Journey to Italy with a programme of new cinema for the 2020 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival!
The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival will open with a new live-action version of the classic fairy tale PINOCCHIO. From the Director of Gomorrah and Dogman, Matteo Garrone’s seven-time Nastro d’Argento award-winner is an enthralling gothic fantasy starring Roberto Benigni as the woodcutter Geppetto.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary - and in honour of the late great Ennio Morricone, one of the world's greatest film composers – the Festival will close with Giuseppe Tornatore’s MALENA ...
Throttle – A B-grade thriller – is coming to the Brisbane Festival!
A single pane of glass allows us to feel separated from the world outside. It absorbs road rage and shields us when we sing along to the car stereo, but what happens when we’re invaded in that bubble of safety? Throttle is like nothing you’ve ever seen before!
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Scream with delight, dive under the dashboard or grip the hand of your fellow passenger and ignite some fun-fuelled passion.
Buckle your seatbelts. You’re in for a ride.
Throttle
23 – 26 ...
Megan Washington is coming to the Brisbane Festival!
The first single ‘Dark Parts’ off her new 2020 album has been raucously received with rave reviews from the likes of The Guardian, Junkee, and Rolling Stone.
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This intimate experience, in the old-world setting of The Tivoli, will be a hell of a party.
Dress code: you’re invited to observe the theme – fancy in black and white.
Megan Washington
12 & 13 September, 2020
The Tivoli, Brisbane
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The world premiere of Silence is coming to the Brisbane Festival!
Conversations not being heard and responses that are muted. A drum beats and bodies thrash through frequencies to uncover what lies in the Silence. There is Silence between stars as the emu travels across the night sky, or the dancer’s energy when they hit the cut between rhythms. It’s also the deafening silence under white noise. The same questions echoed through generations.
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We’ve marched across Country. We’ve had promises made and broken. We’ve ...
Palace announces ST.ALi is the new Principal Partner of the Italian Film Festival!
Palace Cinemas CEO Benjamin Zeccola says of the announcement, “Italy is synonymous with coffee, and when it comes to coffee in Australia, all roads lead to ST. ALi. They have done for café culture what Palace has done for cinema – we both respect and value quality and like to do things a little differently. This really is a perfect partnership.”
ST. ALi specialty coffee owner Salvatore Malatesta is proud of the new association with Australia’s largest independent cinema group, ...
The Birth and Death of Stars is coming to the Brisbane Festival!
Sitting between music and theatre, this show is brought to the stage by a powerful collaboration of creative minds, including director Benjamin Knapton, Finnish animator Laura Matikainen and writer Pauline Maudy.
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Contemplate your place in the universe as the sounds of some of Australia’s most diverse musicians and songwriters transport you to another time and place.
The Birth and Death of Stars
10-11 September 2020
The Tivoli, Brisbane
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Win a double pass to Palace Encore! Classic and Cult Cinema screening!
Some of the amazing films on offer include American Psycho, Fight Club, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Big Lebowski. Head to www.palacecinemas.com.au/events/palace-encore/ for more information about the program.
To enter this great competition simply fill out the form below. Please note – these tickets are for specific screenings at Barracks Palace Cinema and can not be exchanged or refunded. The winners will need to be available for their nominated screening and will be ...
21st Italian Film Festival to return with Matteo Garrone’s “Pinocchio”
The Festival will open with a spectacular live-action adaptation of the classic fairy tale PINOCCHIO. From the Director of Gomorrah and Dogman, Matteo Garrone’s seven-time Nastro d’Argento award-winner is an enthralling gothic fantasy starring Roberto Benigni as the woodcutter Geppetto.
With heartfelt dramas and hilarious comedies, the Festival will transport cinemagoers to some amazing locations in Italy and afar including Rome, Naples, Palermo, Cernobbio and Morocco. Never has ...
The Ocean Film Festival World Tour 2020 is coming to Brisbane Powerhouse this July!
This carefully curated selection of short films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea’s salt spray; who chase the crests of waves; and who marvel at the mysteries of the big blue.
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The films feature captivating cinematography, complete with awe-inspiring underwater scenes and fast-paced wave sequences that have been captured from unbelievable vantage points.
Inspiring and ...
The Motorcycle – Design, Art, Desire exhibition is coming to GOMA this November
Featuring more than 100 innovative and influential motorcycles from the 1860s to present day, it will consider the iconic vehicle from the perspective of social history, popular culture, design and technology.
The exhibition will tap into the appeal of this enduring object of design and art, looking at the motorcycle’s past, present and future.
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Highlights of the exhibition will include:
A 1868 Michaux-Perraux, the first steam powered velocipede and oldest ...
