OCTOB Prom Coast Film Society’s screenings
8:00pm on the first Friday of each month
Fish Creek Hall
NEXT SCREENING
Friday 1st June – Winter Blues Double
6pm A Fish Called Wanda – 1988 – USA/UK – Comedy – M
8pm Young Frankenstein – 1974 – US – Comedy – PG
MAY SCREENING
THE HUNTER – 8pm Friday 4 May
The Hunter is a 2011 Australian film based on Julia Leigh’s 1999 novel.
Filmed entirely on location in Tasmania, it was directed by Daniel Nettheim and produced by Vincent Sheehan with Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor as its stars.
The story involves Martin, a mercenary, sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Once there, he’s supposed to hunt the rare tiger but things get complicated when another hunter appears on the scene.
To prepare for the role, Dafoe worked with a bush survival expert who taught him practical tips like how to de-scent himself so animals couldn’t smell him in the bush.
The Hunter had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September last year and opened to the Australian public in cinemas on 29 September 2011.
The Hunter
Rated M
Review by David Stratton
Martin David, WILLEM DAFOE, a modern-day soldier of fortune, rendezvous in Paris with a mysterious man, Jacek Koman, who hires him to travel to Tasmania and attempt to locate a Tasmanian Tiger – although the animal is believed to be extinct, there are rumours that one has been sighted – and its DNA, whether the animal is dead or alive, represents a fortune to vested interests.
In a remote part of the island state, Martin moves into a room in the home of Lucy Armstrong, FRANCES O’CONNOR, mother of two small children; Lucy is still grieving over the fact that her husband, Jarrah, went missing some time ago. While Martin sets about methodically setting traps for the tiger, Lucy and her children are watched over in a possessive way by their neighbour, Jack Mendy, SAM NEILL.
Based on a novel by Julia Leigh, director of the recent film SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE HUNTER is a compelling and beautifully made film from director Daniel Nettheim. You could describe this as an environmentalthriller, but don’t expect a fast-moving one; Nettheim rightly takes his time to establish the methods and skills of Martin as he methodically sets about laying traps for an elusive, possibly non-existent, Tasmanian Tiger.
It’s a pity, in a way, that an Australian actor couldn’t have been cast in this role, but Willem Dafoe is, as always, very effective, and Frances O’Connor and Sam Neill are excellent in support. Young Morgana Davies proves that her stellar performance in THE TREE was no flash in the pan – she’s a very talented child star as is Finn Woodluck who plays her uncommunicative brother. But the real star of this quietly gripping film is Tasmania itself, an extraordinary wilderness landscape gloriously photographed for the wide screen by Robert Humphreys.
SEASON 2012
Friday 3rd February
Slumdog Millionaire – 2008 – India – Crime/Drama – MA
Friday 2nd March
Oranges & Sunshine – 2011 – Australia – Drama – M
Friday 30th March
Bobby – 2007 – USA – Drama – M
Friday 4th May
The Hunter – 2011 – Australia – Drama – M
Friday 1st June – Winter Blues Double
6pm A Fish Called Wanda – 1988 – USA/UK – Comedy – M
8pm Young Frankenstein – 1974 – US – Comedy – PG
Friday 6th July – NAIDOC Week
The Tall Man – 2011 – Australia – Indigenous Documentary – M
Friday 3rd August
Another Year – 2011 – UK – Drama – M
Friday 7th September
Barney’s Version – 2010 – USA – Drama – M
Friday 5th October
Norwegian Wood – 2011 – Japan – Drama/Romance – MA
Friday 2nd November
Lantana – 2001 – Australia – Drama – M
Friday 7th December
Tabloid – 2011 – USA – Documentary – M
Season Flyer 2012
The Prom Coast Film society operates under the rules of the Victorian Film Society and attendees at films must be subscribers.
The Film Society will have 3 (consecutive) month or full season subscriptions available early in 2012.
Annual subscription $75, quarterly subscription $28
Screenings at 8:00pm on the first Friday of each month at Fish Creek Hall.
Single entry is not available due to copyright restrictions on film societies.
Members may request a guest pass if they would like to bring along a friend.
To add to the social atmosphere Windy Ridge Winery sells local wine and fruit juice by the glass at each screening.
Supper is served at the conclusion of the film (a donation applies).
For inquiries email famda@ dcsi.net.au or phone Catherine McGlead on 0407 543 371.
PCFS INAUGURAL SEASON 2011
Friday 4 March
Animal Kingdom – 2010 – Australia – Crime /Drama – MA
Friday 1st April
Boy – 2010 – New Zealand – Drama/Comedy – M
Friday 6th May
South Solitary – 2010 – Australia – Drama – M
Friday 3rd June
The Kids Are All Right – 2010 – US – Comedy Drama – MA
Friday 1st July
The Tracker – 2003 – Australia – Indigenous Drama – M
Screening during NAIDOC Week
Friday 5th August
Rosemary’s Baby – 1968 – US – Drama – M
Friday 2nd September
Food Inc. – 2010 – US – Documentary – PG
Friday 7th October
BONUS SCREENING – 6:00pm ~ Australian Rules - 2002 – Australia – Drama – M
8:00pm A Clockwork Orange – 1971 – UK – Drama – R
Friday 4th November
The Father of My Children – 2010 – France – Comedy/Subtitled – M
Friday 2nd December
The King’s Speech - 2010 – UK - Drama/History – M
Films are shown on the first Friday of each month in the Fish Creek Hall
Season Flyer 2011
FAMDA’s Newest Offspring
Did you know that the letters of F A M D A originally stood for Film, Art, Music & Drama Association?
FAMDA is returning to its roots with the decision to form the Prom Coast Film Society.
The aim of the project is to provide access to high quality non-mainstream films in a community setting plus the opportunity for social discussion and interaction.
FAMDA has a strong reputation for providing Foster audiences with entertaining and often quirky plays and the Prom Coast Film Society aims to keep up this tradition using a new medium.
It is proposed that the Prom Coast Film Society would become a financially self supporting sub-group of the main FAMDA body similar to the Prom Coast Singers.
As mandated by the Australian Council of Film Societies (ACOFS) members would need to have a separate subscription to the Prom Coast Film Society.
The plan is to show “art house” films in the Fish Creek Memorial Hall on the First Friday of each month, thus catering for both for both locals and those who visit at weekends.
To launch the project the Prom Coast Film Society showed “Animal Kingdom” on Friday 4 March 2011.
