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Brisbane International Film Festival opens this week!

The highly anticipated Australian drama, written, directed and co-produced by Leah Purcell, reimagines Henry Lawson’s classic from the perspective of an Indigenous bushwoman raising her children and running her family farm in the face of unrelenting adversity. The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson gala event at Reading Cinema Newmarket is one of four world-class films announced ahead of the Festival’s official program launch in October. Leah Purcell is looking forward to ...

2021 Radical Reels Australian Tour is coming to Brisbane Powerhouse!

The 2021 Radical Reels Australian Tour features a carefully curated program of films that has something for every kind of adrenaline junkie.   //   Grab your tickets and hang on to your seats as we present the world’s best action films on skiing, boarding, climbing, biking, kayaking and more – all brought to life on the big screen. 2021 Radical Reels Australian Tour 23 - 26 November 2021 Brisbane Powerhouse www.brisbanepowerhouse.org

Party in paradise with a brand new line up for Airlie Beach Festival of Music!

Party in paradise with big-name musicians and emerging local talent performing in Airlie Beach’s best party venues across three epic days when the Festival celebrates its ninth huge year in 2021. The Whitsunday Sailing Club with its jaw-dropping sea views is home to the Festival’s main stage with other venues spanning the foreshore and marina to the town’s vibrant bars and restaurants. Playing these unique stages is a fantastic line-up including The Angels, John Schumann ...

The Japanese Film Festival returns to cinemas this October and November!

Screening at the new venue of Palace Cinemas in each city, the 2021 Festival program will feature an expertly curated selection of films, from the hottest newly-released feature titles alongside action, anime, drama, documentaries and much more. JFF 2021 will also screen a FREE Tribute Series of films by Shuji Terayama, one of Japan’s most influential avant-garde film directors, in Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney as a part of the Festival program.   //   Plus, ...

2021 Italian Film Festival – FULL programme has been released!

As previously announced, new cinema locations have been added for this year’s festival which will be screening in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Byron Bay and tickets will be on sale from today, Thursday 30 September. The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival will open with the Australian premiere of Daniele Luchetti’s THE TIES (Lacci) which opened last year’s Venice Film Festival and is a sumptuous marriage in crisis drama spanning several decades. Closing ...

Festival favourites set to shine at the 2021 British Film Festival!

The line-up features some of the most anticipated films of the year – from powerful true stories and romantic dramas to documentaries and thrillers - with more to be announced. The Opening Night film is the Australian Premiere of THE DUKE, a heart-warming tale based on a 1961 true story when 60-year-old taxi driver Kempton Bunton steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. This delightful underdog tale features excellent performances from Jim ...

Queensland Seniors Month at Dendy Cinemas!

Join the Dendy at 10.30am every morning Tuesday to Friday from October 5th – 29th for our Seniors Month Screenings with an impressive line-up of classic films accompanied by a complimentary morning tea. AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1951): Oct 5 – 8 HELLO, DOLLY! (1969): Oct 12 – 15 ALL ABOUT EVE (1950): Oct 19 – 22 THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965): Oct 26 - 29   //   Additionally, all Senior Club Dendy members will receive discounted tickets of $7 to all general movie ...

Restrung Festival finds its home at Metro Arts!

The three-day program features a dazzling program of celebrated and emerging talent, packed with bespoke events, unique collaborations and bold new works. Festival Curator and award-winning cellist Danielle Bentley said, “I’m so excited to announce the fourth edition of Restrung Festival has found its home at the incredible new Metro Arts venue this October.” “For the uninitiated, this is an experience for the savvy listener and the curious at heart. The 2021 festival will be ...

New spring dates for the 2021 St. ALi Italian Film Festival!

The highly anticipated Festival will be an antidote to current lockdown woes with new start dates planned for October 20th in Brisbane, Adelaide, Byron Bay and Canberra, October 21st in Perth, October 28th in Sydney and October 29th in Melbourne. As previously announced, the Festival will open with the Australian premiere of Daniele Luchetti’s THE TIES (Lacci) which opened last year’s Venice Film Festival and also include 2021 Cannes Directors' Fortnight winner TO CHIARA (A Chiara), ...

Pixar Animation Film Festival these school holidays at Denday Cinemas!

From September 18 until October 3, you can keep the kids and the kids-at-heart entertained with a great line-up of Pixar Films playing throughout the school holidays.   //   The Pixar Film Festival line-up includes the action-packed superhero movie, The Incredibles, heart-warming titles like, Inside Out and UP, everyone’s favourite robot, Wall-E, the classic Finding Nemo and the magical road trip adventure film, Onward - you're not going to want to miss it! Head to ...