Mildura Film Society

Lies We Tell
RATING:MA Strong suicide scenes and sexual violence
RUNTIME: 88mins
DIRECTOR: Lisa Mulcahy
ACTORS: David Wilmot, Chris Walley, Mark Doherty, Holly Sturton, Agnes O’Casey, Grainne Keenan, Eleanor Methven, Elaine O’Dwyer, John Olohan, Kieran Roche

The daunting, rambling estate of Knowl is no home for a young woman on her own, and certainly not for Maud (Agnes O’Casey, The Miracle Club) – just 18 years old. Freshly burdened with the sudden death of her father, and granted inheritance to his entire estate when she comes of age at 21, Maud is alone, unschooled in the ways of society, and vulnerable. The wolves begin to circle…

In a bewildering turn of events, Uncle Silas (David Wilmot, The Guard) is revealed as Maud’s guardian in her father’s will. A pariah of ‘society’, he is infamous for being a callous and uncaring man.

Silas is furious at being denied his ‘rightful’ inheritance, and in a world designed to constrain women, deploys society’s most underhand weapons to bend Maud to his will.

As family secrets are uncovered, Maud discovers and reclaims her fledgling independence.

Lies We Tell is a chilling and atmospheric gothic tour de force, featuring a star making turn from Agnes O’Casey.
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Crossing
RATING:M Mature themes, coarse language, drug use, nudity and sex scenes.
RUNTIME: 106mins
DIRECTOR: Levan Akin
ACTORS: Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanli
Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.
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No Other Land
RATING:MA Mature themes, violence and coarse language
RUNTIME: 95mins
DIRECTOR: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal.

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers.
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All We Imagine as Light
RATING:M A sex scene and occasional coarse language
RUNTIME: 118mins
DIRECTOR: Payal Kapadia
ACTORS: Chhaya Kadam, Divya Prabha, Hridhu Haroon, Kani Kusruti, Azees Nedumangad.

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
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Sorry, Baby
RATING:CTC
RUNTIME: 103mins
DIRECTOR: Eva Victor
ACTORS: Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi, Naomi Ackie, Eva Victor, Kelly McCormack, Hettienne Park, Cody Reiss, Jordan Mendoza.

Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least. When a beloved friend visits on the brink of a major milestone, Agnes starts to realize just how stuck she’s been, and begins to work through how to move forward.
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Black Dog
RATING:M
RUNTIME: 110mins
DIRECTOR: Hu Guan
ACTORS: Yi Zhang, Eddie Peng, Liya Tong, Zhangke Jia, Jing Liang, Hong Yuan, Vision Wei, Yi Zhao, Zhou You.

Taiwanese-born heartthrob Eddie Peng stars alongside a loveable whippet cross in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard Prize winner, Black Dog. On the edge of the Gobi Desert in Northwest China, Lang (Eddie Peng) returns to his hometown after being released from prison after a lengthy stint in jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the 2008 Olympic Games, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog. Two lonely souls, Lang and the black dog play silent sentinels in a landscape of danger, and of change in China’s regions. Directed by Guan Hu (The Eight Hundred), a Chinese sixth generation director usually known for big-budget action box-office record breakers, BLACK DOG is a one-of-a-kind crowd-pleasing riff on crime thrillers, westerns, neo-noirs and canine comedies, with more than a few nods to Mad Max and Easy Rider. Featuring a cheeky starring turn from legendary Chinese director Jia Zhangke and a Palm Dog Jury Prize winning performance from Xin as the black dog, whom Eddie Peng adopted after finishing the film, Guan Hu’s foray into arthouse is a truly unique cinematic experience that demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible.”
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