releasing aggressive political punk rock and touring the world before that song topped charts across the globe. In this film, Chumbawamba singer Dunstan Bruce aims to set the record straight on the band and their experience with the mainstream.

“It’s at its best when it’s organically interrogating how punk rock ages in a way that feels vulnerable and true. We all get knocked down. The question is how many times we can get back up again in our lives.” - Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

A thought-provoking and quirky look at how to change consumerist culture from inside the beast, I Get Knocked Down is also a personal story of one man reflecting on his wild past and his enduring quest to make a difference as one gets older in a culture continuously obsessed with the new. Dir. Dunstan Bruce, Sophie Robinson | 2022 UK

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What began as a straightforward documentary about the cult rock band King Crimson as it turned 50, mutated into an exploration of time, death, family, and the transcendent power of music to change lives. But with jokes. The documentary explores the unique creative environment of King Crimson, one in which freedom and responsibility conspire to place extraordinary demands on the band's members - only alleviated by the applause of an audience whose adoration threatens to make their lives even harder. It's a rewarding and perilous space in which the extraordinary is possible, nothing is certain, and not everyone survives intact.

OFFICIAL FILMREVELATIONSELECTIONPERTHINTERNATIONALFESTIVAL2022OFFICIAL20222SXSWSELECTION IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING Dir. Toby Amies | 2021 | UK | 86 mins NSW PREMIERE “One of the finest rock documentaries I’ve ever seen.” - Kyle Smith National Review SUN 11 SEPT | 2.45pm | CINEMA 10 PRESENTED BY

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DOCUMENTARIES PAGE 47 The definitive story of one of the most influential and important comic book creators of all time. When comic book creator Mike Mignola created Hellboy, he unleashed a visionary comic book character and launched an entire universe populated by unique heroes and creatures, misfits and monsters. Demonakos and Hanna’s revealing documentary takes the viewer into the world of the artist including legendaryinterviewsnever-before-seenconductedwiththecreatorathisstudio, drawing demonstrations, behindthe-scenes footage from comic book conventions, and so much Featuringmore. in-depth interviews with Mignola alongside appearances from the likes of Patton Oswalt, Guillermo del Toro, Neil Gaiman, Rebecca Sugar and Victor LaValle, Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters is a film for fans of the Hellboy universe and the Hellboy movies, but more than this, it’s a film for anyone interested in creativity and the imagination. OFFICIAL FILMREVELATIONSELECTIONPERTHINTERNATIONALFESTIVAL2022 OFFICIAL FESTIVALFRIGHTSPOPCORNSELECTIONFILM2022 MIKE DRAWINGMIGNOLA-MONSTERS Dir. Jim Demonakos & Kevin Konrad Hanna | 2022 | USA | 98 mins NSW PREMIERE "A delightful and skillfully crafted documentary that perfectly encapsulates Mignola’s work. Even if you have only a slight grasp of comic books and who Mignola is, I encourage you to seek the film out." - Brant Lewis Slay Away ONLINE ONLY | MON 12 - SUN 25 SEPT

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Nightclubbing is the first-ever documentary about the renowned New York City nightclub Max's Kansas City (1965-1981) which made an indelible impact on the worlds of music, fashion, art, culture and the creation of the city’s punk rock scene. Delve into the history of Max's and its famous back room, where you would find everyone from Andy Warhol, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground to David Bowie, Iggy Pop and the New York Dolls. Anything went at Max's and sex and drugs weren’t only commonplace in the bathrooms, but in the entire club. Max’s was also an early safe haven for the city’s LGBTQ crowd including Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis. With unique archival footage and exclusive interviews, NIGHTCLUBBING features rare and unseen footage of Iggy & The Stooges, New York Dolls, Sid Vicious and Wayne/ Jayne County as well as classic footage from Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers.

NIGHTCLUBBING: THE BIRTH OF PUNK ROCK IN NYC

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"The scuzziness, excitement and history-making music of 70s club Max’s Kansas City thunders through Danny Garcia’s nostalgic documentary... those were the days." The Gaurdian Dir. DANNY GARCIA | 2022 | SPAIN | 80 mins AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

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George Gittoes who has spent the last 50 years covering wars as an artist, filmmaker and photographer turns his attention to the US and spends three years on May Block, the epicentre of gun violence. The situation gets too real when three of the characters are killed during filming. Between January and October 2021 there were 700-gun deaths and 3,766 woundings, doubling the casualty figures of 2018, when filming began.

