International Section: competition Road to Nhill Road to Nhill Australia 1997 Direction: Sue Brooks Screenplay: Alison Tilson Cinematography: Nicolette Freeman Editing: Tony Steens Sound: Livia Ruzic Music: Elizabeth Drake Sets: Georgina Cambell Cast: Bill Hunter, Paul Chubb, Tony Barry, Monica Maughan Producer: Sue Maslin Production: Gecko Films. / World Sales: Southern Star Film Sales, 8 West Street, North Sydney 2060, Australia, tel.: 61 2 9202 85555, fax: 61 2 9956 6918 35mm / Colour 85' It is impossible not to be sucked into the vortex of nothingness that is Nhill. It's a world that moves at less than half speed; where people don't finish their sentences; where everyone is so excrutiatingly polite and indirect, that no-one knows what the hell is going on. So, when something actually does happen, the confusion is complete. Twelve lady bowlers are returning from a tournament in three cars. One car doesn't make it back. The problem is, no-one knows which lady bowlers are in which cars. And by the time the ill-prepared emergency services arrive at the scene of the accident, everyone's gone home anyway. This is an accidentally funny film about life, death, the universe and a bad corner on the Road to Nhill. Sue Brooks She was born and raised in the Victorian country town of Pyramid Hill, the location for her first feature, Road to Nhill (1997). She has made a number of award-winning short films, as well as television programmes. FILMOGRAPHY 1984 The Drover's Wife ( short film) 1985 High Heels ( short film) 1988 An Ordinary Woman ( short film) 1994 Land of the Long Weekend ( documentary) 1997 Road to Nhill International section International competition