Australian Social Realism: Three Shorts (1977–1983)

This film is also showing at our sister cinema, Lido Cinemas

Australian Premiere - 2K & 4K Restoration

‘Stylistically Greetings From Wollongong is from a social realist tradition and it is extremely well realised … The writer-director, Mary Callaghan, achieves a remarkable portrayal of youth unemployed culture.’ – Susan Lambert

‘[In] Me and Daphne, we get to see migrant women in a totally different way. Seeing what they had to endure in a working environment, privately behind the scenes.’ – Josipa Draisma, The Saturday Paper

‘[Julie, Julie is] one of the most precious and essential slice-of-life shorts to ever come out of Australia.’ – Ruth Scouller, Letterboxd

Join us for a specially curated program of recently restored Australian shorts. Mary Callaghan’s award-winning Greetings From Wollongong (1982, 43 mins) offers an intimate look into a typical day in the lives of four unemployed teenagers in an industrial city. Me and Daphne (1977, 38 mins), directed by David Hay and shot and co-produced by Martha Ansara, candidly depicts the labour conditions experienced by migrant women via a narrative centring on a mother and daughter working in a chicken factory. Ray Argall’s minimalist Julie, Julie (1983, 25 mins) follows a young woman from Broken Hill who travels by motorbike to Melbourne.

Introduced by Margot Nash at Ritz Cinemas and Cristina Pozzan at Lido Cinemas.

Rating

Unclassified 18+

Duration

106 min

Country

Australia

Language

English

Director

Mary Callaghan,David Hay,Ray Argall