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2024 Sunshine Coast French Film Festival
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The Taste of Things/ A Great Friend/Iris and The Men/All Your Faces/The Animal Kingdom/Jeanne du Barry/ The President's wife-Bernadette/A Chance To Win/Mr Blake At Your Service/Out Of Season/Suddenly/Bonnard-Pierre and Marthe/Wilderness Therapy
CURRENT FILM SCREENINGS
The best European Cinema right on your doorstep.
- Wed, 08 MayMaroochydore08 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pmMaroochydore, Sunshine Plaza Sunseeker Parade, 154-164 Horton Parade, Maroochydore QLD 4558, Australia08 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pmMaroochydore, Sunshine Plaza Sunseeker Parade, 154-164 Horton Parade, Maroochydore QLD 4558, AustraliaTrilogy /// New Wave follows Ethan Ewing, (AUS from North Straddie) , Griffin Colapinto, and Seth Moniz as they go off tour and rediscover the joy of real surfing and being with each other in far flung parts of the world. Story, soundtrack and cinematography all excellent.
- Mon, 13 MayMaroochydore13 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pmMaroochydore, Sunshine Plaza Sunseeker Parade, 154-164 Horton Parade, Maroochydore QLD 4558, Australia13 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pmMaroochydore, Sunshine Plaza Sunseeker Parade, 154-164 Horton Parade, Maroochydore QLD 4558, AustraliaThe Taste of Things has whetted appetites and tugged at heart strings all over the world. This sensual adaptation of the classic 1924 novel The Life and Passion of Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet, blends cooking with romantic love, and won the Best Director award at Cannes. Binoche and Magimel shine.
- Tue, 14 MayCaloundra14 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia14 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, AustraliaOver 1 million French tix sold for one of the very best films of the Festival. An ensemble drama, with many stars that explores the 'restorative justice' program both inside and out of prison. Multiple stories emerge, the most affecting being that of Chloe who wants to face her brother.
- Wed, 15 MayNoosa Heads15 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, Australia15 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, AustraliaA standout comedy-satire in which Catherine Deneuve shines as Bernadette, The President's Wife. The President being Jacques Chirac. Bernadette's public profile and popularity rises as Chirac's plummets as she and her chief of staff engineer a PR miracle. Success being the best revenge "Irresistible"
- Sun, 19 MayCaloundra19 May 2024, 10:00 am – 11:40 amCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia19 May 2024, 10:00 am – 11:40 amCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, AustraliaA standout comedy-satire in which Catherine Deneuve shines as Bernadette, The President's Wife. The President being Jacques Chirac. Bernadette's public profile and popularity rises as Chirac's plummets as she and her chief of staff engineer a PR miracle. Success being the best revenge "Irresistible"
- Sun, 19 MayNoosa Heads19 May 2024, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, Australia19 May 2024, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, AustraliaThis incredibly lush production is the tale of the woman who rose from a poor station to the Court of King Louis VX and beyond. Despised and ridiculed by his children and many of court, she became his favourite. Then Marie Antoinette appears. "Unmissable." Madame Figaro review
- Tue, 21 MayCaloundra21 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia21 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, AustraliaAdapted from the best-selling French novel Complètement Cramé! Mr Blake at your Service sees John Malkovich star as a recently widowed British businessman who takes a job as a butler in a manor house in northern France, in a bid to get closer to the memory of his late French wife.
