DOCUMENTARY
As the role of the media morphs and blurs, and simplistic, sensationalist journalism dominates newspapers and broadcasters, the role of documentary in our society becomes more and more important. From the cinematographic and poetic to verité and reportage, documentary in the 21st century is a vital part of our culture - challenging, insightful, inspiring, comic or painfully sad.
In 2007 as we run again alongside the Australian International Documentary Conference, our program reflects this diversity with an astonishing lineup of films, including our celebrations of French German broadcaster ARTE and the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam alongside our music, sports and Ecoscreen programs. Documentary is not just alive and well - it is leading the way as demands our attention in our festivals, our cinemas and our loungerooms - it cannot be ignored!
Zidane: A Twenty-First Century Portrait
24th of Feb 3:00pm
26th of Feb 7:15pm
25th of Feb 7:00pm
Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno
France / 2006 90min
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
27th of Feb 2:45pm
24th of Feb 10:00pm
Asger Leth, Milos Loncarevic
Denmark, USA / 2006 86min
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
4th of Mar 12:30pm
1st of Mar 3:00pm
Sophie Fiennes
Austria, Netherlands / 2006 150min
The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
26th of Feb 12:30pm
24th of Feb 7:30pm
Fredrik Gertten
Sweden / 2006 59min
The Chances of the World Changing
2nd of Mar 12:15pm
23rd of Feb 3:30pm
Eric Daniel Metzgar
USA / 2005 99min
Loving Maradona
28th of Feb 10:00pm
2nd of Mar 8:15pm
4th of Mar 7:00pm
Javier Martin Vazquez
Argentina / 2005 75min
Life in Loops (A Megacities RMX)
4th of Mar 5:45pm
3rd of Mar 9:30pm
Timo Novotny
Austria / 2006 79min
What the Future Sounded Like
4th of Mar 5:45pm
3rd of Mar 9:30pm
Matthew Bate
Australia / 2007 26min
A Sunday in Hell
24th of Feb 12:15pm
4th of Mar 2:00pm
25th of Feb 2:00pm
Jørgen Leth
Denmark / 1976 112min
The Monastery - Mr Vig and the Nun
27th of Feb 3:15pm
23rd of Feb 7:45pm
Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Denmark / 2006 84min
Into Great Silence
26th of Feb 7:30pm
27th of Feb 12:00pm
Philip Gröning
France/Switzerland/Germany / 2006 164min
