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Standard Ticket: $30 / Concession Ticket: $25

The Sydney Underground Film Festival opening night will feature a great program of Australian and International films including premieres by David Lynch, Paul Winkler, Martha Colburn, Cristian Pozo and the opening night feature, Tin Can Man, by young emerging Irish filmmaker, Ivan Kavanagh. Tin Can Man is a not to be missed Australian premiere that draws you in and then spits you out as it unfurls with frightening rapidity and leaves you fumbling, weeping in a Lynchian carnivale of depravity! This surrealist merry-go-round is tempered with the character dynamics of Haneke, and the cinematic atmosphere of Aronofsky.

Entrees will be served prior to the opening night film program and then an after-party of food and drink will then be supplied thanks to Inspire Foods, Brewtopia, and Lark Distillery and a live performance by the amazing CODA.

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Featuring local and international shorts that recycle, reuse, reclaim, retrieve, recover, and rescue film footage and images.

Includes Australian premiere works by prominent filmmakers including Bill Morrison’s ‘Highwater Trilogy’ (2006) and Abigail Child’s ‘Mirror World’ (2006) and also works by Virgil Widrich, Lewis Klahr, Sodajerk, Tony Lawrence, and Geoff Weary.

See seven incredible films for just $10!

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This more overtly political strand is an eye-opening program, exposing more lies about the war in the Middle East and communicates local and global concerns about conflict and war, the environment, and corruption. This program will be introduced by a Stop the War Coalition / Stobush2007.org advocate.

The program features shorts by Trevor Wills, Mahmoud Yekta, Martha Colburn, Atanas Djonov and the shocking documentary, Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own, by seasoned filmmaker, Gary Null. We have heard about the problems of using depleted Uranium, but this documentary goes further: uncovering and exposing more lies told by the US Government to its soldiers, particularly about the true nature of ‘Gulf War Syndrome’. A must-see documentary particularly in this time of senseless war, as the death toll of innocent people in the Middle East and in the West continues to rise.

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There is a fine line between love as a healthy and rewarding endeavour and love as psychosis. This screening of worldwide shorts, featuring films by Christina Andreef, Adrian Arce, and Rami Fischler from Australia, Ken Takahashi from Canada, Rafael Kapelinski from Poland, Angel Vasquez, David Firth, Daniel Schneidkraut, Minji Kang, and David Wilson from USA, and Sven Vinge Madsen from Denmark, would be the perfect place to take your date! Or not!

After this screening stick around and enjoy the beautiful and haunting melodies from PONYCLUB MASSACRE.

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This program is an amazing display of films where the narrative is driven by the tension and dynamic between two opposing forces, whether it is between characters or between the camera and its subjects.

Featuring films by Albie Thoms, David Lynch, John Gillies, Dean Francis, Christian Breuer, Faye Jackson, Katrina Graham, Annabel Osbourne, and more.

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A jam-packed and extremely diverse program, which will make you laugh, cry, and will puzzle and dazzle you.

Films in this collection use a varied range of techniques from hand-drawn, stop-frame, direct film practices to 3D animation. Featuring films by David Perry, Martha Colburn, David Firth, Richard Eames, Max Margulies, Naoko Masuda, William Mansfield, Ricky Sprague, Yasmeen Ismail, Brad Schaffer, Eric Patrick, Ji Hyun Ahn, and more.

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Standard Ticket: $10 / Concession Ticket: $8

A jam-packed and extremely diverse program, which will make you laugh, cry, and will puzzle and dazzle you.

Films in this collection use a varied range of techniques from hand-drawn, stop-frame, direct film practices to 3D animation. Featuring films by David Perry, Martha Colburn, David Firth, Richard Eames, Max Margulies, Naoko Masuda, William Mansfield, Ricky Sprague, Yasmeen Ismail, Brad Schaffer, Eric Patrick, Ji Hyun Ahn, and more.

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Standard Ticket: $10 / Concession Ticket: $8

An exciting film program of contemporary and classic experimental films in which the narrative is articulated or evoked through its own material and physical processes.

Featuring films by Bill Morrison, David Lynch, Albie Thoms, Peggy Ahwesh, Mark Street, Naomi Uman, Courtney Hoskins, and more.

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Standard Ticket: $20 / Concession Ticket: $15

The Sydney Underground Film Festival closing night kicks off with the early film program, “MATERIAL AFFECTS”, which features some significant new and historical films. The ticket price includes this early session.

Following the 6:30pm session will be the closing night feature, “The Memory Thief”, by Gil Kofman. The Memory Thief is the story of Lukas – an aimless young man in contemporary L.A., who buries thoughts of his own past in his humdrum routine as a tollbooth clerk. A chance encounter with a Holocaust survivor suddenly brings into focus a world and an identity he embraces with frightening intensity – the victimized Jews of World War II. As he begins to enthusiastically act out this newfound obsession, Lukas behaves like survivor’s guilt isn’t just for the Jews anymore. The Memory Thief is a mesmerizing, audacious debut feature by Kofman, created in the vein and tradition of TAXI DRIVER. The film was edited by Curtiss Clayton who cut To Die For, Drugstore Cowboy, and Buffalo 66. It stars Mark Webber (The Hottest State, Broken Flowers) and Rachel Miner (Bully).

Following the feature, filmmakers will be awarded for their creativity and originality. 2SER RADIO will then present us with special musical guests and a closing night party to end the festival on a high!

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Festival passes are only $60
($55 concession).

There is over 85 films to see
over 4 days plus great side events.

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which includes:

• Collector dog tag (which MUST
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• plus entry to other pre-festival
  and post-festival events

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