OPENING NIGHT THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY
FRIDAY 11 MARCH 7PM Directed by Matthew Brown | UK | In English and Tamil with English subtitles | 108 mins | PG SELECTED: TORONTO & DUBAI FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Based on the inspirational biography of a genuine mathematical genius in the early twentieth century, The Man Who Knew Infinity tells the life story of Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire).
Image: Mustang From an underprivileged upbringing in Madras, India, Ramanujan earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories. Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons delivers a terrific performance as Cambridge University Professor G.H. Hardy, who is inspired and captivated by the mathematician’s ground-breaking theories. Their friendship transcends race and culture through mutual respect and understanding, and Ramanujan’s visionary theories shine through the ignorance and prejudice of those around him. wagga wagga “Tells such a good story, it’s hard to resist.” – SCREEN DAILY “Highly engaging performances…an extraordinary story.” – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER FORUM 6 CINEMAS Followed by complimentary Opening Night drinks and party. 11-13 MARCH 2016 SPECIAL SCREENING: SUBSCRIBE HOW CALL ME DAD AND SAVE TO BOOK
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SATURDAY 12 MARCH 12.30PM SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2.30PM SATURDAY 12 MARCH 6PM SATURDAY 12 MARCH 8PM SUNDAY 13 MARCH 11AM Directed by Jin Mo-young | South Korea Directed by Christian Petzold | Germany Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven | Turkey, Directed by Jennifer Peedom | Australia, Nepal | In Directed by Tomm Moore | Ireland, Luxembourg, In Korean with English subtitles | 86mins | UC15+ In German with English subtitles | 98 mins | M France, Qatar, Germany | In Turkish with English English, Nepali & Sherpa with English subtitles | Belgium, France, Denmark | In English | 90 mins | subtitles | 97mins | M 96 mins | UC15+ UC 6+ SELECTED: SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL & HOT WINNER: FIPRESCI PRIZE, SAN SEBASTIAN FILM DOCS 2015 FESTIVAL 2014 NOMINATED: BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM, WINNER: GRIERSON AWARD, LONDON FILM WINNER: BEST FEATURE, GALWAY FILM FLEADH, WINNER: BEST DOCUMENTARY, LOS ANGELES NOMINATED: BEST FILM, GERMAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS & GOLDEN GLOBES 2016 FESTIVAL IRISH FILM & TV AWARDS AND SHANGHAI FILM FILM FESTIVAL 2014 CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2015 WINNER: LABEL EUROPA AWARD, CANNES FILM NOMINATED: BEST FILM, SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2015 FESTIVAL 2015 This exquisitely crafted documentary of a couple SELECTED: SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2015 FESTIVAL 2015 NOMINATED: BEST ANIMATED FEATURE, SELECTED: TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM married for 76 years proved to be a Travelling Film Concentration camp survivor Nelly (Nina Hoss) NOMINATED: PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD, ACADEMY AWARDS & EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS FESTIVAL 2015 Festival favourite in QLD and NSW. Dressed in returns to the rubble of Berlin and attempts the MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL 2015 2015 traditional Korean clothing, the ancient duo spends impossible: to reclaim a life that no longer exists. At the beginning of summer, in a village in northern In 2013, the world’s media reported on a shocking An enchanting treat for families, Tomm Moore’s their days gathering wood, clearing a path through Disfigured during the war, she undergoes facial Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home mountain-high brawl as European climbers fled a latest hand-drawn animated feature, following his the snow or cooking simple, customary fare. Jo reconstructive surgery and seeks out her from school, innocently playing with boys. The mob of angry Sherpas. Australian director Jennifer award-winning Secret of Kells, is inspired by Ireland’s Byeong-man picks his wife flowers and sings her ex-husband Johnny, (Ronald Zehrfeld). Upon perceived immorality of their games sets off a Peedom, and her team, set out to uncover the rich Celtic folklore. Ben and his silent, ethereal sister, songs; they sleep hand-in-hand. Their love seems confrontation, he recognises her, not as Nelly, who scandal that has unexpected consequences. The cause of this altercation, intending to film the 2014 Saoirse, live on a rocky island where seals bob up to immutable, and you can well imagine these he believes