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• CITY OF LOST SOULS + FAUST REVIEWS ON 20/20 FILMSIGHT

  04 Aug 2008

  Nice review, plus bonus FAUST review for the Svankmajer fans. Happy reading - Thanks Cibby!
  
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• 'LIONEL' WORLD PREMIERE SATURDAY, 2ND AUG 5PM @ ACMI MELBOURNE

  28 Jul 2008

  SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 5PM - ACMI MELBOURNE Filmmaker Eddie Martin has followed up his highly-acclaimed debut JISOE with a landmark, career-spanning appraisal of Australian sporting icon Lionel Rose's life and legacy. Combining a remarkable selection of archival and present day observational footage and interviews, LIONEL explores the unprecedented rise of a mythic sporting figure-turned-national hero, recounting the triumphs and struggles of one man’s journey through a remarkable life.

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• BOXING DAY PLAYS PERTH TONIGHT

  18 Jul 2008

  It's late notice but if you're in Perth tonight there is a very special screening of Boxing Day at Cinema in a Cave. Held once a month, Cinema in a Cave is a curated microcinema screening "profound, bizarre, important, unimportant, obscene, heart-warming, gut-wrenching, controversial, not-so-controversial, plain kick-arse films from around the world".

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• TAXIDERMIA SOUNDTRACK RELEASED ONLINE

  17 Jul 2008

  Internationally acclaimed sound artist Amon Tobin's soundtrack for the surreal Hungarian masterpiece Taxidermia is finally available to download online. Long sought after by film and music fans alike the nine track digital EP contains all the pieces composed for the film and remix.

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• THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS AT APPLE

  15 Jul 2008

  The revolutionary multi-frame technique used throughout The Tracey Fragments was the result of almost a year in post-production.Editors Jeremy Munce, Gareth Scales and Matthew Hannam were given free rein to execute director Bruce McDonald's vision for Tracey. They recently did a demonstration of their techniques and working processes at the Apple Store in New York.

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• SUPANOVA SYDNEY: WRAP UP

  23 Jun 2008

  At this weekend's Supanova festival in Sydney we met hundereds of people who's interests share ours. People who want to know more about cultures from around the world and experience them through films, anime, machinima, et al.

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• STICKY CARPET AT THE OUTSIDE-IN CINEMA

  11 Jun 2008

  The State Library of Victoria is screening Mark Butcher's Sticky Carpet as part of a program showcasing Australian music documentaries. The Outside-In program shows films in the Experimedia section of the Library. You even get the a deckchair to sit in.

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• KOEN MORTIER ON EX DRUMMER

  22 May 2008

  Cyclic Defrost has an engaging interview with Ex Drummer director Koen Mortier. In the interview Koen talks about the difficulty in getting funding for the controversial film and the extremely mixed reaction to the film in his home country of Belgium.

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• I WISH I COULD SHOW YOU

  20 May 2008

  Wednesday night sees the launch of the video messaging project I Wish I Could Show You. The brain-child of Sticky Carpet co-producer Pip Stafford, I Wish I Could Show You is a database of anonymous video messages. These videos might be confessions, snippets of life, catharsis, love and hate letters, documentaries-anything you want them to be.

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• THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS GETS STRONG REVIEWS IN NEW YORK

  13 May 2008

  The Tracey Fragments has received a hugely positive reception in New York after it opened in cinemas last week. Here's what the critics had to say:

  "Ms Page... brilliantly embodies precocious intelligence." - A.O. Scott, New York Times

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