2020 Films
The NFS Management Committee wishes you a happy holiday season and looks forward to seeing you on 29 January for our first screening Pain and Glory. The Committee will meet in mid January to select films for February so watch
THE THIRD MAN
Wednesday 11 December 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pmDirected by Carol ReedMystery/Thriller UK 104 mins M Veganism Has Gone Too Far (4 mins 31 seconds)Unravelled (6 mins 58 seconds) An out of work pulp fiction novelist,
NFS TURNS 40!
Sunday 20 October from 2:30pm @ Noosa 5 Cinema NFS members are invited to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Noosa Film Society on Sunday 20 October. Tickets are available from Thursday 10 October (allocated seating) from Noosa 5 cinema
Capturing the Australian Image – Past Present Future
NFS Celebrating 40 years – Sunday 20 October 2:30pm – 4:45pm screening4:45pm – 5:45pm sparkling wine and cake Australia 110 minute presentation with film maker/photo journalist Kev Franzi Capturing The Australian Image – Past, Present and Future takes us on
THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM
Wednesday 27 November 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pm Directed by Daniel Gordon Australia Documentary105 mins MA 15+ The Australian Dream is a theatrical feature documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of AFL legend
DOGMAN
Monday 18 November 2019 10.00 am & 6.30 pm Directed by Matteo Garrone Crime/Drama/Thriller Italy (subtitled) 103 mins MA15+ Dogman has won many awards in 2019 including Best Actor, for Marcello Fonte, at both Cannes and the European Film Awards. However,
THE THIRD WIFE
Wednesday 13 November 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pm Directed by Ash Mayfair Drama Vietnam (Subtitled) 96 mins MA15+ In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon she
CAMINO SKIES
NFS Celebrating 40 years – Sunday 20th October 6.00pm – 6:30pm – sparkling wine and cake6:30pm – 8:15pm – film + Q&A with director “Camino Skies” is a walking meditation on life, love and loss. Exploring themes of spirituality, well-being
THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM
Monday 28 October 2019 10.00 am & 6.30 pm Directed by Muayad Alayan Crime/Drama Palestine/Germany (subtitled) 127 mins MA15+ Sarah is Israeli and runs a café in West Jerusalem. Saleem is Palestinian from East Jerusalem and works as a deliveryman.
CLAIRE DARLING
Wednesday 23 October 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pm Directed by Julie Bertuccelli France (Subtitled) Drama 94 mins M In Verderonne, a small village in the Oise, Claire Darling, (Catherine Deneuve) is the widowed chatelaine of
THE FAREWELL
Wednesday 9 October 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pm Directed by Lulu Wang USA Comedy/Drama Subtitled 100 mins PG A headstrong Chinese-American woman. Billi, returns to China where she discovers her beloved Grandmother, diagnosed with terminal
HEART OF GOLD SHORT FILMS
Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival Audience Favourites Monday 9 September 2019 – 6:30 pm only Tickets: $10 each available from the Noosa 5 box office or on line The Noosa Film Society is holding a very special fund raising
PARASITE
Monday 16 September 2019 10.00 am & 6.30 pm Directed by Bong Joon Ho Drama/Thriller South Korea (Sub-titled) 132 mins MA15+ A tale of two families – the Park Family, a picture of aspirational wealth, and the Kim Family,
MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING
Wednesday 11 September 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm & 7.15 pm Directed by Alessandro Genovesi Italy (Subtitled) Comedy 90 mins M When Antonio pops the question to his boyfriend Paolo in their Berlin apartment just before Easter, things
THE HEIRESSES
Wednesday 28 August 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm & 7.15 pm Directed by Marcelo Martinessi Paraguay/France (sub-titled) Drama 98 mins M Chela and Chiquita are both descended from wealthy families in Asunción and have been together for over
WILD ROSE
Wednesday 14 August 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm & 7.15 pm Directed by Tom Harper United Kingdom Drama/Music 100 mins M After being released from prison, aspiring Scottish country singer Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) gets a job as
TRANSIT
