The eighth annual Possible Worlds Film Festival has revealed its 2013 program showcasing the best new cinema from Canada and the United States, and focusing exclusively on independent films.
Presented by Cosmos
Tours and non-profit The Festivalists, the
festival bring 20 new feature films – ten Canadian and ten American - to Dendy Opera Quays and Dendy Newtown
from 8th to 18th August.
The Festival will open with Sarah Polley’s acclaimed documentary STORIES WE TELL and close ten days
later with the Sydney premiere of Joe Swanberg’s DRINKING BUDDIES, starring Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick, Jake
Johnson and Ron Livingston.
A strong thematic strand within the program this year is
the female point of view, with ten titles featuring a woman in the lead and charting
female perspectives on identity, desire, sexuality, success and family, such as
black and white gems FRANCES HA by
Noah Baumbach and YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO
YOUNG by Zach
Weintraub. Four of these films, MOLLY
MAXWELL, STORIES
WE TELL, A TEACHER and IT FELT
LIKE LOVE are directed by women.
Special guest Steve
Ostrow will present the Sydney premiere of CONTINENTAL, a new documentary by Malcolm Ingram. Ostrow was the
founder of the Continental, a controversial gay bathhouse that transcended
sexual identity and acted as a beacon to the hip, beautiful and infamous in
1960s and 70s New York City.
Other highlights include THE END OF TIME by master documentarian
Peter Mettler, and the Australian premieres of NORTHERN
LIGHT, which charts the daily lives of families in recession-ravaged
Michigan; LUNARCY!, a portrait of
eccentrics and visionaries obsessed with the Moon; THE FRUIT HUNTERS, which follows foodies in search of rare fruit
around the globe; and REWIND THIS!,
a love letter to the VHS tape, which will be paired in a double feature with a
40th anniversary screening of sci-fi/western WESTWORLD.
THE WAIT, starring Chloe Sevigny and Jena
Malone, will have its international premiere. The Festival will be a chance for
audiences to discover new independent films such as Sean Garrity’s hilarious MY AWKWARD SEXUAL ADVENTURE, Zach
Clark’s raunchy Christmas movie WHITE REINDEER (reviewed at Graffiti With Punctuation), Jason Buxton’s coming-of-age drama, BLACKBIRD and Adam Leon’s NYC caper, GIMME THE LOOT.
Many screenings will include a complimentary welcome drink
on arrival. For more information, visit www.possibleworlds.net.au.
WHEN: August 8 -18
(Sydney) and August 21 – 23 (Canberra)
WHERE: Dendy Circular
Quay, Dendy Newtown and Arc Cinema
SYDNEY TICKETS: Adult
$16, Concession $13 – Bookings: www.pwff.eventbrite.com.au
Great line up.
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