FUSE Films

Six FREE curated film sessions, highlighting local and international films. 

Presented by Darebin FUSE Festival.

Darebin FUSE Festival presents a vibrant program of films from local and international artists: Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin language, English subtitles); Robert Connolly's Australian children's drama Paper Planes; Gurinder Chadha's Bollywood style musical Jane Austen adaptation Bride & Prejudice; and a First Nations film evening featuring works by Ngarabal filmmaker and Darebin local Isaac Winzer and WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) by multi-disciplinary artist Jazz Money.

Bride & Prejudice

Bride & Prejudice is a Bollywood-style musical adaptation of Jane Austen's literary classic, Pride and Prejudice, directed by Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha. It is primarily an English language film with a small amount of Hindi and Punjabi dialogue. Lalita Bakshi is an independent, intelligent young woman who lives in Amritsar with her family. With the family facing financial pressures, her mother Mrs Bakshi is desperate to match her daughters with eligible men and secure their futures. When the easy-going and wealthy British-Indian barrister Balraj, and the even wealthier and not-so-easy-going American hotelier Will Darcy enter the scene, romantic entanglements, miscommunications and clashing ideas ensue.

Tuesday 2 September and Wednesday 10 September

10.30am: Light refreshments pre screening  
11.00am: Film Screening – run time 144 mins 

Book Tickets

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) is a Mandarin-language, wuxia martial arts film directed by Ang Lee, based on the Chinese novel of the same name, serialized between 1941 and 1942 by Wang Dulu, the fourth part of his Crane-Iron Series. Set in 19th-century Imperial China, the plot follows two master warriors, Li Mu Bai (Chow) and Yu Shu Lien (Yeoh), who are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen by the mysterious thief Jen Yu (Zhang).

Tuesday 2 September and Wednesday 10 September

1.15pm: Light refreshments pre screening  
1.30pm: Film Screening – run time 120 mins 

Book Tickets

Paper Planes (family after-school session)

This 2015 Australian children's drama film is directed by Robert Connolly, and stars Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman, and Ed Oxenbould. The film tells the story of Dylan, a young boy who lives in Australia, who finds out that he has a talent for making paper planes and dreams of competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.

Tuesday 2 September

4.15pm Light Refreshments fruit & popcorn 
4.30pm Family after School Movie – run time 96 mins

Book Tickets

First Nations film evening

A special multi-film evening, showcasing innovative First Nations films.

WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition, by acclaimed Wiradjuri multi-disciplinary artist Jazz Money.Commissioned by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), it examines how archives and the legacies of collection affect First Nations people and wider Australia.

Audiences will then enjoy Lady Lash, a documentary following Crystal Clyne AKA Lady Lash MC, a Hip Hop jazz performer of Greek and Aboriginal descent living in Melbourne, on her journey back to Kokatha Country for women's business. Directed by Rochelle (Rocky) Humphrey.

Ngarabal filmmaker and Darebin resident Isaac Winzer will present several short works and will take part in a panel discussion with singer-songwriter and Ngiyampaa man Pirritu, facilitated by artist, documentary maker and screenwriter Rochelle (Rocky) Humphrey.

Tuesday 2 September

6pm: Pre-film mingle
6.30pm: Welcome to Country from Uncle John Terrick.
6.40pm: Screening of Jazz Money's WINHANGANHA
7.45pm: Short break
8pm: Screening of Lady Lash
8.30pm: Short works by Isaac Winzer
8.50pm: Q&A with Isaac Winzer, Pirritu (Brett Lee) and Corey Saylor-Brunskill, facilitated by Luke Ketchell.

Book Tickets

 

Image from WINHANGANHA courtesy of Jazz Money.

 

   

 

 

Darebin Arts and Darebin FUSE Festival acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the Traditional Owners, custodians and cultural leaders of this land. We pay respects to Elders past and present, and acknowledge the continuing connection to Land, Waters and Culture of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

 

 

When

Location

Thornbury Picture House, 802 High Street, Thornbury, 3071, View Map