Celebrity Shorts program

December 5, 2006

CELEBRITY SHORTS

From indie darlings to Hollywood heartthrobs, this shorts program sees celebrities have fun, take
some risks, experiment and embrace the independence of the short film format. You'll see a side of these celebrities that you've never seen before.

TRIBUTE TO ALFRED LEPETIT
France/8 min/Video/99
Dir Jean Rousselot
Unknown to the general public but loved in the film industry. Alfred Lepetit is about to receive an
award for his career achievements in film. A portrait of a legend among stars. Starring Charlotte
Rampling and Roman Polanski.
Clermont-Ferrand 00, Flickerfest 01.

MY DAD IS 100 YEARS OLD
Canada/16 min/Video/2005
Director/Writers: Isabella Rossellini & Guy Maddin
Cast: Isabella Rossellini
In a stunning collaboration between Isabella Rossellini and filmmaker Guy Maddin, Rossellini
celebrates the life and work of her father, director Roberto Rossellini on the 100th anniversary of
his birth. With daring and humour, she assumes the roles of her father, her mother Ingrid
Bergman, and motion picture icons David O. Selznick, Fellini, Hitchcock and Charlie Chaplin.
Rossellini failed to save the world with cinema, as he had hoped. But he may have saved cinema
for the world.
Toronto 05, Berlin 06, LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIAS 06, ISTANBUL IFF 2006, ROTTERDAM IFF 2006 AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

THE SHOVEL
USA/15 min/Video/06
Wri/Prod/Dir Nick Childs
When Paul Mullin stumbles upon his neighbour digging a hole in the middle of the night, he
unearths more than he ever expected. And discovers that, in a small town, some secrets are
better left buried. Starring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn.
Best Narrative Short, Tribeca 06, Special Jury Pruze, USA Film festival 06, Gold Remi, Houston
Worldfest 06.
SPECIALISED TECHNICIAN REQUIRED: BEING LOUIS PORCAR
Spain/1.5 min/Video/2005
Director/Writer: Manuel Saiz
Cast: Luis Porcar, John Malkovich
Being Luis Porcar is a video installation in which Luis Porcar, a well known Spanish dubbing actor,
speaks about his work when dubbing the voice of the American actor John Malkovich. The video is
presented dubbed into English by John Malkovich himself, thus closing the conceptual loop of the
work with his collaboration.
Main Prize, Winterthur Short Film Festival 06, Honourable Mention, Berlin Transmediale 06,
Norway Short Film Festival, Grimstad 06.

BANGERS
Australia/9 min/35mm/99
Producer: Cate Blanchett/Andrew Upton
Director/ Writer: Andrew Upton
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Lynette Curran
Julie-Anne comes home from a hard day at the office to discover her mother has locked the cat in the house (again) and that she is expected to cook 'bangers' for dinner. Preparing the meal
becomes a manifestation of all the repressed tensions in Julie-Anne's work and home life.

BLOODLOCK
Australia/25 min/35mm/98
Producer: Kieran Darcy-Smith, Joel Edgerton, Nash Edgerton, Tony Lynch
Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith & Nash Edgerton
Writer: Kieran Darcy-Smith & Joel Edgerton
Cast: Kieran Darcy-Smith, Joel Edgerton, Harold Hopkins, Steve Le Marquand,
Simon Linden, Amanda Crompton, Damian Spencer, Nash Edgerton
A suburban Sydney action drama. A young man in trouble with a gang of bikers is forced to bring
his family into the problem.

DEALBREAKER
Directors/Writers: Gwyneth Paltrow/Mary Wigmore
Cast: Arija Bareikis
A short film centered on the dating adventures of Fran, a 30-year-old New Yorker and what
constitutes a Deal breaker in her search for love.
Sundance 06, Gnome 06, Berlin 06, US Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen 06.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

STANDING ROOM ONLY
Australia/15 min/35mm/
Director/ Writer: Deborra Lee-Furness
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Sophie Dahl, Joanna Lumley.

This short film is about five people who queue up for standing room only tickets to see their
favorite actor, Hunter Jackson, in a play entitled "The Man of a Thousand Faces." One by one, the
group of very different individuals assembles at the box office, and as they wait, friendships
develop. By show's end, the friendships made overshadow the excitement of seeing the show and possibly meeting Mr. Jackson at the stage door.

Page Lovelace, The Lantern Group

Contact Email Address: page@lanterngroup.com.au