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CONTENTSwith over 75,000 apps... and countingWelcomeGeneral Information0506The Australian Film InstituteAFI TVAFI Endowment Fund & ‘Shining A Light’AFI E-NewsProduction DetailsShort Fiction FilmShort AnimationFeature Length DocumentaryFeature Film09101113192329POWERED BY ANDROID TMScreenings programsMelbourneSydney5559NotesGuest Screening Passes6267From Facebook to games to maps, the Samsung Galaxy Sgives you access to all of your favourite apps.Acknowledgmentssponsors and partners6971galaxys.samsungmobile.com.au

Go Aussie!Film VictoriaSupporting Victorian practitionersto create great content.www.film.vic.gov.auBalibo | BlessedIntangible Asset Number 82The Elephant PrincessWelcomeWelcome to a terrific not-to-be-missed showcase of Australia’s finest contemporaryscreen productions. While some commentators referred to the range and quality of2009 films as among the best ever, this year’s releases have shaped up impressively.The 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards Screenings includes feature films from worldrenowned filmmakers, together with work from exceptional emerging talents whoare creating waves at home and abroad.And in a landmark year for women, female directors account for eight of the19 features in competition. In an international industry where women are stilldisturbingly under-represented, Australia is heading in the right direction. Whileearlier this year Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the AcademyAward for Best Direction, Australian female directors are among some of the mostprolific and respected, here and overseas.This year’s nominated feature length documentaries are outstanding and thoughtprovoking.Our short filmmaking, the bedrock of future development, is also anexciting space. Last year’s AFI Award winning short film Miracle Fish went on to anOscar® nomination. This year’s nominated shorts are superbly crafted and veryentertaining. Alongside their big screen showcase, members can review these shortfilms when and where they want, via AFI TV.Thanks to all AFI members for your roles, variously supporting many industry juries andawards categories, and to our sponsors and partners for your generous and ongoingsupport. In particular I’d like to acknowledge our cinema partners this year, ACMICinemas, Cinema Nova, Hoyts Cinema Paris and Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace.As always, enormous thanks for all the support of the AFI Board, staff and volunteers.See you at the movies - and make sure your votes count!5Damian TrewhellaCEO, Australian Film Institute

GENERAL INFORMATIONThank you for participating in the2010 Samsung Mobile AFI AwardsScreenings, which are held for thepurpose of judging the annualAFI Awards.SCREENING SCHEDULEEach film will be screened twice inSydney and Melbourne. Please referto the screenings programs at theback of the Judges Handbook.Every effort will be made to avoidchanges to the screenings programs,however in the event that changesmust be made, all members willreceive direct email communicationand changes will also be noted onthe AFI website and in our dedicatedweekly screenings e-News.ADMISSION REGULATIONSProfessional AFI members receivefree entry to all sessions, uponpresentation of their AFI membershipcard at the cinema box office.General AFI members can prepurchasean AFI Awards Screenings‘Season Pass’ (refer below) orpurchase individual session ticketsat the cinema box office, uponpresentation of their AFI membershipcard.All seating is unreserved and strictlylimited by the capacity of eachcinema. As most sessions are opento the general public, we advise AFImembers to arrive at least 15 minutesprior to each session’s starting time.The AFI cannot guarantee entry topopular sessions.Persons under the age of 18 arerestricted to sessions based on theclassifications listed for each film. Filmswithout classification are restrictedto persons aged 18 and over – proofof age may be required. Latecomersarriving after the scheduled start of ascreening may not be admitted.GENERAL PUBLIC ACCESSThe general public may purchasean AFI Awards Screenings ‘SeasonPass’ or individual session tickets atthe cinema box office for sessions notmarked ‘AFI members only’. Sessionsthat are restricted to AFI members areindicated with an asterisk (*) in thescreenings program.SEASON PASSAn AFI Awards Screenings ‘SeasonPass’ provides admission to allthe sessions in either Sydney orMelbourne, with the exceptionof Opening and Closing nights.Season Passes are available topurchase by general AFI membersand the general public. For furtherinformation and to purchase, call AFIon 1300 139 697 or visit afi.org.auPRODUCTION DETAILSThe synopses and production detailslisted in the 2010 Judges Handbookhave been supplied and approvedby the producer of each enteredproduction.VOTINGAFI members hold the exclusiveprivilege of voting in the 2010Samsung Mobile AFI Awards.Juries of industry professionalshave determined the nomineesfor Best Short Fiction Film, Best ShortAnimation and Best Feature LengthDocumentary.All professional AFI members areentitled to vote for Best Film and BestFeature Length Documentary, inaddition to the various feature filmcraft categories according to theirAFI accreditation. All general AFImembers are entitled to vote for theAFI members’ Choice Award andBest Short Fiction Film, along with BestShort Animation.In 2009 the AFI introduced andcommunicated several initiativesincluding changes to voting eligibility.The AFI acknowledges that it maynot be possible for voting membersto view all films in contention for the2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards,therefore your vote shall be weightedto reflect the percentage of filmsseen. For further information pleasevisit afi.org.au/voteKPMG is the Returning Officer for the2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awardsvoting process.HOW TO VOTEAll votes are submitted via an onlinevoting form. Only one voting formper AFI member will be accepted.Online voting opens September 22and closes October 2.NOMINEES AND WINNERSThe 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI AwardsNominations Announcement will beheld in Sydney late October 2010.Winners in all categories will beannounced and presented at the2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards.INFORMATIONFor all the latest updates on the2010 Samsung Mobile AFI AwardsScreenings, subscribe online to theAFI e-News.For more information regardingAFI Membership or the2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards,please contact the AFI:E. membership@afi.org.auor awards@afi.org.auT. 1300 139 697W. afi.org.au7

