The Melbourne International Film Festival presents the Travelling Film Showcase – hitting the road with screenings across regional Victoria.

The showcase will run at Theatre Royal Castlemaine across the 20th, 21st and 22nd of September and will screen a selection of MIFF 2019 Premiere Fund-supported films, as well as MIFF favourite IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS.

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FRIDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER

7.30pm – BELOW
Starring Ryan Corr and Anthony LaPaglia, Below is a pitch-black comedy with a unique, and uniquely provocative, take on Australia’s controversial asylum-seeker detention system.
TIX:
http://theatreroyalcastlemaine.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/0d04803d-a33a-4b79-9519-36348eee22a3

SATURDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

2.30PM – NO TIME FOR QUIET
Featuring appearances from rock sensation Courtney Barnett, local punk trio Cable Ties and Sikh-Australian slam poet Sukhjit Khalsa, No Time for Quiet joins a group of girls and gender-fluid youths as they discover the empowering strength of music through a GIRLS ROCK! camp in Melbourne.
TIX:
http://theatreroyalcastlemaine.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/7059fed7-5ec4-4a1f-9252-1620e579d805

5.00PM – A FAMILY
Deadpan to its core, A Family is an offbeat comedy that ventures into the home of a lonely man who hires actors to play his parents, brother and sister.
TIX:
http://theatreroyalcastlemaine.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/138a6537-2956-469a-9b5f-147340f6a585

7.30PM – BUOYANCY
Inspired by the real-life plight of workers sold into Southeast Asia’s fishing industry and featuring a powerful performance from its first-time star, this gripping high seas drama was awarded the Panorama Prize by Berlinale’s Ecumenical Jury.
TIX:
http://theatreroyalcastlemaine.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/42c60121-d75e-43bf-8f33-affff6099857

SUNDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER

2.30PM – IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS
Four years after Gayby Baby (MIFF 2015), Maya Newell crafts another powerful, essential portrait of Australian youth, putting the plight of the Northern Territory’s Indigenous children in the spotlight.
TIX: http://theatreroyalcastlemaine.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/3206287c-6b6c-47be-bc20-69e79f979b1b

5.30PM – H IS FOR HAPPINESS
Miriam Margolyes, Emma Booth, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah Mailman and Joel Jackson star in this delightful adaptation of the award-winning YA novel My Life as an Alphabet.
TIX:
http://theatreroyalcastlemaine.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/8646b5a2-95ff-46f9-aeb4-93953dbac6fc

For more information visit http://miff.com.au/travelling/castlemaine

The Melbourne International Film Festival presents the Travelling Film Showcase – hitting the road with screenings across regional Victoria.

The showcase will run at Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre across the 4th, 5th and 6th of October and will screen the MIFF Premiere Fund-supported films BELOW, NO TIME FOR QUIET, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, and A FAMILY, as well as MIFF favourites HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD and VAI.

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FRIDAY 4TH OCTOBER

1.00PM – BELOW
Starring Ryan Corr and Anthony LaPaglia, BELOW is a pitch-black comedy with a unique, and uniquely provocative, take on Australia’s controversial asylum-seeker detention system.

SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER

1.00PM – HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD
“Ben Wheatley strips things way back for his nerve-raddled family reunion comedy, and the result is one of his best, most fluid films.” – Variety

4.00PM – NO TIME FOR QUIET
Featuring appearances from rock sensation Courtney Barnett, local punk trio Cable Ties and Sikh-Australian slam poet Sukhjit Khalsa, NO TIME FOR QUIET joins a group of girls and gender-fluid youths as they discover the empowering strength of music through a GIRLS ROCK! camp in Melbourne.

7.00PM – MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Following the critically acclaimed ‘Pawno’, director Paul Ireland moves from Footscray to Prahran’s commission flats for this contemporary re-interpretation of Shakespeare, with Hugo Weaving leading a powerful, multicultural cast.

SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER

1.00PM – A FAMILY
Deadpan to its core, A Family is an offbeat comedy that ventures into the home of a lonely man who hires actors to play his parents, brother and sister.

4.00PM – VAI
Eight female directors from eight separate Pacific Island nations celebrate Indigenous resilience and creativity through the life of one extraordinary woman.

For more information visit http://miff.com.au/travelling/wonthaggi