FILM FESTIVAL : "Australian Visions : A festival of acclaimed Australian films" at Siri Fort Audi - 6th to 9th March 08

• Entry : Inviation Cards available at Australian High Commission, 1/50 G Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021

• Event Details : Australian High Commission presents 'Australian Visions : A festival of acclaimed Australian films'.

• Schedule :
  
• 6th March :
  
• 6:00 pm
• Welcome remarks followed by screening
• Jindabyne (by invitation only)
• 2006/123 Min/35mm/English
• Dir : Ray Lawrence
• Cast :Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard, Chris Haywood
• Based and the short story by Raymond Carver `So Much Water So Close To Home' Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. The story of a murder and a marriage. A powerful and original film about the things that haunt us.
• 7th March ( Friday )
• 2.00 pm
• The Caterpillar Wish
• 2005/94 Min/35mm/ English
• Dir: Sandra Sciberras
• Cast : Wendy Hughes, Susie Porter, Victoria Thaine, Robert Mammone, Philip Quast, Khan Chittenden
• The Caterpillar Wish is about ordinary people finding the courage to believe they have the power to transform their
• own lives. This winter, one wish will change everything. An evocative, gentle drama set in a small seaside township.
• It explores the themes of belonging, loss and the need to connect - all through the eyes of Emily, a teenage girl.
• 4:00 pm
• Three Dollars
• 2005/119 min/35mm/ English
• Dir: Robert Connelly
• Cast: David Wenham, Frances O'Connor, Sarah Wynter
• Based on Elliot Perlman's award-winning novel, THREE DOLLARS tells the story of an honest, compassionate man
• who finds himself, at the age of 38, with a wife, a child and three dollars.
• 6:30 pm
• Swimming Upstream
• 2003/115 min/35mm/ English
• Dir: Russel Mulcahey
• Cast: Judy Davis, Geoffrey Rush, Jesse Spencer, Tim Draxl, Deborah Kennedy.
• Based on Anthony Fingelton's book of the struggle to become an Olympic swimmer despite an overbearing, alcoholic
• father and his long-suffering mother.
• 8th March :
  
• Ned Kelly
• 2003/110 min/35mm/English
• Dir: Gregor Jordan
• Cast: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey rush, Naomi Watts, Laurence Kinlan, Kris McQuade, Joel
• Edgerton, Rachel Griffiths, Russell Dykstra, Kerry Condon.
• The true story of Ned Kelly, a Jesse James like gangster from Australia, who carried out a series of robberies with his
• gang of outlaws from 1878 -80. Adapted from Robert Drewe's novel, "Our Sunshine".
• 11.00 am
• Dirty Deeds
• 2002/97 min/35/mm/ English
• Dir: David Caesar
• Cast: Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman, Sam Worthington
• 2.00 pm
• It's Sydney in 1969 and the Mafia have just sent Tony and Sal, a couple of Chicago hoods, to Australia to get a cut
• from the profits of the illegal gambling which is flourishing due to Yank soldiers on R&R from Vietnam. Barry Ryan
• who runs Sydney's shady end of town doesn't think much of this idea and co-opts his nephew, Darcy, his wife, Sharon, and mistress, Margaret, into helping him keep the Mafia at bay. A trip to the outback is what he has in mind.
• 4.00 pm
• Jindabyne
• Dir: Ray Lawrence
• 2006/123 Min/35mm/English
• Cast:Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard, Chris Haywood
• Based and the short story by Raymond Carver `So Much Water So Close To Home' Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. The story of a murder and a marriage. A powerful and original film about the things that haunt us.
• 6.30 pm
• Somersault
• 2004/106 min/35mm/English
• Dire: Cate Shortland
• Cast: Abby Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran
• A visually haunting film, set at the foot of the Australian ski fields, SOMERSAULT is the story of a young girl's sensory journey, through which she learns the true meaning of love, family and friendship.
• 9th March :
  
• 11.00 am
• La Spagnola
• 2001/90min/35mm/English
• Dir : Steve Jacobs
• Cast : Lola Marceli, Alice Ansara, Lourdes Bartolome, Alex Dimitriades
• A vivid and comic portrayal of a migrant mother and daughter surviving life in a dusty Australian town in the 1960s.
• 2.00 pm
• Somersault
• 2004/106 min/35mm/English
• Dire: Cate Shortland
• Cast: Abby Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran
• A visually haunting film, set at the foot of the Australian ski fields, SOMERSAULT is the story of a young girl's sensory journey, through which she learns the true meaning of love, family and friendship.
• 4.00 pm
• The Rage in Placid Lake
• 2003/90 min/35mm/English
• Dir: Tony McNamara
• Cast: Ben Lee, Rose Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Garry MacDonald, Christ Stollery
• Placid Lake is a kid who follows his instincts; follows them so far they lead him to convalescing in a full body cast and pondering whether following your heart is good for your health. Deciding it isn't, he takes the road travelled more.
• Be normal, fit in. Even if it kills you.
• 6.30 pm
• Dirty Deeds
• 2002/97min/35mm/English
• Dir: David Caesar
• Cast: Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman, Sam Worthington
• It's Sydney in 1969 and the Mafia have just sent Tony and Sal, a couple of Chicago hoods, to Australia to get a cut from the profits of the illegal gambling which is flourishing due to Yank soldiers on R&R from Vietnam. Barry Ryan who runs Sydney's shady end of town doesn't think much of this idea and co-opts his nephew, Darcy, his wife, Sharon, and mistress, Margaret, into helping him keep the Mafia at bay. A trip to the outback is what he has in mind.

• Place : Siri Fort Auditorium Complex, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi
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