GOOD LUCK!2010 SAMSUNG MOBILEAFI AWARD CONTENDERSAFI TVIn 2009 the AFI envisaged a unique and secure online screeningplatform to showcase premium Australian content – in particular shortfilms. These are the films that may win awards and critical acclaim,but that audiences have difficulty in accessing through traditionalexhibition spaces.12 months later and after passionate curation, in cooperation withAustralia’s most celebrated filmmakers and organisations dedicatedto presenting emerging talent, AFI TV offers unprecedented accessto a diverse and eclectic collection of current and historicalAustralian screen content.Now is the time to discover AFI TV, or continue the journey, by tuningin to AFI TV to watch the nominated short fiction films and shortanimations for the 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards.AFI TV is constantly evolving and growing. The vision remains to buildaudiences for the enormous volume of quality screen content thatwe produce in this country, and to make that content accessibleand convenient for AFI members to enjoy.FEATURE FILMSANIMATION DOCUMENTARyTELEvISION ShORTSProud to invest inlocal screen contentwww.screenaustralia.gov.auTo download AFI TV or discover what’s currently screening, simply visitafi.org.au/afitvWhether you are anemerging short filmmakeror an acclaimedpractitioner, AFI TV is anew opportunity to bringyour hard work out of thevault and onto the screenin front of an audience.Contact Jennifer North+61 3 9696 1844 oremail jnorth@afi.org.aufor further information.9

THE AFI ENDOWMENT FUND... ADVANCING OUR SCREEN INDUSTRYThe AFI Endowment Fund is a co-operative approach with a single goal:to advance our screen industry.Donations received to the AFI Endowment Fund directly support theAustralian film industry through a variety of initiatives, such as theAFI Fellowship, designed to help progress the careers of Australianscreen practitioners.The AFI invites proud and passionate members of the Australian film andtelevision industry to make a personal tax deductable donation to theAFI Endowment Fund.Please visit afi.org.au/industry to learn more and donate today.AFI E-NEWSBeing an AFI member helps you to stay in touch with the Australian screenindustry through our fortnightly e-News.Informative, entertaining and colourful, the AFI e-News provides vitalupdates about Australian content currently showing at cinemas, on TVand online. You’ll also be the first to know essential information about theannual AFI Awards calendar.The AFI e-News has also offered key industry overviews, and shone thespotlight on some of our premier local filmmaking talent through in-depthinterviews and profiles. Recent highlights include:• 2010: The Year Ahead in Australian Film• What’s on the Box? Australian Television 2010• A Focus on Sound: Emma Bortignon, Tony Murtagh and Trevor HarrisonSHINING A LIGHT... 50 YEARS OF THE AUSTRALIANFILM INSTITUTEPublished in 2009, ‘Shining a Light: 50 Years of theAustralian Film Institute’, traces the fascinatinghistory of the Australian film and televisionindustries, through the lens of the AFI.• Turning Words into Pictures: legendary production designer Chris Kennedy• Dressing up Australian Film & TV: an interview with costume designerCappi Ireland• Unleashed: Australian Films at the Sydney Film Festival• MIFF: An Industry PerspectiveDon’t miss out on the insider’s view. Visit afi.org.au to subscribe or updateyour email address.Following years of research and passionateinvestigating, the authors, Lisa French andMark Poole, offer an insider’s view through27 interviews with key local players. The book also includes a listing ofpast AFI Award nominees and winners since 1958, and is an essentialitem on the bookshelves of any Australian film and television enthusiast.To purchase a copy, please visit afi.org.au/newsChris Kennedy on locationSketch of Roger East’s Emma Bortignon in her studioshirts, worn by AnthonyLaPaglia in BALIBO -designed by Cappi Ireland11

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Deeper ThanYesterdayAfter three months submergedunderwater, the men have becomesavages. Oleg fears that losingperspective may mean losing himself.ProducerBenjamin GilovitzSarah CynglerAnna KojevnikovDirectorAriel KleimanWriterAriel KleimanCinematographerPeter EastgateEditorAriel KleimanSoundJohn KassabComposerMaxwell RiessCostume DesignerSarah CynglerProduction DesignerSarah CynglerLead ActorAlbert Goikhman OlegThe KissReturning home after a night out, twoteenage girls seek respite from thestifling heat. Fuelled by cheap alcoholand teenage hormones they maketheir way to an isolated fire-water tank,lured by the promise of cool water.Once inside the tank the intimatemood takes a dangerous turn whenthey discover they are trapped withno way out.ProducerSonya HumphreyDirectorAshlee PageWriterAshlee PageCinematographerNick MatthewsEditorDenise Haratzis ASESoundTom HeuzenroederComposerQuentin EyersProduction DesignerRita ZanchettaLead ActressNicole Gulasekharam AimeeBriony Kent StephYoung ActorNicole Gulasekharam Aimee15Running Time: 20’Running Time: 16’

COMINGSOONThe LoveSong Of IskraPrufrockThe Love Song Of Iskra Prufrock is thestory of Iskra – a Croation refugee whoworks as a radiologist in an inner-citysurgery. In an effort to recover fromher violent past, Iskra has made herlife one of ritual – every day she takesthe very same train to the very samejob in the very same building. But shefinds that her new life is a lonely oneand, despite the odd imaginative tripinto fancy, devoid of true happiness.That is of course until she meets Leo.However it would seem that for Iskra,even love was not meant to be easy.ProducerLyn NorforDirectorLucy GaffyWriterLucy GaffyCinematographerJames BrownEditorAdrian ChiarellaSoundMia StewartComposerAnnette GoldenLead ActorLuke Elliot LeoLead ActressVictoria Haralabidou Iskra17MADMAN.COM.AURunning Time: 16’

