April - Toni Erdmann - Wednesday, 26th April, 6.00pm

The second screening of our April film, Toni Erdmann  will be Wednesday, 26th April at 6pm. Please note the earlier time.

Toni Erdmann
Winfried doesn't see much of his working daughter Ines. He pays her a surprise visit in Bucharest, where she's busy as a corporate strategist. The geographical change doesn't help them to see more eye to eye. Practical joker Winfried annoys his daughter with corny pranks and jabs at her routine lifestyle of meetings and paperwork. Father and daughter reach an impasse, and Winfried agrees to go home to Germany. Enter Toni Erdmann: Winfried's flashy alter ego. Disguised in a tacky suit, weird wig and fake teeth, Toni barges into Ines' work circle, claiming to be her CEO's life coach. As Toni, Winfried doesn't hold back, and Ines meets the challenge. The harder they push, the closer they become. In all the madness, Ines begins to see that her eccentric father deserves a place in her life.

March Film - Perfect Strangers - 2nd screening - Wednesday, 29th March 2017

The second screening of the first film of the 2017 / 2018 season (Perfect Strangers) will be on Wednesday, 29th March 2017 at 7.15pm.

If you don't have your season pass yet, you'll be able to renew at the cinema on the night.

Perfect Strangers
Seven long-time friends get together for a dinner. When they decide to share with each other the content of every text message, email and phone call they receive, many secrets start to unveil and the equilibrium trembles.

2017 Film Club season - tickets available now!

The Armidale Film Club is kicking off its new season for 2017 in March.  This is an opportunity to see quality films that would not normally be screened at the Belgrave Cinema because they are on limited release.

An Annual membership is $90 for exclusive screenings of eleven films ($8.18 per film). 

Each membership includes two companion vouchers to bring a friend for the standard ticket price of $15.50.

Members may choose to go to either a Monday or a Wednesday evening session (approx. Mon 530pm or Wed 7pm).  Films will be shown March to February (no film in January).  You can pick up a ticket for your preferred screening up to a week in advance from the cinema.  This will secure access to your preferred sessions as seating cannot be guaranteed on the night.

The first three films have been lined up for the 2017 Season are Perfect Strangers (March), Toni Erdmann (April) and Mahana (May).

Perfect Strangers

Seven long-time friends (three married couples and a divorcee) are having a dinner. They decide, as a playful game, to make all SMSs and phone calls public for that evening, to prove that nobody has anything to hide. Hilarity and drama ensue together as everyone's secrets are unveiled and the seven friends find themselves perfect strangers to each other.  Not just a box office hit but also a national phenomenon, this Italian dramedy is perfect for our digital age.

 

 

Toni Erdmann

An insightful and very funny film about a practical joking father trying to lighten up his serious businesswoman daughter.  He tries to reconnect by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.  A German film with rave reviews and nominated for the Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category.

 

Mahana

From the author of "The Whale Rider", a tale of family rivalry and reconciliation, set against the stunning backdrop of rural New Zealand in the 1960s.  Two Maori sheep-shearing families - the Mahanas and the Poatas - are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son, is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta, he risks not just his own future prospects, but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society.

So come and support exceptional films in Armidale!   Join to guarantee an exciting cinema experience every month for a year!  Sign up or renew your membership for the AFC.  Eleven films for only $90. You won't regret it!!

February film - A United Kingdom - 13th and 22nd February

The February film (and the final film of the 2016/17 film club season), A United Kingdom, will be screened on Monday, 13th February (at 5.30pm) and Wednesday, 22nd February (at 7pm).

A United Kingdom tells the inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

No January film - next (and last) film on the 2016/2017 season will be in February

Just a reminder that there is no film scheduled for January for film club (due to the summer holidays). The 11th (and last) film of the 2016/2017 season will be in February - details will be confirmed soon.

December film - I, Daniel Blake - 12th and 21st December 2016

The second screening of our December film, I, Daniel Blake, will be on Wednesday, 21st December 2016 at 7.20pm. Wine will be available for purchase.

Winner of the Palme d'Or 2016, the highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival, 'I, Daniel Blake' is the latest social realism film from the multi award-winning British director, Ken Loach.  It is infused with quiet, but righteous anger about the failings of the society Loach lives in and which he repeatedly rails against so effectively.  It concerns an unlikely but tender friendship which develops between a single mother of two children and a middle-aged, unemployed carpenter, both of whom are feeling the effects of the shrinking welfare system they are dependent upon. This rare, political drama will touch your soul and perhaps go some way towards explaining Brexit and why certain members of society feel undeservedly disaffected.  Unforgettable!

November Film - Sunset Song - 14th and 23rd November

The second screening of our November film, Sunset Song, will be Wednesday, 23rd November at 7pm.

In 'Sunset Song', the legendary British director, Terence Davies, tells the story of a young woman coming of age on a farm in northern Scotland on the cusp of WW1. Chris Guthrie, a bright young woman with a real love of learning and dreams of becoming a schoolteacher, is fighting her own war against her fiery, brutish father, who abuses both her mother and brother. Her struggle for independence against all odds provides the film with its deeply resonating emotional core, but the film is also closely attuned to the moods of landscape and sky which are breathtakingly beautiful (shot in both Scotland and New Zealand).  The film is one of Davies's finest achievements.