Categories Explained

Asia Pacific Cinema
Australian Cinema
Award Winners
Colourise BIFF
Experimental
Films on Filmmaking
Opening Night &Special Screenings
Cinephile Delights
Documentaries
THAI Meteorites
Music Films
Shock Corridor
Spotlight on BRITAIN
Visual Art In-Cinema
Shorts
World Cinema

Asia Pacific Cinema
The festival continues its commitment to screening the best of Asia-Pacific cinema with this fine selection of titles

• Ashes of Time Redux (Hong Kong)
• 3 Women (Iran)
• Asyl (Japan)
• A Bao A Qu (Japan)
• Days of the Turquoise Sky (Malaysia)
• Foster Child (Philippines)
• Karoy (Kazakhstan)
• Little Moth (China)
• Owl and the Sparrow (Vietnam/US)
• The Red Awn (China)
• Secret Sunshine (South Korea)
• Four Women (India)
• Night and Day (South Korea)
• The Sun Also Rises (Hong Kong/China)
• Dead Time: Kala (Indonesia)
• Tokyo Gore Police (Japan)
• Sukiyaki Western Django (Japan)
• Good Cats (China)
• Seven Intellectuals in Bamboo Forest Parts 1 - 5 (China)
• Ploy (Thailand)
• The Unseeable (Thailand)
• Wonderful Town (Thailand)
• Rain of the Children (New Zealand)
• Allen Ginsberg Gives Great Head (Singapore) - short
• As I Lay Dying (Malaysia) - short
• A House Call (South Korea) - short
• Hulahoop Soundings (Indonesia) - short
• The Monk (Hong Kong) - short
• Of Haves and Have Nots (India) - short

Australian Cinema
The festival's continued focus on promoting local production continues with a serving of Australian cinema allowing you to explore the Australian people and culture from a diverse range of viewpoints.

• Not Quite Hollywood
• The Chifleys of Busby Street
• Kissing Paris
• Lake Mungo
• Son of a Lion
• Three Blind Mice
• Acolytes
• Great Australian Albums: 16 Lovers Lane
• Great Australian Albums: Murder Ballads
• In My Father's Country
• Island Home Country
• The Burning Season

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Award Winners
A variety of award-winners fresh from the prize-podiums including:

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Colourise BIFF - Indigenous Focus
From northwest America to New Zealand, these inspiring and insightful films spotlight indigenous stories of struggle and hope.

• In My Father's Country (Australia)
• Island Home Country (Australia)
• Rain of the Children (New Zealand)
• Two Rivers (US)

Experimental Cinema
A wild cocktail of films which explore formal and narrative zones where few dare to enter.

• Profit motive and the whispering wind (US)
• Good Cats (China)
• My Winnipeg (Canada)
• You, the Living (Sweden)
• Seven Easy Pieces by Marina Abramovic (US)
• Las Meninas (Ukraine)
• Seven Intellectuals in Bamboo Forest Parts 1 -5 (China)
• Allen Ginsberg Gives Great Head (Singapore) - short

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Films on Filmmaking

• Derek (UK)
• Man of Cinema: Pierre Rissient (US)
• Reverse Shot - Rebellion of the Filmmakers (Germany)
• Not Quite Hollywood (Australia)

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Opening Night & Special Screenings

Opening Night

• Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? (US)

Closing Night

• The Edge of Love (UK)

Galas

• Caramel (Lebanon/France)
• In Bruges (UK/Belgium)

Showcases

• American Teen (US)
• Ashes of Time Redux (Hong Kong)
• Lemon Tree (Israel/Germany/France)
• Persepolis (France)
• Redbelt (US)

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Cinephile Delights
This collection of acclaimed films from emerging talents and established masters might just induce cine-nirvana for the serious movie-buff

• Four Women (India) - Adoor Gopalakrishnan)
• Katyn (Poland) - Andrzej Wajda
• Lorna's Silence (Belgium/France/Italy/Germany) - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
• Medea Miracle (France) - Tonino De Bernardi
• Night and Day (South Korea) - Hong Sang-soo
• One Day You Will Understand (France/Germany/Israel) - Amos Gitai
• Silent Light (Mexico/France/Netherlands) - Carlos Reygadas
• The Sky, the Earth and the Rain (Chile) - Jose Luis Torres Leiva
• The Sun Also Rises (Hong Kong/China) - Jiang Wen
• Three Monkeys (Turkey/France/Italy) - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

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Documentaries
From the daredevil stuns of Man on wire to the environmental crusades of Garbage Warrior, take a reality check with these documentaries and explore the people, places and histories of our world.