SuburbiaJoel has convinced a long-time familyfriend to give his girlfriend a job as aflorist. Everything seems fine when hepicks his girlfriend up after her first day,but the calm facade of suburbia canbe misleading.ProducerRichard HalstedDirectorAntonio Oreña-BarlinWriterAntonio Oreña-BarlinCinematographerLachlan MilneEditorAdrian ChiarellaSoundAdrian BilinskyComposerHylton MowdayMake UpLuke PoltiLead ActorDon Hany JoelLead ActressJodi Gordon TaraLinda Cropper MaryShortAnimationthe lost thingzeroRunning Time: 15’

the lost thingA boy discovers a bizarre lookingcreature while out collecting bottletops at the beach. Having guessedit is lost, he tries to find out who ownsit or where it belongs, but is met withmute indifference from everyone else,who barely notice its presence, eachunwilling to entertain this uninvitedinterruption to their day-to-day lives.For reasons he does not explain, theboy empathises with the creature,and sets out to find a ’place’ for it.ProducerSophie ByrneDirectorAndrew RuhemannShaun TanWriterShaun TanAnimatorLeo BakerTom BryantEditorLeo BakerSoundJohn KassabComposerMichael YezerskiProduction DesignerShaun TanLead ActorTim Minchin NarratorzeroIn a world that judges people bytheir number, Zero faces constantprejudice and persecution. He walks alonely path until a chance encounterchanges his life forever: he meets afemale zero. Together they prove thatthrough determination, courage, andlove, nothing can be truly something.ProducerChristine KezelosDirectorChristopher KezelosWriterChristopher KezelosAnimatorDavid CoxChristopher KezelosCinematographerMatthew HorrexEditorChristopher KezelosSoundBrendan O’BrienComposerKyls Burtland21Running Time: 15’Running Time: 13’

feature lengthDocumentaryContactInside The FirestormThe SnowmanStrange Birds In Paradise - A West Papuan Story

CONTACTYuwali was 17 in 1964 when she anda group of twenty Martu Aboriginescame in from the desert for their ‘firstcontact’ with white Australia. Now62, she takes us back to that time– her fear of the ‘devil men’ in their’rocks that move’ (four wheel drives).Contact was filmed by the patrolofficers that found them and first-handaccounts from both sides tell a rivetingand emotional story. The culturalchasm between traditional Aboriginesand modern Australia is revealed withhumour and insight.ProducerMartin ButlerBentley DeanDirectorMartin ButlerBentley DeanCinematographerBentley DeanEditorTania NehmeSoundMartin Butlerwww.sandalford.com25Running Time: 78’Classification: PG

Inside TheFirestormOn 7th February 2009, Australiasuffered its worst peacetime disaster.‘Black Saturday’ claimed 173 lives, leftalmost 8,000 homeless and destroyedclose to half a million hectares ofVictorian bushland.One year on, this is the story of whathappened Inside The Firestorm.This documentary is a film of record– a film that commemorates acatastrophe, as seen through the eyesof those who were there.ProducerLucy MaclarenAlex WestDirectorJacob HickeyWriterJacob HickeyCinematographerSimon OzolinsJaems GrantAlan ColePeter ZakharovEditorSteven RobinsonSoundJock HealyTristan MeredithThe SnowmanIn 1978 Jimmy Graham went toAntarctica with Operation Deepfreezeto train scientists in survival skills onthe ice. Three months later he arrivedback agitated and paranoid. He saidthat he had stumbled onto an illegalAmerican nuclear site and that the CIAhad given him a chemical lobotomy.He descended into madness. Unableto cope with his frightening behaviour,his wife fled with their two children.Now, thirty years later, his daughterJuliet will try to uncover the truth andreconnect with what’s left of the manshe called her father.ProducerRachel LandersDylan BlowenDirectorJuliet LamontWriterJuliet LamontCinematographerRachel LandersSimon SmithEditorMelanie SandfordLindi HarrisonSoundBenjamin SpeedMichael GissingMike JonesDylan Blowen27Running Time: 111’Classification: MRunning Time: 79’Classification: TBA

Strange BirdsIn Paradise -A West PapuanStoryAn expedition of imagination anddiscovery to the hidden Indonesianprovince of West Papua that exposesits sad history and desperate hopes,but culminates in a joyful and defiantmusical celebration.ProducerJamie NicolaiJohn CherryDirectorCharlie Hill-SmithWriterCharlie Hill-SmithDavid TileyCinematographerAngus KempEditorMark AtkinAndrew BrinsmeadSoundMik la VageDoron KipenDavid BridieFEATURE FILMAccidents HappenAnimal KingdomBeneath Hill 60BlameThe Boys Are BackBran Nue DaeBright StarDaybreakersThe HorsemanI Love You TooLouThe Loved OnesMatching JackMother FishSubdivisionTomorrow When The War BeganThe TreeThe TumblerThe Waiting CityRunning Time: 75’Classification: TBA

ACCIDENTSHAPPENAccidents Happen is a brash andmoving film about family, fate andmisfortune in American suburbia.The manicured lawns of 1980s NewEngland imply an order that simplydoesn’t exist for the Conway family,headed by razor-tongued Gloria.Youngest son Billy has been witness toa series of tragic accidents, includingone that fractured his whole family.Always the good boy, Billy takes upwith the neighbourhood troublemakerin acts of delicious delinquency in aworld already spinning out of control.The ensuing collision of guilt, truth andself-discovery may be just what hisfamily needs to move on.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MRunning Time 92’Capture Medium HDCamSRDistributor Hopscotch Films & GalvanizedFilm GroupReleased Nationally April 2010Producer Anthony AndersonDirector Andrew LancasterWriter Brian CarbeeCinematographer Ben Nott ACSEditor Roland GalloisSoundBen Cheah CAS, Mark Blackwell,Ian McLoughlin CAS, Mark Franken,Gregg SwiatlowskiComposerAntony PartosProduction DesignerElizabeth Mary MooreCostume DesignerNina EdwardsVisual EffectsRon Roberts, Daniel BrownLead ActorHarrison Gilbertson Billy ConwayLead ActressGeena Davis Gloria ConwaySupporting ActorSebastian Gregory Doug PostHarry Cook Larry ConwayJoel Tobeck Ray ConwaySupporting ActressSarah Woods Dottie Post31Young ActorHarrison Gilbertson Billy Conway

