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SIR DANCEALOT<br />

<strong>THE</strong> WESTERN <strong>SUN</strong><br />

Animation<br />

Sir Dancealot is the short story of a knight in King Arthur’s<br />

times who tires of saving Damsels in Distress, preferring to<br />

practice his two-step, in a dress.<br />

Director Lana Schwarcz<br />

Producer Atlanti Films<br />

Lana Schwarcz is a puppeteer, writer, comedian and filmmaker.<br />

Her films The Upper Hand and 138 Big Ones have been shortlisted<br />

for Tropfest.<br />

LIFE’S A DRAG<br />

Short Feature<br />

As Bettina prepares for her final drag performance, her friend,<br />

Alexis prompts a rash of memories that swamp the ageing queen.<br />

Director Robin Queree<br />

Producer Robin Queree/Victoria Mcintyre<br />

Finalist: Best Short Feature Metro, Best Film Cultural Diversity,<br />

Best Actor Peter Mcallum<br />

Winner of the 2015 AFI AACTA Social Shorts Award. Robin has<br />

acted and directed for over 50 years; several of his short films have<br />

been entered in international festivals. Co-producer Victoria Mcintyre<br />

has written three award-winning shorts.<br />

WHY DO <strong>THE</strong>Y HATE US?<br />

Documentary<br />

Smeer is an ageing punk rocker, tattooist & musician.<br />

His marriage to young pin-up model Sammi has proved to be<br />

highly controversial.<br />

Finalist: Best Documentary West<br />

Director Mark Bakaitis<br />

Producer Mark Bakaitis<br />

Bakaitis’ first feature film, Narocsys won Best Film at the Melbourne<br />

Underground Film Festival, 2000. His documentary, An Evening<br />

With Mark Chopper Read was filmed in the weeks before Chopper’s<br />

death. He’s current feature, Cult Girls was shot in Lithuania.<br />

MASTER POET<br />

Short Feature<br />

It’s finally happened. One of Sarah’s poems is going to be published.<br />

But she has to pay for it herself, and her flatmate won’t<br />

give her the money.<br />

Finalist: Best Short Feature Metro, Best Actor Karen Sibbing<br />

Director Justin Olstein<br />

Producer Charmaine Kuhn, Cameron Hall<br />

Olstein, is a Melbourne International Film Festival documentary<br />

winner, whose films have screened on Foxtel, at the Berlinale<br />

Talent Campus, Open Channel/Screen Australia Raw Nerve<br />

Program, 66th Locarno Film Festival.<br />

Book tickets for The Western Sun here<br />

SATURDAY 16 APRIL 6PM <strong>SUN</strong> <strong>THE</strong>ATRE<br />

WONDERS OF <strong>THE</strong> WEST<br />

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