ASTEROID CITY
Wednesday 22 November 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Wes Anderson Comedy USA English 105 minutes From the visionary who is truly deserving of the title, ‘auteur’, comes Wes Anderson’s 11th feature film. A sci-fi-tinted comedy that ranks among his best
LAST FILM SHOW
Wednesday 25 October 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director: Pan Nalin Drama India Gujarati (English subtitles) 110 minutes Samay, a 9-year-old boy living with his family in a remote village in India, discovers films for the first time and is absolutely
GODLAND
Monday 16 October 10am; 6:30pm Director Hlynur Palmason Drama Danish (English subtitles) 143 minutes in the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the
SCRAPPER
Wednesday 11 October 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Charlotte Regan Comedy/Drama UK English 84 minutes This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb
LET THE DANCE BEGIN
Wednesday 13 September 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Marina Seresesky Comedy/Music/Drama Argentina Spanish (English subtitles) 99 minutes 30 years ago, Carlos and Margarita were the most famous tango couple in the world. Carlos now lives in Madrid, enjoying the second
CHEVALIER
Monday 4 September 10am; 6:30pm Director Stephen Williams Drama England 108 minutes Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison
THE NEW BOY
Wednesday 9 August 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Warwick Thornton Drama Australian 116 minutes Set in 1940s Australia, the film depicts the mesmeric story of a 9-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote
MERKEL
Wednesday 23 August 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Eva Weber Documentary German German and English (with English subtitles 94 minutes This engrossing documentary is the astonishing story of how a triple political outsider – a woman, a scientist, and an
RED WHITE AND BRASS
Monday 14 August 10am; 6:30pm Director Damon Fepulea’i Comedy New Zealand 85 minutes When Maka and Veni fail in getting tickets for the most important game of their lives, they decide to form a traditional Tongan marching band, just so
THE INNOCENT
Wednesday 26 July 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Louis Garrel Drama/Comedy French English subtitles 100 minutes Familial tensions, criminal hijinks and unexpected romance collide in the uproariously entertaining new comedy about the misguided attempts of a dedicated son who, in trying
CAIRO CONSPIRACY (BOY FROM HEAVEN)
Wednesday 12 July 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Tarik Saleh Drama/Thriller Egypt Arabic – (English subtitles) 126 minutes Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicentre of
THE BLUE CAFTAN
Monday 19 June 10am; 6:30pm Director Maryam Touzani Drama Morocco (Arabic with English subtitles) 122 minutes Mina (Lubna Azabal) and her husband Halim (Saleh Bakri) run a small business making and selling bespoke caftans in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas.
A GOOD PERSON
Wednesday 14 June 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Zach Braff Drama USA 129 minutes Daniel (Morgan Freeman) is brought together with Allison (Florence Pugh), the once thriving young woman with a bright future who was involved in an unimaginable tragedy
THE GIANTS
Wednesday 24 May 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Rachel Antony, Laurence Billiet Documentary Australia 110 minutes The Giants explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in this poetic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the Forest. From a seedling
BROKER
Monday 15 May 10am; 6:30pm Director Kore-eda Hirokazu Comedy/Drama/Crime Korean (English subtitles) 129 minutes The film follows two brokers (Song Kang-ho and Gang Dong-won), who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have
A GOOD DOCTOR (DOCTEUR)
Wednesday 10 May 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Tristan Seguela Comedy French (English subtitles) 90 minutes On Christmas Eve in Paris, Serge is the only on-call emergency doctor available. Struck by a crippling backache, he gets help from a pizza
WOMEN TALKING
Monday April 24 10am; 6:30pm Director – Sarah Polley Drama USA 104m Oscar-nominated writer-director Sarah Polley’s fearless adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel grants us access to a tight-knit, cloistered religious colony in which women struggle to recover from an
SHACKLETON: THE GREATEST STORY OF SURVIVAL
Wednesday 19 April 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Directors Bobbi Hansel, Caspar Mazzotti Documentary History Australia 90 minutes 28 lost adventurers must fight for their lives after their only lifeline is destroyed in the most uninhabitable place on Earth – Antarctica.
AFTERSUN
Wednesday 8 March 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Charlotte Wells Drama United Kingdom 96 minutes At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father Calum. As a world of adolescence creeps into
CORSAGE
Wednesday 22 March 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Marie Kreutzer History/Drama/Biography German English subtitles 113 minutes Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, ‘Sissi’ celebrates her 40th birthday and
TÁR
Monday 13 March 10am, 6:30pm Director Todd Field Drama Music US 158 minutes The film, set in the international world of classical music, centres on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and the first-ever female chief
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Monday February 13 10am, 6:30pm Director Ruben Ostlund Comedy/Drama United States 149 minutes In Ruben Östlund’s wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl (Harris
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN
Wednesday, February 22 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Craig Roberts Drama/Sport United Kingdom 102 minutes The heartwarming true story of Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance), a dreamer and unrelenting optimist. This humble crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness managed to gain entry to
THE PERFECT DINNER
Wednesday, February 8 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Davide Minnella Comedy/Drama Italian (English subtitles) 106 minutes Good-hearted Carmine isn’t cut out for criminal life with the Camorra. Under the protection of his boss Pasquale (Gianfranco Gallo), he’s sent north to
MARGRETE, QUEEN OF THE NORTH
Wednesday 25 January 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Charlotte Sieling Drama Denmark Danish English subtitles 120 minutes The year is 1402. Margrete has achieved what no man has managed before. She has gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented
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
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screening dates for 2024
- Monday 13th May, Wednesday 8th & 22nd May
- Monday 17th June, Wednesday 12th June
- Monday 15th July, Wednesday 10th & 24th July
- Monday 19th August, Wednesday 14th & 28th August
- Monday 2nd September, Wednesday 11th September
- Monday 14th October, Wednesday 9th & 23rd October
- Monday 18th November, Wednesday 13th & 27th November
- Monday 2nd December, Wednesday 11th December
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.