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 AJSFF (Free Short Films Night) |
| Australia-Japan Student Film Forum |
An extravagant mix of short films ranging from live action to computer animation, dramas, action and abstracts. Come and watch the professional offerings from recent film-making graduates from Australia and Japan as they showcase a mix of short films.
This is a free event and you need only ask at the Greater Union box office for tickets. |
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Bizan |
| 眉山 |
© 2004 Toho/ TBS/ Hakuhodo DY Media Partners/ SDP/ Mainichi
Set beautifully against Tokushima’s seasonal delight of the Awa-Odori Folk Dance Festival, comes a story of family healing. |
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Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World |
| 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ |
© 2004 Toho/ TBS/ Hakuhodo DY Media Partners/ SDP/ Mainichi
One of the biggest box office hits in Japan, this is a romantic nostalgic story of pure love. Shot in both Australia and Japan, this film portrays the beauty of our country’s outback through foreign eyes. |
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Fly, Daddy, Fly |
| フライ、ダディ、フライ |
© 2005 FLY, DADDY, FLY Film Partners
An engaging drama-comedy about a father’s duty and the lengths he will go to protect his daughter. |
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 Hinokio |
| ヒノキオ |
© 2005 Shochiku, Image, Movie Eye, H-Partners, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Rentrak Japan, Takara, KTV, Eisei Gekijo, I & S BBDO
Through the eyes of Hinokio the robot, Satoru discovers life, friendship, and meets his first love. |
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Honey and Clover |
| ハチミツとクローバー |
© 2006 “Honey and Clover” Film Partners
(Sydney only)
From the popular comic series that sold over 5 million copies comes the feature-length movie adaptation. 5 college art students share loves, hopes and hardships as vivid and eclectic as the canvasses they paint. |
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 Linda Linda Linda |
| リンダ リンダ リンダ |
© 2005 Linda Linda Linda Partners
Three girls form a rock band at their high school, but things go awry when the guitarist breaks her fingers and the vocalist storms out only days before their performance at the school festival. |
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Love and Honor |
| 武士の一分 |
© 2006 Love and Honor Film Partners
A young samurai who after being blinded by poison resolves to fight back in a battle for love and honour. |
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Maiko Haaaan!!! |
| 舞妓Haaaan!!! |
© 2007 Maiko Haaaan!!! Film Partners
A hilarious comedy of dreams, jealousy and pride and the allure of the maiko (apprentice geisha). |
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Sea Without Exit |
| 出口のない海 |
© SEA WITHOUT EXIT Film Partners
Set in WWII, this suspense-filled drama follows the heartbreaking mission of four men in the prime of their youth, who say goodbye to everything to join the Japanese Navy’s top-secret mission. |
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Spring Snow |
| 春の雪 |
© 2005 Toho, Fuji TV, Hori Pro, S.D.P, Hakuhodo DY Media
A tragic romance set during a difficult period for Japan when new Western ideas and values begin to mix with old Japanese traditions. |
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Stormy Night |
| あらしのよるに |
© 2005 Stormy Night Film Partners
Born enemies, sworn friends. The greatest story of friendship ever told. |
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Summer Days with Coo |
| 河童のクゥと夏休み |
© 2007 Masao Kogure/ Summer Days with Coo Committee
An uplifting animation about family and friendship. |
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Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters |
| 立喰師列伝 |
© 2006 MAMORU OSHII, Production I.G / TACHIGUISHI RETSUDEN Committee
A social history of postwar Japan told through the eyes of maverick underground heroes, the Fast Food Grifters. |
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The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker |
| アヒルと鴨のコインロッカー |
© 2006 “2 Ducks” Film Partners
A highly original, multi-layered mystery about love and friendship that will keep audiences intrigued to the very end. |
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The Mansion of the Ghost Cat |
| 亡霊怪猫屋敷 |
© 1958 International Television & Film, Inc.
New to the countryside, Dr Tetsuichiro Kuzumi and his family unknowingly move into a haunted mansion. |
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The Milkwoman |
| いつか読書する日 |
© 2004 Paradise Cafe
This beautifully restrained film tells the story of Minako, who each day, makes the steep climb to deliver milk to the man who she has secretly been in love with for over 30 years… Director Akira Ogata will be joining us as a special guest for a question and answer session. |
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The Suicide Song |
| 伝染歌 |
© 2007 THE SUICIDE SONG FILM PARTNERS
Based on the 1930s notoriously coined ‘Hungarian suicide song’, this film follows the urban legend of Gloomy Sunday, which is said to have inspired many suicides. |
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The Sword of Alexander |
| 大帝の剣 |
© 2007 THE SWORD OF ALEXANDER Production Companies
A supernatural science fiction story set in ancient Japan. |
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Tokyo Tower- Mom & Me and Sometimes Dad |
| 東京タワー〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜 |
© 2007 TOKYO TOWER o.b.t.o” FILM PARTNERS
Based on Lily Franky’s national best-selling autobiography comes an emotional heart-wrenching story of maternal love, sacrifice and survival. |
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We Shall Overcome Someday - Pacchigi! |
| パッチギ！ |
© 2004 Cinequanon
Exploring the tense relationship between the Japanese and Koreans in Japan, this film is a realistic portrayal of life for people who occupy the margins of Japanese society. |
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