WINNER BEST FILMDOCUMENTARYMELBOURNEDOCUMENTARYFESTIVAL2022 NO BAD GUYS HAUNTED

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Englewood in Southside Chicago began to be called Chiraq when there were more deaths reported there, annually, than US soldiers killed in the combined wars of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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for an

SUN 11 SEPT | 1.30pm | CINEMA 11

No Bad Guys is an intimate and immersive,character-based film following the lives of both the gun-carrying perpetrators and the bereaved families of the victims. When asked “Who are the Bad Guys doing this to you?” the repeated answer is “There are no Good Buys of Bad Guys–it is other guys on other blocks just like us.” Everyone wants to see an end to the violence while the cycle of revenge turns relentlessly. BURQA Dir. Hellen Rose | 2022 | 15 MINS AFGHANISTAN A deep and autobiographicalmovingshort film day the life burqa Australian national. Dir. George Gittoes | 2022 USA/AUSTRALIA | 81 mins

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From the director of The Search for Weng Weng (SUFF 2014) comes a film as loud and delightfully irreverent as its subject, Fred Negro! Fred Negro is an infamous Melbourne ratbag whose role in the local music scene cannot be underestimated: a musician and artist, an impresario and familiar local barfly, a satirist and cartoonist who chronicled his beloved St Kilda as the heart of musical talent in his weekly Pub comic strip. He takes audiences through the dirty and mythic Melbourne music scene, regaling stories that also reflect on the changing face of modern cities’ role in birthing the future of music. For his new film, director Andrew Leavold works off a wealth of archival material – photos, recordings, gig videos, newspaper clippings, fanzines, fliers, TV appearances and live performances – as well as new footage of the bars and pubs of St Kilda. Featuring a line-up of music legends including Tim Rogers (You Am I), Greg Macainsh (Skyhooks), Paulie Stewart (Painters and Dockers) and many more, Pub: The Movie is not to be missed by lovers of local rock and fans of documentaries. SELECTION MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022 THE MOVIE haven’t made it in the Melbourne music industry unless you’ve appeared in Fred’s Pub strip” – Rowland Dir. Andrew Leavold | 2022 | AUSTRALIA | 105 mins NSW PREMIERE + Q&A WITH DIRECTOR ANDREW LEAVOLD AND FRED NEGRO!

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DOCUMENTARIES PAGE 51 Unlike most skateboarders of his generation, UK skate legend Sean Goff is refusing to give up. Now well into his fifties, his skills may have diminished, but his love for adrenalin hasn’t. After skating as a pro in the ‘80s, he kept on competing, sticking two fingers up at the ageing process. Now, he’s been told that another injury could permanently disable him. Sean’s response? He enters Vert Attack – a dangerous aerial contest on a terrifying 12ft high ramp. Not being able to skate is scarier than not being able to walk. This featurelength film with exclusive and unrestricted access to Sean, his family, friends and unseen 8mm archive is the story of one man’s determination to keep doing what makes him happy, even if it means risking everything. With interviews from skating legends such as Tony Hawk, it’s a meditation on getting old and ‘raging against the dying of the light’ through the lens of the skateboarding explosion of the ‘70s and ‘80s. OFFICIAL FILMUNDERGROUNDATLANTASELECTIONFESTIVAL2022 FESTIVALROCKSBRIGHTONWINNERFILM2022 OFFICIAL FILMSANTASELECTIONCRUZFESTIVAL2022 STILL STOKED ONLINE ONLY | MON 12 - SUN 25 SEPT Dir. Paul Surety | 2022 | UK | 61 mins AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

DEMANDS OF ORDINARY DEVOTION Dir. Eva Giolo | 2022 | BELGIUM/ITALY | 12 MINS Shot in 16mm, this beautiful riddle of shapes and gestures playfully celebrates both creation and labour. REAR VIEW DIR. KEATINGLULU| 2022 | CANADA | 2 MINS A view to the future through a backwards facing cameracreation and labour.

