– Russian Resurrection Film Festival – Only in cinemas in November 2019 We have 5 double in-season passes. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* From big-budget action blockbusters, to razor sharp female-led comedy and edge-of-your seat thrillers, the Russian Resurrection Film Festival is proud to be returning down-under in 2019, bringing with it a smorgasbord of…
The Australian premiere of actor Andy Serkis’ directorial debut, Breathe will open the 2017 Cunard British Film Festival. Coming straight from opening the 61st BFI London Film Festival, the film stars Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) and Claire Foy (The Crown), in the inspiring true story of a couple who refuse to give up in the face…
A perennial festival favourite, the Lavazza Italian Film Festival screens at Palace Cinemas around Australia in September. Italian/Australian actor Greta Scacchi is on board as this year’s Festival Ambassador. She’ll be participating in Q&As at selected festival screenings of Tenderness (La Tenerezza), Gianni Amelio’s latest film, in which Scacchi features. The opening night film is…
From little things, big things (re)grow. After a three-year hiatus, the Brisbane International Film Festival is back. And while this new BIFF is very much a slimmed down version of what it once was, the very fact of its return is a cause for celebration. Where once BIFF screened close to 200 films, the “new” festival…
The Melbourne International Film Festival screens until August 20. Here are a few highlights from the first week of the festival. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Call Me By Your Name is a sensitive coming of age story set in a sun-drenched rural part of Italy in the 1980s and it deals with themes of…
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and Palace Cinemas are teaming up to present a touring film season dedicated to the oeuvre of controversial Franco-Polish director Roman Polanski. ROMAN: 10 X Polanski will show ten key films drawn from the director’s Polish New Wave debut — Knife in the Water — to his 2010…
– Russian Resurrection Film Festival – Screening from 23 October 2015 We have 10 double session passes thanks to the festival. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Eighteen new Russian films will premiere at the 12th Russian Resurrection Film Festival, playing at venues in Australia and New Zealand during October and November. Along with this selection…
Established in 1952, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is one of the oldest film festivals in the world and the most significant screen event in Australia. An iconic Melbourne event, the festival takes place annually in the heart of the city, presenting an acclaimed screening program alongside industry and celebratory events. MIFF showcases the…
Last week we brought you a potted preview of this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. Now with the festival well and truly underway, our intrepid and bleary-eyed reviewer Greg King sorts through some of the highlights and not-so-high-lights of this year’s event. Force of Destiny Paul Cox is a perennial favourite of the Melbourne International…
– Scandinavian Film Festival 2015 – At Palace Cinemas from 8 July 2015 We have 5 double in-season session passes thanks to Palace Cinemas. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE After the stunning success of the debut Scandinavian Film Festival last year, the 2015 program, presented by Palace and screening exclusively…
