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END CREDITS FILM CLUB

Screening Art House, Independent Features, Festivals and Documentaries in a variety of locations around Cairns City and regions. CLICK THE EVENT TITLE NAME OR IMAGE TO BUY TICKETS.

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Starry Night Cinema - MAD MAX - BEYOND THUNDERDOME (M)

Saturday 10 June 2023
Bartertown, a desert city with almost zero civilization, is where Max seeks shelter in a post apocalypse world. He must survive the desert, the barbarians and this ghost town and also rescue others. Starring Tina Turner andMel Gibson
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
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Unseen Cinema - LINOLEUM - (M) USA 102min

Sunday 18 June 2023
With his second feature, writer-director Colin West has made the type of movie that you want to encourage people to see, not only for how good it is, but so that you have someone to talk about it with, with no danger of spoiling its surprises. - Crooked Marquee. A strikingly original work; an outrageous meditation on the meaning of lives that, on the face of it, don’t seem to have much meaning at all. - Saturday Evening Post. In English.
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
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Unseen Cinema - THE GIANTS - (M) AU 113min

Sunday 16 July 2023
THE GIANTS EXPLORES THE INTERTWINED FATES OF TREES AND HUMANS IN A POETIC PORTRAIT OF ENVIRONMENTALIST BOB BROWN AND THE FOREST. From a seedling to forest elder: the film is a masterclass that draws on Bob’s 50 years of inspiring activism, from the Franklin campaign for Tasmania’s last wild river, to today’s battle for the Tarkine rainforest. Told in Bob’s own words, his story is interwoven with the extraordinary life cycle of Australia’s giant trees, brought to the screen with stunning cinematography and immersive animated forest landscapes. In English.
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
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Unseen Cinema - MASQUERADE - (MASCARADE) (MA) FR 136min

Sunday 30 July 2023
Nicolas Bedos’ elaborate, spider’s web of intrigue and betrayal trails a twisty, double-dealing thriller around the tangled emotions of a tragic romance. Masquerade takes a good deal of its inspiration from Hollywood classics. The sardonic wit of Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity (1944) and Sunset Blvd. (1950) blends with the suspense in Hitchcock’s Riviera-set To Catch A Thief (1955). Even the one-word title evokes comparisons with lush 1960s capers like Charade (1963) and Arabesque (1966). - Allan Hunter - Screen International Cannes review. In French English subtitles..
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
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Starry Night Cinema - Flickerfest- Best of Australian Shorts

Saturday 16 September 2023
Join us for Flickerfest - Best of Australian Shorts at the Cairns Botanic Gardens. Celebrating its 32nd year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Oscar® and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from 3,200 entries; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world. Flickerfest returns with this annual one-off chance to see the best of Australian & International short films officially selected for Flickerfest National Tour programme, before they continue their journey around the world. Pack a picnic, bring a camp chair or ground rug and make a night of it.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
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Starry Night Cinema - Flickerfest -Short Laughs Comedy

Saturday 23 September 2023
Join us for Flickerfest - Short Laughs Comedy at the Cairns Botanic Gardens. Celebrating its 32nd year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Oscar® and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from 3,200 entries; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world. Flickerfest returns with this annual one-off chance to see the best of Australian & International short films officially selected for Flickerfest National Tour programme, before they continue their journey around the world. Pack a picnic, bring a camp chair or ground rug and make a night of it.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
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Unseen Cinema - BROKER - (M) South Korea 129min

Sunday 28 May 2023
Nominated for the coveted Cannes Palme d’Or and (deservedly) winning the Ecumenical Jury prize, Kore-eda’s Broker is a skilfully crafted picture that warmly embodies the true spirit of empathy. The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can't have children of their own. After an infant's mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own. Quite how Kore-eda manages to make a film that combines road movie, crime caper and old school humanist observation is hard to describe, but it makes Broker a rare pleasure. Treat yourself. In Korean - English subtitles.
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
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Starry Night Cinema - THELMA AND LOUISE (M) USA 125mins

Saturday 27 May 2023
Thelma & Louise, in its brilliant reshaping of the road movie, is dazzling in its dexterity. Astutely conceived, visually stunning and beautifully acted. The casting is perfect. Sarandon and Davis play off one another expertly, and they're wonderfully funny. Overshadowed by the two stars' luminous performances, the movie craft is superb. Director Ridley Scott doesn't merely tell a story, but immortalizes a locale in the process. Every frame has a marvelous touch... These big, glossy images may owe too much to Scott's advertising background, but they're as terrific and irresistible as Sarandon and Davis.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS
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Unseen Cinema - MY OLD SCHOOL - (M) UK 104min

Sunday 7 May 2023
The astonishing true story of Scotland's most notorious imposter. In 1993, 16 year old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years would become the stuff of legends. The preternaturally bright student surprised teachers by blazing toward his goal of entering medical school, displaying a wealth of knowledge beyond his years. But then his unbelievable secret was revealed. Filmmaker Jono McLeod returns to his old school for a nostalgic look at the strange but true story of his former classmate. Utilizing playful, period-specific animation, a pitch-perfect soundtrack, the memories of students and teachers, and the talents of Alan Cumming to bring the tale to life, MY OLD SCHOOL offers more than one surprise along the way. In English.
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
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Unseen Cinema - CLOSE - (M) BELGIUM 105min

Sunday 16 April 2023
Leo and Remi are 13-year-old best friends who do absolutely everything together. But when they start a new school and their closeness is put under scrutiny, their bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Belgian Lukas Dhont’s second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, heartbreak and healing. Cinematographer Frank van den Eeden captures a child’s eye view of the world, bursting with colour and light. The script (written by Dhont) is so economical, and the acting so beautifully natural that Close feels less like a drama than a tapestry of fragments from a candid documentary. Close is a touching coming-of-age drama and an unspeakably tender study of young friendship and grief. In Flemish | French - English subtitles.
Event Cinemas Cairns Central
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Starry Night Cinema - LOVE ACTUALLY (M) UK 135mins

Saturday 10 December 2022
You've been asking, and we've been trying to get it, so here it is, at last, just in time for Christmas. Give yourselves and your friends a present you won't forget. BYO Xmas hamper to the Gardens and enjoy a night under the stars with a star-studded cast in one of the favourite romantic comedies of the 21st century. Writer: Richard Curtis Stars: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Bill Nighy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Martin Freeman, Kris Marshall.
CAIRNS BOTANIC GARDENS