ANIMALKINGDOMAnimal Kingdom tells the story of17-year-old J, as he navigates hissurvival amongst an explosive criminalfamily and the detective who thinkshe can save him.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MA15+Running Time 112’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Madman EntertainmentReleased Nationally June 2010ProducerLiz WattsDirectorDavid MichôdWriterDavid MichôdCinematographerAdam ArkapawEditor Luke DoolanSound Sam Petty, Rob MacKenzie,Philippe DecrausazComposer Antony Partos, Sam PettyProduction Designer Jo FordCostume Designer Cappi IrelandLead ActorBen Mendelsohn PopeJames Frecheville JLead ActressJacki Weaver SmurfSupporting ActorGuy Pearce LeckieJoel Edgerton BazSullivan Stapleton CraigLuke Ford DarrenSupporting ActressLaura Wheelwright NickySusan Prior AliciaAnna Lise Phillips HopperMirrah Foulkes CatherineYoung ActorJames Frecheville JBENEATH HILL 60Beneath Hill 60 is a terrifying truestory that starts during 1916 whenthe blood and carnage of The GreatWar rampaged mercilessly acrossEurope. While some of the bloodiestbattles ever seen rage on the surface,a deadly game of cat-and-mouseis played out thirty metres belowthe trenches, as a small platoon ofAustralian tunnellers prepare to ignitethe largest amount of explosive evercollected in one place under theGerman lines.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MRunning Time 124’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Paramount Pictures AustraliaReleased Nationally April 2010ProducerBill LeimbachDirectorJeremy Hartley SimsWriterDavid RoachCinematographerToby Oliver ACSEditorDany Cooper ASESound Liam Egan, Alicia Slusarski,Mark Cornish, Tony MurtaghComposer Cezary SkubiszewskiProduction DesignerClayton JaunceyCostume DesignerIan Sparke, Wendy CorkLead ActorBrendan CowellOliver WoodwardLead ActressIsabella HeathcoteMarjorie WaddellSupporting ActorSteve Le Marquand Bill FraserGyton Grantley Norm MorrisSupporting ActressJacqueline McKenzieEmma WaddellYoung ActorHarrison Gilbertson Frank Tiffin33

www.sanpellegrino.com - Trade enquiries 1800 660 189BLAMESeeking justice and revenge, fivefriends violently attack a man in hisremote country house. Their plan: theperfect murder. Confident that theirvictim’s death by his own hand willnot be questioned, they overdose himon sleeping pills, but it all goes horriblywrong when their attempt fails andtheir victim fights for his life.In the aftermath, questions are raisedabout the true nature of the eventsleading up to the botched attack.As lies and secrets are revealed, thedynamic of the once-tight group shiftsas the friends begin to question eachother’s motives.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification TBARunning Time 89’Capture Medium RedDistributor The PackReleasing Nationally September 2010ProducerMelissa Kelly, Ryan Hodgson,Michael RobinsonDirectorMichael HenryWriterMichael HenryCinematographerTorstein Dyrting ACSEditorMeredith Watson JeffreySoundRic Curtin, Glenn Martin,John Simpson, Chris GoodesComposerTamil RogeonProduction DesignerClayton JaunceyCostume DesignerSarah JamesonLead ActorSimon Stone NickLead ActressKestie Morassi CateSupporting ActorAshley Zukerman AnthonyDamian de Montemas BernardMark Leonard Winter JohnSupporting ActressSophie Lowe Natalie35

THE BOYSARE BACKThe Boys Are Back is a movingand humorous love story betweenjournalist Joe Warr and his two sonsfrom different marriages, who findthemselves living in a boys-onlyhousehold following the death ofJoe’s second wife.SCREENPLAY A DAPTED FROM ‘T HE BOYS A REBA C K IN TO W N’ BY SIM ON CA RRC LASS IFICAT ION MRUNN ING TIME 100’C A PTURE MEDIUM 35MMDISTRIBUTOR HOPSCOTCH FILMSRE LEASED N A TIONA LLY N OVE M BER 2009ProducerGreg Brenman, Tim W hiteDirectorScott HicksWriterAllan C ubittCinematographerGreig FraserEditorScott GraySoundBen Osmo, Adrian Rhodes,Keith M arrinerComposerHal LindesProduction DesignerMelinda DoringCostume DesignerEmily SeresinLead ActorClive Owen JoeLead ActressEmma Booth LauraSupporting ActorGeorge MacKay HarryErik Thomson DigbySupporting ActressJulia Blake Barbara/BeaYoung ActorNicholas McAnulty ArtieBRAN NUE DAEBran Nue Dae is a road movie andcoming of age comedy musicalwhich celebrates the adventureof finding home.SCREENPLAY BASED ON THE STAGE M USIC A L‘B RAN NU E D AE ’ BY JIMMY CH I AND K UC KLESC LASS IFICAT ION PGRUNN ING TIME 85’C A PTURE MEDIUM 35MMDISTRIBUTOR ROADSHO W FILM SRE LEASED N A TIONA LLY J ANUA RY 2010Producer Robyn Kershaw,Graeme IsaacDirector Rachel PerkinsWriter Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins,Jimmy ChiCinematographer Andrew LesnieEditor Rochelle OshlackSound Andrew Neil, Steve Burgess,Peter Mills, Mario Vaccaro, Blaire Slater,David Bridie, Scott MontgomeryComposerCezary Skubiszewski, Jimmy Chi,Patrick Duttoo Bin Amat,Garry Gower, Michael ManolisMavromatis, Stephen Pigram,Production Designer Felicity AbbottCostume Designer M argot W ilsonVisual EffectsIneke Majoor, Peter WebbLead ActorErnie Dingo Uncle TadpoleLead ActressJessica Mauboy RosieSupporting ActorGeoffrey Rush Father BenedictusSupporting ActressDeborah M ailman Roxanne37Young ActorRocky McKenzie Willie