Wednesday 31 July 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pm Directed by Christian Petzold Germany/ France Drama Subtitled 101 mins M As fascism spreads, German refugee Georg (Franz Rogowski), a young Jewish technician, flees to Marseille and
ALL IS TRUE
Wednesday 26 June 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pm Directed by Kenneth Branagh UK Historical drama 101 mins M The year is 1613. Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age, but disaster strikes
HAPPY AS LAZZARO
Monday 22 July 2019 10.00 am & 6.30 pm Directed by Alice Rohrwacher Drama- Italy (sub-titles) 128 mins PG-13 Beloved by audiences and critics at Cannes (where it was awarded the Best Screenplay prize), Alice Rohrwacher’s beautiful, much-anticipated new film
WOMAN AT WAR
Wednesday 17 July 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pm Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson Iceland/France (sub-titled) Adventure/Comedy 101 mins M Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. However, behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a
BURNING
Monday 17 June 2019 10.00 am & 6.30 pm Directed by Chang-dong Lee South Korea Sub-titles Drama/Mystery 148 mins M Burning tells the story of three individuals and a mysterious incident they experience. Jongsu bumps into an old friend, Haemi,
THE GUILTY
Wednesday 12 June 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm & 7.15 pm Directed by Gustav Möller Denmark (sub-titles) Drama/Thriller – 85 mins M Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren) is a resentful police officer demoted to emergency-response telephone duty while waiting
LET THE SUNSHINE IN
Wednesday 22 May 2019 10:00am, 2:30pm, 5:00pm, 7:15pm Directed by Claire Denis France/Belgium (sub-titles) Comedy/Romance 94 mins M Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche is Isabelle, a Parisian artist and middle-aged divorcee moving from relationship to relationship: from her ex-husband for
Arctic
Wednesday 24 April 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pm Directed by Joe Penna Iceland Adventure/Drama 98 mins M Overgard (Mads Mikkelsen) has been stranded for several days in the Arctic after an airplane crash. He regularly
THE HAPPY PRINCE
Monday 27 May 2019 10:00am and 6:30pm (Allocated Seating) Directed by Rupert Everett UK Drama 105 mins MA15+ Rupert Everett has written, directed and starred in this gripping drama about Oscar Wilde’s final years: his disgraced exile-agony in Naples and
EVERYBODY KNOWS
Monday 29 April 2019 10.00 am & 6.30 pm Directed by Asghar Farhadi Spain/France/Italy (sub-titles) Crime/Drama 132 mins M The plot follows Laura (Penélope Cruz), a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, who returns with her teenage daughter, Irene, and
CAPHARNAUM (Chaos)
Wednesday 8 May 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm & 7.15 pm Directed by Nadine Labaki Drama – Lebanon/France/USA Sub-titles 121 mins M Capharnaüm (“Chaos”) tells the story of Zain, a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the
Strange Colours
Drama STRANGE COLOURS Monday 18 March 2019 10.00 am and 6.30 pm (Note that both sessions have allocated seating) Directed by Alena LodkinaAustralia Drama 85 mins MA15+ Please note that the 6.30 pm session is preceded by the Noosa Film Society Annual General Meeting Milena travels
Wajib
Drama WAJIBWednesday 27 March 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm & 7.15 pm Directed by Annemarie JacirPalestine/France/Germany (Subtitles) Drama 96 mins M Abu Shadi (Mohammad Bakri) is a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-60s living in Nazareth. After his daughter’s wedding in
Cold War
Drama COLD WAR Wednesday 27th February 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm and 7.15 pm Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski Poland/UK/France (Subtitled) Romance/Drama/Music 88 mins M A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned
Boy Erased
Drama BOY ERASED Monday 18 February 2019 10am and 6:30pm allocated seating Directed by Joel Edgerton USA/Australia Drama 115 mins MA15+ Directed, written and co-starring Joel Edgerton, alongside Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, and Russell Crowe, BOY ERASED tells the true story of a young man’s
Can You Ever Forgive Me
Comedy CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? Wednesday 13 February 2019 10am, 2:30pm, 5:00pm, 7:15pm Directed by Marielle Heller USA Comedy/Drama 106 mins MA Melissa McCarthy stars in the adaptation of the memoir CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and
