AUDIENCE AWARD
WINNER
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
Melbourne, VIC, 2007

AUDIENCE AWARD
WINNER
MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL
Sydney, NSW, 2007

BEST ACTRESS
SPECIAL COMMENDATION
- Rita Kalnejais -
MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL
Sydney, NSW, 2007

OFFICIAL SELECTION
LONDON LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
London, UK, 2008

PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS
Palm Springs, CA, USA, 2007

REVELATION PERTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Perth, WA, 2007

FRAMELINE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL LGBT Film Festival
San Francisco, CA, USA, 2007

ST. KILDA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
St. Kilda, VIC, 2007

MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
Melbourne, VIC, 2007

MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL
Sydney, NSW, 2007

PRADA HANDBAG IS NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY ON DVD

FROM
THE BOOKSHOP, DARLINGHURST
207 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010
Telephone: 02 9331 1103

or online:
http://www.thebookshop.com.au

Content Details:
Region Code: 4
Rating: M
Time: 22 minutes (plus 30 minutes of extra features)
DVD Release Date: 2007
Presentation: Colour, 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic, 5.1 Surround Sound Stereo
Language: English, English Subtitles
DVD Extras: Outtakes; Stills Gallery; Other films by Stuart Vauvert: Hitch Cock and Heather Locklear Chocolate.

"(Prada Handbag is) an adorable and endearing fable about learning to accept yourself for who you are, as you are. It out-Priscillas Priscilla, featuring an enchanting performance from Rita Kalnejais as Prada and luscious turns by viciously bitchy Vashti Hughes and Garry Scale as feuding drag queens. It's impossible not to adore this Handbag. 5 STARS"

RANDY SHULMAN, Washington Metro Weekly

"Stuart Vauvert is an Australian maverick. Since his first exercise in kink'n'comedy Heather Locklear Chocolate (2000), Vauvert has blazed a trail of self-made, self-styled films to rival that of John Waters...

This gender-bending ride threatens to outclass Priscilla with its outrageous sense of camp and compassion. Proof positive there’s hope for Australian films yet...

The NSW FTO-funded Prada Handbag is a beauty!"

MEGAN SPENCER, Artistic Director, Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2007, and Film Critic, Triple J Radio, Australia

"Prada Handbag is the story of self revelation and the 'drag' that everyone uses to hide themselves... That climax is the most difficult moment of this short film, yet director Stuart Vauvert somehow pulls it off. I loved this!!"

Life at the Movies with Maxxxxx

"... camp, colourful, yet poignant..."

RICHARD WATTS, MCV, Melbourne

"Prada Handbag is an absolutely delightful fairytale complete with an ugly duckling, fairy godfather and ugly sisters... though it is anything BUT a conventional Hans Christian Anderson story. Instead, dry Australian humour propels the story in this totally captivating film from start to finish."

SameSame.com.au