Avalon Film Festival

ARTHURIAN AVALON

Excalibur

A darker telling of the Arthurian legend by director John Boorman, featuring Helen Mirren among others.
1981 (M) 2 hours 20 min.

Avalon Cinema. 8pm Saturday 30/11.

Sword in the Stone

Disney’s classic version of the origins of King Arthur.
1963 (G) 1 hour 19 min.

Avalon Cinema. 2pm Sunday 1/12. 

LOCAL HEROES

The Restraint

The reimagined re-release of a dark thriller by local director Dave Denneen.
2024 (R) 1 hour 34 min.

Avalon Cinema. 7pm Friday 29/11.

Penguin Bloom

The inspiring story of a local family – and a magpie.
2020 (PG) 1 hour 35 min.

Avalon Cinema. 2pm Saturday 30/11.

Rachel’s Farm

Rachel Ward left Avalon for greener pastures, literally, and then she set about improving the soil. The world will be a better place when big agriculture sees it.
2023 (PG) 1 hour 28 min.

Avalon Cinema. 4pm Saturday 30/11.

Beneath Hill 60

A story of heroism on the Western Front, starring Brendan Cowell, produced by local
Bill Leimbach.
2010 (M) 2 hours.

Avalon Cinema. 6pm Saturday 30/11.

Candy

Neil Armfield and Margaret Pomeranz discuss the challenges of adapting for screen with Neil’s film Candy
as an example.
2006 (R) 1 hour 56 min.

Avalon Golf Club. 6pm Saturday 30/11.

Under the Lino

Another one from Bill Leimbach looks at the impact of local legend Bruce Goold.
2017 (PG) 1 hour 17 min.

Avalon Cinema. 4pm Sunday 1/12. 

OCEAN

Far North

Cold-water wave action from World Champion body boarder Ben Player.
2016 (PG) 40 min.

Avalon SLC. 6pm Friday 29/11.

Morning of the Earth

A cult surf and culture movie from local film maker Alby Falzon.
1972 (G) 1 hour 19 min.

Avalon Cinema. 7pm Friday 29/11.

A Plastic Ocean

Award winning documentary by local film-maker Craig Leeson about, well, what the title says.
2016 (PG) 1 hour 42 min.

Avalon SLC. 8pm Friday 29/11.

Kamchatka

Some Avalon boys go on a surf trip – to Siberia, yes, Siberia.
2023 (M) 1 hour 29 min.

Avalon Cinema. 2pm Saturday 30/11. 

Girls Can’t Surf

How a band of renegade surfer girls in the 1980s fought to create their own professional sport, changing surf culture forever.
2020 (M) 1 hour 48 min.

Avalon Cinema. 4pm Saturday 30/11.

Between Land and Sea

Discover what Lahinch in County Clare and Avalon Beach have in common.
2016 (PG) 1 hour 34 min.

Avalon Cinema. 2pm Sunday 1/12.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Grease

What has this to do with Avalon? Why, Frankie Avalon of course.
1978 (PG) 1 hour 45 min.

Avalon Cinema. 6pm Saturday 30/11.

Summer City

Mel Gibson’s first movie role thanks to one Mr Phil Avalon.
1977 (M) 1 hour 23 min.

Avalon Cinema. 8pm Saturday 30/11.

SHORTCUTS

Yakka

A resonant coming-of-age film that explores the complexities of brotherhood, unavoidable loss of innocence, the familial cycles of violence and toxic masculinity in these parts.
2023 (Unclassified 18+) 15 min.

To be screened after ‘Under the Lino.’ Avalon Cinema. 4pm Sunday 1/12. 

Youthlessness

An intimate coming of age drama about two friends lost in the forest starring Zoe Terakes (A24’s ‘Talk To Me’) & AACTA award winner Thomas Weatherall.
2023 (Unclassified 18+) 9 min.

To be screened after ‘Under the Lino.’ Avalon Cinema. 4pm Sunday 1/12.

Avalon Now

The complete second series. Some say it’s a documentary of life in these parts.
2015 (M) 38min.

Avalon SLC. 6pm Sunday 1/12.