Saturday September 11 FOOD INC – (US) PG – Documentary – 94 mins Must-see documentary for anyone who eats … The current method of raw food production is largely a response to the growth of the fast food industry since the 1950s. The production of food overall has more drastically changed since that time than the several [...]
Continue reading...6. August 2010
Saurday August 14 – MICMACS (France) M – Comic Fable – 105mins From the quirky, crazy mind of French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amélie) comes Micmacs, the story of a man named Bazil who sets out with his newly found misfit friends to destroy two big weapons manufacturers. This film is reminiscent of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin [...]
Continue reading...8. April 2010
Palmwoods resident and actor Anthony Nixon, had a small warrior role in the movie, Chronicles of Narnia. Now Tony has another string to his creative bow – documentary film maker. IN “FORGOTTEN”, Nixon travels to England and France to trace the story of a great-grandfather that prior to a few years ago no one knew existed. “It is [...]
Continue reading...6. March 2010
THE FOURTH Heart of Gold International Film Festival will screen in Gympie from March 11-14. It will offer film buffs a total of 171 films including 166 shorts and 5 feature length film from 22 countries. The 2010 program features quality films across all genres: comedy, drama, animation documentaries and student films have been selected for [...]
Continue reading...3. February 2010
Maleny Film Society Saturday 13 February QUIET CHAOS (Italy) MA15+ Drama 112mins New Summer / Autumn program – out 13 February Pietro is a successful executive, happily married, and father of 10-year old Claudia. After a morning at the beach, which culminated in saving the lives of two drowning women, he arrives home to discover his own wife’s fatal accident. Resuming [...]
Continue reading...12. January 2010
White Skin Black Spirit … my search for identity is a brave and uplifting story told on film by Maleny film-maker Paul Alister. In his 46-minute documentary Paul records the remarkable emotional journey of Crystal Waters resident, Terri-Anne Goodreid, who travelled to the Northern Territory to trace her aboriginal roots and discover her lost family [...]
Continue reading...12. January 2010
CONTINUING its commitment to Australian film, the Maleny Film Society launches its annual festival of film with a Celebration of Indigenous Film and Culture on 9 January. Several excellent films will be shown by local filmmakers including Samson and Delilah which swept the board at the recent AFI awards. The weekend festival will be launched at [...]
Continue reading...2. December 2009
Fundraiser for Utribe Festival Thanks to the generosity of many friends, the first fundraising gig for Utribe Festival is on at Crystal Waters on Saturday 5 December. With the line-up including Maleny’s Hayden Hack and band, Khan and band from the Sunshine Coast, Tim Loydell and the Deckchairs fresh from their recent east coast [...]
Continue reading...11. November 2009
French horn concerto treat The energetic and enthusiastic French Horn student from the Queensland Conservatorium, Armin Terzer, (below) will be the soloist in the beautiful Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat K.417 with the Pacific Chamber Orchestra. Antoni Bonetti, who will conduct the orchestra, is an extremely well known musician, [...]
Continue reading...11. October 2009
Gumboots … the musical! Five of Queensland’s most promising musicians bring their sumptuous harmonies of strings and clarinet to the Hinterland when the Strahlend Quintet per form at Maleny’s Braeside B & B on Saturday October 17. The Strahlend Quintet are the 2009 winners of the annual Gertrude Langer Ensemble Award which each [...]
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2. September 2010
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