P.J. Hogan’s Mental picked for MIFF closing night

P.J. Hogan’s Mental has been named as Melbourne International Film Festival’s closing night film on Saturday 18 August.

The film reunites the Muriel’s Wedding writer and director, Hogan with its star, Toni Collette.

Mental joins over 300 films including opening film, The Sapphires, about an Aboriginal all-girl singing group sent to Vietnam to entertain the troops.

MIFF’s artistic director Michelle Carey said: “How wonderful that we are able to book-end the 2012 MIFF with what will surely be two of the biggest Australian films of the year, in The Sapphires and Mental. Featuring an incredible ensemble cast, P.J. Hogan’s new film is as outrageously fun as it is smart and moving.”