Perth Multicultural Film Festivals in 2010 / 2011
Lavazza Italian Film Festival 14-28 October 2010
Hola Mexico Film Festival 17-24 November 2010
French Film Festival 23 March - 10 April 2011 (subject to change)
2009 Audi Festival of German Films in Australia (anticipated to take place in April/May 2011)
Revelation Perth International Film Festival (anticipated to take place in July 2011)
Baz Luhrmann‘s ‘Australia’ is set around the time of the World War II bombing of Darwin. The aristocratic Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) leaves England for Australia, in order to encourage her husband to settle the sale of their cattle farm ‘Faraway Downs’. She arrives to unexpected circumstances and takes on the challenge that these present, delaying her return to England. In Australia she meets The Drover (Hugh Jackman) and Nullah (Brandon Walters), a part-Aboriginal child. Both have a profound affect on her and change the course of her journey.
‘Australia’ is a well-scripted, beautiful story about identity, connectedness and belonging, set in Australia’s rural north. With a score as grand as the landscape, this movie is a cinematographic celebration of Australia’s magnificent beauty. It is, as David Letterman put it, “a love-letter to Australia”. The movie pays tribute to the cultural depth and connectedness of this country’s indigenous heritage through the sensitive portayal of Nullah’s bond with King George (David Gulpilil). This 3-hour romantic epic truly takes you there.
