Star-studded 2024 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival line up has been announced!
Opening this year’s festival is the Australian Premiere of BLITZ, Steve McQueen's visually stunning period drama depicting pivotal moments of World War II in London and starring Saoirse Ronan, Paul Weller and brilliant newcomer Elliot Heffernan. Closing the festival is another exciting exclusive, the premiere of the highly anticipated WE LIVE IN TIME. With beautifully nuanced performances from Oscar nominees Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, this heart rendering romance delves into the ...
2024 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival announces first highlights!
It is with great delight we announce that the festival will include the recently opened Palace Regent Ballarat in Victoria in its national locations, bringing the first taste of the Palace film festival experience to the region.
The Festival is also pleased to welcome aboard naming partner Russell Hobbs, the iconically British appliance brand, established in Britain in 1952.
Dean Hammerton, Brand & Communications Manager, Asia Pacific says “We are very honoured to lead the ...
The 2023 Cunard British Film Festival First Highlights Announced!
Opening this year’s festival is the Australian Premiere of ONE LIFE starring Sir Anthony Hopkins arriving direct from its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on a deeply moving true story of kindness and compassion that was almost forgotten for 50 years, Hopkins delivers a remarkable performance as Sir Nicholas Winton, also known as the “British Schindler”, who helped rescue hundreds of children from Europe on the verge of World War II. The film also stars ...
The full program for the 2023 Italian Film Festival has been announced!
The ST. ALi Italian Film Festival will open with the Australian Premiere of THE LAST NIGHT OF AMORE (L'ultima notte di Amore), a stylish Milan-set thriller starring the magnificent Pierfrancesco Favino. A major Italian box office hit, the film follows a police lieutenant who is drawn into a web of crime and corruption on the eve of his retirement. 2023 Fstival Ambassador Silvia Colloca, multi-talented Italian Australian food writer, actor, TV producer ad Opera trained mezzo-soprano, will ...
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 ...
The 2022 Italian Film Festival returns this spring – with first highlights being announced!
The 2022 Festival opens in Brisbane on 21 September with Italian box office hit BELLI CIAO, starring comedic duo Pio and Amedeo. It follows two formerly inseparable friends who reunite in their hometown in Puglia after years apart, resulting in an entertaining north versus south culture clash. Opening Night receptions will include delicious Italian antipasti, Santa Margherita Prosecco and more.
Direct from the Cannes Film Festival is this year's Festival Centrepiece NOSTALGIA, directed ...
Shakespeare to Winehouse – Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London Exhibition
Start planning now to visit famous faces from the sixteenth century to today. Think Mandela, Malala, Churchill, Diana, Bowie, Sheeran, Westwood and more! And iconic artists like Warhol, Hockney, Emin, van Dyck, Rubens and Freud. There’ll be fame, power, love, loss, innovation and the downright inspirational – it’s going to be incredible.
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This really is a rare, once-in-a-generation opportunity – showing exclusively at the National Portrait Gallery in ...
What to watch at the 2020 Alliance Française French Film Festival
So, we have some ‘Top 5’ lists, including:
FILMS TO GET YOUR HEART RACING
FILMS TO MAKE YOU LOL
SPOTLIGHT ON PARIS
WEIRD AND WACKY
FILMS FOR THE CULTURALLY AND POLITICALLY INQUISITIVE
FILMS TO SET YOUR HEART AFLUTTER
FILMS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
FILMS YOU SHOULD SEE IF YOU’VE NEVER SEEN A FRENCH FILM BEFORE AND ARE A TEENY BIT SCARED
Whether you are a French film aficionado or a first timer, there is something for everyone at the 2020 Alliance Française French Film ...
The Moro Spanish Film Festival Announces First Highlights for 2020 Programme!
The following six titles are our first sneak peak into the curated programme which will screen nationally from 21 April exclusively at Palace Cinemas.
From Spain, the selection includes:
Oscar-winner Alejandro Amenábar’s exposé of the 1936 Spanish coup WHILE AT WAR (Mientras dure la Guerra). Filmed across Spain and Argentina, it reveals the personal side of politics through the eyes of writer Miguel de Unamuno.
Trapped inside a small apartment where hidden secrets slowly rise to ...
