FilmFest Australia 2007
Candy Candy
Candy and Irresistible
2:37 (Country: Australia; Year: 2006; Director: Murali K Thalluri; Writer: Murali K Thalluri; Stars: Teresa Palmer, Joel Mackenzie, Frank Sweet, Clementine Mellor, Charles Baird, Sam Harris, Marni Spillane, Sarah Hudson, Chris Olver, Xavier Samuel, Gary Sweet, Daniel Whyte)
Emotions bleed at an Aussie high school.
Candy (Country: Australia; Year: 2006; Director: Neil Armfield; Writer: Luke Davies; Stars: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffery Rush, Tom Budge, Noni Hazelhurst)
A junkie poet falls in love.
Irresistible (Country: Australia; Year: 2006; Director: Ann Turner; Writer: Ann Turner; Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt, Bud Tingwell, William McInnes, Georgie Parker, Terry Norris, Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik, Lauren Mikkor, Heather Mitchell, Jill Forster)
A children's book illustrator becomes obsessed with her husband's new secretary.
Jindabyne (Country: Australia; Year: 2006; Director: Ray Lawrence; Writer: Raymond Carver, Beatrix Christian; Stars: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Chris Haywood, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard, Leah Purcell, Eva Lazzero, Sean Rees-Wemyss, Alice Garner, Simon Stone, Betty Lucas, Max Cullen, Mala Ghedia, Tatea Reilly, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Stelios Yiakmis), Official Site, Trailer
A close-knit Australian community is rocked when four men discover a murder victim’s corpse and do nothing about it.
Kanyini (Country: Australia; Year: 2006; Director: Melanie Hogan; Stars: Bob Randall), Official Site
One man's testimony to the plight of the indigenous people of Australia and his hopes for the future.
2:37 2:37
2:37 and Kanyini
Ten Canoes (10 Canoes) (Country: Australia; Year: 2006; Director: Rolf De Heer and Peter Djigirr; Writer: Rolf De Heer; Stars: David Gulpilil (narrator), Jamie Gulpilil, Crusoe Kurrdal, Richard Birrinbirrin, Peter Minygululu, Frances Djulibing)
An Aboriginal hunting party passes the time by retelling an old fable that has a particular resonance for the youngest member.
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