Created by artistic director Richard Sowada, this festival will showcase 14 films that will have their Australian premiere as part of the 32 film program. Essential Independents: American Cinema, Now celebrates new narrative feature and documentaries and includes a showing of first films from now major international filmmaking talents.
Films include Anna Rose Holmer’s The Fits, Oren Moverman’s Time Out Of Mind, a newly restored print of Kelly Reichardt’s River Of Grass, Matthew Miele’s documentary Crazy About Tiffany’s, Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures and more.
The festival will feature performances from Australian and international stars including Joel Edgerton, James Franco, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Sarah Silverman and Sam Worthington.
