HORSEPLAY

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER AT MIDDAY UGC HAYMARKET SCREEN 2



Country Australia Running Time 93 mins Format 35mm Dir Stavros Kazantzidis Prod Allanah Zitserman S'play Stavros Kazantzidis, Allanah Zitserman DoP David Eggby Cast Marcus Graham, Tushka Bergen, Jason Donovan, Natalie Mendoza Print Source Beyond Films E films@beyond.com.au

Out of nowhere comes dark horse Ed, a lovesick psychopath with a score to settle with Henry over the two timing seductive schoolgirl, Cindy. With the leaders neck and neck, Becky, Cindy's angsty school friend, makes a break. Fed up with her lowly station in life she steals her dad's car, commandeers a revolver, and sets out to take control of her life. Coming into the homestretch each character is in hot pursuit of someone or something without knowing the threats that await them. Dust flying, they all come to a suspenseful, sidesplitting finish. In this romping black comedy set against the colourful horseracing world, all bets are off. DS

Stavros Kazantzidis won Best Short Film award at the 1992 AFI Awards with his graduating project from Sydney College of the Arts. He went on to write and produce Love and Other Catastrophes (1996), direct the award-winning Russian Doll (2001), and co-write Jane Campion's In The Cut before completing Horseplay, his third feature.