Thank you to everyone who came along to our 10th Annual Trivia Night on Saturday. As our primary fundraising event for the year, it was great to see so many people – members and non-members alike – pitch in to support us with their presence, as well as their contributions. We hope you had as much fun on the night as we had putting the event together!
If you weren’t able to make it, or still haven’t had your fill of movie trivia, the ANU Film Group is also running this week’s quiz night at The Phoenix Pub, hosted this time by the dynamic duo of Adam and Henry.
Entry is free and everyone is welcome to come along. There will be free drinks and film passes up for grabs throughout the night too, so why not round up a few friends and come along?
DATE: Tuesday 18 October (TONIGHT!)
TIME: 7:30 PM start
VENUE: The Phoenix Pub, 21 East Row (in the Civic Bus Interchange, near Platform 3)
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
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Our Canberra premiere screening of A FLICKERING TRUTH kicks off the week, to be followed by a panel discussion on film preservation with special guests Andrew Pike, Ray Edmondson, Alice Taylor and Cris Kennedy.
Then, Tom Hanks is SULLY, Sally Field is DORIS, and Susan Sarandon is THE MEDDLER – along with a double feature of acclaimed female-led foreign films with MUSTANG and VICTORIA.
• Wed 19 Oct @ 7:30 PM: A FLICKERING TRUTH [Q&A EVENT]
Three men embark on a quest to save the 8,000 hours worth of film that make up the Afghan film archive from the ravages of 100 years of war. Beneath the dust and the cloak of time, they discover a hidden record of their country’s past.
** Canberra premiere screening followed by panel discussion with Andrew Pike, Ray Edmondson and Alice Taylor. Moderated by Cris Kennedy. **
• Thu 20 Oct @ 7:30 PM: SULLY
Tom Hanks stars as American pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who heroically landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River after it was disabled on its initial climb out of New York’s La Guardia Airport in 2009, saving 155 passengers on board. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
• Fri 21 Oct @ 7:30 PM: HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS + THE MEDDLER
In HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS, a perennially-overlooked sixty-something woman (Sally Field) finds her world turned upside down when a self-help seminar inspires her to take a chance on love and romantically pursue her handsome, younger co-worker. Canberra premiere screening.
Then, in THE MEDDLER (at approx. 9 PM), an aging and lonely widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away, but her plans are derailed when she meets other people in need of her motherly assistance.
• Sat 22 Oct @ **7 PM**: MUSTANG + VICTORIA
In Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee MUSTANG, five orphan sisters inadvertently set off a scandal within their conservative Turkish community after they are seen playing with boys on a beach. Now confined to their homes, the sisters must find a way to live their lives around the constraints imposed on them.
** MUSTANG is proudly presented by the Embassy of Turkey **
Then, in VICTORIA (at approx 8:45), a young woman who has just moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local man turning deadly when she discovers that his friends are tasked with robbing a bank to repay their debts to a gangster in this German crime thriller shot in a single take.