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A beautifully realised essay film comprised of amateur travelogues filmed by women in the 1920s-1950s. The film weaves between geographical essay, personal inquiry, and historical speculation, examining these films as both private documents and accidental ethnographies. The films present a new type of traveler: no longer a male seeker of conquests, she might be a divorcee on a tour of biblical gardens, or a widow on a cruise to the North Pole. Representing the world through women’s eyes, the films raise questions about female representation in the archive, the role of amateurism in early non-fiction filmmaking, and the politics of the Western gaze.

TERRA FEMME Dir. Courtney Stephens 2021 | USA | 62 mins NSW PREMIERE

BUILDING AN EDGE Dir. Britany Gunderson | 2022 | USA | 4 MINS Seeking out the edges of a landscape you've never been to, we keep finding ourselves at the centre of something. DADA SHIP Dir. Gwendolyn Audrey Foster | 2019 | 4 MINS A Dadaist time travel film. A hand-made split-screen film using the technique of disrupted stereoscopy and collage détournement of found images.

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DOCUMENTARIES PAGE 53 Black docu-comedy from the largest pawn shop in Poland. Times are tough, bankruptcy looms, but then the two choleric proprietors get a bright idea. A hilarious, heartwarming film. The humour is pitch-black and the cast a true pack of characters. You can find everything your heart desires in second-hand toasters and DVD players at the secondhand palace of the two choleric pawnbrokers, Jola and Wiesiek, who run the largest pawn shop in Poland. You can also have a sausage and a pat on the back if life is hard and your drunk husband has been a pain. But times are tough in the once bustling industrial town, and bankruptcy is looming until Jola and Wiesiek come up with a fresh idea to save the business and give the locals new hope for the town. 'The Pawnshop' is a darkly funny docu-comedy with a heart, and with moments of genuine caring. And though they snap at each other, the customers and their three young employees, the two proprietors also see fit to give a homeless man a bowl of soup and a job shovelling snow, amid all the very low-level conflicts that surround them in their surreal Wunderkammer of a shop. OFFICIAL FILMINTERNATIONALMELBOURNESELECTIONFESTIVAL2022 THE PAWNSHOP

Corporate espionage thriller. Globe-trotting heist caper. Sweet rom-com. True-crime documentary. The Pez Outlaw is all these things and more. This incredible fish-out-of-water story follows the adventures of Steve Glew, a small-town Michigan man, who boards a plane for Eastern Europe soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His mission is to locate a secret factory that holds the key to the most desired and valuable Pez dispensers. If he succeeds, he will pull his family out of debt and finally quit his job. Steve becomes the hero of his own adventure, smuggling the rarest of goods into the U.S. and making millions in the process. It was all magical, until his archnemesis, The Pezident (CEO of Pez USA) decided to destroy him.

author,fantasydramastoryre-enactments,StorkelAmyOutlaw”.becoming–forASmithexecutive-produceddocumentarybyChris(TigerKing,TheYesMen).mandesperatelysearchingmeaning,joyanddignityallofwhichhefoundupontheself-anointed“PezIngeniously,directorsBandlienStorkelandBryanhaveGlewplayhimselfinlettinghimtellhisasheseesit:aneo-noirspyandaction-packedheistthatwoulddohisfavouriteTomClancy,proud.

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“There’s something so darn charming about the low-stakes world of The Pez Outlaw … Unlike the chalky sweet Pez candy, it never leaves a bad taste in our mouths.” – /Film

THE PEZ OUTLAW

Glew emerges as a fascinating subject for this

Dir. Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel | 2022 | USA | 85 mins

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DOCUMENTARIES PAGE 55 Set against the filming of their latest effort, "Zero Budget Heroes" explores the life and times of Low Budget Pictures, an independent film group located out of western New York. With over 50 feature length "crapsterpieces" under their belt, this documentary uncovers the secrets of how this group actually works - much less exists. In the early 1990s, armed with nothing but a VHS camcorder and unabashed love for genre films, Chris Seaver has created and cultivated a dedicated fan following around the globe with such “crapsterpieces” as “Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker”, “Wet Heat”, “Filthy McNasty”, among many others. The scripts are zany, the dialogue is grotesque, the cast are not professional actors. But year after year, members of this ensemble keep coming back to do it all over again. With over 30 interviews with former and present members of the Low Budget Pictures family, including legendary B-movie actor Debbie Rochon (Tromeo & Juliet) and Hollywood screenwriter Trent Haaga (68 Kill). This doc shines a little light on these unsung heroes to show us exactly how to (or how not to) make a movie. ZERO BUDGET HEROES: THE LEGEND OF CHRIS SEAVER AND LOW-BUDGET PICTURES Dir. Zach Olivares | 2022 | USA | 105 mins AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE ONLINE ONLY | MON 12 - SUN 25 SEPT

