A PROPHET - OPENING NIGHT EVENT - enjoy a GLASS OF WINE and an introduction to the film by MARK NAGLAZAS

Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim), part Arab, part Corsican, cannot read or write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang currently ruling the prison, he is given a number of "missions" to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader's confidence in the process. Malik is a fast learner and rises up the prison ranks, all the while secretly devising his own plans…
Winner of the Festival de Cannes Grand Prix, A Prophet is a compelling story of power, morality and survival, from one of France’s most acclaimed directors, Jacques Audiard (The Beat My Heart Skipped).

After attending the press junket in France last year where he watched not only A Prophet, but many more outstanding French Films that will be screening at Cinema Paradiso and Luna on SX as part of the upcoming French Film Festival, Mark was lucky enough to interview Jacques Audiard. 
He will share anecdotes of his time in France as well as his time spent with Jacques.
 

Winner Festival De Cannes Grand Prix | Winner National Board of Review Best Foreign Language Film | Golden Globe Nominee Best Foreign Language Film | Independent Spirit Awards Nominee Best Foreign Language Film | BAFTA Nominee Best Film not in the English Language |
11 Cesar Nominations including Best Picture, Best Dirctor and Best Actor

LUNA LEEDERVILLE + LUNA ON SX 

NT Live is an initiative by Britain’s National Theatre to broadcast
performances of plays onto cinema screens around the world
concurrent with their London seasons. Following the hugely
successful launch of NT LIVE with Phèdre, NT LIVE continues with
these productions from Britain’s most prestigious theatre company.

NATION based on a novel by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Mark Ravenhill

Two performances only - SAT FEBRUARY 13 at 1.00pm and SUN FEBRUARY 14 at 1.00pm (Suitable for 10yrs+)

★★★★★ "Nation will hold adults and children in thrall." Charles Spencer  The daily Telegraph (UK)
“Pratchett…combines an extraordinary imagination with wit and humanity... wise, funny and deeply affecting.” DAILY TELEGRAPH, (UK)
“Ravishing visual effects…spectacularly designed.” THE INDEPENDENT, (UK)

A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami that has destroyed Mau’s village and left Daphne shipwrecked on his South Pacific island, thousands of miles from home. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress; neither speaks the other's language; somehow they must learn to survive. As starving refugees gather, Daphne delivers a baby, milks a pig, brews beer and does battle with a mutineer. Mau fights cannibal Raiders, discovers the world is round and questions the reality of his tribe’s fiercely patriarchal gods. Together they come of age, overseen by a foul-mouthed parrot, as they discard old doctrine to forge a new Nation.

Following His Dark Materials, Coram Boy and War Horse, the National stages Mark Ravenhill’s exhilarating adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s
latest witty and challenging adventure story.

THE HABIT OF ART by Alan Bennett
Two performances only - SAT MAY 8 at 1.00pm & SUN MAY 9 at 1.00pm
Starring: Richard Griffiths  (The History Boys), Alex Jennings and Frances de la Tour.

 ★★★★★“Hotly anticipated and hilariously provocative…” THE INDEPENDENT (UK)
★★★★★ “Another absolute cracker, often wonderfully and sometimes filthily funny, but also deeply and unexpectedly moving…The Habit of Art is a smash hit if I ever saw one.” DAILY TELEGRAPH, (UK)

Bennett returns to the National following the huge success of his Laurence Olivier and Tony Award-winning play The History Boys with a new work The Habit Of Art. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the new play involves W H Auden in his last years and includes a fictional meeting between the poet and the composer Benjamin Britten, who famously fell out in the 1940s after a long friendship.

For additional information visit: www.NTLive.info

An initiative of London’s National Theatre, NT Live is dedicated to the high definition broadcast of live performances around the world. NT Live is supported by Travelex and is distributed by Sharmill Films.

Principal sponsor in WA Black Swan State Theatre Company, Perth Theatre Company and West Australian Academy of Performing Arts

TICKETS ON SALE NOW from the Box Office or online

Adults $25.00 / Concession, Privilege Cards $23.00

A post-apocalyptic tale describing a journey taken by a father and his young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted years before by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and, seemingly, most life on earth.

Join us for a pre-screening discussion of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel, THE ROAD. The evening will feature film director & scriptwriter James Bogle (Closed For Winter, In The Winter Dark), presenter and producer Stephen van Mill (King of Kings-White Lions, Saving Orangutans, The Last Trimate, and The Drowner adapted from Robert Drewe’s novel of the same name ), author & editor Assoc Professor Terri Ann-White (Director & Publisher UWA Uni Press, Director Institute of Advanced Studies). The evening is moderated by film critic and cinephile  Mark Naglazas (West Australian) to debate the timeless question, which is better the book or the movie?

