Federation of Victorian Film Societies



	FVFS DVD Library The Federation of Victorian Film Societies is putting together a library of DVDs that film societies can borrow from.They are available for booking from Sue Nunn on library@fvfs.org.au or phone: 03 5341 2266. If you want to book a film, email Sue and she will see if the DVD is free for a screening. The films cost $5 to send out, but the FVFS will pick up this cost. It is up to film societies to return the DVDs to Sue at their own cost. All DVDs are Region 4 so can be screened on an Australian DVD player. Important: It is up to your film society to secure the rights to any film you borrow for screening. Most of the following are from Madman. For rights to MADMAN DVDs contact ACOFS: dvdrights@acofs.org.au ACOFS will send an invoice to you. Enjoy! Angel's Share 2012, Scotland, 106 min Screening rights: Roadshow Email: Chrystal_Remington@roadshow.com.au Region 2 (UK) Please make sure your DVD player can handle Region 2 Classfication: MA (Strong Coarse Language and Violence) It is recommended that you view with English captions swtiched on, as the Scottish accents can be quite a challenge! A Scottish comedy-drama film directed by Ken Loach, starring Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, William Ruane, Gary Maitland, Jasmin Riggins, and Siobhan Reilly. It tells the story of a young Glaswegian father who narrowly avoids a prison sentence. He is determined to turn over a new leaf and when he and his friends from the same community payback group visit a whisky distillery, a route to a new life becomes apparent. The Band’s Visit 2007, Fra/Israel, 85 min Screening rights from MADMAN via ACOFS Email: dvdrights@acofs.org.au A lost Egyptian band is a bleak and almost forgotten small Israeli town somewhere in the heart of the desert. Immensely charming and subtly funny. How I Ended This Summer 2011, Russia, 124 min Screening rights from MADMAN via ACOFS Email: dvdrights@acofs.org.au Gritty Russian thriller set in the windswept Arctic Circle where old Russian values meet new ones. A morality tale played out on a Gulag ‘made for two’. Katyn 2007, Poland, 122 min Screening rights from UMBRELLA The hidden story of the Polish officers killed by Soviet troops in 1940. The focus is on the cold war politics that prevented the real truth from coming out. Ironically a recent 2011 attempt to memorialize the event resulted in the tragic plane accident that killed Poland’s key political figures. A film that should be seen with Wajda, as usual, the director to bring it to the screen. Somers Town UK, 2008, 71 min. b/w stock Screening rights from MADMAN via ACOFS Email: dvdrights@acofs.org.au A film by Shane Meadows. Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over one summer. A sensitive and funny film. Terri USA, 2011, 101 min Screening rights from MADMAN via ACOFS Email: dvdrights@acofs.org.au Sensitive, overweight and awkward, Terri is aware that he is on the outer at school. A sensitive coming of age film that is essentially uplifting. American independent. Up The Yangtze Canada, 2007, 93 min Screening rights from Antidote Films The Three Gorges dam provides the epic backdrop for this feature documentary on the life inside modern China. Wendy and Lucy 2008, US, 80 min Screening rights from MADMAN via ACOFS Email: dvdrights@acofs.org.au A delightful story about a young woman and her dog on their way to Alaska where she hopes to find work in a cannery. Stars Michelle Williams. American independent film. The White Ribbon 2009, Germany/Austria/France 2009, 144 min (Black & White) Screening rights from Roadshow Drama set in Germany during the years leading up to WW1. A film that looks at the forces that lead to fascism and paranoia through the eyes of an insulated community. A darkly brilliant work. There Will Be Blood 2007, USA, 158 min., Screening rights from Rialto Based on Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel, Oil! Paul Thomas Anderson’s film starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano is regularly voved one of the top films for 2007. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, it won many including Best Actor (Day-Lewis). It is the story of ruthless exploitation, revenge, and oil exploration in early 1900s California. With beautiful scenery and an emotive soundtrack by Radiohead it was filmed in the same vicinity as Texas based Giant (1956). Anderson’s latest film is the equally as powerful, The Master (2012).