Nadia Tass Retrospective @ Aero Theatre August 16 & 17
Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave (at 14th Street), Santa Monica
DOUBLE FEATURE: Thursday, August 16 - 7.30pm
MALCOLM, 1986, Lionsgate, 90 min. Dir. Nadia Tass. 
Socially awkward but a mechanical genius, Malcolm loses his job as a Melbourne tramcar operator and takes in a couple of boarders to make ends meet. When he learns the pair are petty criminals, Malcolm uses his knack for gadgetry to help them pull off a series of dazzling robberies. Both warm and hilarious, Nadia Tass' debut feature won 8 Australian Film Institute awards including the Best Film award. Internationally, it won 21 awards.
Discussion between films with director Nadia Tass
THE BIG STEAL, 1990, Cascade Films, 99 min. Dir. Nadia Tass
Young Danny (Ben Mendelsohn of "Animal Kingdom" fame) tries to impress the girl of his dreams with the promises of a ride in his new Jag; unfortunately, Danny drives his family's old Nissan Cedric. But there's a spiffy Jaguar XJ6 in a local used car lot, and the salesman (Steve Bisley) is offering him the deal of a lifetime - what could possibly go wrong? This delightful caper comedy took home 3 AFI awards including one for David Parker's screenplay.
DOUBLE FEATURE: Friday, August 17 - 7.30pm
MATCHING JACK, 2010, Cascade Films, 99 min. Dir. Nadia Tass
In the most recent film from noted Australian director Nadia Tass, a mother seeks a bone marrow match for her son, diagnosed with leukemia, and finds unlikely sources of hope in her husband's infidelity, and in another man with a sick child. With outstanding performances from stars Jacinda Barrett, James Nesbitt, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Tom Russell. It garnered the top awards at the Milan International Film Festival for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay
Click to view trailer: www.matchingjack.com
Discussion between films with director Nadia Tass
AMY, 1998, Cascade Films, 104 min. Dir. Nadia Tass
Traumatized by the death of her rock star father, 8 year old Amy (a remarkable Alana De Roma) has become mute. When her mother (Academy Award nominee, Rachel Griffiths) brings her to Melbourne in search of treatment, they move in with some quirky locals, one of whom (Ben Mendelsohn) tries to use music to bring the little girl out of her world of silence. A touching mix of comedy, drama and son, AMY won 28 international awards, including the Grand Prix Cannes Junior at the Cannes Film Festival.
Series compiled by Grant Moninger. Program notes by John Hagelston. Retrospective facilitated by Joan Borsten of Films by Jove and Cida Goncalves of 8 STAR Entertainment.
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