BRUCE BERESFORD AND THE TRAVELLERS
Film-maker Bruce Beresford has had a long relationship with Cinema Reborn. Few who witnessed it will forget his Alain Delon impersonations when he introduced Jean-Pierre Melville’s films, first in our 2020 post-Covid Melville season at the Ritz and later when we screened Le Samourai. Cinema Reborn screened Bruce’s preferred director’s version of one of his finest films Tender Mercies back in 2023.
Bruce’s first film in seven years, after his hit Ladies in Black, is now in cinemas around Australia. It has a star turn from Brian Brown in a lead role. In a recent post on Arts Hub Bruce talked to critic Stephen A Russell about his career and his new film. It’s screening everywhere including at Cinema Reborn’s homes at the Randwick Ritz and the Hawthorn Lido.
NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL REVIVALS
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| Ombres de Soie, Mary Stephen, France, 1978 Screening at NYFF |
There is ever growing interest in reviving the history of the cinema and among the best selections made each year are those at the New York Film Festival. A couple of the films have already had recent screenings in Australia (though one of them was screened in a terrible copy that was clearly not the restored version). Cinema Reborn has several of these titles in our sights for 2026 and we’ll be hoping for the best in our negotiations with producers, archives and distributors. Click on this link for another report.
LUMIÈRE FESTIVAL (LYONS, FRANCE) CLASSICS
For 16 years, the Lumière festival has been supporting cinema of the past and present by honouring its history, its diversity and those who endeavour to preserve it.
The Lumière Classics label showcases the finest restorations of 20th-century films, presented exclusively at the festival in the ‘New Restorations’ section, as well as under other festival categories. It highlights the vital work that archives, film libraries, rights holders and foundations undertake to ensure the continued vitality of the world’s cinematographic heritage. For details of the more than thirty films in the 2025 selection click on this link.
Michael Mann, Honored at Lyon for his career
DATES FOR 2026
Cinema Reborn 2026 will screen in Sydney and Melbourne. In Sydney the season at the Randwick Ritz will run from Friday 1 May to Sunday 10 May and in Melbourne at the Hawthorn Lido from Friday 8 May to Sunday 17 May. We expect over that time to screen between 20-25 programmes in each city, depending on the running times of each of the films chosen. There will be repeat screenings of some of the films on weekdays in Sydney from Monday 4 May to Friday 8 May and in Melbourne from Monday 11 May to Friday 15 May. MAKE A DIARY ENTRY NOW!
TAX DEDUCTIBLE CHARITABLE DONATIONS FOR CINEMA REBORN 2026 NOW OPEN
Since our inception supporters have understood the need for continuing support to ensure that the annual season is able to present the very latest and very best international and Australian film restorations.
Tax deductible charitable donations have enabled us pay our screening fees and keep our admission charges to regular Ritz and Lido prices (with the lowest student concessions of any similar film-related event). We have once again set up a page via the Australian Cultural Fund to receive donations of any size, large or small. You can find it IF YOU CLICK ON THIS LINK
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