Lunopolis - Fantastic Planet Film Fest screening - review

As was blogged previously, SUFF co-presented the Australian premiere of Lunopolis with Fantastic Planet Film Festival last Monday at the Dendy, Newtown.

Fantastic Planet described Lunopolis as "The X-Files meets The Blair Witch Project", which is the most accurate description you'll find anywhere.

The film follows the story of two documentarians who accidentally uncover proof of a hidden city on the moon, and the secret society determined to keep it hidden (www.lunopolis.com). It touches on many of the hottest of conspiracy topics - aliens, déjà vu, time travel, area 51, immortality, a secret moon base, the explanation of the mysteries surrounding Dec 21, 2012 and more - yet manages to skillfully avoid the pitfalls usually associated with films who tackle these subjects.

As a low budget film, the filmmakers did extraordinarily well - proving once again how substance can win hands down over Hollywood gloss.

Screened with Lunopolis was the captivating short "The Chronoscope" - a mocumentary about a beautiful scientist in the 1930s who invents a machine that can see into the past. Funny and intelligent, if you watched it on tv you'd be forgiven for wondering if it were real!

And while we're speaking of shorts... Fantastic Planet Film Festival continues tonight with short film sessions 2 and 3, which are definitely not to be missed. See you there!

SUFF co-presents LUNOPOLIS with Fantastic Planet

Quick post to remind you all that our co-present of LUNOPOLIS is TONIGHT (Monday 1 November, 7pm) at Dendy Newtown.

We love the Fantastic Planet Film Festival - not to mention their sister festival A Night of Horror - their programming is always creative and surprising.

Anyway back to Lunopolis! Tonight is the premiere and we're really thrilled to be part of it. We know you'll love the film as much as we do, so see you there!

the SUFF team

PS If you can't make tonight, there's still plenty on during the week.