Milton-Ulladulla film buffs have the opportunity to lap up the regional tour of Sydney Film Festival this March.
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The Travelling Film Festival (TFF) will return to Ulladulla from March 8 to 10, screening six feature films and a documentary at Arcadia Twin Cinemas.
The curated program includes an impressive selection of films from the world’s most prestigious festivals, from Cannes to Sundance, festival manager Sanam Rodrigues said.
It’s the fourth year the festival has made Ulladulla one of its 18 stops around Australia.
Opening the festival is Hotel Mumbai, directed by award-winning Australian director Anthony Maras and starring Oscar-nominated actor Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) and Golden Globe-nominated actor Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name).
This docu-drama explores the real-life events of the terrorist siege that took place in Mumbai’s upscale Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in 2008.
The festival closes with the winner of the Special Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance, Three Identical Strangers. Shortlisted for a Best Documentary Oscar nomination, the documentary follows three strangers who discover they are identical triplets separated at birth.
The festival will screen Cannes award-winners including Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Shoplifters, winner of the most coveted film prize in the world, the Palme d’Or; winner of the Grand Jury Prize, Nadine Labaki’s Capharnaüm, which examines the poorest slums of Lebanon through the eyes of a child; and Happy As Lazzaro, following a naive peasant who unwittingly finds himself entwined in a world of deception and time travel.
Julian Schanbel’s critically acclaimed At Eternity’s Gate, which features a Golden Globe-nominated performance by screen legend Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project, The Grand Budapest Hotel) as iconic tortured Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh; and the award-winning Icelandic comedic-drama film, Woman at War.
Tickets to the festival are on sale now. Adults are $14.50, concession is $12.50 and children/students are $10. A full subscription is $66.50 and $59.50 for concession.
Book tickets online in advance at www.sff.org.au/tff/program/ulladulla.
For ticket enquiries phone Sydney Film Festival on 02 8220 6600 or contact the cinema box office.
The Program:
Friday, March 8 –
Hotel Mumbai – Starring Dev Patel and Armie Hammer, award-winning Australian director Anthony Maras explores the dramatic real-life events that occurred in Mumbai's upscale Taj Mahal Palace Hotel during 2008’s Mumbai terror attacks.
Saturday, March 9 –
Capharnaüm - Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival 2018, Nadine Labaki’s funny yet tough feature film tells the genuinely moving story of a troubled 12-year-old Lebanese boy. Screens with short film Judas Collar.
Woman At War - Gloriously funny, this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week award-winner from Benedikt Erlingsson (Of Horses and Men, SydneyFilm Festival 2014) is about a DIY Icelandic eco-warrior taking on heavy industry.
At Eternity’s Gate - Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate is a journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite scepticism, ridicule and illness, created some of the worlds most beloved and stunning works of art.
Sunday, March 10 –
Shoplifters - Hirokazu Kore-Eda's (After Life; Nobody Knows) latest masterpiece is about an impoverished group of affectionate misfits who commit petty crimes to survive.
Happy As Lazzaro – Winner of best screenplay at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Alice Rohrwacher directs a beautiful and inventive fable which tells the tale of a naive peasant who unwittingly finds himself entwined in a world of tragedy, deception and time travel.
Three Identical Strangers – The unbelievable-but-true tale of three strangers who discover they’re identical triplets separated at birth, with one of the most surprising twists you’ll ever encounter. Screens with short film Lost & Found.