Len Lye
Thursday 16 July - Sunday 11 October
Free admission
Open daily 10am-6pm

Curated by Alessio Cavallaro and Tyler Cann. Presented by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in collaboration with the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (New Plymouth, New Zealand), and with the support of the Len Lye Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive.

Sun 13 Sep 2pm
Gary Simmons on Movement and Time in Film

Cinema time has a remarkable elasticity: speeding up, slowing down and playing with our sensory experience of the world. Taking as our departure point Gilles Deleuze's theories of cinema, Gary Simmons examines the capacity for screen-based media to modify space and time. This kaleidoscopic movement and possibility for multiple temporalities will be explored in a cross-section of films and artworks by the likes of Len Lye, Maya Deren, Ivan Sen, Michel Gondry, the Wachowski Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, the Dardenne Brothers and Richard Kelly.

First Look: The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) PG
Thu 10 Sep - Tue 15 Sep, 6 sessions, Tickets: Full $13, Concession $10

De Sica's masterpiece of Italian neorealist cinema returns to the big screen in a restored print. The story's simplicity and beauty of a father and son traversing the streets of Rome in search of a thief offers a powerful and poignant vision of post-war Europe for viewers of any age.


Australian Perspectives: Crooked Business MA15+
Sat 12 Sep 4pm

It's bold, ballsy and brassy. Well, what would you expect from a crime caper set on the Gold Coast? This fast-paced thriller by the beach is the directorial debut of writer/director Chris Nyst who penned Gettin' Square. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Nyst and producer Scott Corfield.

Freaky Fridays: Turkey Shoot R18+
Fri 11 Sep 10pm

Philip Adams notoriously declared Turkey Shoot 'pornographically violent'. With more than a passing nod to the Italian sub-genre of savage, ultra-violent horror flicks, Turkey Shoot follows a group of hapless dissidents unleashed in the Aussie bush and hunted down like 'roos.