|| Melbourne International Film Festival - 25th July - 12th August 2007

The Melbourne Film festival is upon us yet again, and this year there are loads of great films on show, we have a bunch of films to see that were worked on by ASE members including Anna Craney, Karryn de Cinque, Paul Williams,  Bill Murphy ASE, Karen Johnson and Lindi Harrison. It is really exciting that so many of our members have work in this International Festival.

For more information on the festival head to the Official Site.
The Melbourne International Film Festival runs from the 25th July - 12th August 2007, and the ASE recommends supporting your fellow editors and seeing the following films: 

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3pm - ACMI - Sat, 28th of July

Katoomba
Editor - Karen Johnson

Annie and Mel have spent their lives in Katoomba and ever since school they have sworn to leave together. Then they meet Don, and everything changes.
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5pm - Greater Union - Sat, 28th of July

Searching for Sandeep
Editor - Anna Craney


From online through SMS to video diary, love in the digital age is a tricky, multi-tentacled beast. Despite living in one of the gay capitals of the world, 28-year-old Sydneysider Poppy Stockell is forced online in her search for love. When she meets 31-year-old Anglo-Indian Sandeep Virdi, she thinks she's found the one. Unfortunately, Sandeep lives at home in the British Midlands with her conservative Sikh parents and four younger sisters. And then there is the small obstacle that she's not out to any of them! Through raw, incredibly frank footage, Searching 4 Sandeep follows Poppy and Sandeep's tumultuous relationship across two years and three continents. As intimate and comfortable with technology as she is with her sexuality, Searching 4 Sandeep feels like Poppy's extended-mix video blog, a new kind of document for the future family archive.
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5:15pm - Greater Union - Sun, 29th of July

What the Future Sounds Like
Editor - Karryn De Cinque

The pioneering work of the Electronic Music Studios, a radical group of British
avant-garde electronic musicians, and their development of Britain's first synthesiser, the VCS3, which changed the sound of popular music and inspired musicians such as Brian Eno, Hawkwind and Pink Floyd.

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7pm - Greater Union - Tue, 31st of July
7pm - ACMI - Fri, 10th of August

Poetry
Editor - Paul Williams

The aches and the awkwardness of growing up and the explorations and possibilities of new relationships set Cate and Maddie, two adolescent girls, on different paths. A poem extended to Cate from a boy brings them apart, and what they learn about themselves brings them back together.

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9:25pm ACMI - Thu, 2nd of August
7:20pm ACMI - Sat, 11th of August

Words from the City
Editor - Paul Williams

Word up! From multi award-winning Adelaide dwellers Hilltop Hoods, through story-teller Fijian/Australian MC Trey from Sydney's outer west, to the snappy politics of inner-Melbourne's TZU, this evocative documentary explores the energetic and vibrant culture of Australian hip-hop. Focusing on the verbal and lyrical virtuosity of the performers - including Wire MC, Downsyde, Layla, Koolism, Bliss'n'Eso and Maya Jupiter - the filmmakers match the vernacular they document with a smart visual style. Travelling across the country over a long hot summer, capturing the MCs at festivals, gigs, recordings, and just hanging out, the film is infused with a great sense of place, and a distinctly Australian combination of casualness and urgency. Not just for fans of hip-hop (who will love it!), this film is for anyone with an interest in the vitality of language, politics and attitude.
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7pm - Regent - Fri, 03rd of August

Night
Editor - Bill Murphy ASE

Showing society in all its forms, people and places, urban and rural, Night explores the universal nature of night and how we experience it. Beautiful and arresting imagery captures the mood and magic of night, weaving these images against a symphonic score by composer Cezary Skubiszewski.

People from all walks of life tell of what night means to them – the pleasure and the pain, in reality and fantasy, work and leisure, past and present. The film juxtaposes the differences in our varied existence between dusk and the dawn of a new day.
Night is the work of Lawrence Johnston, best known for the award-winning film Eternity.
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1pm - ACMI - Sat, 04th of August

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Editor - Lindi Harrison


Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and four outstanding violinists are the threads that weave this exploration of how nature shapes who we are. As spring reaches Tokyo, violinist Sayaka Shoji demonstrates to her young students the timeless lessons in the music and in their own culture. Niki Vasilakis and friends travel from all corners of Australia to the far north to share the music of summer with the Thursday Island Community. As the leaves turn, Cho-Liang (Jimmy) Lin and his neighbours reveal to us their New York City's vibrant, complex personality. Finally, in the icy reaches of Finnish Lapland, Pekka Kuusisto and his colleagues bring the warmth of music and human interaction to the small local community. A wonderfully rich documentary that sweeps you away with fascinating characters, fine music and glorious images.
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