David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz will reunite to host a special screening of independent Australian feature Pawno.
The screening, at Sydney’s Chauvel Cinema on April 12, will see Pomeranz and Stratton join in a Q&A with the key talent of the new Australian comic drama film from first time director Paul Ireland, which Pomeranz describes as “a bolt from the blue.”
“I love this film, loved it, loved it,” she said.
Pawno is produced by Paul Ireland and Damian Hills’ Toothless Pictures and distributed by Mind Blowing World. It opens across 20 screens nationally on April 21.
Joining Margaret and David onstage will be director Paul Ireland, Pawno screenwriter and actor Damian Hill, beloved Australian veteran actors John Brumpton and Kerry Armstrong, and other key cast members.
The character-driven ensemble film takes place in a dusty old pawnbroker’s, where world-weary owner Les Underwood (John Brumpton) watches as the lives of people who come through his doors collide, change and unravel.
From blossoming romance to desperate last gambles, these twelve individuals’ stories represent the best and the worst of one day in the life of Melbourne’s most hopeful and giddily mixed-up suburb.
A valentine to the vibrant, multicultural suburb of Footscray, Melbourne, Pawno features a diverse, talented cast that includes screenwriter Damian Hill, established actors John Brumpton (Romper Stomper), Kerry Armstrong (Lantana) and Tony Rickards (Holding The Man), alongside rising talents Maeve Dermody (Griff, the Invisible) and Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin).
The screening follows its world premiere at MIFF 2015, where it was the Festival’s fastest-selling local ticket.
The film then made its International Premiere at the A-List Black Nights Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, where it picked up awards and played to sell-out crowds, before travelling to Singapore Film Festival for its Asian Premiere in November 2015.
It was also selected as one of only five films, from a pool over forty, in competition for Australia’s richest film prize at Cinefest Oz in Western Australia.