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AGAR BURGOS, ALEX MCKENZIE, ALEX MUNT, ALISON DEBOO, ALISON MCKAY, AMIEL COURTIN-WILSON, ANASTASIIA CHERNAYA, ANDREW LEAVOLD, ANGUS CLUNIES-ROSS, ANJA DZIERSK, ASPASIA AND JAIMIE LEONARDER, AUSTIN KENNEDY, BELINDA DYER, BEN ELY, BOJANA MARIC, BRYN TILLY, CARLOS CARDENAS, CHRIS SMITH, CHRISTIAN FREI, CLAY TATUM, DANNY GARCIA, DEAN BETRAM, DENNIS IVANOV, DOMINIK PLATON, DOV KORNITS, EMMA VRANICH, FELIX HUBBLE, FRED NEGRO, FREYA VERVERIS, GEORGE GITTOES, GEORGIE ZUZAK, GILLIAN KAYROOZ, GINA RUBIANO, GREG FERRIS, HARRISON WILD, HEATHER DRAUGHTY, HELLEN ROSE, HOWARD DUGGAN, ISABELLA FEROS, IVAN AND LILY SEMCIW, JACK SHIT, JAMES HEWISON, JAMES MOROSINI, JANINE DE BRY, JASMINA VIGNJEVIC, JON NIGHTINGALE, JOSH MCEVOY, JULIAN KYNSH, JUSTYNA KORONKIEWICZ, KATE FITZPATRICK, KAYLINN SOLAZZO, KIRK COOPER, LAURA SALDANA, MARC COLLISTER, MIRO ERTEL, NIKITA LEIGH-PRITCHARD, NOAH LANG, OLEH SENTSOV, PARIS POMPOR, PAUL SURETY, PAUL TONTA, PLATON THEODORIS, PRAKASH PRABHAKHARAN, NIVEN, ABOULOUKME, SELIN

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From tales of the extraordinary: mythical mermaids, and interdimensional travel, to tales of revolution and crime capers gone wrong; the future of Australian film is as bright and wild as ever!

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BATTLE OF GAMAN Dir. Auryn Rotten | 2021 | 06:35 | AUS | AUS PREMIERE In the Battle of Gaman, you carry your demons on your back. It is a place between realities where you will do anything to take back control. Set in an art exhibition space, coloured with kabuki, tigers, and sequinned bikinis – the Battle of Gaman queers’ discourse and bends time.

101 DAYS OF LOCKDOWN

Dir. Jelena Sinik & Nicolette Axiak | 2022 | 02:10 | AUS | WORLD PREMIERE 101 Days of Lockdown explores the mundane domesticity of aloneness of the 2021 Australian pandemic. Following the lives of two best friends on opposite sides of Sydney, one second of animation per day documents moods and moments constituting the similarities and differences of life in the Western and Eastern Suburbs.

COME WITH ME Dir. Trevor Clarence | 20222 | 03:25 | AUS A bored couple is trying to decide what to have for dinner when a portal to another dimension opens up in their living room.

BLEED AUSTRALIAN Dir. Kii Belling | 2022 | 10:26 | AUS Vigilante couple Matt and Tahlia get much more than they bargained for when they stop in for a simple drink at a secret Nazi watering hole. Tensions mount and action kicks off in this explosive grindhouse inspired thriller.

HATCHBACK Dir. Riley Sugars | 2021 | 12:00 | AUS | SYDNEY PREMIERE Vince and Ted try to dispose of a body, but things don’t go to plan. Vince (Stephen Curry - The Castle) attempts to dispose of a dead body for the mob, but when he reluctantly enlists the help of his dim-witted brother-inlaw Ted (Jackson Tozer - Rostered On), things don’t go to plan.

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JUNGLE Dir. Kieran Wheeler | 2021 | 15:42 | AUS A drug addicted young couple steal a kilo of heroin from a local drug dealer, but the plan soon unravels when the boy overdoses and the girl is left all alone in a hostile world with criminals closing in on her.