BRIGHT STARJohn Keats, the romantic poet, wrotethe love poem “Bright Star” for his18-year-old next-door neighbourFanny Brawne. This is the story of theirfirst love.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification PGRunning Time 119’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Hopscotch FilmsReleased Nationally December 2009ProducerJan Chapman, Caroline HewittDirector Jane CampionWriter Jane CampionCinematographerGreig FraserEditorAlexandre de Franceschi ASESoundJohn Dennison, Tony Vaccher,Craig Butters, Danielle Weissner,Danny Longhurst, Duncan McAllisterComposerMark BradshawProduction DesignerJanet PattersonCostume DesignerJanet PattersonVisual EffectsLeonie Savvides, Phil Stuart-JonesStephen DunnLead ActorBen Whishaw John KeatsLead ActressAbbie Cornish Fanny BrawneSupporting ActorPaul Schneider Mr. BrownSupporting ActressKerry Fox Mrs. BrawneYoung ActorEdie Martin TootsDAYBREAKERSThe year is 2019. A plague hastransformed the world’s populationinto vampires. Humans are now anendangered species. It’s all up toEdward Dalton, a vampire researcherwho refuses to feed on human blood,to perfect a blood substitute thatmight sustain vampires and spare thefew remaining humans. But time andhope are running out – until Edwardmeets Audrey, a human survivorwho leads him to a startling medicalbreakthrough. Armed with knowledgethat both humans and vampires willkill for, Edward must battle his ownkind in a deadly struggle that willdecide the fate of the human race.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MA15+Running Time 88’Capture Medium HDCamSRDistributor Hoyts DistributionReleased Nationally February 2010ProducerChris Brown, Sean Furst, Bryan FurstDirectorPeter Spierig, Michael SpierigWriter Peter Spierig, Michael SpierigCinematographer Ben Nott ACSEditor Matt VillaSound Wayne Pashley MPSE,Phil Heywood, Craig Walmsley,Sonal Joshi, Damian CandussoMPSE, Nicholas BreslinComposer Christopher GordonProduction Designer George LiddleCostume Designer George LiddleVisual EffectsPeter Spierig, Michael Spierig,Rangi Sutton, James Rogers,Randy VellacottLead ActorEthan Hawke Edward DaltonWillem Dafoe Lionel ‘Elvis’ CormacLead ActressClaudia Karvan Audrey BennettSupporting ActorMichael Dorman Frankie DaltonSam Neill Charles BromleyVince ColosimoChristopher Caruso39Supporting ActressIsabel Lucas Alison Bromley

the horsemanAn action packed thriller, The Horsemanfeatures a range of powerhouseperformances in an unflinching studyof grief and retribution. After learningof the suspicious death of his daughter,Christian is sent a chilling video of whatmay have been her last hours alive.Driving through north Queenslandto locate those responsible for hisdaughter’s death, he reluctantly picksup Alice, an awkward young runawayand an unlikely bond develops. As hepieces the crime together, an ugly truthis revealed.ProducerSteven KastrissiosRebecca DakinDirectorSteven KastrissiosWriterSteven KastrissiosEditorSteven KastrissiosSoundPhil JuddComposerRyan PotterLead ActorPeter Marshall Christian ForteskiSupporting ActorChristopher Sommers PaulySupporting ActressCaroline Marohasy AliceAaE proudly supporting the2010 Samsung Mobile AFI AwardsScreenplay Original ScreenplayClassification High impact violence, R18+Running Time 94’Capture Medium P2 - 1080p (Panasonic HVX-202)Distributor Umbrella EntertainmentLimited Release July 201041

I LOVE YOU TOOA romantic buddy movie aboutthe meaning of relationships, theimportance of friendship, and havingthe courage to pursue the one youlove. Written by comedian PeterHelliar, I Love You Too stars BrendanCowell as Jim, a 30-somethingemotionally stunted man whoseinability to declare his love to hisgirlfriend, Alice, threatens to cost himthe best thing he ever had but leadshim to befriend a talented dwarfwho helps him find the words to gether back.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MRunning Time 95’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Roadshow FilmsReleased Nationally June 2010ProducerLaura WatersYael BergmanDirectorDaina ReidWriterPeter HelliarCinematographerEllery Ryan ACSEditorKen Sallows ASESoundEmma BortignonComposerDavid HirschfelderProduction DesignerJennifer A. Davis, Lisa ThompsonCostume DesignerKitty StuckeyLead ActorBrendan Cowell JimLead ActressYvonne Strahovski AliceSupporting ActorPeter Dinklage CharliePeter Helliar BlakeTravis McMahon OwenSupporting ActressBridie Carter MarieKatrina Milosevic RebeccaMegan Gale FrancescaLOULou is a tender story about therelationship between 11-year-old Louand her grandfather. Not long afterLou’s father walks out of her life, herirascible and befuddled grandfathercrashes in. But when Doyle comesto stay, Lou discovers, against allher expectations, the healing powerof love.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MRunning Time 81’Capture Medium HDCamSRDistributor Kojo PicturesReleased Nationally June 2010ProducerHelen BowdenMichael McMahonTony AyresBelinda ChaykoDirectorBelinda ChaykoWriterBelinda ChaykoCinematographerHugh MillerEditorDenise HaratzisSoundLiam EganComposerGlenn RichardsProduction DesignerPete BaxterCostume DesignerVirginia CookLead ActorJohn Hurt DoyleLead ActressLily Bell-Tindley LouSupporting ActorJay Ryan CosmoSupporting ActressEmily Barclay RhiaYoung ActorLily Bell-Tindley Lou43

