Contemporary Australia: Women

190 Sue Brooks Australia b.1953 Road to Nhill 1997 35mm, colour, stereo, 94 minutes, Australia, English Director: Sue Brooks / Producer: Sue Maslin / Script: Alison Tilson / Cinematographer: Nicolette Freeman / Cast: Vikki Blanche, Lynette Curran, Paul Chubb, Tony Barry / Editor: Tony Stevens / Production company: Gecko Films / Print source/rights: Ronin Films Japanese Story 2003 35mm, colour, Dolby digital, 106 minutes, Australia, English, Japanese (English subtitles) Director: Sue Brooks / Producer: Sue Maslin / Script: Alison Tilson / Cinematographer: Ian Baker / Cast: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Lynette Curran / Editor: Jill Bilcock / Production company: Gecko Films / Print source/rights: Palace Films Jane Campion New Zealand/Australia b.1954 Sweetie 1989 35mm, colour, mono, 104 minutes, Australia, English Director: Jane Campion / Producer: John Maynard / Script: Jane Campion, Gerard Lee / Cinematographer: Sally Bongers / Cast: Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos / Editor: Veronika Jenet / Production company: Arenafilm / Print source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia / Rights: Footprint Films Paul Cox Netherlands/Australia b.1970 Innocence 2000 35mm, colour, Dolby SR, 91 minutes, Australia, English, French (English subtitles) Director/Script: Paul Cox / Producer: Patrick Sobelman / Cinematographer: Tony Clark / Cast: Julia Blake, Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell, Kristine Van Pellicom / Editor: Simon Whitington / Production company: Illumination Films / Print source/rights: Sharmill Films Davida Allen Australia b.1951 Feeling Sexy 1998 35mm, colour, stereo, 47 minutes, Australia, English Director/Script: Davida Allen / Producers: Glenys Rowe, Tracey Robertson / Cinematographer: Garry Phillips / Cast: Susie Porter, Tamblyn Lord / Editor: Heidi Kennessey / Production company: Binnaburra Film Company / Print source/rights: Binnaburra Film Company Louise Alston Australia Jucy 2010 HD video, colour, stereo, 81 minutes, Australia, English Director: Louise Alston / Producer: Kelly Chapman / Script: Louise Alston, Stephen Vagg / Cinematographer: Jan Reichle / Cast: Cindy Nelson, Francesca Gasteen, Ryan Johnson, Andrew Ryan / Editor: Andrew Soo / Production companies: KCDC, Bunker Productions International / Print source/rights: Odin’s Eye Entertainment Gillian Armstrong Australia b.1950 The Last Days of Chez Nous 1992 35mm, colour, Dolby, 93 minutes, Australia, English Director: Gillian Armstrong / Producer: Jan Chapman / Script: Helen Garner / Cinematographer: Geoffrey Simpson / Cast: Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Miranda Otto / Editor: Nicholas Beauman / Production companies: Jan Chapman Productions, Australian Film Finance Corporation / Print source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia / Rights: Umbrella Entertainment High Tide 1987 35mm, colour, mono, 100 minutes, Australia, English Director: Gillian Armstrong / Producer: Sandra Levy / Script: Laura Jones / Cinematographer: Russell Boyd / Cast: Judy Davis, Jan Adele, Claudia Karvan / Editor: Nicholas Beauman / Production company: Sjl Productions / Print source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia / Rights: Anthony I Ginnane Tony Ayres China/Australia b.1961 The Home Song Stories 2007 35mm, colour, Dolby digital, 99 minutes, Australia, English, Cantonese, Mandarin (English subtitles) Director/Script: Tony Ayres / Producers: Michael McMahon, Liz Watts / Cinematographer: Nigel Bluck / Cast: Joan Chen, Yuwu Qi, Joel Lok / Editor: Denise Haratzis / Production companies: Big and Little Films, Porchlight Films / Print source/rights: Icon Films Shirley Barrett Australia b.1961 Love Serenade 1996 35mm, colour, Dolby SR, 101 minutes, Australia, English Director/Script: Shirley Barrett / Producer: Jan Chapman / Cinematographer: Mandy Walker / Cast: Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shevtsov / Editor: Denise Haratzis / Production company: Jan Chapman Films / Print source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia / Rights: Jan Chapman Productions Bill Bennett Australia b.1953 Spider and Rose 1994 35mm, colour, Dolby, 94 minutes, Australia, English Director/Script: Bill Bennett / Producers: Lyn McCarthy, Graeme Tubbenhauer / Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie / Cast: Ruth Cracknell, Simon Bossell, Max Cullen / Editor: Henry Dangar / Production company: Dendy Films / Print source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia / Rights: B:J Films Pty Ltd Kiss or Kill 1997 35mm, colour, Dolby digital, 93 minutes, Australia, English Director/Script: Bill Bennett / Producers: Jennifer Cluff, Bill Bennett / Cinematographer: Malcolm McCulloch / Cast: Matt Day, Frances O’Connor, Tiffany Peters / Editor: Henry Dangar / Production company: Bill Bennett Productions / Print source/rights: Hopscotch Films Contemporary Australia: Women in Film Curated by Margaret Pomeranz