The Second Sunderland Film Festival - 21st

the second sunderland film festival - january 2005

Somersault (Australia)
Showing Sunday 23rd January, 8.30pm
Australia 106 mins
This first feature debut for Australian director Cate Shortland won an amazing 13 awards at the recent Australian Film Awards ceremony. It's a girl's coming of age drama, but touching on many other themes too, with complex undertones. Amazing cinematography, set in a part of Oz, the snowy mountains, that we rarely see. Astounding performance by newcomer Abbie Cornish, great support by talented cast.

Director: Cate Shortland
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran

2004 – swept the board at every Australian Award ceremony
Included in Un Certain Regard at Cannes
“ A thought provoking film whose journey is often confronting and ultimately satisfying” Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile
“An eyecatching and beautiful first film. Abbie Cornish is a revelation” Efilmcritic.com

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Come back regularly for news of SFF3 as it begins to transpire.

For full listings of the times and dates each film was shown check out the timetable.

For any furthur information about SFF2:

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This year saw the introduction of a new short-film competition designed to unleash the movie-making potential of people in and around the Sunderland area - and far, far beyond: selected entries were shown at Kino Vivaldi.

For details of this and the rest of the Digital Sidebar click here.

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