Helen Sharpton
호주 서부의 댐피어에 있는 동떨어진 광산 마을에 호주 태생의 꼬질꼬질한 캘피(양 지키는 개)가 갑자기 나타나고, 거주민들의 삶은 훨씬 좋아진다. 그러나 개가 독살되면서, 마을 사람들은 개에 대한 기억을 사랑의 마음으로 함께 나눈다.
Policewoman
This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni.., the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of Sunni, Esther goes away from her ordinary life and leaves behind her malfunctioning Jewish family to hang out with Sunni's far breezier and super-hip single mom Mary and attend Sunni's forbidden public school as a Swedish exchange student.
Park Bench Woman
A scientist & inventor in 1907, Dr Plonk, predicts that the world will end in 101 years, unless something is done about it.
Prosecuting Barrister
In the sinful city streets life can be tough on the human heart, and in Laura's world now frequented by junkies, dealers, thugs and cops, she knows, just like the rest of them that losing your head can leave you for dead. A gun-shot reverberates through the city streets intertwining the destinies of all these lost souls;can they outrun it? Or will the truth about love hit them all? Laura is not finding it easy, especially when the nation is transfixed by LAW TV, the televised trial of two cops for viciously beating and shooting Trevor Lyons, a gifted and attractive soccer player; because as it turns out, Jack, her first lover, might just be involved. JIM a snitch paid with heroin is most certainly implicated. But it is RUSSELL, her unexpected new love who triggers the realization of her intense re-occurring dream; and her sexual awakening. Shot of Love; they're all dying to get their hands on it.
Janice
A boy climbs an unsteady path to adulthood under difficult circumstances in this drama from Australia. Shaun (Kane McNay) is a teenager growing up in a run-down suburb of Melbourne. His father Sam (Brett Swain) is in prison, while his mother Jenny (Nell Feeney) is too lost in her problems with alcohol to provide much guidance for her children. Left to his own devices, Shaun commits petty theft, smokes pot, and deals drugs to his friends as they hang out at the nearby shopping mall. Shaun seems unable to reach out to anyone, not even his girlfriend (Lauren Hawker) or Darren (Brett Tucker), a social worker eager to help him. When his father is released from prison and brings his mistress to the "Welcome Home" party Jenny throws for him, Shaun comes to realize that if he is ever to resolve his problems, he will have to do it without the help of his family. Mallboy marked the feature film debut for writer/director Vincent Giarrusso.
Sally
After more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Widowed musician Andreas decides to get back in touch with his one great love, Claire, who is still married to her first husband, John. Andreas and Claire find that the connection they shared when they were young is still there and they soon become involved in a rekindled love affair.
Madelaine
The story of Julia, a disabled woman in a wheelchair and voice synthesizer, who's trapped psychologically by a cruel, manipulative caregiver. After the arrival of a mysterious man, Julia begins to question the day-to-day dramas and frustrations she's tolerated for years. An achingly genuine and profoundly moving drama about a woman born with cerebral palsy.
Suzie as an adult
빗속을 헤매던 초라한 행색의 한 남자. 막무가내로 찾아 들어간 레스토랑 피아노 앞에 선 그는 사람들의 비난과 야유 속에서 연주를 시작한다. 오로지 손가락이 기억하는 움직임에 따라 자신만의 격정적이고 열정적인 연주를 마치자, 이를 숨죽이고 지켜보던 사람들은 그의 아름다운 연주에 환호를 전한다. 오락가락하는 정신으로 10년이나 세상으로부터 방치된 채 살아온 그는 바로 과거 [라흐마니노프 피아노 협주곡 3번]으로 전설적인 무대를 남긴 천재피아니스트 ‘데이비드 헬프갓’임이 알려지는데……
Paradise
When a man discovers a golden braid hidden inside an antique he has purchased, he becomes obsessed with the fantasy of a love affair from time past and the woman he imagines the braid belonged to.
Mitch
Mitchell leaves the comfort of suburban bliss convinced that no-one can assess life who has not experienced it first-hand. Clear about what is not appropriate for her, she is searching for what is: a choice. She takes a job at an inner-city hair salon and a room in a nearby boarding house. Here she meets Gaye, who lives on love and spurts on her asthma inhaler. Through a quirk of fate she meets Rex in the hall with not much on but the imprint of a boot on his behind. She takes him in, captivated by his smile. They warm to one another at once. Rex appreciates Mitchell's style and is impossible to ignore. The drawback is he comes fully loaded: Mitchell discovers that where Rex is trouble follows close behind.
Various
Cabaret-style show bringing together songs, prose and poetry that celebrate women.
Mary
In this standard movie about a young doctor wandering across the U.S. in search of his lost ideals, Richard Moir is David Trueman, someone who has dreams of going to South America to practice medicine among the disenfranchised. Trueman does go, but after he arrives he encounters enough corruption and oppression to drive him out of there -- and into drugs. He decides to travel around the U.S., at a loss with himself and society, and eventually he meets Mary (Jo Kennedy), a young heroin addict who shares his angst about life. As the two commiserate, their bleak outlook lightens up a little, promising some fairer weather in the future. Jo Kennedy received a "Best Actress" Silver Bear award at the 1985 Berlin Film Festival for her portrayal of Mary.
Jackie Mullens
시대를 앞섰던 호주 뮤지컬 영화 은 모든 뮤지컬 명작들이 그렇듯 문화적 유행을 관통하며 여전히 유의미하고 경쾌하다. 조 케네디가 스타 가수를 열망하는 십 대를 연기하고, 로스 오도너번은 조의 경력을 위해 떠들썩한 홍보와 여러 소동을 벌이는 사촌 동생을 맡았다.
(2021년 제23회 서울국제여성영화제) 재키 멀렌스는 망해 가는 엄마의 술집에서 웨이트리스로 일하지만 언젠가는 가수로 데뷔하겠다는 꿈을 갖고 있다. 동네 탤런트 쇼에서 멋진 공연을 펼친 재키는 같은 쇼에 너온 웜배츠라는 밴드와 만나고 기타리스트 로비와 데이트를 시작한다. 한편 매니저를 자처하는 열네 살 사촌 앵거스는 TV 프로그램인 「더 와우! 쇼!」의 진행자 테리 램버트의 시선을 끌기 위해 계략을 꾸민다. 엉겁결에 군중 앞에서 줄타기를 하게 된 재키는 과연 계획대로 슈퍼스타가 될 수 있을까? 은 질리안 암스트롱이 첫 작품 (1979) 이후 내놓은 두 번째 장편 극영화이다. 두 작품은 모두 여성 예술가를 주인공으로 내세운다는 점을 제외한다면 극단적으로 다르다. 이 작가의 꿈을 키우는 19세기 호주 여성의 경험을 담은 사실적이고 진지한 시대극이라면, 은 주디 갈랜드와 미키 루니 주연의 1930년대 할리우드 영화처럼 복잡함이나 사실성 따위는 포기해 버린 발랄하고 뻔뻔스러운 뮤지컬 코미디다. 단지 이 영화의 배경은 1980년대 동시대의 호주이고 당시의 네온빛 패션과 음악과 열기로 채워져 있다. 오로지 그 시대, 그 공간에서만 존재했던 청춘 문화의 화려한 기록이다. (2021년 제23회 서울국제여성영화제 /듀나)
