MELBOURNE PREMIERE
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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Arirang
(South Korea)
Dir. Kim Ki-duk
Filmmaker Kim Ki-duk returns from self-imposed cinematic exile
with Arirang, a feverish documentary plunge into his own psyche.
Traumatised after one of his actresses nearly died during the
shooting of his 2008 film Dream, art-house director Kim Ki-duk
withdrew from filmmaking for three years. With Arirang he finally
re-emerges – but this time he turns the lens on himself, constructing
a fascinating, self-made reflection on his own approach to art.
Using a handheld camera to chronicle his time holed up in a country
retreat, Kim reflects on his life, art and choices, creating a compelling,
tantalising glimpse into the mind of an obsessive filmmaker.
Winner of the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes in 2011 and
winner of Australia’s biggest documentary prize, BIFFDOCS in 2011.
Dir. Don Argott &
Demian Fenton
“I’m not supposed to be alive.” – Bobby Liebling
The typical tale of a band off the rails gets a redemptive makeover
with Last Days Here, a documentary following a fan’s attempt to coax a
has-been rocker out of his parent’s basement and back onto the stage.
Wild-eyed, gaunt and covered in sores, Bobby Liebling is the unlikely
rock star that never was. His 70s ‘street Black Sabbath’ band
Pentagram was set to take over the world, until egos e