London Australian Film Festival 2007: Documentaries, Archive Films

Rolf de Heer in The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (top); Hunt Angels by Sue Maslin (bottom)

London Australian Film Festival 2007: New Features
THE DOCUMENTARIES:
This year’s documentary strand boasts a selection of eight titles. A double-bill co-presented by Dochouse explore cross culturalism in Australia. Rolf de Heer’s The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (UK Premiere) is a compelling companion piece to his Ten Canoes. “We are making a movie. The story is their story, those that live on this land, in their language, and set a long time before the coming of the Balanda, as we white people are known. For the people of the Arafura Swamp, this film is an opportunity, maybe a last chance to hold on to the [...]

by Andre Soares | February 16, 2007   
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London Australian Film Festival 2007

Laura Linney in Jindabyne (top); Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer (bottom)

PRESS RELEASE
The 13th London Australian Film Festival
Thursday 15 March – Sunday 25 March
The ten-day London Australian Film Festival returns to the Barbican for its 13th consecutive year with the biggest and strongest programme yet of 25 new features (including for the first time this year all the 2006 Australian Film Institute award winners), eight documentaries, two family films, and three archive classics, including the UK Premiere of the digital restoration of the earliest film ever made, The Story of the Kelly Gang. As in previous years the programme is enriched by the inclusion before most screenings of shorts selected from Flickerfest, Australia’s short film festival. In addition, the [...]

by Andre Soares | February 16, 2007   
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