Bringing Communities Together
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BRINGING COMMUNITIES DID YOU A Few Inspiring TOGETHER KNOW Facts CONNECTIONS Film has been bringing communities Today we have a new wave of film Where was the smallest The Terrace Cinema in Tinonee had 22 Films made on or about the Mid North 2001 - Russell Crowe together on the Mid North Coast for festivals and film makers but our history seats. Only recently closed its projector, Coast Oscar, Best Actor, My Beautiful Mind nearly 100 years. From travelling shows of film should not be forgotten. cinema in Australia? curtains, seats and paraphernalia can be like that of Bill Wright to country halls seen at the Tinonee Museum 1977 - The Picture Man 2001 - Russell Crowe to the building of small town cinemas in Golden Globe, Best Actor, My Beautiful Mind the 1930’s and 40’s they have created a 1978 - The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith hub of our social activity. Some classic Where can you still see part The boarding house façade is now incorporated into the Bowraville Museum 2001 - Baz Luhrmann examples still exist (albeit renovated of the set of The Umbrella 1987 - The Umbrella Woman Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture, Moulin and reinvented) while the stories of Woman filmed on the coast Rouge others are still told in our museums and 2003 - Danny Deckchair photographic archives. in 1980’s? 2000 - Russell Crowe 2012 - Thirst Oscar, Best Actor, Gladiator Who was the fittest runner in Whoever had to cycle furiously between the industry? the Tasma and Jetty Cinemas in Coffs 2013 - Adoration 1997 - Geoffrey Rush Harbour in the 1940’s with each reel. See Oscar, Best Actor, Shine much of this history at the Coffs Harbour Regional Museum 1996 - Baz Luhrmann www.screenmidnorthcoast.com.au BAFTA, Best Director, Romeo & Juliet Still A Rich Coming Screening Future for Soon A RICH Where did Baz Luhrmann get his As a lad from Herons Creek, and his dad Film on the Directory for film creatives worked at the eclectic Plaza Theatre, still Filming policies across the region first taste of film? described as being at the charming edge of Mid North Industry opportunities kitsch Coast Film Location Finder What is one of the most significant The community effort to raise over HERITAGE Arts Mid North Coast will be releasing a examples of community $140,000 to save and redevelop the 1940’s For news on all the arts across the Sawtell Cinema number of initiatives in 2017 to enhance Mid North Coast subscribe crowdfunding and support? screen culture. to our free Arts Blast: Check our website for: www.artsmidnorthcoast.com/news/arts-blast/ Where is the most creative use of a The 1940’s art deco theatre in Bowraville History of film on the Mid North Coast OF FILM cinema complex on now the home of film, theatre and community education Events guide for film events the Mid North Coast? ON THE Directory of local Film Societies Local Film Festivals MID NORTH www.screenmidnorthcoast.com.au A Guide to the Film Industry COAST.