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A group of Aussie expats are throwing a Mad Max marathon at the Rio Theatre to help fight the fires back home.

The day-long event at east Vancouver’s historic indie cinema, planned for later this month, will screen all four films in George Miller’s beloved and bizarre action franchise, in addition to other entertainment, raffles and special guest appearances.

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The benefit, which aims to raise $20,000 to send Down Under, is organized by actors Rhona Rees and Pauline Egan and event planner Tee Haynes — three Australians living and working in Vancouver.

“Although most of my friends and family are safe and out of the direct line of fire, so to speak, it’s a strange sense of despair and helplessness that comes with being an ex-pat and reading about your home country from afar,” said Rees.

“It’s really strange. So I decided to try and direct that hopeless energy into something positive and made some inquiries at the Rio Theatre about putting on a movie marathon.”