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USA / 2006 / 26:45mins
director CHRISTINE UMALI, witness.org
Australian premiere

The film tells the stories of Khaled El-Masri and Binyam Mohamed, two men who have survived extraordinary rendition, secret detention, and torture by the U.S. government.

USA / 2007 / 14mins
director CHRISTINE UMALI, witness.org
Australian premiere

“Missing Lives” addresses the lack of accountability for the enforced disappearances of more than 3,000 people in the Russian North Caucasus.

UK / 2008 / 2:15mins
director GRAHAM RATHLIN
Australian premiere

Don’t go into the booth!

AUS / 2008 / 8:35mins
director VICTORIA WAGHORN

Sally and Frank share an obsession. Accompanied by a nurse with a bedside manner to die for, their fantasy can become true: Over and over again.

USA / 2005 / 7mins
director RY RUSSO YOUNG

A contemporary de-construction of Hitchcock’s PSYCHO. This original piece reinterprets a classic film with contemporary insight. “Visually interesting and unexpected, a slasher film with a brain” -The New York Times.

New Zealand / 2007 / 5:20mins
director JENNIFER SCHEER
Australian premiere

In a secure military laboratory, a scientist has become obsessed with the half-human half eel creature he’s studying. When she beckons him to her, it’s the call of a siren.

USA / 2007 / 19:50mins
director BEN HICKS
Australian premiere

A teenage girl, her childish mother and her younger sister find themselves in a strange restaurant where her faith is put to the test.

USA / 1981 / 86 mins
director JOHN WATERS

Polyester revisits the twisted yet humorous perversity of Water’s earlier work as he explores the family of a messed up housewife including a cheating pornographer, pregnant teenager and foot fetishist. Polyester, by John Waters is a film that has been present in the film buff’s psyche since its 1981 creation.

Francine Fishpaw is a classic Baltimore housewife whose world falls apart when her sadistic pornographic husband admits he’s serially unfaithful to her with his secretary. Next, her teenage daughter who is dating the town delinquent and dancing lewdly for the boys at school falls pregnant. And finally Francine’s son winds up in jail because he stomps on women’s feet who wear nice shoes.

Divine seems completely sincere and feminine, managing a darkly funny portrayal of personal pain. With the help of her over-aged debutante gal pal Cuddles, her knight in shining armour Todd Tomorrow and her trusty chauffeur Heintz, Francine tries to stop the madness, all the while wearing the best in polyester clothes!

As a special treat, SUFF presents Polyester and provides a special opportunity to enjoy this cult classic as it was meant to be seen – and smelled! SUFF will be distributing original Polyester ‘Odorama’ cards that are scratched and sniffed at various times during the film.