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A huge 2024 Thank You

 

A big thank you to everyone who came to our final screening for the calendar year, 'Lee'.  You filled the theatre! 

 

Thank you also to our loyal patrons.  We enjoyed celebrating another successful year with you at Friday's screening.

 

To everyone who enquired about 2025 tickets, online purchasing will be available mid-December (further updates will be posted on our website).

 

You'll see us again in January, when we return to present our Summer Movie Program.  (See below)

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  • All screenings will be at 7:30 pm

  • Summer Movie information (synopsis / rating / running time / genre / trailers) will be available in early December.

  • Tickets available mid December.

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Until then, best wishes from the Port Fairy Film Society.

2024 screenings

The Teacher Who Promised The Sea
- October 18th. 7:30 pm

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The buried memories of the Spanish Civil War are unearthed as a woman searches for the remains of her grandfather's father and discovers the story of an idealistic young teacher from Tarragona.  The story of a beautiful progressive teacher, a follower of the little known and quite revolutionary "Frienet Method", who tries it out in a tiny village school in rural Spain.  He comes up against the local priest, a died-in-the-wool authoritarian, and subsequently is ratted on to the incoming authoritarian government and troops of Franco, in the lead-up to the Spanish Civil War.

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Genre:                  Biography / Drama

Running Time:     1 hr 45 mins

Rating:                   M  (Mature themes / Violence)

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Trailer:                    'The Teacher Who Promised The Sea'

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Bandari Project 
- Community Fundraiser -

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- October 4th. 7:30 pm

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After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River.  Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened.  With trouble brewing in both realms, it's only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice's name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.

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Genre:                  Comedy / Horror / Fantasy

Running Time:     1 hr 44 mins

Rating:                   CTC  (Check the Classification)

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Trailer:                    "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"

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La Chimera
- September 20th. 7:30 pm

An Italian, Swiss and French film set in 1980s Tuscany in which a bereft man is presented with a choice between returning to his old life of stealing artefacts from ancient tombs or the chance of new love with a bohemian woman.

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Genre:                  Adventure / Comedy / Drama

Running Time:     2 hrs 13 mins

Rating:                   M  (coarse language)

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Trailer:                    "La Chimera"

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- August 16th. 7:30 pm

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus.  Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe.  The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

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Genre:                  Action / Adventure / Sci Fi

Running Time:     2 hrs 28 mins

Rating:                   MA15+  (strong violence / injury details)

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Trailer:                    "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga"

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Port Fairy CWA 
- Community Fundraiser -

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The Taste of Things
- August 2nd. 7:30 pm

The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin - the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.  Growing fonder of one another, their bond turns into a romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world's most illustrious chefs.

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Genre:                  Drama / History / Romance

Running Time:     2 hrs 15 mins

Rating:                   PG (mild nudity)

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Trailer:                    "The Taste of Things"

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lo Capitano
- July 19th. 7:30 pm

Seydou, a teenage boy who, together with his cousin Moussa, decides to leave Dakar in Senegal and make his way to Europe.  A contemporary Odyssey through the dangers of the desert, the horrors of the detention centres in Libya and the perils of the sea.

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Genre:                  Drama

Running Time:     2 hrs 1 min

Rating:                   MA15+ (strong themes / violence)

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Trailer:                    "lo Capitano"

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Perfect Days
- June 21st. 7:30 pm

Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He seems content with his simple life. He follows a structured everyday life and dedicates his free time to his passion for music and books. Hirayama also has a fondness for trees and photographs them. More of his past is gradually revealed through a series of unexpected encounters.

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Genre:                  Drama

Running Time:     2 hrs 4 mins

Rating:                   PG (mild coarse language / nudity)

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Trailer:                    "Perfect Days"

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2024 Winter Weekend event 

Wicked Little Letters
- June 7th. 7:30 pm

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark, absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy.

"Wicked Little Letters" follows two neighbours: deeply-conservative local Edith Swan and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding.  When Edith and fellow residents start to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town's women, led by Police Officer Gladys Moss, begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss and Rose might not be the culprit after all.

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Genre:                  Comedy / Crime / Drama

Running Time:     1 hr 40 mins

Rating:                   MA15+ (strong coarse language)

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Trailer:                    "Wicked Little Letters"

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The Zone of Interest
- May 17th. 7:30 pm

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.

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Genre:                  Drama / History / War

Running Time:     1 hr 45 mins

Rating:                   M (holocaust themes)

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Trailer:                    'The Zone of Interest'

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Belfast Aquatics 
- Community Fundraiser -

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Force of Nature: The Dry 2
- May 3rd. 7:30 pm

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Five women participate in a hiking retreat but only four come out the other side.  Federal agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head into the mountains hoping to find their informant still alive.  

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Genre:                  Thriller

Running Time:     2 hrs

Rating:                   M (mature themes / coarse language)

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Trailer:                    'Force of Nature: The Dry 2'

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'All of Us Strangers'
- April 19th. 7:30 pm

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.  As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents, appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 3 decades earlier.

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Genre:                  Drama / Fantasy / Romance

Running Time:     1 hr 45 mins

Rating:                   MA15+ (strong drug use / coarse language)

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Trailer:                    'All of Us Strangers'

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Heritage Boats
- Community Fundraiser -

'The Holdovers'
- April 5th. 7:30 pm

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A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go. 

