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A dark and dangerous episode in Australia's cinema history is vibrantly reanimated and reinterpreted through Hunt Angels. Using innovative digital composite techniques never before utilised in an Australian feature film, director Alec Morgan and visual effects specialist Rose Draper blend 1930s Australia with the cinematic fantasy worlds of their imaginative main characters in what is a valentine to cinema and the mavericks who sometimes went unnoticed.
Hunt Angels is the true story of film industry outlaws Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks, who began a movie-making spree that took on Hollywood barons, a police commissioner and the cultural cringe, all in their passionate pursuit to make Australian films. On the run from the police across thousands of miles, they would stop at almost nothing to get their films made. Ben Mendelsohn stars with newcomer Victoria Hill in this celebration of the survival of Australian national cinema in the face of Hollywood's cultural imperialism. Dedicated to anyone who has ever fought for their dreams.
Filmmakers and cast will be attending the festival.
Director Alec Morgan and Producer Sue Maslin will introduce the session on Saturday 5 August, 5pm at RMIT Capitol Theatre. A Q&A will follow the screening. Alec Morgan and Sue Maslin will also introduce the session on Tuesday 8 August, 7.10pm at Greater Union.
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Alec Morgan was born in New Zealand in 1948. His films include My Survival as an Aboriginal (1980, doco), Dusty Hearts (1990, short) and Australia's Journey (2000, doco).