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SHALLOW BREATH Dir. Robbie Studsor | 2021 | 05:03 | AUS | SYDNEY PREMIERE A drowning survivor must confront the dangerous fixation she has on the near fatal accident, and the woman who saved her.

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THE SECRET OF MT TROLLA Dir. Tristan Barr | 2022 | 06:10 | AUS & KOREA | AUS PREMIERE A pilot crashes in remote mountains, and before his badly injured co-pilot dies he hands a camera with a haunting message in Korean “The judgement day is coming..". As he seeks salvation he is haunted by a mysterious woman who has survived without human contact for the past 20 years. rth.

REVOLT Dir. David Burrowes | 2021 | 10:05 | AUS When a disgruntled climate activist bumps into the CEO of a massive oil conglomerate in her local coffee shop she recognises that this is her big shot to finally DO something about the end of the world.

SISYPHUS Dir. Edward King | 2021 | 07:47 | AUS | WORLD PREMIERE In a mechanised world of rigorous order and repetition, one worker attempts to break free from this cycle, unknowingly setting in motion a new sequence of inescapable certainty.

From tales of the extraordinary: mythical mermaids, and interdimensional travel, to tales of revolution and crime capers gone wrong; the future of Australian film is as bright and wild as ever!

PEBBLE Dir. Anastasia James | 2020 | 06:54 | AUS | SYD PREMIERE Posey gets side-tracked on a customer service phone call and begins to overshare details about difficulties in her life, using the metaphor of a pebble being left in her shoe.

THE DEBUTANTE BALL Dir. Cameron Davies | 2022 | 07:48 | AUS Mandy, a young woman struggling with a dissociative streak, makes her way across her city in the final hours before an unnamed existential threat ends all life on earth.

Dir. Chloe de Brito | 2021 | 10:20 | AUS | SYDNEY PREMIERE A mermaid struggles with identity in an alienating suburban world without running water.

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VISION OF THE VAMPYRE Dir. James Caley | 2022 | 06:10 | GERMANY | AUS PREMIERE When Vivien takes on a modelling job on a fashion shoot a dark secret within her is already seeking her next victim..

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SQUID IN THE OVEN

Dir. Sasha Aubort | 2021 | 08:00 | AUS | SYD PREMIERE A depraved fishmonger helps a young bogan escape abuse by impregnating her with a squid. TWO PEOPLE, ONE RING Dir. Evan Richards | 2020 | 08:00 | USA/UK | AUS PREMIERE In a hotel room, two lovers who are recently engaged, live within their own rules of attraction.

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UNICORN Dir. Matt Porter | 2022 | 14:03 | USA | SYD PREMIERE A bisexual man meets an attractive couple to explore the possibilities of life as a ‘unicorn.'-- a drama free, emotionally non-threatening third. SUFF favourite, this session of salacious shorts will stimulate, arouse, and what need to get blood pumping on a Sunday morning! FILM SESSIONSUN 11 SEPT | 11.15am | CINEMA 11

ASPIRATIONAL SLUT Dir. Caroline Lindy | 2021 | 14:38 | USA | AUS PREMIERE A newly heartbroken woman, on the advice of a pizza guy, learns to separate love from sex and over a series of wild random hookups, she learns to put them back together.

BABY BOOM Dir. Thomas Lunde | 2021 | 13:31 | NORWAY | AUS PREMIERE The middle-aged alcoholic Runar believe he has scored the perfect date. Things take a strange turn when he realizes he's impregnated with her alien eggs. IN THE FLESH Dir. Daphne Gardner | 2022 | 12:45 | USA Jerking off with her bathtub faucet, Tracey’s desires, fears and anger reach a new climax.

REFUSED CLASSIFICATION Dir. Chris Elena | 2021 | 13:19 | AUS Three people in love must justify their relationship and existence to the MPAA: Motion Picture Association Of America.

LATE SUMMER Dir. Ryan Steel | 2022 | 11:11 | CANADA | AUS PREMIERE A young loner grows attached to his camp counsellor at a haunted summer camp. PRETTY PICKLE Dir. Jim Vendiola | 2022 | 12:31 | USA | AUS PREMIERE Meet Sam and Sam—Samuel, a young man, and his new girlfriend, Samantha—in the “honeymoon phase” of their relationship. As Samuel sinks further down an Othellian spiral while privately dwelling on one of Samantha’s persisting quirks, he is led to a nightmarish discovery.

