The Travelling Film Festival (TFF) is bringing a premium slice of Sydney Film Festival (SFF) to Newcastle. Just five days after the close of SFF, TFF presents the best of SFF at Tower Cinemas 21-23 June showcasing a selection of pre-release and Australian premieres fresh from Sydney Film Festival.
The TFF 2013 line-up includes nine features from Portugal, Denmark, France, UK, USA, Indonesia, and Belgium taking audiences on a cinematic journey around the world featuring highlights from SFF’s Official Competition, Sounds on Screen, International Documentaries and Special Presentations at the State Theatre. Seven of the nine feature films will have their Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival then hit the highway north to present at Tower Cinemas. You can be the first to see these exclusive titles at TFF Newcastle.
Opening Night Gala will screen the titillating tragedy, The Look of Love – the true story of the ‘King of Soho’, Paul Raymond, who made a fortune ruling a nightclub, real-estate and porn empire. UK comedian Steve Coogan stars as Raymond and reunites with long-time collaborator director Michael Winterbottom (The Trip). The film screens with Australian short film The Chuck In and the films will be followed by the always popular after-party with complimentary drinks.
Other highlights include Michel Gondry’s (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) new film, Mood Indigo, starring Audrey Tautou (Amelie); eco-terrorist thriller The East starring Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood) and one of the most applauded films for this year’s international festival circuit, The Act of Killing. TFF Newcastle also features a 2012 SFF Official Competition selection – Tabu and the much anticipated Cannes-winning film from Denmark, The Hunt.
The Look of Love
Steve Coogan reunites with long-time collaborator Michael Winterbottom (The Trip) for the true story of the ‘King of Soho’, Paul Raymond, who made a fortune ruling a nightclub, real-estate and porn empire.
Tabu
Tabu is an utterly beguiling love story that moves between contemporary Portugal and colonial Africa, transporting us into the past, immersing us in a tale of love and crime straight from the world of adventure films.
The Human Scale
This documentary charts Danish architect Jan Gehl’s mission to reclaim our public spaces, to throw out car-driven urban design and rebuild cities that suit pedestrians and cyclists.
Mood Indigo
The visually inventive Michel Gondry takes on Boris Vian’s beloved novel Froth on the Daydream and delivers an array of astonishing images in this surreal and poetic love story starring Audrey Tautou (Amélie) and Romain Duris.
The East
This timely and suspenseful thriller stars Brit Marling as an elite private-intelligence agent who infiltrates an anarchist collective who plot attacks on corporations. Alexander Skarsgård and Ellen Page co-star.
The Act of Killing
In this chillingly surreal festival smash, a former Indonesian gangster, military collaborator and movie buff re-enacts his murderous past in the style of the films he loves. The Act of Killing is directed by maverick documentarians Errol Morris and Werner Herzog and won the Jury and Audience award at the Berlinale 2013.
Tenderness
Marion Hansel’s delicate and funny road movie brings a long-divorced Belgian couple back together, as they put their differences aside to help their son, who is hospitalised in a French resort.
The Hunt
Set in a small-town of Denmark, Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair, Casino Royale) delivers an award-winning performance as Lucas – a kindergarten teacher who is the victim of an untruth that spirals out of control.
Muscle Shoals
Music fans of all kinds will relish this soul-drenched doco about the fabled Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama, where Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, the Stones and more recorded all-time classic grooves.
Full program and updates online HERE
Tickets on sale now: for online sales visit sff.org.au/tff – click Newcastle, or visit the cinema box office at Tower Cinemas, 183-185 King Street, Newcastle NSW 2300. PH: (02) 4926 2233
Travelling Film Festival Newcastle acknowledges the financial assistance of Screen Australia and is assisted by NSW Government through Screen NSW and is supported by ABC Newcastle.