The 2014 Melbourne International Film Festival (31 July–17 August) has announced six star-studded Australian films to premiere at this years festival, including the return of Ian Pringle (pictured, with Jeremy Kewley) with his new film THE LEGEND MAKER, and KILL ME THREE TIMES, the latest film from Red Dog director Kriv Stenders. • THE LEGEND MAKER: A dramatic thriller from director Ian Pringle (Isabelle Eberhardt, MIFF 1991 and The Prisoner of St. Petersburg, MIFF 1989) in which an ageing forger needs all his cunning to survive. Starring Tony Nikolakopoulos (Head On, The Wog Boy), Jeremy Kewley (Frank & Jerry, Stingers, Janus), Steve Mouzakis (I Frankenstein, Where The Wild Things Are), Fletcher Humphrys (Chopper) and Sachin Joab (A Better Man, Neighbours). • KILL ME THREE TIMES centres around a charismatic hit-man (Shaun of the Dead’s Simon Pegg), who acts as the spark that ignites a chain of murder, blackmail and revenge in a small surfing town. Hired by a wealthy gent (Tim Winton’s The Turning’s Callan Mulvey) to ‘take care’ of his wife (On the Road’s Alice Braga), the assassin gets down to business only to discover there’s more than one person after his target. With a gambling addict (Animal Kingdom’s Sullivan Stapleton), a small-town Lady Macbeth (Wish You Were Here’s Teresa Palmer) and a corrupt cop (Beautiful Kate’s Bryan Brown) also thrown in the mix, Kill Me Three Times has all the makings of a saga that rises to Rashomon–esque heights. • CUT SNAKE: A crime thriller from director Tony Ayres (Home Song Stories, MIFF 2007), in which a man’s engagement to a beautiful woman is threatened when a menacing man from his past reappears. Starring Sullivan Stapleton (Kill Me Three Times), Alex Russell (Bait) and Jessica De Gouw (These Final Hours, MIFF 2013). • ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films: A feature documentary from Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood, MIFF 2008) about prolific 1980s Hollywood company Cannon Films. • MY MISTRES: A love story from director Stephen Lance in which a strangely innocent affair between a young romantic and an S&M mistress becomes something more. Starring Emmanuelle Béart (A Heart in Winter), Harrison Gilbertson (Blessed, MIFF 2009), Rachel Blake (Sleeping Beauty), Socratis Otto (I Frankenstein) and Leah Purcell (Lantana, MIFF 2001). • PAPER PLANES: A children’s film about an Australian boy’s passion for flight and competing in paper plane championships from director Robert Connolly (Balibo, MIFF 2009; Tim Winton’s The Turning, MIFF 2013). Starring Sam Worthington (Avatar), David Wenham (300), Terry Norris (Innocence) and Deborah Mailman (Sapphires).
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:38:24 +0000