As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo (Keean Johnson) offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past – she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control.

If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and the world she’s grown to love.

Alita: Battle Angel stars Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson and will be released in Australian Cinemas Boxing Day 2018.
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Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita (Rosa Salazar) is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in.

Everything is new to Alita, every experience a first. As she learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield Alita from her mysterious past while her street-smart new friend, Hugo (Keean Johnson), offers instead to help trigger her memories. A growing affection develops between the two until deadly forces come after Alita and threaten her newfound relationships. It is then that Alita discovers she has extraordinary fighting abilities that could be used to save the friends and family she’s grown to love.

Determined to uncover the truth behind her origin, Alita sets out on a journey that will lead her to take on the injustices of this dark, corrupt world, and discover that one young woman can change the world in which she lives.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Alita: Battle Angel stars Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson and is in Australian cinemas July 2018!
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Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul.

He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.

Blade of the Immortal – Exclusive to Dendy!
Screening at Dendy Portside 16 – 29 November 2017
Also showing at Canberra, Newtown
Available on Dendy Premium On Demand from 22 November 2017 – 9 January 2018
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To enter this great competition just fill in the entry form below. Please note – the winners will need to be available during the exclusive screening period and be able to attend a screening of  Blade of the Immortal at Dendy Portside, Brisbane.

Competition will be drawn 12 November 2017, winners will be notified by email.

Based on the manga by Fumiyo Kouno, this heartwarming, sweet and uplifting coming-of-age tale by Sunao Katabuchi (Mai Mai Miracle) took out the Animation of the Year award at this year’s Japan Academy Prize.

It’s 1944, and as the Second World War marches ponderously towards its inevitable end far overseas, 18-year-old Suzu moves to the port town of Kure, near the city of Hiroshima, to marry a man she has never met. Suzu is wed to a young clerk from the local naval base and moves in with his family – and while he’s at work, the talented budding artist pitches in with the household chores, toughing out the wartime rationing, preparing creative meals and keeping morale high with her cheery demeanour.

However, it’s not long until this routine is shattered by air raids and bombings by the United States military, wreaking devastation across the area and changing the townsfolk’s lives forever by unleashing the world’s first nuclear weapon. Suzu must reach deep down to find perseverance and courage to live on and rebuild her life.

Teams of researchers painstakingly worked to infuse the story with facts and true stories from the time, and recreate the pre-war look of Hiroshima by poring over photographs of the apocalyptic atomic bombing and interviewing surviving residents.

See it today at the Palace Barracks at 12:45pm!

In This Corner of the World
Palace Barracks
Sunday, August 27 – 12:45 pm
Tuesday, August 29 – 1:00 pm

Brisbane International Film Festival 2017
17 August – 3 September 2017
Palace Barracks and Palace Centro – Brisbane
www.biff.net.au for more information and to purchase tickets online