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| Lanfranchi's Memorial Discotheque | |
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| Directed by | Richard Baron |
| Produced by | Richard Baron |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Lanfranchi's Memorial Discotheque is a 2010 documentary and the first film directed and produced by Richard Baron. The film chronicles the last sixty days of the eponymous artist-run initiative which ran from 2002 to 2007 in Sydney, Australia.
The film premiered at Popcorn Taxi, was nominated for an Independent Spirit award at the Inside Film Awards, won the Director's Choice Award at the Sydney Underground Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival.
One year after its premiere screening, the film was digitally distributed as a free, legal BitTorrent download via VODO.
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