REPRESSION Dir. Kevin K. Lee | 2022 | 12:12 | AUS A sexual predator roams the streets of Sydney in search of his desire for young Asian men.

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PARACOSM Dir. Adam Van Dyke |2022 | 10:11 | USA | WORLD PREMIERE A lonely woman takes a mysterious pill that throws her into the drug trip of her life...or death. Dir. Diane Christiansen 03:15 PREMIERE A femme hand is both drawn to frightened world of wonder. Dir. blood-and-thunder saga young child Manchuria’s jungles. Sam Gurry 03:15 exhale Sasha Svirsky Roberds

Dir. Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr | 2021 | 07:44 | FRANCE | AUS PREMIERE Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colourful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.

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BAD ACID Dir. Sam Fox | 2021 | 06:34 | USA | SYDNEY PREMIERE Sheila, a self-obsessed aerobics fanatic, accidentally ingests toxic hair gel during her morning workout.

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ENJOYING A NICE LIFE Dir. Rainbow Timothy | 2021 | 04:46 | USA | AUS PREMIERE This little planet may soon shake us off like fleas. It really doesn’t matter, and I bet the trees won’t miss us, but I bet the earth will breathe a sigh of relief as she erodes this condom of concrete that we imposed upon her.

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IN THE BIG YARD INSIDE THE TEENY-WEENY POCKET Dir. Yoko Yuki | 2022 | 06:37 | JAPAN | AUS PREMIERE A charming animation rhyme that weaves together the many days of observing, recording, and experimenting.

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SWALLOW THE UNIVERSE

Eyeball-melting experimentations that will take you on a trip down the rabbit hole of the year’s most visceral and adventurousaestheticallyfilms.

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of earthly hungers. VADIM ON A WALK Dir.

AU REVOIR JEROME!

| 2021 | 07:57 | RUSSIA | AUS PREMIERE Finally, Vadim goes out of a tight square space where he has been used to sitting. YOUR HOUSEPLANTS ARE SCREAMING Dir. Benjamin

@SCROLL ALICE Dir. Celine Efenast | 2021 | 03:37 | UK | AUS PREMIERE An experimental short about our love-hate relationship with Instagram and our photoediting mania.

CHICKS Dir. Geena Marie Hernandez | 2022 | 12:22 | USA | WORLD PREMIERE A girly slumber party unravels when a shy teen becomes the centre of a bizarre night time ritual.

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Nieto | 2021 | 12:00 | FRANCE | AUS PREMIERE The extravagant

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| USA | AUS PREMIERE An animated

| 2021 | 07:19 | USA | AUS PREMIERE Human houseplants are held captive by a giant plant creature. SHORT FILM SESSION ONLINE ONLY | MON 12 - SUN 25 SEPT

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TEGOYO Dir. Guillermo de Oliveira | 2022 | 07:45 | SPAIN | WORLD PREMIERE In 1968, German filmmaker Werner Herzog recorded in the Island of Lanzarote his film ‘Even Dwarfs Started Small’. More than half a century later, a very unusual scientist will try to recover sounds from the past.

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DEATHTRAPDEERWOOD'S Dir. James P. Gannon | 2022 | 09:00 | USA | AUS PREMIERE 50 years ago, Jack and Betty were hit by a train and survived. This is their story.

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ABYSS Dir. Jeppe Lange | 2022 | 13:26 | DENMARK | AUS PREMIERE Abyss is a chain of 10.000 images found by an Artificial Intelligence and depicts humanity as seen through the eyes of an awakening consciousness.

SPACE LADY Dir. Sophia Feuer | 2021 | 16:53 | USA | AUS PREMIERE Isolated on the eerie plains of rural Colorado, Susan (aka 'The Space Lady') is beginning to receive notoriety for her early contributions to electronic pop music after decades of obscurity and homelessness.

RADIANT REPTILIAN Dir. Alexandra Neuman | 2021 | 09:45 | USA | WORLD PREMIERE Radiant Reptilian portrays a day in Los Angeles with a more-than-human being named Tiamat Legion Medusa.