THE LOVED ONESBrent, a 17-year-old student grievingafter the recent loss of his father,politely declines an invitation tothe school formal from Lola, thequietest girl in school. Devastatedby the rejection, Lola and her overlyprotective father kidnap Brent andforce him to endure a macabreFormal of their own creation.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MA15+ strong horrorviolence, strong themesRunning Time 84’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Madman EntertainmentReleasing Nationally September 2010ProducerMark LazarusMichael BoughenDirectorSean ByrneWriterSean ByrneCinematographerSimon ChapmanEditorAndy CannySoundJohn McKerrowRobert MacKenzieComposerOllie OlsenProduction DesignerRobert WebbCostume DesignerXanthe HeubelLead ActorXavier Samuel BrentLead ActressRobin McLeavy Lola (Princess)Supporting ActorJohn Brumpton Eric (Daddy)Richard Wilson JaimieSupporting ActressVictoria Thaine HollyJessica McNamee MiaMATCHING JACK34-year-old Marisa Hagen discoversher husband has had multiple affairsthroughout their marriage, but thepossibility of an illegitimate child couldbe the very reason that their son, Jack,might live. Jack needs somethingonly a sibling can provide: a perfectmatch. So her search begins andunearths both a new man for herself,and a new beginning for her son.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MRunning Time 103’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Twentieth Century Fox FilmReleased Nationally August 2010ProducerDavid ParkerNadia TassRichard KeddieDirectorNadia TassWriterLynne RenewDavid ParkerCinematographer David Parker ACSEditor Mark WarnerSoundLloyd Carrick, Craig Carter,Peter Smith, James HarveyComposer Paul GrabowskyProduction Design Jon DowdingCostume Designer Edie KurzerLead ActorJames Nesbitt ConnorTom Russell JackLead ActressJacinda Barrett MarisaSupporting ActorRichard Roxburgh DavidKodi Smit-McPhee FinnSupporting ActressYvonne Strahovski VeronicaYoung Actor45Tom Russell JackKodi Smit-McPhee Finn

for bestdirectioninentertainmentlawProud sponsors of 2010 Samsung MobileAFI AwardsFILMDIGITALTELEVISIONTHEATREwww.tresscox.com.aumother fishThe inspiring story of four refugeesfleeing Vietnam in 1980, Mother Fishgoes inside the mind of one of thesurvivors. The present melds with thepast as a quiet factory worker relivesthe extraordinary journey whenshe and her sister took to the sea ina creaky river boat in search of abetter life.Screenplay Adapted from ‘Mother Fish’by Khoa DoClassification MRunning Time 92’Capture Medium RED ONE HDDistributor Titan ViewLimited Release August 2010ProducerKhoa DoDirectorKhoa DoWriterKhoa DoCinematographerPeter A. HollandEditorAlison CroftSoundSerge LacroixComposerAlan JohnProduction DesignerJason McGoldrickKhoa DoShane MacDonaldGuido GonzalezCostume DesignerHien NguyenLead ActressKathy Nguyen Young KimSupporting ActorHieu Phan UncleVico Thai ChauSupporting ActressSheena Pham HanhHien Nguyen Adult KimYoung ActorSheena Pham Hanh47

subdivisionThe community of builders in HerveyBay, Queensland, reckon they live inparadise. That is until a beautiful youngbuilding executive Tiffany comes totown and falls for the local builder’sson, Jack Kelly, and she turns Jack’sworld upside down! So much so, hefinally leaves the family firm and hisoverbearing father, to go out on hisown. And then, like thousands of smalltowns around the world, the town is hitby hard times and paradise is suddenlyunder threat, with consequences sofar reaching that nobody knows howit will end.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MRunning Time 105’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Buena Vista InternationalReleased October 2009ProducerTrish LakeOwen JohnstonDirectorSue BrooksWriterAshley BradnamJanice BradnamTerry McCannCinematographerJohn Stokes ACSEditorJane MoranComposerBrendan GallagherProduction DesignerNicholas McCallumLead ActorAshley Bradnam Jack KellyGary Sweet Digger KellyLead ActressBrooke Satchwell TiffanySupporting ActorJames Stewart BrettBruce Spence SingletSteve Bisley HarryAaron Fa’Aoso SollySupporting ActressKathryn Beck Dale KellyKris McQuade Betty KellyTOMORROWWHEN THEWAR BEGANTomorrow When The War Beganfollows the journey of eight highschool friends in a coastal countrytown whose lives are suddenly andviolently upended by an invasion thatno one saw coming. Cut off from theirfamilies and their friends, these eightextraordinary teenagers must learn toescape, survive and fight back againsthostile military forces.Screenplay Adapted from ‘Tomorrow,When The War Began’ by John MarsdenClassification TBARunning Time 100’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Paramount Pictures AustraliaReleasing Nationally September 2010ProducerAndrew Mason, Michael BoughenDirector Stuart BeattieWriter Stuart BeattieCinematographer Ben Nott ACSEditor Marcus D’ArcySoundAndrew Plain, David Lee,Gethin Creagh, Robert SullivanComposerJohnny Klimek, Reinhold HeilProduction DesignRobert Webb, Michelle McGahey,Damien Drew, Bev DunnCostume Design Terry RyanVisual EffectsChris Godfrey, Sigi Eimutis,Dave Morley, Tony ColeLead ActressCaitlin Stasey Ellie LintonSupporting ActorLincoln Lewis KevinDeniz Akdeniz HomerChris Pang LeeAndy Ryan ChrisSupporting ActressPhoebe Tonkin FiRachel Hurd-Wood Corrie49Ashleigh Cummings RobynYoung ActorAshleigh Cummings Robyn

