Curious to screen 3 films at Sydney Film Festival
Curious Film has announce it has another three films screening at the Sydney Film Festival.
The films include the Australian premier of Policeman, an Israeli film by director Nadav Lapid, French film Polisse by writer/director Maiwenn, along with the world premiere of Miro Bilborough’s debut feature Being Venice.
Centered on police officer Yaron, Policeman tells the story of his unit and their encounter with a radical and violent group that confronts them to the Israeli class war. Yaron has just been given the exciting news that he is to become a father, which sees him struggle with his own internal battle. Director Lapid participated in the Festival de Cannes Residence program, where he wrote the script for Policeman. The project won the pitching price of the Jerusalem Film Festival and of the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
In Polisse, the daily grind for the police officers of a Child Protection Unit — taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch — is all explored. Knowing the worst exists and living with it, is what writer/director Maiwenn’s film comes to grips with by observing how a group of police officers balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day. With production by Les Productions Du Tresor, Emmanuelle Bercot co-wrote the film.
A film about family, sex and relationships, the premier of Australian film Being Venice tells the story of Venice, who is having trouble with the men in her life. She breaks up with her lover and has a brief affair with her best friend, all while her ex-hippy father camps on her sofa and ignores her life like a stranger.
Says Curious Film executive producer Peter Grasse: “We are extremely excited to have three unique and decidedly curious films screening at the festival this year. We will be sending out complimentary tickets to friends & family as usual and look forward to sharing the aisle with you.”.
This news follows a string of film focused achievements for Curious including: the selection of director Zia Mandviwalla’s short film Night Shift at Cannes, in the Palme d’or short film category; Tammy Davis named winner of 2012 Best Film at Bondi Flicker Fest; Stephen Kang listed as winner of Seamaine Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival 2011; the People’s Choice Award at the Melbourne Film Festival in 2010, and the inclusion of Ash Bolland’s branded content piece in the St Kilda Film Festival Top 100.
Last year’s Curious films at the festival were Norwegian Wood, Toomelah and Jiro Dreams of Sushi.
Sydney Film Festival
Screening Times:
Polisse: June 12 @ 8.45pm and June 13 @ 6.30pm
Policeman: June 7 @ 6.30pm and June 13 @ 2.15pm
Being Venice: June 15 @ 7.15pm and June 16 @ 2.30pm
Venue Details:
Art Gallery of NSW
Gallery Road, The Domain,
Sydney NSW 2000
2 Comments
Free tickets for film lover?
Poor creative, send me an email to peterg@curiousfilm.com with the film you want to see and we’ll make it happen.