THE St Kilda Film Festival regional tour will arrive at the Eaglehawk Star Cinema on July 11.
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Eaglehawk is one of 10 regional stops for the film festival, which is Australia’s logest-standing and publicly-owned film festival.
Festival director Paul Harris said he was excited to show a selection of the top 100 films of the festival.
“If the film festival is the cake, then the regional tour is the icing,” Mr Harris said.
“We have been through the festival and had the awards and now we get to show the award-winning films and crowd pleasers to regional Victoria.”
Mr Harris said the quality of the films on tour were excellent.
‘A lot of these films are borne from fact and have already gained traction,” he said.
“Grey Bull has been shown international and was filmed in Shepparton.
“It used people from the local Sudanese community who weren’t professional actors and is a cultural clash comedy-drama.”
Grey Bull follows a man from Sudan who can’t understand why he can’t have a Brahma Bull for his own yard in the Victorian country town where he lives.
Mr Harris said Strezlecki Stringbusters was another regional Victoria highlight for the film.
“It follows a bunch of guys in Gippsland who get together and play for the enjoyment of it,” he said.
“But on a deeper level they have also come through bad times with drought and bushfire.
“It’s the kind of thing where you have people expressing their inner-most feeling and these guys use music to do that.”
Mr Harris said he was excited to see the film festival return to Star Cinema.
“I find it an inspiring place with a hard-working committee,” he said.
“They put on films that are challenging. If I imagine living in a country town you want a place where you can see unconventional and out-there films.
“In Eaglehawk you have a fantastic venue for it.”
The festival visits Mirboo North, Mallacoota, and Cohuna before arriving at Eaglehawk.
The St Kilda Film Festival arrives at Star Cinema in Eaglehawk on July 11. Bookings are essential. Tickets are $19, concession $16.
For more visit www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au