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The Australian Film Festival celebrated Australian film making by showcasing the variety, talent and depth of the world class productions that come out of Australia...

The Australian Film Festival featured two renowned Australian films -
The Dish" and "Priscilla - Queen of the Desert" with two Aussie film shorts that will be screened at at historical Belcourt Theatre in Hillsboro Village

  • Featuring The Dish, Priscilla & 2 Film Shorts..
  • Complimentary Hardy's Wine with finger food...
  • In Historical Belcourt Theatre in the Village... 
  • Guest Peter Croft from Parkes, NSW...
  • Aboriginal Art Display by Joanne Reid...

Houston - We Have A PROBLEM!...

As Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, our only link was a satellite dish in rural Australia with a few bugs (And a few hundred sheep)...

Based on a true story, "The Dish" recounts the emotions, drama and humor behind the four-day Apollo XI mission in July 1969 and the extraordinary role that Australia played in televising the historical lunar landing to the world...

Produced by the team who crafted the critically acclaimed independent film "The Castle," "The Dish" opened in Australia to a phenomenal response from both critics and audiences alike, breaking box office records to become the fifth highest grossing film in the history of Australian cinema. "The Dish" recently earned awards for Best Screenplay and Best Music from the Film Critics Circle of Australia.

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2006 Australian Film Festival
Belcourt Theatre, Hillsboro Village

Wednesday Sept 13, 2006 6:30-10:30 pm
$11.25 for ONLINE PURCHASE - $15.00 at the door - (615) 443-9050
* Includes 2 complimentary glasses of Hardy's Wine and light finger food...

Evening Schedule
6:30 p.m. - Film Festival Reception
Aboriginal Art Display by Joanne Reid
6:50 p.m. - Welcome from Peter Croft
Our official guest from Parkes, NSW
6:55 p.m. - First Aussie Film Short
7:50 p.m. - Our Feature Film - The Dish
8:45 p.m. - Intermission
9:00 p.m. - Second Aussie Film Short
9:05 p.m. - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert
10:45 p.m. - Film Festival Concludes
 
Guest Profiles
Peter Croft - Parkes, NSW
CEO - Parkes Forbes Enterprise Development Centre - Home city to the worlds greatest DISH - Peter also promotes economic independence for Indigenous people... - Profile
Joanne Reid - Aboriginal Art 
Joanne is a Wiradjuri woman, born in 1965, at Lake Cargelligo in New South Wales. Her art combines Aboriginal and European art forms...
- Profile
 
Film and Actors Profiles
The Dish - 1 hr, 40 minutes - Film Profile
Sam Neil - Cliff Buxton - Actor Profile
Patrick Warburton - Al Burnett - Actor Profile
Roy Billing - Mayor McIntire - Actor Profile
 
Priscilla  - 1 hr, 42 minutes - Film Profile
Terence Stamp - Bernadette - Actor Profile
Hugo Weaving - Tick/Mitzy - Actor Profile
Guy Pearce - Adam/Felicia - Actor Profile


And one of the best dressed movies of all time...

It's the Australian film that blitzed overseas box offices. It caused a near riot at the Cannes Film Festival. It won an Academy Award. It's fun, daring, over-the-top and unforgettable. It's a road movie with attitude and the occasional frock.

The story is set with two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transsexual (Bernadette) contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is Anthony's wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them...

 

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