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Genre:                  Comedy / Drama

Running Time:     2 hrs 13 mins

Rating:                   M (mature themes / coarse language)

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Trailer:                    'The Holdovers'

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'Anatomy of a Fall'
- March 15th. 7:30 pm

Samuel is found dead in the snow outside the isolated chalet where he lived with his wife Sandra, a German writer, and their partially sighted 11 year old son Daniel.  An investigation leads to a conclusion of "suspicious death": it's impossible to know for sure whether he took his own life or was killed.  Sandra is indicted, and we follow her trial which pulls the couple's relationship apart. Daniel is caught in the middle: between the trial and their home life, doubts take their toll on the mother-son relationship.

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Genre:                  Crime / Drama / Thriller

Running Time:     2 hrs 31 mins

Rating:                   MA15+ (strong themes / suicide references / violence)

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Trailer:                    'Anatomy of a Fall'

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Nestles Rowing Club
- Community Fundraiser -

'The Boys in the Boat'
- March 1st. 7:30 pm

This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rival rowing teams from around the world to compete for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin.  

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Genre:                  Biography / Drama / Sport

Running Time:     2 hrs 3 mins

Rating:                   PG (mild themes / coarse language)

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Trailer:                    'The Boys in the Boat'

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'Poor Things'
- February 16th. 7:30 pm

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An incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.  Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn.  Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.  Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

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Genre:                  Comedy / Drama / Romance

Running Time:     2 hrs 21 mins

Rating:                   MA15+ (strong sex scene / coarse language / nudity)

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Trailer:                    'Poor Things'

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2024 Summer Movies

Napoleon
Wednesday January 3rd. 7:30 pm

Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.  Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte's relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine, showcasing his visionary military and political tactics against some of the most dynamic practical battle sequences ever filmed.

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Genre:                  Action / Adventure / Biography

Running Time:     2 hrs 38 mins

Rating:                    MA15+ (strong sex scene / violence / blood & gore)

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Trailer:                     'Napoleon'

Saltburn
Friday January 5th. 7:30 pm
Wednesday January 17th. 7:30 pm

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

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Genre:                  Comedy / Drama / Thriller

Running Time:     2 hrs 7 mins

Rating:                    MA15+ (strong coarse language)

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Trailer:                     'Saltburn'

The Creator
Sunday January 7th. 7:30 pm

As a future war between the human race and artificial intelligence rages on, ex-special forces agent Joshua is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI.  The Creator has developed a mysterious weapon that has the power to end the war and all of mankind.  As Joshua and his team of elite operatives venture into enemy-occupied territory, they soon discover the world-ending weapon is actually an AI in the form of a young child.

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Genre:                  Action / Adventure / Drama

Running Time:     2 hrs 13 mins

Rating:                    M (science fiction themes / violence /  coarse language)

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Trailer:                     'The Creator'

Stop Making Sense: Talking Heads
Wednesday January 10th. 7:30 pm

Director Jonathan Demme captures the frantic energy and artsy groove of Talking Heads in this concert movie shot at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in 1983.  The band's frontman, David Byrne, first appears on an empty stage, armed with only an acoustic guitar, and is gradually joined by bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz, keyboardist Jerry Harrison and a cadre of backup singers as they perform the band's hits, culminating in an iconic performance featuring Byrne in an enormous suit.

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Genre:                  Documentary / Music

Running Time:     1 hr 18 mins

Rating:                    G (content has very mild impact)

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Trailer:                     'Stop Making Sense'

The Royal Hotel
Friday January 12th. 7:30 pm

Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia.  After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called 'The Royal Hotel' in a remote Outback mining town.  Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture but soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

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Genre:                  Thriller

Running Time:     1 hr 31 mins

Rating:                    MA15+ (strong coarse language)

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Trailer:                     'The Royal Hotel'

Past Lives
Sunday January 14th. 7:30 pm

Past Lives follows the relationship between two childhood friends over the course of 24 years, as they contemplate the nature of their relationship as they grow apart, living different lives.  Nora’s love interests embodies diverging paths.  Hae Sung represents aspects of Korea and traditional masculinity that contrast heavily with Arthur, a Jewish New Yorker who is a bit more emotional and open.  By choosing one over the other, Nora’s making a choice about her life and accepting its course and journey. 

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Genre:                  Drama / Romance

Running Time:     1 hr 55 mins

Rating:                    M (coarse language)

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Trailer:                     'Past Lives'

Mutiny in Heaven
Friday January 19th. 7:30 pm

Formed in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1970s The Birthday Party were one of the most influential acts of their time.  From humble beginnings they grew to command a level of respect around the world which remains undiminished to this day.  Fuelled by the incendiary relationship between vocalist Nick Cave and guitarist Rowland S. Howard, they were frequently described as the most dangerous band in the world.  Told in the group’s own words, Muting in Heaven brings The Birthday Party’s story to the screen for the first time in a twisted tale of ascent, realisation and implosion whilst dealing with issues of addiction, fame and the unique relationship between creative vision and self-destruction.  Directed by Ian White.

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Genre:                  Documentary

Running Time:     1 hr 38 mins

Rating:                    MA15+ (strong drug use)

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