• The Burning Season (Australia)
• The Chicken, The Fish and the King Crab (Spain)
• The English Surgeon (UK)
• Garbage Warrior (UK)
• Man on wire (UK)
• Satellite Queens (Netherlands)
• Terror's Advocate (France)
• Seven Easy Pieces by Marina Abramovic (US)
• Global Metal (US)
• Great Australian Albums: 16 Lovers Lane (Australia)
• Great Australian Albums: Murder Ballads (Australia)
• Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome (US)
• American Teen (US)
• Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? (US)
• In My Father's Country (Australia)
• Island Home Country (Australia)
• The Chifleys of Busby Street (Australia)
• Profit motive and the whispering wind (US)

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Meteorites: Thai Cinema on the Move
Dazzling and diverse, Thai cinema continues to grow into a major hub for Asia's top filmmakers, from arthouse to mainstream. This sampler of features and shorts captures the very best from renowned directors and emerging talents.

• Ploy
• The Unseeable
• Wonderful Town
• The Anthem - short
• The Rocket - short
• The Planet - short
• Voyage of a Foreteller - short

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Music Films
Punk, hip-hop, metal and rock are all explored with this assortment of hot music-themed films.

• Global Metal (US)
• Great Australian Albums: 16 Lovers Lane (Australia)
• Great Australian Albums: Murder Ballads (Australia)
• Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome (US)
• What We Do Is Secret (US)

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Shock Corridor - Genre Cinema
Buckle up for thrills, chills and spills with this selection of super-charged movies from around the globe featuring sex, gore, Japanese cowboys, Asia Argento and the odd zombie!

• Acolytes (Australia)
• Boarding Gate (France)
• Dead Time: Kala (Indonesia)
• Diary of the Dead (US)
• Funny Games (US/UK/France/Germany/Italy)
• Sukiyaki Western Django (Japan)
• Tokyo Gore Police (Japan)
• Hulahoop Soundings (Indonesia) - short
• Bitten (France) - short

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Spotlight on Britain
Explore the serious and comic sides of life with this selection of the finest British cinema.

• A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (UK)
• Exodus (UK)
• Hunger (UK)
• Nightwatching (UK)
• Son of Rambow (UK)

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Visual Art In-Cinema
Experience the intersection of visual art with cinema in this striking collection of works.

• Seven Easy Pieces by Marina Abramovic (US)
• Las Meninas (Ukraine)
• Seven Intellectuals in Bamboo Forest Parts 1 -5 (China)

Short Films
St.George Bank BIFF's proud tradition of showcasing the best of Australian and international short films continue with a genre-hopping collection of titles from promising new directors and familiar names. Animate! spotlights the latest in animation with short films from Poland, Canada and Australia; A Short Beginning draws together some of the festival favourites and a selection of Thai shorts can be found in our national focus.

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World Cinema
Take a tour of the best in contemporary world cinema and discover new places and faces from Europe to the Americas.

• Autumn Ball (Estonia)
• Black Ice (Finland/Germany)
• Cargo 200 (Russia)
• Choke (US)
• Chop Shop (US)
• Heartbeat Detector (France)
• The King of Ping Pong (Sweden)
• Mutum (Brazil)
• Quiet Chaos (Italy)
• Raja 1918 (Finland)
• Redacted (US)
• Revanche (Austria)
• Sita Sings the Blues (US)
• Small Gods (Belgium)
• The Visitor (US)
• Wendy and Lucy (US)
• You, the Living (Sweden)