2023 Scandinavian Film Festival returns – first hightlights announced!
Award winning writer/director Hlynur Pálmason’s follow-up to his breakout hit A White, White Day is stunning historical drama GODLAND (Volaða land) which is the 2023 Festival Centrepiece. Featuring stunning landscapes, it tells the story of a Danish priest who goes on a pilgrimage across a largely unexplored Iceland in the late 1800s. It stars Danish-American actor Elliot Crosset Hove in the central role, most recently seen in Wildland (SCA22).
Based on real events is LET THE RIVER ...
Monet in Paris is coming to Brisbane this June!
Monet in Paris is a super-scale, arts and entertainment experience for the whole family to enjoy. Visitors will accompany some of the world’s most fearless artists of their time on an exhilarating adventure across 19th century bohemian Paris and the lush countryside of France. Young and old will be plunged into Monet’s Water Lilies and dance with Degas’ ballerinas in this stunning explosion of life, light and colour. Art meets technology as breath-taking paintings are projected on an ...
Dine BNE City is back this June!
The third edition of Dine BNE City will satisfy diners’ appetites for discovering new culinary experiences and indulging in firm favourites, day and night throughout June.
Let’s Do Lunch is a call sure to echo through offices daily with lunchtime offers including a Greek Feast at Opa Bar and Mezze, noodles and nibbles at Jumbo Thai, pizza and Peroni at Isles Lane and an express lunch at Alchemy.
After hours, join Bar Safari to re-visit your go-to watering hole or discover a new ...
Ásgeir is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse this June!
As one of Iceland’s most successful exports, Ásgeir has spent the time between his record-breaking debut album (now celebrating its 10th anniversary) and today pushing the boundaries of his textured, thoughtful brand of folk-pop. He released his fourth studio album, Time On My Hands, in October via One Little Independent Records and shared a new single this month, ‘Dan Nos Rêves’ (In Our Dreams), a collaboration with French singer Clou.
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From My Homeland by Camerata is coming to Brisbane and Toowoomba!
On 25 & 26 May, Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra will present an all-Australian music program full of heartfelt and mesmerising music.
Camerata will intertwine works from esteemed Australian composers Margaret Sutherland, Frederick Septimus Kelly, Brenda Gifford, Cameron Patrick, and William Barton and Véronique Serret, in an expressive and heartfelt performance for chamber orchestra. These evocative works conjure vivid Australian soundscapes and the universal stories ...
Green Heart Fair celebrates 15 years of sustainability!
Set to be the biggest festival yet, the family and dog-friendly event will include three extra-special performances from everyone’s favourite pups, Bingo and Bluey.
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The Fair will also feature ‘Finding Barrambin’, an art installation created by Queensland University of Technology students that showcases the unique indigenous history of the Victoria Park / Barrambin site. The festival will include free native plant giveaways, artisan markets, live entertainm...
The Spanish Film Festival returns this June!
Adding some spice to the start of winter, the 2023 Festival opens with the Australian premiere of TWO MANY CHEFS (La vida padre), a delicious comedy set in Bilbao’s world of high cuisine. The Spanish box office hit stars Karra Elejalde and Enric Auquer as a father and son whose unexpected reunion after thirty years apart puts their ideas about cooking and life to the test.
The two Special Presentations of the 2023 line up are both exceptional dramas. Five-time Goya Award-winner and ...
Juliette Binoche Retrospective is coming to Australian Cinémathèque this month!
Juliette Binoche is one of the most sought-after and celebrated actors of her generation building her career on the foundation of fearless, authentic, and sensitive performances. Crafting a screen persona that embodies meaning throughout her projects, Binoche is a unique actor bringing strong authorship not only to the role she plays but the whole film.
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Boasting an extraordinary career of seventy feature films over five decades, Binoche has won a multitude of ...
The 2023 German Film Festival programme has been unveiled!
Simone Baumann, Managing Director of German Films said, “We are very happy to continue our successful cooperation with Palace for the German Film Festival 2023 and we hope that our Australian viewers will appreciate great films.”
Opening the 2023 festival is the new film from BALLOON director Michael ‘Bully’ Herbig A THOUSAND LINES (Tausend Zeilen), an exciting drama based on true events. Festival favourites Elyas M’Barek and Jonas Nay deliver star performances as journalists ...
Brisbane Writers Festival launches its page-turning 2023 program!
The 2023 Festival is an unmissable adventure from beginning to end with over 150 live events including author talks, panel discussions, workshops and all-new Literary Salons.
More than 60 Brisbane authors will feature alongside a star-studded line-up of national and international guests.
Australian headline authors include Stan Grant, Grace Tame, Tim Winton and Kate Morton while international highlights include Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh ...
