Victorian Pinup Pageant 2023 & Revue de Ballarat

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Welcome to the 7th Annual Victorian Pinup Pageant. Held during the Ballarat Heritage Week. @12pm The Victorian Pinup Pageant (segment of the Australian Pinup Pageant) is a celebration of Pinups in a performance-based presentation where entrants can achieve their personal best. Open to Novice & Experienced competitors. ALL categories are Gender Neutral. The Pageant promotes […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – Pig

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

USA, 2021, 92 min.  Directed by Michael Sarnoski Indi Revenge Drama The centre of this film is a subtle and nuanced performance from Nicolas Cage, playing a truffle hunter living alone in the Oregonian wilderness with his foraging pig, who must confront his past when he goes to the city in search of his pig […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – Lake of Scars

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Australia, 2022, 95 min. Directed by Bill Code Indigenous Australian Documentary This film by former Guardian and Al Jazeera journalist Bill Code takes us to a corner of Victoria which is a place of great beauty, environmental significance, and rare archaeological wonder. As the clock ticks, an unlikely partnership forms that could see positive cultural […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – While at War (Mientras dure la guerra)

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Spain/Argentina, 2019, 107 min. Directed by Alejandro Amenabar Spanish Civil War Film Historical dramas have been very popular at Ballarat Film Society, so this year we are screening an intriguing Spanish political and military film set in 1936, during the first few months of the Spanish Civil War. The film recreates, in a surprisingly measured […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – Ema

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Chile, 2019, 107 min. Directed by Pablo Larraín Chilean Musical Drama In his first film since the 2016 double bill of Neruda and Jackie, Pablo Larraín returns to present-day Chile for an incendiary portrait of a young woman in rebellion. Set in Valparaíso, the film concerns married couple Ema, a platinum-blonde reggaeton dancer (played brilliantly […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

USA, 2016, 98 min. Directed by Werner Herzog Digital Revolution Documentary Elon Musk, Lawrence Krauss and Lucianne Walkowicz, stars of the digital revolution, feature in Werner Herzog’s documentary about the internet, which he calls one of the “greatest revolutions of humanity.” Herzog asks pertinent questions, and patiently listens, allowing his subjects to reveal all the […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – The Good Boss (El buen patron)

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Spain, 2021, 120 min. Directed and written by Fernando León de Aranoa Spanish comedy-drama Blanco (Javier Bardem), the charismatic owner of a family-run factory, is under pressure as he covets a local award for business excellence. Everything needs to be perfect! But the veneer of his perfect company cracks as Blanco has to deal with […]

Event Series Ballarat Film Society 2023

Ballarat Film Society – Redemption of a Rogue

BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

Ireland, 2020, 95 min. Written and Directed by Philip Doherty Deadpan Dark Irish Comedy To see out the year 2023, we turn to a pitch-black, irreverent comedy about a troubled young man returning to his fictional Irish hometown of Ballylough, in the real County Cavan. A despairing prodigal son seeking redemption for his sins, he […]

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