London Australian Film Festival on Tour
The London Australian Film Festival, now in its 11th frame at the Barbican, is an annual showcase of the latest Australian features, documentaries and shorts. This year, it goes on tour with a selection of the most popular films of the festival.
The UK Touring Australian Film Festival is presented by the Australian Government through the Australia International Cultural Council, an initiative of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in partnership with the Australian Film Commission.
A Barbican Film programme co-ordinated by the ICO.
Oyster Farmer + The Scree
Anna Reeves | Australia | 2004 | 91 mins
An intimate, smouldering drama with a comic twist, filmed around the spectacular Hawkesbury river, near Sydney.
Peaches + Gabriel
Craig Monahan | Australia | 2004 | 108 mins
Starring Hugo Weaving, Jacqueline McKenzie and Emma Lung, award-winning director Craig Monahan delivers a powerful love story about loss, change and learning to move on.
Danny Deckchair + Ray
Jeff Balsmeyer | Australia | 2003 | 101 mins
Miranda Otto and Rhys Ifans star in this crowd-pleasing fantasy about a loser who discovers love and new life in a new world.
Orange Love Story + Everything Goes
Tom Cowan | Australia | 2004 | 83 mins
Drawing on the beauty of the central west of New South Wales, Orange Love Story is a rural romance whose heroine braves love, longing, lust and loss.
Strange Bedfellows + Scoff
Dean Murphy | Australia | 2004 | 99 mins
Paul Hogan and Michael Caton star in this warm small-town comedy of manners.
Josh Jarman + Birthday Boy
Pip Mushin | Australia | 2004 | 96 mins
Exploring the dilemma of staying true to one's art or selling out for commercial gain, Pip Mushin's directorial debut emerges as a clever comedy with a quirky script enhanced by off-the-wall English rhyming slang.
Helen's War: Portrait of a Dissident + The Man Who Stole My Mother's Face
Anna Broinowski | Australia | 2004 | 52 mins
A year in the life of Nobel Peace Prize nominee and veteran anti-nuclear campaigner Helen Caldicott.
Bruce and Me
Oren Siedler | Australia | 2004 | 83 mins
A scintillating film in which director Oren Siedler explores her troubled and unusual relationship with her brilliant, charming, con-artist, white-collar criminal father, taking us around the world, from Australia to Canada, Cuba and the US.
The President Versus David Hicks
Curtis Levy | Australia | 2004 | 83 mins
Curtis Levy's beautiful film charts the journey of David Hicks' father, Terry, who follows his son's trail through Pakistan and Afghanistan in an attempt to understand what led him to become a Taliban fighter.
Letters to Ali
Clara Law | Australia | 2004 | 106 mins
A fervent, committed work that addresses Australia 's treatment of refugees, capped by a poignant score by Paul Grabowsky.
Alone Across Australia
Ian Darling, John Muir | Australia | 2004 | 52 mins
John Muir and his Jack Russell terrier attempt the first ever unsupported trip across Australia, his native land.