Luna Outdoor - Fri 19th February form 7.00pm. The Road starts 8.00pm

The evening is supported by Sound Solutions Audio and Lighting

Bollywood and Beyond - Indian Film Festival 2010 has a fantastic program of films this year from uplifting Bollywood blockbusters that will have you grinning and dancing in your seats.
Screening Thur March 25 to Wed April . Doors open 7.00pm. Film starts 8.00pm

OPENING NIGHT PARTY - THURSDAY MARCH 25 - DIL BOLE HADIPPA from 7.00pm (Film commences at 8.00pm)
The Opening Night Gala Screening Event is a vibrant, dazzling and entertaining Bollywood themed evening of spectacular colourful dance and pulsating music.
Party and admission $35.00. (film only tickets for $15.50) Note: Opening night film screens indoors in Cinema 1. Tickets now on sale and online.

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY - WEDNESDAY APRIL 7 - AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI from 7.00pm (Film commences at 8.00pm)
Closing Night Party features exhilarating Bollywood dance, vibrant catchy music and special treats and delights plus Rajkumar Santoshi’s Bollywood romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.
Tickets $15.50 | $11/50concession. Now on sale and online.

Program schedule:

Fri 26th March                     What’s your Raashee? (G) 203'
Sat 27th March                    New York (MA) 151’
Sun 28th March                   Rocket Singh (PG) 140’
Mon 29th March                   3 Idiots (M) 173’
Tues 30th March                  Ghajini (MA) 183
Wed 31st March                   Love Aaj Kal (M) 128’
Thurs 1st April                     Dev D (TBC) 138’
Fri 2nd April                          Wake Up Sid (PG) 139’
Sat 3rd April                         Chance pe Dance (PG) 121’
Sun 4th April                        3 Idiots (M) 173’
Mon 5th April                        Kaminey (MA) 137’
Tues 6th April                      Dil Bole Hadippa (PG) 146’

Tickets (excluding Opening Night Gala)  $15.50 | $11.50 conc. Tickets available from Luna box office and online 

Flickerfest celebrates its 19th year as Australia’s only Academy® Award accredited Short Film festival, with a record 1600 entries and 23 touring venues nationally. Flickerfest screens the most creative and inspirational shorts films from across the globe, many are Australian and World premieres. A total of 97 Australian and International shorts were officially selected in competition in 2010.

Coming to Camelot Outdoor Cinema from March 4 to 7 this is a not to be missed showcase of award winning Australian and international shorts and also includes a glamorous opening night party with  local Coppers beer and Organic Rosnay wine accompanied by more organic morsels.

This year Flickerfest includes International Programmes 1, 2 &3 as well as The Best of Australian Shorts and screens films direct from competition in Bondi & a fabulous showcase of shorts direct from international festivals such as Annecy, Aspen, Berlinale & Cannes; to the recent Australian Film Indstry-AFI Award winners, In International 2 programme,The Cat Piano(AFI Award Best Animation) & in Best Of Australian Shorts, Miracle Fish (AFI Award Best Film & Best Script).

Highlights include;

International 1: (March 4)
THE CLEARING
Australia/18min/Video/2009 | WRI/DIR: Seth Larney | PROD: Lisa Shaunessy
Adam awakes in a clearing in the jungle, injured and with no memory of how he arrived there. He searches for clues but soon realizes he is running in circles. Will Adam be able to escape the clearing and discover the truth?
World Premiere

International 2: (March 5)
THE CAT PIANO
Australia/8min/35mm/2009 | DIR: Eddie White & Ari Gibson | PROD: Jessica Brentnall
A vibrant city of singing cats is preyed upon by a shadowy figure intent on performing its own twisted feline symphony.
Best Short Animation - Sydney Film Festival 2009; Best Animation Short - Melbourne Film Festival 2009; & most recently AFI AWARD Best Short Animation 2009

International 3: (March 6)
APHRODITE’S FARM
NZ/15min/35mm/2008 | DIR: Adam Strange | WRI: Peter Force | PROD: Anzak Tindall
When the Aphrodite's Farm patriarch dies, the future of the farm is thrown into jeopardy. The arrival of young farm hand Friday creates even more chaos before finally bringing the family's destiny full circle.
Crystal Bear- Best Short Film- Generation 14plus- Berlinale Berlin International Film Festival 2009, LA Shorts Fest 2009

Best Of Australian Shorts: (March 7)
MIRACLE FISH
Australia/18min/35mm/2009 | DIR: Luke Doolan | PROD: Drew Bailey
8 year old Joe has a Birthday he will never forget. After friends tease him he sneaks off to the sick bay wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.
Sundance Film Festival 2009; Winner Youth Jury Prize, LA Award - Aspen International Film Festival 2009; Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short 2009; Craft Award + SBS Television Award - St Kilda Film Festival 2009; & most recently AFI AWARD Best Short Film & Best Short Script 2009

RALPH
Australia/10min/Video/2009 | DIR: Deborah Mailman | WRIT: Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair | PROD: Jessie Mangum
For Maddie it will take more than just dreaming about the Karate Kid to survive school, it will take a friend.
Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival 2009; Best Short Film - IF Awards 2009

Tickets Adult $15.50 | Concession $11.50 |Priv Card $11.00

Available now online and from the Camelot Box Office

For a full schedlue vist www.flickerfest.com.au

The 21st annual Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, presented by Tefal, will screen at Cinema Paradiso and Luna on SX from March 17 to 31. Featuring the best of French Cinema over the past 18 months, this is an event not to be missed!

