ANU Diversity Week Film Festival 2012 – August 6 to 11

A unique selection of films from around the globe with free entry for all

Come along to the ANU Film Group from August 6 to 11 for the 2012 Diversity Week
Film Festival, a week-long celebration of diversity in film that's open to everyone and (in
the spirit of economic diversity) absolutely free!

From an Indian-set adaptation of Thomas Hardy's quintessentially British novel "Tess of
the d'Urbervilles" (Trishna) to a French-language Finnish film from a Japanese director
about a young African refugee (Le Havre), the eight films on offer are as diverse as it gets.
Other highlights include The Lady, the Luc Besson-directed biopic of Burmese democratic
advocate Aung San Suu Kyi, and a double feature of recent Hong Kong cinema from
acclaimed directors Johnnie To and Derek Yee.

All films are screened in the ANU Film Group’s state-of-the-art 370-seat cinema in the
Coombs Theatre, on the corner of Fellows and Garran Roads in the ANU. Visit
www.anufg.org.au or contact the Film Group via info@anufg.org.au or call 6247 2425 for
full programme details and screening times.

Full programme details for the festival are as follows:

• Monday 6 August @ 8:00 PM -- CIRCUMSTANCE (MA, 102 mins)
(France/USA/Iran) A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's
growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession.

• Tuesday 7 August @ 8:00 PM -- LE HAVRE (PG, 90 mins)
(Finland/France/Germany) When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port
city of Le Havre, an ageing shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him
into his home.

• Wednesday 8 August @ 8:00 PM -- THE LADY (MA, 132 mins)
(France/UK) The story of Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) as she becomes the
core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband,
writer Michael Aris (David Thewlis).
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• Thursday 9 August @ 8:00 PM -- TRISHNA (UK/India) (MA, 113 mins)
The story of the tragic relationship between the son of a property developer and the
daughter of an auto rickshaw owner in this Indian-set re-telling of Thomas Hardy's
"Tess of the d'Urbervilles".

• Friday 10 August @ 8:00 PM -- TOMBOY (G, 82 mins)
(France) A 10-year-old girl, settling into her new neighbourhood outside Paris, is
mistaken for a boy and has to live up to this new identity since it's too late for the
mistake to be clarified.

• Friday 10 August @ APPROX. 9:30 PM -- THE KID WITH A BIKE (M, 88
mins)
(Belgium/France/Italy) Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run
youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him
on weekends.

• Saturday 11 August @ 8:00 PM -- THE GREAT MAGICIAN (PG, 128 mins)
(Hong Kong/China) In 1920s China, a warlord uses magic trickery to great effect.
When a mysterious traveller returns from Europe with his magic, the two men find
themselves at odds.

• Saturday 11 August @ APPROX. 10:15 PM -- LIFE WITHOUT
PRINCIPLE (MA, 107 mins)
(Hong Kong) Three people - a criminal, a bank officer and a cop - end up in a
catastrophic situation in the midst of a global economical crisis and are forced to
betray any morals and principles to solve their financial problems.