POSSIBLE WORLDS

Saturday 22 August | 8.30pm | The Red Rattler

Australian Premiere | Director – Ron Mann | 2008 | 74 min
Cast – Larry Evans, Gary Lincoff

Hunt for wild mushrooms and discover the deeper cultural experiences inspired by fungi

Inspired by a conversation with filmmaker and mushroom buff Jim Jarmusch, counter culture specialist Ron Mann (Tales of the Rat Fink, PW 2006) sets off to the annual Telluride Mushroom Festival in Colorado. There he encounters the unique sub-subculture surrounding fungi that includes an unlikely assortment of nerds, nuts, hipsters, tripsters, artists, chefs, musicians, foodies, foragers, and seekers, all paying homage to the mighty mushroom.

Combining investigative journalism with animation, archival footage and a neo-psychedelic soundtrack by the Flaming Lips, Mann continues his reappraisal of the backwaters of popular culture with this hilarious mushroomentary.  Opening the doors to perception, he takes the audience on a strange but thoroughly entertaining trip and delivers them to a brave new world where fungi might well guide humanity to a saner, safer place....

Official Selection, South by South West Film Festival 2009

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Ron Mann and a psychedelic party until late!