BIFF to celebrate 20th birthday.
December 12th 2011 06:07
The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) will celebrate its 20th anniversary with an extraordinary program of 135 feature films that features the grand total of 50 Australian premieres.
50 films will enjoy their very first Australian screening at the festival, taking audiences on a journey around the world without leaving Brisbane!
From highly anticipated A-List cast films like UK release, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, to the first documentary entirely filmed and made in East Timor, Uma Lulik; the 2011 BIFF program promises audiences a broad spectrum of cinematic experience, with many surprises.
Of the 50 Australian premieres in the 2011 program, there are several films which promise to be some of the most popular of the festival including:
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon will enjoy its Australian premiere at BIFF and the multi award winning artists are rumoured to attend the special screening allowing fans a unique opportunity to learn their background story and get up close to their idols.
Gold Coast brothers Paul and Ben China will premiere their film Crawl at BIFF’s purpose built Drive-in Theatre, off the back of their award winning success at LA’s recent Screamfest Festival.
Let the Bullets Fly with martial arts king, Chow Yun Fat is now the highest grossing domestic film in China of all time, and will have its first Australian screening at BIFF.
The Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Like Crazy, a bittersweet portrait of love at a distance, will enjoy its Australian Premiere at BIFF.
Director Pedro Almodóvar, arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation, will premiere The Skin I Live In starring Antonio Banderas, as the closing night film of festival.
BIFF will also feature 3 world premieres, all local documentaries including; The Trouble with St Mary’s, The Clouds Have Stories: The Art of the Torre Strait Islands and Prelude.
A full list of the 50 films that will have their Australian premiere screening at BIFF and their country of origin are as follows:
Arirang (South Korea)
Attack the Block (UK)
Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey (Ireland)
Bitter Taste of Freedom (USA/Russia)
Boatload of Wild Irishmen (Ireland)
Burnt by the Sun 3 (Russia)
...But Film Is My Mistress (Sweden)
Clouds Have Stories: The Art of the Torres Strait Islands (Australia)*
Cinema Komunisto (Serbia/Montenegro)
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope (USA)
Corridor, The (Canada)
Crawl (Australia)
A Dangerous Method (UK/France/Germany/Canada/Swi tzerland)
Dancing with Dictators (Australia)
Drive-In Delirium Presents Trailerpalooza (Australia)
The Drunkard (Hong Kong)
Fantome Island (Australia)
50 Best Kills (USA)
Goodbye, First Love (France/Germany)
The Human Centipede 2 (Netherlands/UK/USA)
I Wish (Japan)
In the Company of Eric Rohmer (France)
La Voz Dormida (Spain)
Las Acacias (Argentina /Spain)
Let the Bullets Fly (China)
Like Crazy (USA)
The Look (France)
Manborg (Canada)
My Little Princess (France)
No More Fear (Tunisia)
On Borrowed Time (Australia)
The FP (USA)
The Orator (New Zealand/Samoa)
Penumbra (Argentina)
Policeman (Israel)
Prelude (Australia)*
Revenge: A Love Story (Hong Kong)
Sibérie (France)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
Sons of Perdition (USA)
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon (USA)
This Is Not a Film (Iran)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (UK/France)
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardomn(USA)
Trouble with St Mary’s, The (Australia)*
Uma Lulik (East Timor)
Upside Down:The Creation Record Story (UK)
We Who Have Lived La Dolce Vita (Italy/France)
You’ve Been Trumped (USA)
The Zero Hour (Venezuela)
* Denotes World Premiere
In addition to the 50 Australian premieres, BIFF will be presenting Australia’s richest documentary competition BIFFDOCS, a “Let’s Go Surfing” program strand celebrating this rich subject matter, a Filmmakers In Focus program, and exclusive collaborations with the La Mirada, Fantastic Fest and Cannes Film Festivals.
BIFF takes place in locations throughout Brisbane from 3 – 13 November, 2011.
