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• LIONEL: SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE THEATRICAL SEASONS - UPDATE

  14 Oct 2008

  

  UPDATE: ADDITIONAL MELBOURNE SCREENINGS AT KINO CINEMAS FROM OCTOBER 16th!

  Eddie Martin's feature documentary LIONEL has now secured theatrical seasons in both Sydney and Melbourne throughout the month of October. There's been some fantastic publicity recently, in case you missed it:

  Channel 9 Wide World of Sports feature here
  AFL Footy Show Plug here
  Trailer here
  
  Melbourne & Sydney Screening info follows...

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• SCREEN DAILY: Siren Visual acquires San Sebastien premiere LA VIDA LOCA

  24 Sep 2008

  Siren Visual is pleased to announce our latest acquisition, Christian Poveda's LA VIDA LOCA. Having just premiered to great acclaim at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, LA VIDA LOCA is a street-level look inside the turbulent world of street gangs in El Salvador.  With a rare level of access into the daily lives - often short, and universally brutal - of Mara 18 gang members, renowned photographer and documentarian Poveda creates a moving portrait of a modern war zone...

  Trailer Here:

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• LIONEL: COMING SOON

  14 Sep 2008

  Australia's boxing legend Lionel Rose has been immortalized in Eddie Martin's new documentary, named simply LIONEL. After its world premier at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival (which included a two-minute standing ovation and not a dry eye in the house), LIONEL will enjoy a limited theatrical release. Keep reading for more info, including screening information.
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• VERY SPECIAL SCREENING OF RICHARD IN SYDNEY NEXT TUESDAY

  11 Sep 2008

  Sydney Film School, Siren Visual and Director Maya Newell are pleased to invite you to the special screening of Richard on Tuesday 16th September at 6:45pm at the Chauvel Cinema, Paddington, in celebration of the National DVD release on 18th September. 

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• "THE MATADOR" - COMING IN 2009

  10 Sep 2008

  Siren Visual is pleased to announce our latest acquisition, a one-of-a-kind look into a sport and a culture rarely seen outside of Spain and Latin America.  THE MATADOR  is the epic tale of David "El Fandi" Fandila's quest to become the world's top-ranked bullfighter. Heart-wrenching setbacks and thrilling successes dramatize El Fandi's three-year journey across Spain and Latin America and into the pages of bullfighting history.  Trailer HERE. Keep reading for more info...

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• AINT IT COOL: BOXING DAY REVIEW

  09 Sep 2008

  "Thoroughly masterful film that has no shame standing alongside contemporaries such as SEXY BEAST and THE WAR ZONE." Latauro Spars.

  Check out the full BOXING DAY review here

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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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