the treeAfter the sudden death of her father,eight-year-old Simone shares asecret with her mother Dawn. She’sconvinced her father speaks to herthrough the leaves of her favouritetree and he’s come back to protectthem. But the new bond betweenmother and daughter is threatenedwhen Dawn starts a relationship withGeorge, the plumber, called in toremove the tree’s troublesome roots.As the branches of the tree start toinfiltrate the house, the family is forcedto make an agonising decision. Buthave they left it too late?Screenplay Adapted from ‘Our Father WhoArt In The Tree’ by Judy PascoeClassification MRunning Time 101’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Transmission FilmsReleasing Nationally September 2010ProducerSue TaylorYaël FogielDirector Julie BertuccelliWriter Julie BertuccelliCinematographer Nigel BluckEditor Francois GedigierSound Olivier MauvezinComposer Gregoire HetzelProduction DesignerSteven Jones-EvansCostume DesignerJoanna Mae ParkVisual EffectsDave Morley, Felix Crawshaw,Claudia Lecaros, Tim WalkerLead ActressCharlotte Gainsbourg DawnMorgana Davies SimoneSupporting ActorMarton Csokas GeorgeAden Young PeterSupporting ActressGillian Jones VonniePenne Hackforth-JonesMrs JohnsonYoung ActorMorgana Davies SimoneChristian Byers TimTom Russell LouZoe Boe Megan LuTHE TUMBLERTwo men, lost in the desert: Tahir, asoft-spoken, young Afghani-Australian;Hurtle, a rough, older, archetypalAussie bloke. Together, Tahir and Hurtlestumble across the arid landscape withonly a mouth mouthful of water leftbetween them, until they come acrossJen, a young headstrong woman, anAmerican soldier stationed alone ona remote military base in theAustralian desert.In good faith, Jen offers comfort toHurtle and Tahir, but when Tahir dropsa GPS unit, it becomes clear that theyare not lost. They are exactly wherethey planned to be.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MRunning Time 74’Capture Medium HDCamSRDistributor Paramount Pictures AustraliaReleasing Nationally September 2010ProducerMarc GracieStacey TestroDirectorMarc GracieWriterChris ThompsonCinematographerJustin BrickleEditorPhilip WattsSoundKeith ThomasComposerBenjamin SpeedProduction DesignerBen MorrisonLead ActorGary Sweet Hurtle HamiltonSupporting ActorHazem Shammas TahirSamir Malik Afghan ManSupporting ActressLouise Crawford Jen O’LearySuzannah Bayes-Morton Nikki51

screeningsprogramsTHE WAITINGCITYThe Waiting City tells the story of anoutwardly happy Australian couplewho journey to India to collect theiradopted baby. When they arrivein Kolkata they discover that theadoption arrangements are yet tobe finalised. Soon the intoxicatingmystic power of the city pulls them inseparate and unexpected directionsand the vulnerability of their marriagebegins to reveal itself.Screenplay Original ScreenplayClassification MRunning Time 108’Capture Medium 35mmDistributor Hopscotch FilmsReleased Nationally July 2010ProducerJamie HiltonClaire McCarthyDirectorClaire McCarthyWriterClaire McCarthyCinematographerDenson BakerEditorVeronika JenetSoundAndrew Plain, Paul “Salty” Brincat,Will Ward, Cameron Grant,John Simpson, Peter PurcellComposerMichael YezerskiProduction DesignerPete BaxterCostume DesignerJustine SeymourLead ActorJoel Edgerton BenLead ActressRadha Mitchell FionaSupporting ActorSamrat Chakrabarti KrishnaSupporting ActressIsabel Lucas ScarletTillotama Shome Sister Tessilamelbournesydney53

MELBOURNE | ACMI CinemasAustralian Centre for the Moving ImageFederation Square, Flinders Street Melbourne VictoriaT 03 8663 2200 W acmi.net.auOpening NightMonday 23 August7.00pm Tomorrow When The WarBegan (F, 100’)Invitation OnlyMonday 6 September7.00pm I Love You Too (F, 95’)Wednesday 8 September6.30pm The Waiting City (F, 108’)Thursday 9 September6.30pm Daybreakers (F, 88)Saturday 11 September1.00pm The Snowman (D, 79’)7.30pm Bright Star (F, 119’)Sunday 12 September3.00pm Contact (D, 78’)6.30pm Bran Nue Dae (F, 85’)Monday 13 September7.00pm Subdivision (F, 98’)Wednesday 15 September6.30pm Lou (F, 81’)Thursday 16 September6.30pm The Boys Are Back (F, 100’)Friday 17 September7.30pm The Loved Ones* (F, 84’)Saturday 18 September3.00pm Beneath Hill 60 (F, 124’)8.00pm The Horseman (F, 94’)Sunday 19 September2.30pm Strange Birds In Paradise -A West Papuan Story* (D, 75’)7.00pm Mother Fish (F, 92’)Monday 20 September7.00pm Matching Jack (F, 103’)Wednesday 22 September6.30pm Blame* (F, 89’)Thursday 23 September6.30pm The Tumbler* (F, 74’)Friday 24 September6.30pm Inside The Firestorm (D, 111’)Saturday 25 September6.30pm Deeper Than Yesterday(SF, 20’)The Love Song Of IskraPrufrock (SF, 16’)Zero (SA, 13’)The Kiss (SF, 16’)Suburbia (SF, 15’)The Lost Thing (SA, 15’)8.00pm Accidents Happen (F, 92’)Sunday 26 September2.30pm Animal Kingdom (F, 112’)Closing NightTuesday 28 September7.00pm The Tree (F, 101’)Invitation Only55*Session Restricted to AFI Members Only. F = Feature Film, SF = Short Fiction,SA = Short Animation, D= Feature Length Documentary