to be long dead, but a Nelly-double and family home is progressively transformed into a climbing season from the Sherpas’ point of view. inspect their every move. When their father, the lovebirds in the bloom of youth. But time stands engages her help in recovering her considerable prison; instruction in homemaking replaces school Instead, they captured Everest’s greatest tragedy, light-house keeper (voiced by Brendan Gleeson) stills for no one, and Jo Byeong-man is becoming inheritance. Co-written by director Christian Petzold and marriages are arranged. The five sisters, who when a huge block of ice crashed down onto the sends them off to live with their crotchety progressively frailer. Director Jin Mo-young filmed (Barbara), Phoenix is deeply invested in both share a passion for freedom, find ways of getting climbing route killing 16 Sherpas. For the Himalayan grandmother, the unhappy siblings are quick to plan the couple in their mountain village over 15 months. German and film history, with nods to Hitchcock’s around the constraints imposed on them. Shot in an workers repeatedly traversing the mountain carrying an escape. Aided by a horde of ghostly-but-kind The touching result was a box-office sensation and Vertigo. Featuring a devastatingly brilliant final unencumbered, naturalistic style in atmospheric supplies, the risk of this hazardous endeavour is creatures, Ben and Saoirse face many adventures the most commercially successful Korean scene, the power of Phoenix lasts long after the locales, Mustang has a cutting-edge feel, nourished multiplied. This stunning documentary, shot by on their magical journey home. Moore’s documentary of all time. credits roll. by the melancholy score of Warren Ellis. high-altitude cinematographer Renan Ozturk, mythical-inspired tale, nominated for the Best explores the unequal relationship between “A work of extraordinary and disarming ★★★★ “A complex mystery of disguise ★★★★ – THE GUARDIAN Animated Feature Oscar in 2015, is chock-full of cashed-up foreign expeditions and their guides. glorious imagery, captivating critters and lilting cinematic power.” – FILMINK and deceit.” – THE GUARDIAN “Mustang is full of life.” – NEW YORK TIMES “Rarely are documentaries as powerfully Gaelic music. “Incredibly touching.” – TWITCH “ is quite simply a perfectly Phoenix “Stirring and emotional…a well-crafted polemic and jaw-gapingly spectacular as conceived and structured film, balancing “Enchants on every level: story, voice work, Screens with short film story of female empowerment.” ” Goodnight Sweetheart narrative suspense and thematic complexity Sherpa. drawing and music.” – WASHINGTON POST – SCREEN DAILY – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER without tipping over into either cliché or “A spell-binding experience that captures Screens with short film convolution.” Ave Maria ★★★★ “Large, beautiful and captivating.” fantasy in its purest form.” – INDIEWIRE – CINEMA SCOPE – THE GUARDIAN Screens with short film Death in Bloom
SHERPA SONG OF THE SEA RAMS 45 YEARS THE CROW’S EGG
SATURDAY 12 MARCH 8PM SUNDAY 13 MARCH 11AM SUNDAY 13 MARCH 1PM SATURDAY 13 MARCH 4PM SUNDAY 13 MARCH 6.30PM Directed by Jennifer Peedom | Australia, Nepal | In Directed by Tomm Moore | Ireland, Luxembourg, Directed by Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland | In Directed by Andrew Haigh | UK | In English | Directed by M. Manikandan | India | In Tamil with English, Nepali & Sherpa with English subtitles | Belgium, France, Denmark | In English | 90 mins | Icelandic with English Subtitles | 92 mins | M 96 mins | M English subtitles | 99 mins | PG 96 mins | UC15+ UC 6+ WINNER: PRIX UN CERTAIN REGARD, CANNES NOMINATED: BEST ACTRESS, CHARLOTTE WINNER: BEST CHILDREN’S FILM & BEST CHILD WINNER: GRIERSON AWARD, LONDON FILM WINNER: BEST FEATURE, GALWAY FILM FLEADH, FILM FESTIVAL 2015 RAMPLING, ACADEMY AWARDS 2016 ARTIST, NATIONAL FILM AWARDS INDIA 2015 FESTIVAL IRISH FILM & TV AWARDS AND SHANGHAI FILM NOMINATED: BEST FILM, EUROPEAN FILM WINNER: BEST ACTOR AND BEST ACTRESS, SELECTED: SYDNEY, TORONTO & ADELAIDE NOMINATED: BEST FILM, SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2015 AWARDS 2015 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 2015 FILM FESTIVALS FESTIVAL 2015 WINNER: BEST BRITISH FEATURE & BEST NOMINATED: BEST ANIMATED FEATURE, SELECTED: CANNES, TORONTO, SUNDANCE Funny, charming and moving, has SELECTED: TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM PERFORMANCE, EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL The Crow’s Egg ACADEMY AWARDS & EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS FILM FESTIVALS 2015 earned comparisons to Slumdog Millionaire and is a FESTIVAL 