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SPECIAL EVENTS |
For more information on the special events below, please refer
to the Film Programme
BIFF Reel Trivia Night
Monday 28 July
The BIFF Reel Trivia Night kicks off once again the night before our Opening Night Celebrations. Can you name the actor who smooched Halle Berry at this year's Oscars or who the director of Mad Max I was? If you know the answers to these questions — or even if you didn't — our BIFF Reel Trivia Night is for you! You can team up with 5 to 10 of your friends or phone us and we'll team you up with a new set of friends. Test your film knowledge to win fabulous prizes and have a great night out!
Presented by San Remo Pasta, for $20 each you'll get registration, a San Remo Pasta dinner and a complimentary drink. The night will be a special treat for Italian Cinema lovers out there with one question from each round all about Cinema Italia. We're even offering a prize for the most creative team name!
Join us for the BIFF Reel Trivia Night on Monday, 28 July, at the Brisbane Powerhouse for a fun film feast! Download the registration form or for further information email biff@biff.com.au or ph. 07 3007 3007.
BIFF Opening Night
Tuesday 29 July
The Opening Night of BIFF always goes off with a bang and
2003 promises to be a glitzy and glamorous affair. For your
Opening Night delight, BIFF proudly presents the world premiere
of local film Gettin' Square which follows the lives of a
group of small-time crooks who are trying to go straight,
but find themselves pitted against all the high-tech resources
of the newly formed Crime Investigation Commission. From the
back streets of Brisbane's Fortitude Valley to the glitz of
the Gold Coast, they call on their street-smarts and rat-cunning
style to get square.
Tickets for opening night are $65 and this includes the screening
as well as a smashing after party!
For more on the film or to purchase tickets, click
here
 Showcase Screening 1 Laurel Canyon
Thursday 31 July
Presented by 4KQ
Writer/Director Lisa Cholodenko follows up her much-acclaimed
1997 debut High Art with this role reversal of 'out there'
parent somehow managing to raise a rebelliously conservative
and boring child in Laurel Canyon. Featured as part of the
Directors Fortnight in Cannes 2002, this US production will
launch the BIFF Showcase screenings on Thursday 31 July 2002
at the Greater Union Hoyts Regent Cinema. Slick and engaging
with a star-studded cast lead by Frances McDormand, Christian
Bale and Kate Beckinsale and a cool Indie score from Sparklehorse.
Post-screening the party will continue into the night with
some 500 revellers joining us for a party to match the slick
and thrilling film.
Tickets for the Showcase Screening only are $15. Stay tuned
for updates on the Post-Party bash.
For more on the film or to purchase tickets, click
here
 Showcase Screening 2
Tuesday 5 August
The Rage in Placid Lake presented by Network 10
Acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee makes his
acting debut in the title role in this quirky comedy, The
Rage in Placid Lake.
With Rose Byrne (Two Hands) as his soulmate Gemma and Gary
McDonald (Mother and Son) and Miranda Richardson (The Hours)
as his hippie parents this is one film not to be missed!
Tickets to the Showcase Screenings are $15. Stay tunned for
more information on the post-party bash.
For more on the film or to purchase tickets, click
here
Closing Night
Sunday 10 August
Closing Night is up close and personal. Writer/director Jim
Sheridan turns his lens upon his own family's experiences
immigrating to the United States in the aptly titled In America.
This loosely autobiographical tale follows a young Irishman's
dream to New York-complete with wife and children in tow.
This richly observed, beautifully written and performed picture,
layered with elements that are both amusing and touching but
never sentimental will bring the 12th Brisbane International
Film Festival to a close. Tickets for this gem are $15.
For more on the film or to purchase tickets, click
here
Fast
Film
Sunday 10 August
Any subject. Any
genre. One special ingredient.
BIFF Fast Film gives
budding filmmakers just fifty days to write, shoot, and edit
a five-minute film containing a special ingredient. This year,
the special ingredient was a reflection.
The finalists will
be screened on Sunday 10 August, 6.30pm at Little Stanley
Street, South Bank. Bring your jumpers and cushions and snuggle
up for some entertaining and creative shorts.
And the finalists
are:
I'm So Obsessed
With Sarah and She's So Obsessed With Me - Hayley Egan
Industrial Apothesis
- Patricia Garcia
Dream - Elizabeth
Murphy
UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ -
Ryan O'Connor
Bubbles - Grant
Wolstenholme (aged 12)
Futility Corp(se)
- Marguerite Scaife
Tong Master - Lucas
Thyer
Dirty Hands - Hannah
Byrnand
Rocky - Miles Blow
and Julie Pitts
Lipstick - Dorte
Jessen
Carma - James Cowen
True Story - James
Hicks and Ryan Coonan
Miss Puniverse 2003
- Laura Krikke and Bink Baulch
For further information
on these films, search the film
programme.
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