MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
Monday 2 December 10am, 6:30pm Director Adam Elliot Animation Australia 94 minutes Grace Pudel is a book-loving, snail-collecting misfit that falls into a series of misfortunes after being separated from her twin brother Gilbert. Despite her hardships, inspiration and hope arise when Grace begins a friendship with an eccentric elderly woman named Pinky. From Academy […]
KID SNOW
Wednesday 13 November 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Paul Goldman Drama Australia 127 minutes When a washed-up tent boxer, Kid Snow, gets one last shot to make a name for himself he’s forced to choose between old dreams and new love. Set in a 1970’s sweat drenched world of tent boxing in outback Western […]
A SILENCE
Monday 18 November 10am, 6:30pm Director Joachim Lafosse Mystery/Thriller Belgium France French (English subtitles 99 minutes Cocooned in a life of privilege, 50 something Astrid, is the wife of the suave Francois, a prominent and media-savvy lawyer approaching a crucial point in his years-long, high profile case in which he represents the parents of […]
THE TEACHER WHO PROMISED THE SEA
Wednesday 27th November 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Patricia Font Historical Drama Spain Spanish (English subtitles) 105 minutes In 1935 Antoni Benaiges is hired as a teacher in a small, isolated village in Burgos, Spain. There, he establishes an intense relationship with his students, a group of young boys and girls between the ages […]
NOOSA FILM SOCIETY’S 45TH ANNIVERSARY
Sunday 20 October 2:30pm FOR THE LOVE OF FILM…..that’s our motto, and we’ve been loving films for 45 years now. To celebrate NOOSA FILM SOCIETY’S 45TH ANNIVERSARY, we are shouting our members to a special afternoon on October 20th, 2pm, at Noosa 5 cinemas. We will be simultaneously screening George Miller’s Mad Max (tickets available), a cult […]
KNEECAP
Monday 14 October 10am, 6:30pm Director Rich Peppiatt Comedy Drama Ireland English Gaelic (English subtitles) 106 minutes When a Belfast schoolteacher crashes into the orbit of two unpredictable and raucous best friends, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Liam Og O hAnnaidh, Naoise O Caireallain and JJ O Dochartaigh leap onto […]
THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE
Wednesday 23 October 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Lea Domenach Comedy France French (English subtitles) 93 minutes Legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve plays Bernadette Chirac in this uproarious comedy based on actual events. 1995, Jacques Chirac is elected President of the French Republic. When Bernadette Chirac steps into the Elysee, she’s ready for the recognition […]
TOUCH
Wednesday 9 October 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Baltasar Kormakur Drama Romance Iceland English Icelandic Japanese (English subtitles) 121 minutes Based on the bestseller by Olafu Johann Olafsson, Touch is a deeply moving, delicate and spellbinding romance that spans several decades and continents. Widower, Kristofer, sets off from Iceland on a seemingly impossible mission. Decades […]
THE CONVERT
Monday August 19 10am, 6:30pm Director Lee Tamahori Drama Action New Zealand 119 minutes Guy Pearce stars as a British preacher (Thomas Monro) caught up in 1830s Maori wars in this sweeping historical drama. When he arrives in the tiny coastal settlement of Epworth in 1830, he finds discontent, suspicion and friction. After saving the […]
TREASURE
Wednesday 14 August 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Julia von Heinz Drama Comedy USA/Poland English 112 minutes A father-daughter road trip set in 1990s Poland, Treasure, follows Ruth (Lena Dunham), an American music journalist, and her father, Edek (Stephen Fry), a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While Ruth is eager […]