2015 2015 2015 Majestically shot in a spectacular, weather-swept crowd-pleaser for young and old alike. Two In 2013, the world’s media reported on a shocking An enchanting treat for families, Tomm Moore’s valley, this wryly observed fable about two brothers, Kate Mercer (Charlotte Rampling) is planning a mischievous and resourceful brothers live in poverty mountain-high brawl as European climbers fled a latest hand-drawn animated feature, following his who are even more obstinate than the sheep they celebration of her 45th wedding anniversary, when in a Chennai slum but find joy in each other and mob of angry Sherpas. Australian director Jennifer award-winning Secret of Kells, is inspired by Ireland’s breed, begins as a droll comedy about rural life and one week before the party, a letter arrives for her with their family and friends. When the brothers see Peedom, and her team, set out to uncover the rich Celtic folklore. Ben and his silent, ethereal sister, grows into a graceful and mythic tale about family, husband, Geoff (Tom Courtenay). The body of his an ad for pizza, which coincides with the opening of cause of this altercation, intending to film the 2014 Saoirse, live on a rocky island where seals bob up to community and legacy. Siblings Gummi (Sigurður long-missing first love has been discovered, frozen a nearby pizza shop, they are determined to taste climbing season from the Sherpas’ point of view. inspect their every move. When their father, the Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Theodór Júlíusson) have and preserved in an icy glacier of the Swiss Alps. this magical food for the very first time. So begins a Instead, they captured Everest’s greatest tragedy, light-house keeper (voiced by Brendan Gleeson) been living side by side without speaking to each Kate continues to prepare for the event, but great adventure, with triumphs and setbacks, as the when a huge block of ice crashed down onto the sends them off to live with their crotchety other for forty years, each tending to their pedigree becomes increasingly concerned by Geoff’s industrious brothers try to raise the cash to fund climbing route killing 16 Sherpas. For the Himalayan grandmother, the unhappy siblings are quick to plan ancestral flock. Their world is upended when the preoccupation with the letter and this other woman. their wish. With delightful performances and a workers repeatedly traversing the mountain carrying an escape. Aided by a horde of ghostly-but-kind valley comes under threat from infection. While As their anniversary gets closer and more is vibrant energy, The Crow’s Egg is both a simple fable supplies, the risk of this hazardous endeavour is creatures, Ben and Saoirse face many adventures neighbours abandon their land, each brother tries to revealed about Tom’s life before Kate, their future is and a poignant reflection on globalisation and multiplied. This stunning documentary, shot by on their magical journey home. Moore’s stave off disaster: Kiddi uses agression and Gummi left in question. 45 Years is an intimate, moving and aspiration. high-altitude cinematographer Renan Ozturk, mythical-inspired tale, nominated for the Best by using his wits. As the authorities close in, there’s beautiful portrait of a marriage shaken to its core by explores the unequal relationship between things left unspoken with sensational performances “Amusing and energetic.” – THE Animated Feature Oscar in 2015, is chock-full of every reason for them to set aside a lifetime of HOLLYWOOD REPORTER cashed-up foreign expeditions and their guides. glorious imagery, captivating critters and lilting hostility to save their special breed and their unique by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. “Beautifully portrays the innocence, “Rarely are documentaries as powerfully Gaelic music. way of life from extinction. ★★★★★ “Supremely intelligent and simplicity and ambition of children...A fresh polemic and jaw-gapingly spectacular as moving… Rampling and Courtenay are “Enchants on every level: story, voice work, “Gorgeous. It soars” – VARIETY story.” – DEAR CINEMA.COM ” superb.” – THE GUARDIAN Sherpa. drawing and music.” – WASHINGTON POST “Something truly exceptional…emotionally – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Screens with short filmNulla Nulla “A spell-binding experience that captures complex and moving.” – TWITCH ★★★★★ “A triumph… a film of small ★★★★ “Large, beautiful and captivating.” moments and tiny gestures that leaves a fantasy in its purest form.” – INDIEWIRE “Rams is as curiously captivating and very, very big impression.” – TIME OUT – THE GUARDIAN makes engaging viewing.” – THE GUARDIAN Screens with short filmThe Drover’s Boy