Shoplifters
Drama SHOPLIFTERS Wednesday, 30 January 2019 10.00am, 2.30pm, 5.00pm & 7.15pm Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan (subtitles) Crime/Drama 121 mins M A Japanese couple, stuck with part-time jobs and hence inadequate incomes, avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet. They are not
Colette
13 March 201910:00am, 2:30pm, 5:00pm, 7:15pm Drama Wednesday 13 March 2019 10.00 am, 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm & 7.15 pm Directed by Wash Westmoreland UK/USA Biography/Drama 111 mins M After marrying successful Parisian writer Henry Gauthier-Villars, known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Gabrielle Colette
Juliet Naked
Wednesday 14 November 2018 Screening times: 10.00am, 2.30pm, 5.00pm and 7.15pm Directed by Jesse Peretz USA Comedy/Drama/Music 105 mins M Annie (Rose Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris O’Dowd) – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). When the
Custody
Drama CUSTODY – Monday 19thNovember 2018 Directed by Xavier Legrand France – Subtitled Drama 93 mins M Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she is willing to permit their 17 year old daughter, Josephine, to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to keep
Jirga
Drama JIRGA – Wednesday 28thNovember 2018 Directed by Benjamin Gilmour Australia Drama/War 78 mins M A modern morality tale about a former Australian soldier, Mike, who returns to Afghanistan to find the family of a civilian he accidentally killed during the war. Seeking forgiveness, he puts
Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot
Biography DON’T WORRY HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT – Wednesday 12 December 2018 Directed by Gus Van Sant USA/France Biography/Comedy/Drama 114 mins M After Portland slacker John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix) nearly loses his life in a car accident, the last thing he intends to do
survey results
The survey was emailed to 1465 members, 1065 opened it, reaching 72% of our members.
- 564 members completed the survey and 44% of them claim to attend 80% of our screenings
- 77% of respondents are female, and 80% are over 65.
- Most comments were positive and appreciative
- 35% attend other screenings less than 6 times a year. it would seem because of mainstream content.
- Members are still having difficulty with ticketing and booking a seat online.
- Over 90% rely on email reminders and use links to trailers. Few use the website to check upcoming films.
- Over 70% find the website easy to use
- Some members regularly look at Facebook.
- Over 90% of respondents are aware that NFS sponsors various festivals.
NFS Screening times & Handout
Wednesday screening times are 10:00am; 2:30pm; 5:00pm and 7:30pm. Monday screening times are 10am and 6:30pm. Doors into the cinema will open 15 minutes prior to screening. Please do not loiter in the foyer! Park and walk straight into the cinema.
HANDOUT
For a printed copy of our handout, download
December 2024 Handout
screening dates for 2024
Screening dates for the second half of 2024 are:
- December Wednesday 11th
Screening dates for 2025 are:
- January Wednesday 29
- February Wednesday 12, Monday 17, Wednesday 26
- March Wednesday 12, Monday 17, Wednesday 26
- April Wednesday 23, Monday 28
- May Wednesday 14, Monday 19, Wednesday 28
- June Wednesday 11, Monday 16, Wednesday 25
- July Monday 14, Wednesday 23
- August Wednesday 13, Monday 18, Wednesday 27
- September Wednesday 10, Monday 15
- October Wednesday 8, Monday, 13 Wednesday 22
- November Wednesday 12, Monday, 17 Wednesday 26
- December Wednesday 10
SURVEY RESULTS
The survey was emailed to 1465 members, 1065 opened it, reaching 72% of our members.
- 564 members completed the survey and 44% of them claim to attend 80% of our screenings
- 77% of respondents are female, and 80% are over 65.
- Most comments were positive and appreciative
- 35% attend other screenings less than 6 times a year. it would seem because of mainstream content.
- Members are still having difficulty with ticketing and booking a seat online.
- Over 90% rely on email reminders and use links to trailers. Few use the website to check upcoming films.
- Over 70% find the website easy to use
- Some members regularly look at Facebook.
- Over 90% of respondents are aware that NFS sponsors various festivals.