The full program can be viewed online HERE
Tickets can be purchased at www.biff.com.au
50 films will enjoy their very first Australian screening at the festival, taking audiences on a journey around the world without leaving Brisbane!
From highly anticipated A-List cast films like UK release, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, to the first documentary entirely filmed and made in East Timor, Uma Lulik; the 2011 BIFF program promises audiences a broad spectrum of cinematic experience, with many surprises.
Of the 50 Australian premieres in the 2011 program, there are several films which promise to be some of the most popular of the festival including:
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon will enjoy its Australian premiere at BIFF and the multi award winning artists are rumoured to attend the special screening allowing fans a unique opportunity to learn their background story and get up close to their idols.
Gold Coast brothers Paul and Ben China will premiere their film Crawl at BIFF’s purpose built Drive-in Theatre, off the back of their award winning success at LA’s recent Screamfest Festival.
Let the Bullets Fly with martial arts king, Chow Yun Fat is now the highest grossing domestic film in China of all time, and will have its first Australian screening at BIFF.
The Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Like Crazy, a bittersweet portrait of love at a distance, will enjoy its Australian Premiere at BIFF.
Director Pedro Almodóvar, arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation, will premiere The Skin I Live In starring Antonio Banderas, as the closing night film of festival.
BIFF will also feature 3 world premieres, all local documentaries including; The Trouble with St Mary’s, The Clouds Have Stories: The Art of the Torre Strait Islands and Prelude.
A full list of the 50 films that will have their Australian premiere screening at BIFF and their country of origin are as follows:
Arirang (South Korea)
Attack the Block (UK)
Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey (Ireland)
Bitter Taste of Freedom (USA/Russia)
Boatload of Wild Irishmen (Ireland)
Burnt by the Sun 3 (Russia)
...But Film Is My Mistress (Sweden)
Clouds Have Stories: The Art of the Torres Strait Islands (Australia)*
Cinema Komunisto (Serbia/Montenegro)
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope (USA)
Corridor, The (Canada)
Crawl (Australia)
A Dangerous Method (UK/France/Germany/Canada/Swi tzerland)
Dancing with Dictators (Australia)
Drive-In Delirium Presents Trailerpalooza (Australia)
The Drunkard (Hong Kong)
Fantome Island (Australia)
50 Best Kills (USA)
Goodbye, First Love (France/Germany)
The Human Centipede 2 (Netherlands/UK/USA)
I Wish (Japan)
In the Company of Eric Rohmer (France)
La Voz Dormida (Spain)
Las Acacias (Argentina /Spain)
Let the Bullets Fly (China)
Like Crazy (USA)
The Look (France)
Manborg (Canada)
My Little Princess (France)
No More Fear (Tunisia)
On Borrowed Time (Australia)
The FP (USA)
The Orator (New Zealand/Samoa)
Penumbra (Argentina)
Policeman (Israel)
Prelude (Australia)*
Revenge: A Love Story (Hong Kong)
Sibérie (France)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
Sons of Perdition (USA)
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon (USA)
This Is Not a Film (Iran)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (UK/France)
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardomn(USA)
Trouble with St Mary’s, The (Australia)*
Uma Lulik (East Timor)
Upside Down:The Creation Record Story (UK)
We Who Have Lived La Dolce Vita (Italy/France)
You’ve Been Trumped (USA)
The Zero Hour (Venezuela)
* Denotes World Premiere
In addition to the 50 Australian premieres, BIFF will be presenting Australia’s richest documentary competition BIFFDOCS, a “Let’s Go Surfing” program strand celebrating this rich subject matter, a Filmmakers In Focus program, and exclusive collaborations with the La Mirada, Fantastic Fest and Cannes Film Festivals.
BIFF takes place in locations throughout Brisbane from 3 – 13 November, 2011.
The full program can be viewed online HERE
Tickets can be purchased at www.biff.com.au
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