cinema reborn

Cinema Reborn is a new festival focused on screen heritage and preservation, intended to shine a light on the long history of the art of the cinema, the world-wide activity of film restoration and the treasures that exist in the world’s film archives

Adelaide (Apr 24, 2019), Sydney (May 2-6, 2019)

02may(may 2)6:30 pm06(may 6)8:30 pmCinema Reborn 2019 at the Ritz Randwick6:30 pm (2) - 8:30 pm (6) Cinema Reborn, 45 St Pauls Street, RandwickFest:Cinema Reborn 0 <~ Add to My Wishlist

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With just a week or so to go until Cinema Reborn gets moving here's an Update on some relevant matters.Our Cinema Reborn update this week does allow us to pass on the news that all of the digital files have arrived in Australia and at this moment are already at or speeding towards the Ritz at Randwick for ingestion into the projection system. The first screening of our 2019 program will actually be in Adelaide when the Mercury Cinema screens Barbara Loden’s WANDA on Wednesday 24th April. Adelaide fans can find out all the info about the screening by looking at the MRC websiteTICKETING AND SESSION TIMES Otherwise if you want information about session times, censorship classifications and ticket prices for the Sydney program you can click on the Ritz websiteThe capacity of Cinema 5 at the Ritz where all Cinema Reborn screenings will take place is 270 seats, double the seating that we had at AFTRS last year. Tickets to all sessions will be sold at the Ritz box office right up to the commencement of the session (credit cards accepted, no surcharge).FIRST NIGHT Following the screening of A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH on Thursday 2 May at 6.30 pm patrons are invited to adjourn to the splendid upstairs balcony bar at the Ritz to buy a drink and discuss the 2019 program. Prices for this and all Cinema Reborn sessions are the same as for all Ritz regular programs.CINEMA REBORN CATALOGUE Once again we are publishing a printed catalogue of mostly specially written and extensive program notes relating to each of the films in our 2019 selection. This year the catalogue is 44pp and contains contributions by luminaries Rod Bishop, Eddie Cockrell, Jane Mills, Adrian Martin, Cristina Álvarez López, Peter Hourigan, David Hare, Angelica Waite, Mark Pierce, and Andrew Pike & Ross Cooper. Only a limited number of copies are printed so if you wish to pre-order and reserve a copy and pick it up from the information desk (not the box office) when our program starts please email filmalert101@gmail.com The cost is $2.TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS Cinema Reborn has been developed by community of cinema enthusiasts working on an entirely voluntary basis. They are experienced programmers, filmmakers, screen historians, critics and they have come together out of a deep love of the cinema’s past and a desire to participate in the burgeoning worldwide activity of film restoration and re-presentation of classical film. Donations to support our efforts are welcome and if made through the Australian Cultural Fund are tax-deductible.To make a donation go to the Australian Cultural Fund's Cinema Reborn page.We hope you will fit in as many screenings in our program as possible and otherwise enjoy the hospitality of Randwick’s The Spot. If you aren’t familiar with the precinct Google the Spot's own Wikipedia page to give you some idea of the its sights and its history.
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