MELBOURNE | CINEMA NOVA380 Lygon StreetCarlton VictoriaT 03 9347 5331 W cinemanova.com.auTuesday 24 August9.30am Bran Nue Dae (F, 85’)Wednesday 25 August9.30am Inside The Firestorm (D, 111’)Thursday 26 August9.30am Animal Kingdom (F, 112’)Friday 27 August9.30am Bright Star (F, 119’)Saturday 28 August9.30am Tomorrow WhenThe War Began* (F, 100’)Sunday 29 August9.30am The Boys Are Back (F, 100’)Monday 30 August9.30am I Love You Too (F, 95’)Tuesday 31 August9.30am Accidents Happen (F, 92’)Wednesday 1 September9.30am Mother Fish (F, 92’)Thursday 2 September9.30am Contact (D, 78’)Friday 3 September9.30am Daybreakers (F, 88’)Saturday 4 September9.30am The Waiting City (F, 108’)Sunday 5 September9.30am Beneath Hill 60 (F, 124’)Monday 6 September9.30am The Tumbler* (F, 74’)Tuesday 7 September9.30am The Loved Ones* (F, 84’)Wednesday 8 September9.30am Subdivision (F, 98’)Thursday 9 September9.30am The Snowman (D, 79’)Friday 10 September9.30am Lou (F, 81’)Saturday 11 September9.30am The Tree (F, 101’)Monday 13 September9.30am The Horseman (F, 94’)Tuesday 14 September9.30am Blame* (F, 89’)Wednesday 15 September9.30am Strange Birds In Paradise -A West Papuan Story* (D, 75’)Thursday 16 September9.30am Deeper Than Yesterday (SF, 20’)The Love Song Of IskraPrufrock (SF, 16’)Zero (SA, 13’)The Kiss (SF, 16’)Suburbia (SF, 15’)The Lost Thing (SA, 15’)Friday 17 September9.30am Matching Jack (F, 103’)57*Session Restricted to AFI Members Only. F = Feature Film, SF = Short Fiction,SA = Short Animation, D= Feature Length Documentary

EXPERIENCETHE WORLD OFMOVIESCINEMAPARISA WORLD OF CINEMA IN THE HEART OF THE ENTERTAINMENT QUARTERBent St, The Entertainment Quarter, MOORE PARK NSW Ph: 9332 1633www.hoyts.com.au/cinemaparisSYDNEY | CINEMA PARISThe Entertainment QuarterEntry via Lang Road on Bent Street, Moore Park NSWT 02 9332 1633 W hoyts.com.auThursday 26 August6.30pm The Boys Are Back (F, 100’)9.00pm Daybreakers (F, 88’)Saturday 28 August1.30pm I Love You Too (F, 95’)4.00pm Lou (F, 81’)Sunday 29 August1.30pm Beneath Hill 60 (F, 124’)4.15pm Tomorrow When The WarBegan* (F, 100’)Tuesday 31 August7.00pm Animal Kingdom (F, 112’)Thursday 2 September6.45pm Subdivision (F, 98’)9.00pm The Horseman (F, 94’)Saturday 4 September1.30pm Inside The Firestorm (D, 111’)4.00pm Blame* (F, 89’)Sunday 5 September1.30pm Strange Birds In Paradise -A West Papuan Story* (D, 75’)4.00pm Mother Fish (F, 92’)Tuesday 7 September7.00pm Bright Star (F, 119’)Thursday 9 September6.45pm Deeper Than Yesterday(SF, 20’)The Love Song Of IskraPrufrock (SF, 16’)Zero (SA, 13’)The Kiss (SF, 16’)Suburbia (SF, 15’)The Lost Thing (SA, 15’)9.00pm The Loved Ones* (F, 84’)Saturday 11 September1.30pm Contact (D, 78’)4.00pm The Tumbler* (F, 74’)Sunday 12 September1.30pm The Waiting City (F, 108’)4.00pm The Snowman (D, 79’)Tuesday 14 September7.00pm Bran Nue Dae (F, 85’)Thursday 16 September7.00pm Matching Jack (F, 103’)Saturday 18 September1.30pm Accidents Happen (F, 92’)Closing NightWednesday 22 September7.00pm The Tree (F, 101’)INVITATION ONLY*Session Restricted to AFI Members Only. F = Feature Film, SF = Short Fiction,SA = Short Animation, D= Feature Length Documentary59

SYDNEY | HAYDEN ORPHEUM380 Military RoadCremorne NSWT 02 9908 4344 W orpheum.com.auOpening NightWednesday 25 August7.00pm Tomorrow When The WarBegan (F, 100’)INVITATION ONLYThursday 26 August6.30pm Bright Star (F, 119’)Monday 30 August6.30pm Deeper Than Yesterday(SF, 20’)The Love Song Of IskraPrufrock (SF, 16’)Zero (SA, 13’)The Kiss (SF, 16’)Suburbia (SF, 15’)The Lost Thing (SA, 15’)8.30pm The Horseman (F, 94’)Wednesday 1 September6.30pm Accidents Happen (F, 92’)Thursday 2 September6.30pm Beneath Hill 60 (F, 124’)Saturday 4 September10.30am The Tumbler* (F, 74’)12.15pm Lou (F, 81’)Sunday 5 September10.15am Subdivision (F, 98’)12.30pm I Love You Too (F, 95’)Monday 6 September6.30pm The Snowman (D, 79’)8.30pm Blame* (F, 89’)Wednesday 8 September6.30pm The Boys Are Back (F, 100’)Thursday 9 September6.30pm The Waiting City (F, 108’)Monday 13 September6.30pm Inside The Firestorm (D, 111’)8.45pm Animal Kingdom (F, 112’)Wednesday 15 September6.30pm Daybreakers (F, 88’)8.30pm The Loved Ones* (F, 84’)Thursday 16 September6.30pm The Tree (F, 101’)Saturday 18 September10.30am Mother Fish (F, 92’)12.30pm Strange Birds In Paradise -A West Papuan Story* (D, 75’)Monday 20 September6.30pm Contact (D, 78’)8.30pm Bran Nue Dae (F, 85’)Tuesday 21 September7.00pm Matching Jack (F, 103’)61*Session Restricted to AFI Members Only. F = Feature Film, SF = Short Fiction,SA = Short Animation, D= Feature Length Documentary

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