Share:    Viewing problems? View Cinemail online   Exhibitions   Programs & Events   Cinema   Members   Shop   Blog   TV     Continuing until 14 April, the Gallery's Australian Cinémathèque presents two major cinema programs as part of 'The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT7), the latest instalment of QAGOMA's flagship contemporary art series. Mountains and Waters: Chinese Animation Since the 1930s features exquisite works of animation that use techniques relating to the visual arts in other media, including ink wash painting, shadow plays, papercuts, puppetry and woodblock prints. This fortnight showcases animations from Hong Kong and Taiwan, including adaptations of the cult comic Master Q. Change: Paths Through 20 Years of Film uses the motif of change to explore 20 years of filmmaking throughout the region, highlighting a contemplative mode of storytelling that sets individual experience within the context of broader social change.     FILM SCREENINGS: 4–13 JANUARY 2013       Rebels of the Neon God 1992 Ages 18+   DIRECTOR:  Tsai Ming-Liang PROGRAM:  Change: Paths Through 20 Years Of Film WHEN:  Fri 4 Jan 6.00pm (106 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'Using an absolute minimum of dialogue, Tsai Ming-Liang goes to the very heart of youthful joys, fears and insecurities. He finds pellucid, haunting images to express everything that cannot be put into words.' Brisbane International Film Festival Read more     Romper Stomper 1992 R18+   DIRECTOR:  Geoffrey Wright PROGRAM:  Change: Paths Through 20 Years Of Film WHEN:  Fri 4 Jan 8.00pm and Wed 9 Jan 7.30pm (94 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'A group of neo-Nazi skinheads in Footscray, Melbourne, try to prevent Vietnamese refugees from converting the local pub into a restaurant. In a mixture of frustrated rage and indignation, they resort to brutal violence and to their surprise meet strong resistance from their new Asian countrymen.' Cinemateket i Bergen Read more   Old Master Q 1981   DIRECTOR:  Wu Sau-Yee PROGRAM:  Mountains and Waters: Chinese Animation Since the 1930s WHEN:  Sat 5 Jan 2.00pm (80 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'After decades on the page and in a series of live action features in the 1960s, the ever-popular Master Q and his pals finally made their debut as cartoon characters in 1981 as Master Q learns Kung Fu from a Bruce Lee look-alike to defend against street thugs.' Hong Kong Film Archive Read more   Mysterious Object at Noon 2000 Ages 15+   DIRECTOR:  Apichatpong Weerasethakul PROGRAM:  Change: Paths Through 20 Years Of Film WHEN:  Sat 5 Jan 3.30pm (83 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   This experiment in collective storytelling was inspired by the surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse, in which players draw a part of a picture, or write a line of a story, without awareness of the whole. Shooting 'on the road', the director and his small crew asked ordinary people to contribute the next lines of a story about a handicapped boy and his tutor. Read more     Grandma and Her Ghosts 1998 Ages 12+   DIRECTOR:  Wang Shaudi PROGRAM:  Mountains and Waters: Chinese Animation Since the 1930s WHEN:  Sun 6 Jan 11.00am and Wed 9 Jan 2.00pm (80mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'Five-year-old Doudou's grandmother is a Daoist shaman, keeper of the village ghosts. Prowling around grandma's shed, Doudou accidentally releases a terrible demon, which takes possession of grandma's cat and then tries to trick the boy into selling the old woman's soul. A crash course in Daoist folklore and a gripping tale of spirit haunting.' UCLA New Chinese Cinema Series Read more   The Day I Became a Woman 2000 Ages 15+   DIRECTOR:  Marzieh Meshkini PROGRAM:  Change: Paths Through 20 Years Of Film WHEN:  Sun 6 Jan 1.00pm and Wed 9 Jan 6.00pm (78 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'The Day I Became a Woman links together three stories from Iran — the three ages of women — involving a girl on the edge of adolescence, a wife determined not to be ruled by her husband and a wealthy widow who declares, "Whatever I never had, I will buy for myself now".' Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Read more   Samson and Delilah 2009 PG   DIRECTOR:  Warwick Thornton PROGRAM:  Change: Paths Through 20 Years Of Film WHEN:  Sun 6 Jan 3.00pm (100 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'Warwick Thornton's debut has been described as one of the most confronting and important films about Indigenous culture ever made. Samson is a layabout with a love for Delilah, a very independent young woman who is blamed by the community for the death of her grandmother. In response, the two flee the desert and take off for Alice Springs, where they try to eke out a living on the fringes of society.' Cork Film Festival Read more     A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation 1997 Ages 12+   DIRECTOR:  Andrew Chan PROGRAM:  Mountains and Waters: Chinese Animation Since the 1930s WHEN:  Fri 11 Jan 6.00pm (84mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'Hong Kong's first computer animated feature accomplished at a fraction of a Hollywood budget, the storytelling — a clever blend of Japanese anime, Disney cartoon and Tsui's inimitable mix of crazed energy and romantic innocence — sets the film apart.' Hong Kong Film Archive Read more   O TAMAITI 1996 + ONCE WERE WARRIORS 1994 MA15+   DIRECTOR:  Sima Urale / Lee Tamahori PROGRAM:  Change: Paths Through 20 Years Of Film WHEN:  Fri 11 Jan 7.30pm (114 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'Once Were Warriors uses the tortured history of wife abuse to speak a universal truth about the dark web of despair such interfamily violence can spin. Jake and Beth live a life defined by drunken parties, unstable friendships, and confrontations with authorities. Beth's beauty has been scarred by Jake's beefy fists. Yet, her inner strength and desire to save her family make her the solid centre around which Warriors' story of tragedy and hope is constructed.' The Criterion Collection Read more   Old Master Q Water Tiger 1982 G   DIRECTOR:  Wu Sau-Yee PROGRAM:  Mountains and Waters: Chinese Animation Since the 1930s WHEN:  Sat 12 Jan 2.00pm (72mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   With the help of Mr Chu's time machine, Master Q, Big Potato and Mr Chun travel back to the fourteenth century to meet Xi Menqing and Wu Dalang, characters from Water Margin, one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature. Read more   Ten 2002 PG   DIRECTOR:  Abbas Kiarostami PROGRAM:  Change: Paths Through 20 Years Of Film WHEN:  Sat 12 Jan 3.30pm (89 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'Ten offers a revealing look at the condition of women in Iran and is set entirely within the confines of a moving car — a private “road movie” in which speech is unrestrained behind closed doors. The story follows the divorced mother of a seven-year-old boy as she chauffeurs her son, her sister and others on various errands around town. Each trip becomes a conversation that touches on the social realities of life in contemporary Tehran.' Harvard Film Archive Read more   Jumping Boy 2012 Ages 9+   DIRECTOR:  Lin Fu-Ching PROGRAM:  Mountains and Waters: Chinese Animation Since the 1930s WHEN:  Sun 13 Jan 11.00am (72mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'Having lost his left leg to bone cancer, Ka is left with only one leg to jump. When he is discharged from the hospital, Dr Chen gives him a present: a child's picture book entitled Rolypoly. The doctor tells him, "Jump five million times, and you'll see Rolypoly". Thus begins a story of a boy, an aging children's book author, and a Chinese village that embraces them both.' Providence Children's Film Festival Read more     Boy 2010 M   DIRECTOR:  Taika Waititi PROGRAM:  Change: Paths Through 20 Years Of Film WHEN:  Sun 13 Jan 1.00pm (87 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'Boy is an 11-year-old Mãori kid and avid Michael Jackson fan. A cheerful dreamer, he's waiting for the day his father breaks out of prison to take him to the King of Pop's big show. Although his dad's been locked up for most of his life, Boy has built up an image of him that's part war hero, part sports star. Needless to say, when his father actually does show up, reality falls somewhat short of the fantasy.' Seattle International Film Festival Read more   Toomelah 2011 MA15+   DIRECTOR:  Ivan Sen PROGRAM:  Change: Paths Through 20 Years Of Film WHEN:  Sun 13 Jan 3.00pm (106 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA   'Set in the mission town of Toomelah, a tiny Indigenous community, Toomelah focuses on ten-year-old Daniel, who dreams of becoming a gangster like his idol, small-time hoodlum Linden. When a rival gang leader returns from jail and seeks to reclaim his turf, Daniel finds himself caught in the middle, and is faced with a serious choice to make about his uncertain future.' 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