Representing home-grown talent, Tim Winton’s The Turning will feature David Wenham, Cate Blanchett and many more, in a poignant re-telling of Winton’s best-selling historical short story collection, while Zak Hilditch will provide an Australian interpretation of the apocalypse with These Final Hours. Director Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood) will reinterpret an Australian classic, Patrick, a horror film staring Rachel Griffiths (Brothers and Sisters), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) and Sharni Vinson (Home and Away).
Berlinale-winning titles Closed Curtain directed by Jafar Panahai, and Paulina García’s acclaimed performance in Gloria will adorn the MIFF screens, while harrowing film Ginger and Rosa will showcase Elle Fanning’s talent. For all the fairytale aficionados, MIFF will have a special screening of Blancanieves, a Spanish retelling of Snow White.
