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An invitation to attend a special preview screening of Animal Kingdom, starring Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce and Jacki Weaver.  Proceeds and donations from the night will support the Aitken Fellowship, established to help increase the number of endocrinologists in Victoria and throughout Australia.

Tuesday 1 June 2010
6.30pm for refreshments, movie starts promptly at 7pm
Rivoli Cinema
200 Camberwell Road, EAST HAWTHORN
Running Time – 112 mins
Tickets - $25 - includes light refreshments prior to the screening
 
RSVP by Friday 21 May 2010

Register by completing this form and returning it to Lee-Ann Jones at leeann.jones@mcri.edu.au

About ANIMAL KINGDOM
A high quality powerful psychological crime drama, ANIMAL KINGDOM is a story about the battle between Melbourne’s underworld and the police.
 
The film tracks seventeen-year-old Joshua “J” Cody (newcomer James Frecheville), a troubled kid perilously caught between his own criminal family and Detective Leckie (Guy Pearce) a compromised cop who thinks that he can save him.  J comes to realize that in order to survive he must write his own rule book, he must determine how the game is played, he must somehow choose his place in the cunning and brutal animal kingdom.
 
ANIMAL KINGDOM is the debut feature of writer/director David Michôd whose previous short films have screened extensively internationally and in Australia, including the multi-award winning CROSSBOW.  An AFI award-winning writer, Michôd also wrote the screenplay for this project
 
To view the trailer click on this link http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/12330

All proceeds and donations received will go to support the Aitken Fellowship in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, within The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes.

About the Aitken Fellowship

All proceeds from the movie screening will support the Aitken Fellowship in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, within The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Melbourne, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes.
Paediatric Endocrinology is a highly specialized area which is experiencing an increasing need for trained specialists in Victoria and throughout Australia. In particular, the incidence of Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes continues to increase by more than 3% each year, while Type 2 diabetes is increasing in incidence in association with the obesity epidemic in children.
The RCH is committed to providing outstanding service and support for children and families affected by these conditions, as well as being a leader in Australian research into better outcomes for children with diabetes and related conditions.
We have an urgent need to train bright young doctors to work both in Australia and internationally as specialists in this field. The Aitken Fellowship will provide such a training position in perpetuity, whereby we can offer a comprehensive three-year program of both clinical and research training in paediatric diabetes and endocrinology. This Fellowship will commence in the second half of 2010.
Contributions raised from this screening will provide essential funds to the establishment of this Fellowship. Your contributions to this exciting project will be highly valued.
 
For further information contact Lee-Ann Jones leeann.jones@mcri.edu.au