Art Gallery Society Event: Six Summer Flicks 2021
Tickets on sale at www.eventcinemas.com.au or at the box office Event Cinemas Kotara
Newcastle Art Gallery Society in collaboration with Event Cinemas Kotara is excited to present the 13th SIX SUMMER FLICKS film festival from 18 January to 20 January.
In 2021 SIX SUMMER FLICKS will showcase the best of international cinema with films from France, Palestine and Poland.
Individual tickets are on sale at www.eventcinemas.com.au or the cinema box office. Each of the films is screened at 6.30pm without cinema previews or promotions.
SIX SUMMER FLICKS is a fund raising initiative of Newcastle Art Gallery Society which assists with the acquisition of works of art for the Newcastle Art Gallery collection.
Download: Six Summer Flicks Flyer
Monday 18 January
It Must Be Heaven (M) Palestine
97 mins
Visual language prevails as Palestinian writer, director and star of this film Elia Suleiman travels from his home in Nazareth to sophisticated Paris before encountering New York. With a nod to film greats, Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, Suleiman is the bemused observer of life in the three cities, different yet each similar in the minutiae and absurdities of everyday life.
“…part odyssey, not quite travelogue, more like a psychic jigsaw.”
Paul Byrnes, Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday 19 January
Corpus Christi (MA 15+) Poland
116 mins
While in a Warsaw youth detention centre, a troubled young man finds religion. When released on parole to a remote Polish village, fortuitous timing finds him posing as the replacement parish priest. Based upon true events, this multi-award winning film navigates the universal themes of faith, virtue and redemption. Winner of the 2020 Polish Academy Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Script and Best Actor.
Wednesday 20 January
How to be a Good Wife (M) France
108 mins
In this light-hearted comedy, Juliette Binoche stars as the demure principal of Van der Beck’s School of Housekeeping and Good Manners. The year is 1967 and the school that trains teenage girls to become impeccable housewives is set for upheaval. Society is changing as nationwide protest movements challenge authority, causing the students and the principal, to question personal beliefs, desires and freedom.
