Share:  Viewing problems? View Cinemail online Exhibitions Programs & Events Cinema Members Shop Blog Focusing on the characters and gender relationships that populate our national cinema, Contemporary Australia: Women in Film acknowledges the growing representation of women behind the scenes in key production roles, such as scriptwriters, cinematographers and producers. This free film program by guest curator Margaret Pomeranz, AM, considers both representations of women by women and of women by men. Continuing until 1 July, Adorable Outcasts: Women in Early Australian Cinema explores the fantasies of the exotic through images of women. Silent films will be accompanied on the Gallery's Wurlitzer Style 260 theatre organ. Concluding this fortnight, Sam Smith: The Camera's Lens features recent works by Australian artist Sam Smith that draw connections between art and cinema. GOMA CINEMA | FILM SCREENINGS: 20 JUNE – 1 JULY 2012 Film notes by Margaret Pomeranz appear abridged. Sleeping Beauty 2011 MA15+ DIRECTOR:  Julia Leigh PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Wed 20 Jun 6.00pm and Sat 30 Jun 3.00pm (104 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA Sleeping Beauty follows a young woman who lends herself to be used — but not abused — by men in an erotic situation while she is asleep. Although her emotional engagement is enigmatic, the journey with Lucy is fascinating, her lack of personal connection painful and the catharsis open to interpretation. Read more Wasted on the Young 2010 MA15+ DIRECTOR:  Ben C Lucas PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Fri 22 Jun 6.00pm (97 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA Wasted on the Young is centred around a 'boy's culture' of social dominance, bullying and, ultimately, criminal behaviour. Set in a rich private school where hierarchy dominates, the film's victim is a young woman, beautifully portrayed by Adelaide Clemens. Read more X 2011 MA15+ DIRECTOR:  Jon Hewitt PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Fri 22 Jun 8.00pm (90 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA High-class callgirl Holly is about to quit the game and head to Paris for a new life — after one last assignation. She connects with a new arrival in town, fledgling hooker Shay, to help her out. During the night, the two witness a murder and find themselves on the run from the killer, becoming embroiled in a world of violence, close shaves and corrupt cops. Read more Jucy 2010 M DIRECTOR:  Louise Alston PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Sat 23 Jun 3.00pm (81 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA Best friends Jackie and Lucy form the duo Jucy: best friends who are joined at the hip, sharing nonsense and girl stuff. When both feel the need to enhance their individual status, they join a local amateur dramatic group for a production of Jane Eyre in which Alex is the self-absorbed star. Read more Better Than Sex 2000 MA15+ DIRECTOR:  Jonathan Teplitzky PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Sun 24 Jun 1.00pm (95 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA Jonathan Teplitzky's debut film aims at deconstructing male–female relationships with his bold approach to a sexual encounter in this intended one-night stand. Read more Burning Man 2011 MA15+ DIRECTOR:  Jonathan Teplitzky PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Sun 24 Jun 3.00pm (110 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA Sarah seems to have it all — a good marriage, a lovely relationship with her son — when suddenly everything goes pear-shaped. Standing by, witnessing the disaster and supporting the aftermath is another solid woman Karen. Read more Japanese Story 2003 M DIRECTOR:  Sue Brooks PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Wed 27 Jun 6.00pm (106 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA Toni Collette plays a geologist who grudgingly agrees to chauffeur a potential investor from Japan around various iron ore sites in the Pilbara. Cultural differences make for a rocky start but it's amazing how getting bogged in the outback can bring two people together. Read more Blessed 2009 MA15 DIRECTOR:  Ana Kokkinos PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Fri 29 Jun 6.00pm (100 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA Blessed explores the terrain of alienation for a variety of reasons — most recognisably, by the end, by the absence of care, or, at the very least, misdirected love. The ensemble cast is universally fine but it is Frances O'Connor's AFI Award-winning performance that is the standout. Read more High Tide 1987 M DIRECTOR:  Gillian Armstrong PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Fri 29 Jun 8.00pm and Sun 1 Jul 3.00pm (100 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA Lilli, many years ago, abandoned her young daughter to the care of her mother-in-law, Bet, after the death of the child's father. Now in her teens, daughter Ally is living with Bet in a caravan park in Eden, where Lilli ends up after losing her job as an itinerant back-up singer. Read more Fran 1985 M DIRECTOR:  Glenda Hambly PROGRAM:  Contemporary Australia: Women in Film WHEN:  Sun 1 Jul 1.00pm (94 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA Fran is an affecting and realistic portrayal of a woman so needy for a man in her life, and so damaged by life itself, that she neglects her children. Noni Hazelhurst deservedly won the AFI Best Actress award for her performance as the emotionally fragile Fran, who, having herself been a ward of the state, is suspicious of and defiant towards any authority. Read more Uncivilised 1936 PG DIRECTOR:  Charles Chauvel PROGRAM:  Adorable Outcasts: Women in Early Australian Cinema WHEN:  Sun 24 Jun 11:00am (79 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA This film follows the adventures of high-society authoress Beatrice Lynne as she investigates a northern Aboriginal tribe ruled by white king Mara. On her travels to northern Australia, Beatrice is kidnapped by an Afghan trader who later sells her to Mara. After many adventures, including opium-smuggling and a battle, Beatrice and Mara fall in love and live together in Mara's kingdom. Read more Lovers and Luggers 1936 All Ages DIRECTOR:  Ken G Hall PROGRAM:  Adorable Outcasts: Women in Early Australian Cinema WHEN:  Sun 1 Jul 11:00am (99 min) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA A celebrated London pianist travels to Thursday Island where he takes up pearl-diving and falls in love. A wealth of eccentric characters provided good opportunities for actors and the film went on to be a major success in Australia and overseas. Read more ^ Presented with live accompaniment on the Gallery's Wurlitzer Style 260 theatre organ. ARTIST:  Sam Smith PROGRAM:  Contemporary Film and Video WHEN:  Sat 23 Jun 2:00pm and Sat 30 Jun 2:00pm (50 mins) WHERE:  Cinema A, GOMA A special cinema presentation of recent works by Australian artist Sam Smith. Smith's work integrates sculptural construction and moving image in an artistic critique of cinema's apparatus. Interrogating the formal structure of screen-space, his work examines montage, filmic narrative and the camera instrument. This program includes three works by Smith Into the Void 2009, Camera Man 2011 and Frame, Lens 2012. 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