Six Strings, One Heart | Australian Concert Tour: Spanish Guitar
2023-07-07 19:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
Iranian-Australian Family Story

Opening the 2022 Melbourne International Film Festival, Niasari ‘s debut film Shayda was selected by Australia to enter the Best International Feature Film Oscar race in 2023. Iranian-Australian born writer and director Noora Niasari tells the personally inspired story of a young Iranian mother and her 6-year-old daughter who find refuge in an Australian women’s shelter during the two weeks of an Iranian New Year. Set in the 1990s in Melbourne, its central theme is that of defining one’s own path; a theme deeply rooted in the Australian psyche. Under the protective wing of the refuge’s no-nonsense Joyce (Leah Purcell), Shayda puts on a brave face for young daughter Mona and experiences small pockets of sanity and self-worth in her life. Madman.

Australia, 2023, 117 min. Dir Noora Niasari.Stars Cannes Best Actress winner Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider), Osamah Sami, Leah Purcell, and Jillian Nguyen. Executive producer: Cate Blanchett.

Ballarat Film Society

Membership 12 months – Feb-December: $606 months – Feb-June or July-Dec: $30 To join or renew your membership, please e-mail or phone Angus McLachlan (5374 2474), or come with cash on the night. Membership can be paid by bank transfer or with cash. For film enquiries, phone Sue Nunn: 5341 2266 or visit the Ballarat Film Society website All films are subject to availability. If there is no next film shown below it means the BFS is working on next season’s programme.

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Meet the Author | A. J. Lyndon
2023-07-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Heritage Reading Room, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
2023-07-04 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-06-27 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-06-20 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-06-13 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-06-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-30 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Library Ground Floor, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Be_ Hear/Now Live Music Festival | Cassells and Band: Folk & Verse
2023-07-02 18:00 - 20:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Meet the Author | Maya Linnell
2023-06-30 14:00 - 15:00 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

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2023-06-21 18:00 - 19:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Jock Serong | In Conversation
2023-06-14 18:30 - 20:00 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Ballarat Film Society - Pig
2023-06-08 19:30 - 21:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Digitisation Workshop | AMaGa | Geraldine Brault
2023-06-05 10:30 - 14:30 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Salon Sessions: Melba Opera Trust | This event has now been CANCELLED.
2023-06-04 14:00 - 15:30 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Life Drawing in the Basement
2023-05-28 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-05-28 14:00 - 16:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Silent Film with Live Band | Buster Keaton in 'The General'
2023-05-28 18:00 - 19:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Living Heritage Exhibition
2023-05-28 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-27 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-26 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-25 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-24 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-23 11:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Reading Room, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

The Photography of the BMI | Special Programs
2023-05-25 10:30 - 12:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 2, Session 5 | Ballarat Heritage Festival
2023-05-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Chinese Library, 200 Sturt Street

The Artwork of the BMI | Special Programs
2023-05-24 10:30 - 12:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours | Ballarat Heritage Festival
2023-05-23 19:00 - 20:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 2, Session 4 | Ballarat Heritage Festival
2023-05-23 10:30 - 12:00 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
