Q150 Film Festival
The touring Q150 Film Festival featured films made in Queensland or by Queenslanders. It toured to 10 communities from September to December 2009, stopping for two nights in each town.
Q150 Film Festival tour
| Date |
Location |
Park |
| 25-26 September |
Bowen |
Hansen Park |
| 02-03 October |
Normanton |
Normanton Sports Centre |
| 09-10 October |
Weipa |
Park outside old picture theatre |
| 23-24 October |
Biloela |
Biloela Civic Centre |
| 30-31 October |
Roma |
Cultural Centre Parklands |
| 06 November |
Sunshine Coast |
Cotton Tree Park, Maroochydore |
| 07 November |
Sunshine Coast |
Kings Beach Park, Caloundra |
| 13-14 November |
Toowoomba |
Queens Park |
| 20-21 November |
Gold Coast |
Warner Bros. Movie World |
| 27-28 November |
Gold Coast |
Southport Broadwater Parklands |
| 04-05 December |
Brisbane |
New Farm Park |
Films featured at the festival included:
Happy Feet
Queensland-born filmmaker George Miller directs this Academy Award-winning family movie about a little penguin who stays true to his beliefs to pursue his tap-dancing dreams. Featuring the vocal talents of superstars Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood and the late Steve Irwin.
Bloody Footy
Dean Chircop's multi-award-winning short film follows a young boy eager to break away from his Italian soccer loving heritage and play AFL, much to his father's distress. Both funny and meaningful, the film was funded by the Pacific Film and Television Commission and went on to screen at film festivals around the world (including Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival and the Cairo International Film Festival for Children).
48 Shades
Adapted from Nick Earls' widely praised coming-of-age novel 48 Shades of Brown, the film version depicts all the pleasures and pressures of Brisbane's share-house culture with a winning combination of gentleness, humour and grace. Schoolboy Dan is sent to live with his young aunt in suburban Brisbane and soon discovers love and relationships, alcohol, and what it means to transition to adulthood.
Nim's Island
Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination Nim's Island used the picturesque sandy beaches of the Gold Coast and the pristine rainforests of Hinchinbrook Island to bring the book-based paradise to life. Gold Coast based Academy Award winner, John Cox (Best Visual Effects, Babe 1995) was the animatronics supervisor, creating a life-size sea lion and sea turtle for the production.
All Men Are Liars
A riotous comedy starring Toni Pearen (Australia's Funniest Home Videos) and John Jarratt (Wolf Creek) set in small-town Queensland. After Elvis-infatuated Barry sells his wife's piano, she leaves him and it's up to their resourceful son, Mick, to bring the two back together. Echoing Some Like It Hot, Mick joins an all-girl rock band disguised as a diminutive female guitar player but romantic sparks soon fly between him and their sexy lead-singer.
Aunty Maggie and Womba Wakgun
Based on actual events which occurred in Brisbane in the fifties, the short film directed by Leah Purcell and written by Angelina Hurley depicts a woman struggling to feed her three boys on the army pension. Her solution to the problem soon becomes ensnared in problems that will bring her fame.
Last reviewed 10 February 2010
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