- Wed, 22 MayMaroochydore22 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:10 pmMaroochydore, Sunshine Plaza Sunseeker Parade, 154-164 Horton Parade, Maroochydore QLD 4558, Australia22 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:10 pmMaroochydore, Sunshine Plaza Sunseeker Parade, 154-164 Horton Parade, Maroochydore QLD 4558, Australia12 nominations and 5 wins at the French Oscars for this extraordinary film. The Animal Kingdom is essentially a family drama. A father and son relocate to a remote location to be close to the wife and mother who has a new mutation which threatens to upend life. "Original and striking." Review
- Sun, 26 MayCaloundra26 May 2024, 10:00 am – 11:55 amCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia26 May 2024, 10:00 am – 11:55 amCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, AustraliaFrom the best selling novel "Soudain Seuls" SUDDENLY is a major production drama-adventure with two top leads. A dream sailing journey goes wrong and a couple must face themselves, some home truths and try to find a way out of a remote abandoned whaling station. "Gripping"
- Sun, 26 MayNoosa Heads26 May 2024, 2:30 pm – 4:10 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, Australia26 May 2024, 2:30 pm – 4:10 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, AustraliaAdapted from the best-selling French novel Complètement Cramé! Mr Blake at your Service sees John Malkovich star as a recently widowed British businessman who takes a job as a butler in a manor house in northern France, in a bid to get closer to the memory of his late French wife.
- Mon, 27 MayCaloundra27 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia27 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, AustraliaCate Blanchett, newcomer Aswan Reid and Wayne Blair star in this film, set in 1940 about a young orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade Nun. Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. Support Aus film. " A masterpiece." The Australian
- Tue, 28 MayCaloundra28 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia28 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, AustraliaTwo villages go head to head in an ages old rivalry. When asylum seekers arrive and resentments simmer about people not wanting their way of life changed, one team takes them on and unity is achieved in the most unlikely of ways. "Warm and endearing" Cineuropa Everyone who sees this wins
- Wed, 29 MayNoosa Heads29 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, Australia29 May 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, AustraliaTwo villages go head to head in an ages old rivalry. When asylum seekers arrive and resentments simmer about people not wanting their way of life changed, one team takes them on and unity is achieved in the most unlikely of ways. "Warm and endearing" Cineuropa Everyone who sees this wins
- Sun, 02 JuneCaloundra02 June 2024, 10:00 am – 11:55 amCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia02 June 2024, 10:00 am – 11:55 amCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, AustraliaA successful actor on retreat (some very funny Tati like moments in that alone) meets an old girlfriend he once left before he became successful. When they re-connect they find that, even though both are now married, feelings for each other remain. Will they? Old coals remain too. " Lovely" Variety
- Sun, 02 JuneNoosa Heads02 June 2024, 2:30 pm – 4:35 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, Australia02 June 2024, 2:30 pm – 4:35 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, AustraliaCécile de France stars in Bonnard, Pierre & Marthe, the beautiful new historical drama from award-winning director Martin Provost (Séraphine, The Midwife) about the turbulent love story between the famous post-Impressionist painter and his lover, muse and wife. "Joyful and refreshing."
- Mon, 03 JuneCaloundra03 June 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia03 June 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, AustraliaAfter the smash-hit international success of Antoinette In The Cévennes, writer/director Caroline Vignal and the fabulous Laure Calamy reunite for a comedy about reignited desire in the modern age. Leave your values at the door and enjoy. " A delight." Le Parisian
- Tue, 04 JuneCaloundra04 June 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:05 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia04 June 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:05 pmCaloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, AustraliaCécile de France stars in Bonnard, Pierre & Marthe, the beautiful new historical drama from award-winning director Martin Provost (Séraphine, The Midwife) about the turbulent love story between the famous post-Impressionist painter and his lover, muse and wife. "Joyful and refreshing."
- Sun, 09 JuneNoosa Heads09 June 2024, 2:30 pm – 4:25 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, Australia09 June 2024, 2:30 pm – 4:25 pmNoosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, AustraliaA successful actor on retreat (some very funny Tati like moments in that alone) meets an old girlfriend he once left before he became successful. When they re-connect they find that, even though both are now married, feelings for each other remain. Will they? Old coals remain too. " Lovely" Variety
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The Sunshine Coast Film Festival acknowledges the Kabi Kabi people and the Jinibara people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, work and screen. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Wunya.
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