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Saturday, August 23, 2014

The Travelling Film Festival: On the road

Australia's running travelling film festival bringing world cinema to regional Australia. The Travelling Film Festival (TFF) showcases Australian and international features, documentaries and short films screening in areas which have limited theatrical screening opportunities. The TFF currently tours to 20 locations annually, screening in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. 

The newest film from director Rolf de Heer and the third collaboration with David Gulpilil (The TrackerTen CanoesCharlie's Country stars Gulpilil at his mesmerising best, as Blackfella Charlie. At odds with the Government Intervention, Charlie takes off to live the old way, but in doing so, sets off a chain of events that has him return to his community chastened and somewhat wiser ...