BIG SCREEN 2010

10 June – 13 June

BABINDA

THURSDAY 10 JUNE, 6.30PM
MUNRO PICTURE THEATRE
Tickets: $6 includes wine and cheese before the screening.

Meet Ernie Dingo! Ernie will be in Babinda to introduce the first screening of this new print from the NFSA's Deluxe/Kodak Collection.

The Fringe Dwellers (PG)
1986, 98mins

Bruce Beresford (Mao’s Last Dancer, Driving Miss Daisy) directs this moving film about a young Aboriginal girl longing to improve her life. Her boyfriend, a strapping young stockman (Ernie Dingo), seems to offer an escape. She has a life of love, humour and chaos within her extended family but will she sacrifice it all for her big city dreams? Country Queensland and the Indigenous connection to the land are beautifully evoked by cinematographer Don McAlpine (My Brilliant Career, Moulin Rouge!).
Dir: Bruce Beresford. Writ: Nene Gare (novel), Bruce Beresford & Rhoisin Beresford (script). Prod: Sue Milliken.

PLUS Aunty Maggie and the Womba Wakgun (U/C)
2009, 11mins

Aunty Maggie, three hungry nephews and a nuisance rooster. Rachel Maza stars in this comedy. Her father, the much-loved Bob Maza, features in The Fringe Dwellers.
Dir/Writ: Leah Purcell

CAIRNS

FRIDAY 11 JUNE, 6.00PM
FLECKER BOTANIC GARDENS
Tickets: $10, $8 FOG/FOGB/End Credits. Ticket sales at gate, BYO picnic, Gates open 6pm, movies start 7pm.

Meet Ernie Dingo! He will introduce this smash-hit film and conduct a Q&A after the screening.

Bran Nue Dae (PG)
2009, 85mins

A coming-of-age, musical comedy road movie. Accompanied by the joyous sounds of country and gospel with Broome-style Broadway dancing.
Dir: Rachel Perkins. Writ: Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins, Jimmy Chi. Prod: Graeme Isaac, Robyn Kershaw.

PLUS Jackie Jackie (G)
2007, 6mins

Jinaali is a sweet Aboriginal checkout chick. Her boss is constantly on her back until she finds a voice of her own.
Dir/Writ: Adrian Wills.

FAMILY SCREENING CAIRNS
SATURDAY 12 JUNE, 10.00AM
CAIRNS CENTRAL BCC CINEMA
Tickets: $5 children. Accompanying adults free!

Elephant Tales (G)
2006, 101mins

Bring all the family to see this magical tale of two elephant brothers in search of their mother across the African plains. A heart-warming tale featuring real animals, with actors providing voices in the tradition of Babe.
Dir: Mario Andreacchio. Writ: Mario Andreacchio, Denis Whitburn, John Wild.

PORT DOUGLAS

SUNDAY 13 JUNE, FROM 6.00PM
REX SMEAL PARK
Tickets: $2 for double feature, ticket sales at gate, BYO picnic, Gates open 6pm, movies start 7pm.

Bran Nue Dae (PG)
2009, 85mins

PLUS King of the Coral Sea (PG)
1954, 85mins

A dashing and romantic thriller filmed on Northern QLD’s Thursday and Green Islands starring Chips Rafferty as Ted King, skipper of a pearling lugger. Rod Taylor is the playboy owner of the pearling company who wants to modernise in the face of conflict between old and new generations of pearlers.
Dir: Lee Robinson. Writ: Chips Rafferty, Lee Robinson.

PLUS Sharpeye (PG)
2007, 6mins

A young boy spies a Special Forces dinghy in the Torres Strait Islands.
Dir/Writ: Aaron Fa’aoso

 

Thu 10 Jun 12.00pm

Bran Nue Dae (PG) + guest Ernie Dingo

Munro Picture Theatre

Thu 10 Jun 6.30pm

The Fringe Dwellers (PG) + guest Ernie Dingo

Babinda Munro Picture Theatre

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