Join us for the 6th annual Cinema Reborn event!

Cinema Reborn presents its sixth season and its biggest ever roster of restored classics. All told we are screening twenty feature films, and a short by Peter Weir, expanding our screenings to Melbourne and, thanks to a generous grant from the Australia-Korea Foundation, devoting a part of our program to a modest exploration of the works of a largely unknown Korean director. We are very excited!

What sustains our enthusiasm for this annual season is the support we receive from all of those who voluntarily commit to supporting our project. Many have been on board from year one. Many of them are listed in this catalogue in the pages devoted to note writers and presenters. They come from near and far. They are supported by a range of institutions both in Australia and abroad and backed up by teams of people at the cinemas and at the production houses who manage the delivery of the films we present, who produce our trailers and film our introductions. We are grateful to them all. We are also grateful to our donors who have given generously over the years. It’s an amazing mosaic that brings Cinema Reborn to life each year.

This year, even before we start, we know that our audience will again love Le Samourai and Days of Heaven. We hope you will want to be adventurous and curious and seek out Ishanou, Yeelen, The Dupes, the films of Korean master Im Kwon-taek and indeed everything in between. We are bringing back Jean Renoir, Powell and Pressburger, Robert Siodmak and Michelangelo Antonioni. It will be our first time presenting Mitchell Leisen and Howard Hawks.

We are especially proud to again present a remarkable Australian selection – two classic documentaries, Journey to the End of Night and Light Years, and two features Body Melt and Three to Go. Bringing each of these films back to a new audience will re-ignite memories of great moments in the Australian film industry.

We hope that once again you will enjoy the lengths and breadths of a remarkable season of restored classics – films which demand to be seen on a big screen in the dark of a movie theatre.

Visit the Cinema Reborn website for screenings and more details.