MEET THE FILMMAKER: Saturday February 3, 6pm. Join writer-director Joy Hopwood and stars Takaya Honda and HaiHa Le for a post-film Q&A moderated by Australian writer Alice Pung.

Written and directed by Joy Hopwood, THE GIFT THAT GIVES follows the story of novelist Callum Mori (Takaya Honda) and his tumultous love-life. Callum makes his first television appearance as a guest of The Arts Corner television show, presented by Kate Sedgeman (Lily Brown-Griffiths), who falls for him. Callum, however, is in love with Kate's best friend, Linda (HaiHa Le). Fate brings Kate and Callum's brother, Austin (Damien Sato), together as they discover hidden love letters, signed by aliases. Jointly, they all try to find out who penned them.