SUFF2010 - REALITY BITES (SHORT FILM SESSION)
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Fri 10 Sep 6:00PM<br><b>Price</b><br>FULL $14 + bf / CONC $12 + bf<br><b>Bookings</b><br>(02) 9550 3666<br><b>Tickets</b><br>On sale now Factory Theatre
Fascinating real-life narratives you won’t want to miss – meet adult babies, original Lanfranchi’s Memorial Discotheque members, loveable Helmut and cougars!
Films screening as a part of the REALITY BITES session:
TWO Australian Premiere Maya Newell / 2010 / Australia/UK A short documentary that follows Julian as he spends a weekend in an adult baby nursery to celebrate his 2nd Birthday (for the 40th time).
FOR SALE, COUGAR Australian Premiere Asher Hartman / 2009 / Canada ‘Is Misogyny at home?’ In For Sale, Cougar Asher Hartman and his wymym exploit themselves in a comedic examination of film and power through the genre of MILF porn.
LANFRANCHI’S MEMORIAL DISCOTHEQUE Richard Baron / 2010 / Australia Lanfranchi’s Memorial Discotheque was Sydney’s favourite artist-run space, situated on the second level of an inner city warehouse. Lanfranchi’s doubled as a residence and unauthorised performance venue for 5 years, growing from unlikely beginnings to become what director Neil Armfield described as a ‘major strand of our city’s cultural DNA’. The decaying warehouse hosted hundreds of shows and was an accessible starting point for Sydney’s emerging performers, artists and musicians. That is, until property development got in the way and Lanfranchi’s residents were given 60 days to vacate the building. Despite the impending eviction, the parties roll on during the final days of Lanfranchi’s, until the building’s owners and police intervene. But with no replacement, and with Sydney’s vibrant underground art communities fractured, where will the city breed its cultural DNA? A fascinating and important story told straight from the horse’s mouth, such as ex-resident Lucas Abela; an experimental musician who plays amplified sheets of broken glass with his mouth.
HELMUT’S HOUSE Jess Dickenson / 2009 / Australia During a 50,000 km road tour the filmmakers encounter 89 year old Helmut. Living alone and remotely for nearly 40 years in a hand-built house on the bed of one of the largest rivers in Australia, he is wearing only a loincloth when they arrive unannounced.
LET’S HARVEST THE ORGANS OF DEATH ROW INMATES Chris Weller & Max Joseph / 2009 / USA With so many people on the waiting list for heart transplants, and capital punishment still occurring across 36 states in the USA, shouldn’t we be harvesting healthy organs from executed inmates?
