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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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