More details coming soon. Visit the officail website: www.frenchfilmfestival.org

LUNA LEEDERVILLE + LUNA ON SX - to May 2010

THE  NY METROPOLITAN OPERA CAPTURED LIVE in HD, DIRECT FROM NEW YORK

The Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series continues its 2010 fourth season, featuring nine transmissions captured live in high definition and screening concurrantly with the New York season at Luna Leederville & Luna SX Fremantle

“The Met at its best.” The New York Times
Experience grand opera at its most majestic.

Bizet's CARMEN - February 6 & 7and 11, performed by Elena Garanca and Roberto Alagna

One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen "is about sex, violence, and racism - and its corollary: freedom," says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet's drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking." Elĩna Garanĉa plays the seductive gypsy of the title in her role debut, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José.

Verdi's SIMON BOCCANEGRA - February 20 & 21 and 25 performed by Plácido Domingo

Four decades into a legendary Met career, tenor Plácido Domingo makes history singing the title role in Verdi's gripping political thriller, which is written for a baritone. Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, and James Morris are his co-stars in this moving and tragic story of a father and his lost daughter. James Levine conducts.

Thomas' HAMLET - April 17 & 18 and 22 performed by Simon Keenlyside

The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other writer's. Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of the Bard's most unforgettable characters in this new production of Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet. For the role of Ophelia, the French composer created an extended mad scene that is among the greatest in opera. 

Rossini's ARMIDA - May 15 & 16 and 20 performed by Renée Fleming

The story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvořák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini's version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as "a buried treasure, a box of jewels." The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, "has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element." 

ALL OPERAS SCREEN AT LUNA LEEDERVILLE & LUNA SX FREMANTLE 

Each opera will screen on Saturday & Thursday at 11.30am and  Sunday at 1.00pm  at both Luna Leederville and Luna on SX.       

TICKETS FOR THE 2009-2010 SEASON ON SALE NOW - $27.00 |$23.00 (pensioners/seniors/stdents & privilege cards)/$21 for kids.
Available from the Box Office and online

GLOBE THEATRE
AS YOU LIKE IT Feb 5, 6 & 7
A much-loved comedy of love, intrigue and mistaken identity and one of the hits of the Globe Theatre season, As You Like It runs the glorious gamut of pastoral romance: cross-dressing and love-notes; poetry and brilliant conversation; gentle satire, slapstick and passion. A magical theatre experience.
By: William Shakespeare Director: Thea Sharrock With: Naomi Frederick, Jack Laskey, Brendan Hughes, Laura Rogers, Dominic Rowan Approx duration: 145 mins

ROYAL OPERA
LA TRAVIATA Mar 12, 13 & 14
This much-anticipated revival of Richard Eyre's sensational 1994 production for The Royal Opera is a striking visual feast creating a gorgeous backdrop for soprano Renée Fleming and company to soar with some of the most poignantly tuneful music in all of opera. The six-performance sold-out run left London spellbound.
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Director: Richard Eyre Conductor: Antonio Pappano Cast: Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Thomas Hampson Approx duration: 139 mins (plus intermission)

ROYAL BALLET
SWAN LAKE Apr 2, 3 & 4
A sumptuous treat for audiences. Anthony Dowell’s romantic, Fabergé-inspired production of one of the most loved of all classical ballets. Swan Lake has that magical combination of Tchaikovsky’s music, a compelling story of tragic romance and choreography that allows the very best dancers to show just how mesmerising they can be. Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Production: Anthony Dowell Conductor: Boris Gruzin Cast: Royal Ballet with Marianela Nuñez & Thiago Soares Approx duration: 140 mins

SCREENING TIMES

FRIDAYS 11:30AM| SATURDAYS 11:30AM | SUNDAYS 1:00PM

For full schedule visit: www.palaceoperaandballet.com.au/

TICKETING INFORMATION
Season Pass (13 pre-selected sessions) $260 | Adult: $27.00 | Concession: $24.00 | Priv Card (Max 2): $24.00 | Senior (60+): $22.00
Child (14yrs & under): $15.00 | Groups of 20 or more: $20.00 | Family Pass (2 Adults / 2 Children or 1Adult / 3 Children): $60.00
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
-AT CINEMA PARADISO (164 James St, Northbridge) in person
during regular box office hours or online
(nb: a booking fee of $1.50 per ticket applies to all internet purchases. All prices include GST)