ON A FULL MOON (1997)
+ THE MINI-SKIRTED DYNAMO (1996)
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Randwick Ritz, Sydney:
12:15 PM
Sunday 04 May
Lido Cinemas, Melbourne:
12:45 PM
Sunday 11 May
Rating: PG
Duration: 17 minutes + 55 minutes
Country: Australia
Language: English
Director: Lee Whitmore (On a Full Moon), Rivka Hartman (The Mini-Skirted Dynamo)
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12:15 PM
Sunday 04 May
Lido Cinemas, Melbourne:
12:45 PM
Sunday 11 May
Rating: PG
Duration: 17 minutes + 55 minutes
Country: Australia
Language: English
Director: Lee Whitmore (On a Full Moon), Rivka Hartman (The Mini-Skirted Dynamo)
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MELBOURNE TICKETS ⟶
4K RESTORATION – WORLD PREMIERE
“Dora emerges as a fascinating character… a very personal piece of film-making” – David Stratton
“The Mini-skirted Dynamo is a lively, often hilarious, film as well as a moving personal document…This is not a film for those who believe in the myth of happy families – or perhaps it is the perfect film.” – Barbara Creed, The Age
Rivka Hartman’s The Mini-skirted Dynamo focuses on her mother, Dr Dora Bialestock, an extraordinary figure in Melbourne’s medical community. Dora studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne and published widely on her specialist research subjects. She became a figure of some controversy when she attacked the state government’s management of children in care. She was a public thorn in many sides of government. Hartman’s film is a remarkable autobiographical and biographical documentary about the intense and tangled relationship between the film-maker and her mother, both of whom had ambitions and goals that did not mix well.
Screens with...
On a Full Moon
This "poem to my mother", features memories of childhood and family lovingly animated frame by frame by pencil and pastel on paper.
Introduced by Rivka Hartman and Lee Whitmore at Ritz Cinemas and by Rivka Hartman and Ray Argall at Lido Cinemas.
A discussion with the filmmakers will be held after the screening in the upstairs mezzanine at the Ritz in Sydney and in the discussion space off the foyer at the Lido in Melbourne.
“Dora emerges as a fascinating character… a very personal piece of film-making” – David Stratton
“The Mini-skirted Dynamo is a lively, often hilarious, film as well as a moving personal document…This is not a film for those who believe in the myth of happy families – or perhaps it is the perfect film.” – Barbara Creed, The Age
Rivka Hartman’s The Mini-skirted Dynamo focuses on her mother, Dr Dora Bialestock, an extraordinary figure in Melbourne’s medical community. Dora studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne and published widely on her specialist research subjects. She became a figure of some controversy when she attacked the state government’s management of children in care. She was a public thorn in many sides of government. Hartman’s film is a remarkable autobiographical and biographical documentary about the intense and tangled relationship between the film-maker and her mother, both of whom had ambitions and goals that did not mix well.
Screens with...
On a Full Moon
This "poem to my mother", features memories of childhood and family lovingly animated frame by frame by pencil and pastel on paper.
Introduced by Rivka Hartman and Lee Whitmore at Ritz Cinemas and by Rivka Hartman and Ray Argall at Lido Cinemas.
A discussion with the filmmakers will be held after the screening in the upstairs mezzanine at the Ritz in Sydney and in the discussion space off the foyer at the Lido in Melbourne.
THE RESTORATION
THE MINI-SKIRTED DYNAMO
Source: DCP Rivka Hartman
The Restoration per Ray Argall
Director/Writer/Producer: Rivka Hartman; Production Company: A Hartman Production; Associate Producer: Aviva Ziegler;
Photography: Jaems Grant; Editor: Julian Russell; Production Management: Sue Clothier; Sound Recordist: Jock Healy; Music: Nik & Rachael Jeanes
With: Dora Bialestock, Rivka Hartman, Ian McFadyen, Arnold Zable
Produced with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria. Developed with the Assistance of the Australian Film Commission
Australia | 1996 | 55 Mins | 4K DCP | Colour, B&W| English | PG
ON A FULL MOON
Source: Lee Whitmore
Animation/Script/Direction: Lee Whitmore; Production Company: Maracaibo Films, made with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission; Producers: Mark Stiles, Lee Whitmore; Photography: Kim Humpheys; Editor: Henry Dangar, Sam Petty; Sound Design: Sam Petty, Tony Chesher, Big Ears Studio; Dialogue Editing: Denise Haslem, Tony Cody; Music: ‘Beloved Melody’ by J Brandl, arranged and performed by Ross Bolleter
Voices: Noni Hazlehurst (Jane), Gabrielle Lloyde (Barbara), Lee Whitmore (Laura)
Australia | 1997 | 17 Mins | 4K DCP | Colour | English | G