Dir. Lewie Kloster & Noah Kloster | 2021 | 09:49 | USA | AUS PREMIERE In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver's willingness to smuggle one of the world's rarest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean.

SHORT FILM| 12 - SUN 25 SEPT

WHAT I IMAGINED THE DYING FLY, WITH THE BROKEN LEG, WAS FEELING Dir. Hugh Clegg | 2021 | 04:41 | UK | AUS PREMIERE LIn his dying moments, a fly is given a voice. A program of engaging, real-life narratives in short bite-sized pieces; truth is often so much stranger than fiction, and these tales of real-life need to be seen to be believed!

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MARA Dir. Catharina Shuerenberg | 2022 | 14:00 | USA, GERMANY Mara explores the female body as a breeding ground for artistic expression and liberation for the female psyche.

Dir. Cal Murphy Barton | 2021 | 09:00 | UK | AUS PREMIERE On an abandoned colliery in the Forest of Dean, a rubber engineer explores the sexual potential of junked scrubber-dryers.

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BEWARE OF TRAINS Dir. Emma Calder | 2022 | 12:47 | UK A woman with anxiety is consumed by four preoccupations – a chance encounter on a train, her dying father, her daughter’s safety and dreams of murder.

BOOBS (LOLOS) Dir. Marie Valade | 2022 | 08:00 | CANADA A woman's journey exploring her love-hate relationship with her breasts.

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OLDBOY'S APPLES Dir. Brad Hock | 2020 | 06:50 | USA | AUS PREMIERE Beyond the hedge, beneath the well, ancient spirits sing their song to reawaken the mystery of the hidden apple..

GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE Dir. Urška Djukić | 2020 | 07:00 | POLAND A trip into granny’s youth and intimate memories illustrate the lives of Slovenian women at the start of the 20th century.

PARKED Dir. Yoon Hei Cho | 2011 | 03:52 | USA/ SOUTH KOREA | AUS PREMIERE An inconvenient attack at a parking lot. Physical viewing

Dir. KATARZYNA MIECHOWICZ | 2020 | 07:00 | POLAND The absurd adventures of inhabitants of a small seaside town

KRASUE Dir. Ryo Hirano | 2021 | 12:06 | JAPAN | AUS PREMIERE During gang warfare, a drifter encounters the ghost of a floating female head with guts exposed.

of a random panic attack. SEMEN RETENTION FOR A BETTER TOMORROW Dir. Alexandra Neuman | 2022 | 05:55 | USA | AUS PREMIERE How can we restore the wetness of our drought-stricken landscapes and so many famished vaginas? SOFT ANIMALS Dir. Renee Zhan | 2021 | 03:02 | UK | SYD PREMIERE Two ex-lovers cross paths at a train station. From claymation, puppetry and paintwork to digital design, collage and rotoscoping, devour this eclectic selection of animated curios from around the world! RE:ANIMATION ONLINE ONLY | MON 12 - SUN 25 SEPTSHORT FILM SESSION SOMETHING IN THE GARDEN Dir. Algo en el Jardín | 2021 | 06:00 | CHILE | SYDNEY PREMIERE Nighttime in the suburbs and the stillness is interrupted by a strange presence. TENNIS BALL ON HIS DAY OFF Dir. Julian Glander | 2021 | 02:35 | USA | AUS PREMIERE A tennis ball tries to enjoy his last day of vacation before a new season. THE HORK Dir. Nicole Stafford | 2021 | 03:58 | USA | AUS PREMIERE The stoic god of UnrecognizedPower- waits for herGreedunrelentingtoconsumepower.

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TRANSFER Dir. Jonas Govaerts | 2021 | 12:31 | BELGIUM | AUS PREMIERE When serial killer Elias Duyster is visited by his estranged daughter, his hopes for reconciliation fade.

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GOOD BOY Dir. Eros V | 2022 | 09:00 | UK | AUS PREMIERE A tiny, adorable Pomeranian turns out to be a psychotic killing machine, HELL GIG Dir. Ella Gale | 2022 | 09:05 | USA | AUS PREMIERE A young woman rescues her best friend from a road trip gone monstrously wrong.

