Friday July 16th 7pm George Cinemas.

Chris Windmill studied film at three local institutions: Rusden College, Swinburne, and the Melbourne Super 8 Film Group, the latter being the most productive learning environment. He thanks their eminent professors. He has made over 20 films, some of which have received that great and transient prize: the audience seemed to like them. Adrian Martin has described Chris’ films as: “ ... Quietly mad, his films begin from the charming, irritating minutiae of everyday experience - shopping, cleaning shoes, hanging out the washing, going for a picnic in the park - and enlarge them into magnificent, terrifying obsessions ... Windmill is a surprising, original mix of primitivism and sophistication ... he offers us a homegrown surrealist revolution.”

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY
1980 | 5 mins | 16mm/video | B&W

Queen Elizabeth (2) demeans one of her working-class subjects on her birthday.

BEARDS OF EVIL
1984 | 10 min | 16mm/video

A naive, young gardener, the Candide of the horticultural world, is oppressed by evil, bearded men.

MYSTERY LOVE
1985 | 5 min | 16mm

A Woman falls in love with the guy next door, The Pope. A Big Mistake.

THE NEW SHOES
1990 | 8 min | 16mm/video

Pictures of lovely, shiny shoes that sometimes talk, and also pics of ugly post-surgical scars.

THE BUFFS
1994 | 7 min | video

Members of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes demonstrate their rituals, discuss their history, and fears of imminent extinction.

THE BIRDS DO A MAGNIFICENT TUNE
1996 | 28 min | 16mm

A working couple, Bernard and Pinry, only see one another on weekends, when they engage in mutual worship through devotional rituals involving tidying their home.

A WOMAN IS DOING THE DISHES
1999 | 15 min | 16mm | B&W

Adele is washing dishes when she receives an unexpected visit.

SATAN’S MACHINE
2000 |5 min | 16mm/video | B&W

A man with a terrible cold has run out of handkerchiefs. They remain wet on the clothesline.

Q & A to follow screening.