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FilmFest Australia

2012

Documentary Life In Movement
Documentary Life In Movement

Back in 2012 with a new name and new venues FilmFest Australia will run from September 14 to 23 at Clapham and Hackney Picturehouses.

It opens with the European premiere of Ryan Kwanten starrer Not Suitable For Children. The festival will also feature the European premiere of Any Questions For Ben? and the UK premiere's of Swerve and The Eye Of The Storm. Documentaries include the celebration of choreographer Tanja Liedtke Life In Movement.

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Latest reviews

  • Not Suitable For Children
    Review preview for Not Suitable For Children

    The premise sounds like a playpen for vulgarity but Michael Lucas's script is smarter than that.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    When a Sydney playboy discovers he's about to be rendered infertile by testicular cancer, the heat is on to become a dad.
  • Goddess
    Review preview for Goddess

    The domestic setting has a decent ring of truth and Kelly's high energy and Keating's winsome smile will go a long way with Mamma Mia fans.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A stressed-out mum, who sings by the sink, becomes an internet sensation.
  • Toomelah
    Review preview for Toomelah

    Sen does not flinch from showing a community plagued by misguided models of masculinity, but offsets this hopelessness with a qualified optimism for a different kind of cultural continuity.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    In a remote Aboriginal community, 10-year-old Daniel aspires to be a gangster.
  • Swerve
    Review preview for Swerve

    Despite a solid cast and good use of location, we really have been here many times before, regardless of how many twists Lahiff compounds to get us there.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    Thriller, sees the paths of a drug dealer, a dissatisfied wife, a straight up ex-soldier and a psychotic cop collide.
  • The Eye Of The Storm
    Review preview for The Eye Of The Storm

    The thematic links are remarkable, because they reveal and conceal simultaneously.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A dying mother is determined to manipulate her family to the very end.
  • The Hunter
    Review preview for The Hunter

    While the script wraps up its ambiguities a little too neatly in the end, the themes it wrestles with are sensitively handled for the most part and resonate long after the credits have rolled.

    David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
    A biotech company hires a hunter to track down the last Tasmanian tiger.
  • Life In Movement
    Review preview for Life In Movement

    This carefully crafted and wonderfully edited documentary stands as a warm and absorbing tribute to Tanja Liedtke's work, her impact on the dance scene around her and as a testimony to the joys of creativity itself.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A look back at the career of a talented dancer and choreographer tragically killed at the age of just 29.

Features

  • Documenting the dance of life
    Life in Movement co-director Bryan Mason talks about his very personal documentary about choreographer Tanja Liedtke.
  • Stormy relationships
    Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi and Alexandra Schepisi talk about The Eye Of The Storm.

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