SHORT FILM SESSION12 - SUN 25 SEPT

EARWORM Dir. Bryan M. Ferguson | 2022 | 01:39 | SCOTLAND/USA | AUS PREMIERE An ominous yellow cassette tape falls into the hands of two dimwits. This is one song their ears are not prepared for. Adult Swim presents a rip roaring film about two knuckleheads facing off against a gnarly tape cassette dwelling worm that really wants inside their ear holes.

VISITORS Dir. Kenichi Ugana | 2021 | 17:00 | JAPAN Three friends visit the home of their band member who’s cut contact with them, and find him behaving strangely.

THE LAMB Dir. Elijah Ziegler | 2021 | 11:01 | USA | AUS PREMIERE While on an awkward first date, timid Charlie tries to maintain his cool with Lucille, an odd and intense young woman who might have some ulterior motives.

SLEEP Dir. Alexandra Pechman | 2022 | 03:46 | USA | AUS PREMIERE A woman struggles with her lifelong fear of home invasion, in this three-and-a-halfminute horror film told in a single shot.

THE FACE SNATCHER Dir. Nicole Daddona & Adam Wilder | 2022 | 03:00 | USA | AUS PREMIERE A rejected beauty queen does whatever they can to win the Miss Christmas pageant.

ONLINE ONLY | MON

Tales of terrifying hauntings, demonic possessions, deranged serial killers and extreme blood-splattering, bone-shattering body horror – truly the stuff nightmares are made of!

CORPSE BONG Dir. Alec Basse | 2022 | 10:52 | USA | AUS PREMIERE When three friends get the idea to turn their friend’s corpse into a bong, they accidentally raise hell.

Dir. Daniel DelPurgatorio | 2021 | 07:59 | USA Some house guests are a real pain in the ass.

BUG BITES

PUMPKIN BOY Dir. Trent Shy | 2022 | 01:33 | USA | AUS PREMIERE This Halloween… he’s born.

SHORTS PAGE 65 BUDDYMOVIE Dir. Ryan McGlade | 2022 | 11:48 | USA | AUS PREMIERE Two old friends reunite in the wilderness, over which an angry warehouse holds court. CHRISTMAS MOVIE Dir. Owen Lawie | 2021 | 06:52 | AUS | SYD PREMIERE Rooming together in a garage, two friends' Christmas eve night escalates into a realm of psychedelic hedonism. GUTS Dir. Chris McInroy | 2021 | 08:04 | USA | SYD PREMIERE A guy with his guts on the outside of his body really wants a promotion. HAIRSUCKER Dir. Paddy Jay & Michael Jones | 2022 | 04:16 | AUS | AUS PREMIERE A woman receives a late-night visitor intending to suck away what is most important to her. HORSE BROTHERS Dir. Milos Mitrovic Faban Velasco | 2022 | 08:00 | CANADA | SYD PREMIERE Two paranoid brothers are consumed with murderous fantasies after a horse convinces them that they are each other’s enemies. HOUSE ON FIRE Dir. Jess Hole | 2021 | 06:40 | AUS A 6 minute walkthrough of Jane’s home life, as she battles attacks of disgust, seeking the refuge of her bedroom, tongue deep in satan. MEAT FRIEND Dir. Izzy Lee | 2022 | 08:25 | USA | AUS PREMIERE An ex-con, sentient pile of hamburger meat teaches after-school lessons to a child. SWEET MARY, WHERE DID YOU GO? Dir. Michael Anthony Kratochvil | 2021 | 16:58 | AUS | SYDNEY PREMIERE An escaped convict encounters time travellers from our future, on a journey to understand mortality. THE BLOOD OF DINOSAURS Dir. Joe Badon | 2022 | 17:38 | USA | AUS PREMIERE Uncle Bobbo teaches children where oil comes from. TRUCK DAD Dir. Tamir Rawlings / Bradley Oliver Wilkinson | 2022 | 05:17 | USA | AUS PREMIERE 4X4 ways for a father to leave his son… WE WANT FACES SO BAD Dir. Matthew Van Gessel | 2021 | 11:00 | USA | AUS PREMIERE After an overnight transformation, Alexx joins her faceless friends in their nightly manifesting faces ritual. WTF! SHORT FILM SESSION From tales of the extraordinary: mythical mermaids, and interdimensional travel, to tales of revolution and crime capers gone wrong; the future of Australian film is as bright and wild as ever! FRI 9 SEPT | 7.15pm | CINEMA 10