SPECIAL EVENTS
MADE IN THE NORTHERN RIVERS
Saturday 9 March
30TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT
6:00PM - 9:30PM SAT MARCH 9 AEDT | A&I HALL
Our 30th Anniversary Extravaganza !!!!!
Join the talented minds who brought this iconic film to life and celebrate the movie's 30th anniversary with us. Get ready for an evening of fabulous revelations and untold tales that will make you see Priscilla in a whole new light! The panel will be hosted by Lucy Clark, senior editor at Guardian Australia.
PANEL GUESTS
Stephen Elliot (Director), Owen Paterson (Production Design), Cassie Hanlon (Make Up) and Guntis Sics (Sound).
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Sunday 10 March 2024
The Mushroom Whisperers
3:00PM AEDT | A&I HALL
SECOND SCREENING
Romano Crivici and Carla Thackrah, the composers behind the magnificent score of the documentary FOLLOW THE RAIN, partner again with Planet Fungi to bring you a sensual, immersive cinema and live music event.
Stephen Axford and Catherine Marciniak’s exquisite fungal time-lapses will be combined with evocative music played live to the screen by Romano and Carla accompanied by Mark Atkins on didgeridoo and Jess Ciampa on percussions, for an immersive audiovisual experience created for the 2024 Bangalow Film Festival.
This is music that expresses fungi's inner rhythm and other-worldly beauty. Enter the realm of mushrooms, and their dreams.
Thursday 14 March 2024
Dustyesky Meet Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s Earth
7:30PM AEDT | A&I HALL
The much beloved choir Dustyesky return to the stage with their very first film concert! The choir will accompany the screening of the Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s 1930 masterpiece Earth (Zemlya) for an extraordinary meeting of voices and film.
Earth is celebrated by film critics as one of cinema’s supreme visual masterpieces from the acclaimed Ukranian filmmaker Alexander Dovzhenko.
Friday 15 March 2024
A Love Letter to Musicals with Shire Choir
5:00PM AEDT | A&I HALL
An ode to the magic of musicals and to singing your heart out. A feature-length sing-along mash-up made of some of the most famous and beloved songs from iconic musicals with each song sung live by a chorus.
This is a one-of-a-kind emphatic love letter to musicals and to singing, created by the Shire Choir for the Bangalow Film Festival. Singalongs encouraged!
