Lotterywest Festival Films
Somerville Auditorium
22 Movies, 118 Balmy Perth Nights
Somerville Auditorium, University of Western Australia
Joondalup Pines, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup
Mon 29 Nov 2004 - Sun 20 March 2005
8pm, every night except Christmas day
For over over fifty glorious Perth summers we've rounded up friends and family, packed a picnic with a bottle of wine, and headed outdoors to go to the movies.
Going to great international films at the Festival began with the Somerville's 'cathedral of pines' in 1950, joined by lakeside newcomer Joondalup Pines in 2000.
For four months from December to March this nightly feast of film is the most popular event in the Festival calendar, with over 80,000 attendances. And there's no wonder. The casual, laid back atmosphere fits perfectly after a long day in the office - or on the beach! And it's so much more than a night in the confines of a cinema - outdoor movies are a social occasion that can't be bettered!
This year, Lotterywest Festival Films brings you a season with a strong mix of romantic comedies, contemporary dramas and cutting edge documentaries. A line-up of first release films which include winners from Cannes, Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals.
Ticket Prices
$13 (Standard) Tickets available in advance through BOCS outlets, or at the door.
$11 (Friends of the Festival) Tickets available in advance through BOCS outlets; no limit on number of tickets purchased. Friends' discounts now also available at the door, limited to 2 tickets per night.
$8 (Students, Pensioners, Seniors, Unemployed, Backpackers) Valid Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays only.
Film Packs at BOCS Outlets Only
Standard Pack 10 Pack - $112.50 (Save $17.50)
Students, Pensioners, Seniors, Unemployed, Backpackers 6 Pack - $52.50 (save $25.50)
Lotto Players Pack 4 ticket pack $44 (save $8) (Lotterywest Players Card Holders Only)
Avoid the queue! Tickets & Film packs available in advance through BOCS outlets.
Tickets purchased in advance are not date stamped and may be used on any one night to any film at either the Somerville or Joondalup Pines. Please Note: Transaction Fees may apply at BOCS agencies.
Film Packs Make Great Gifts! For Booking ph. 08 9484 1133Somerville Auditorium
The University of Western Australia
Somerville Info Line tel 6488 1732
Somerville Auditorium opens for door sales from 6pm nightly. Picnickers are welcome from 6pm but must be seated by 7.45pm. In the event of inclement weather, films at the Somerville will be transferred to the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (a short walk from the cinema.)
Joondalup Pines
Edith Cowan Univeristy
Joondalup Drive, Joondalup
Info Line Tel 6304 5888
From 7pm nightly Tel 0407 420 503
www.ecu.edu.au/pr/pines
Joondalup Pines opens for door sales from 7pm nightly. Patrons are welcome to picnic lakeside. Films are cancelled if raining.
PLEASE NOTE: Capacity at both venues is limited, and admittance is on a first-come basis.
Supported By
Lotterywest Festival Films includes:
Somerville Live
To celebrate the launch of the Perth International Arts Festival in February we present Somerville Live: a unique week of concert screenings exclusive to Somerville.
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Nobody Knows (Japan)
This film is based on a true story that took place in 1988 when a single mother left her four children, born to different fathers, to live on their own for six months.View Dates & Ticket Details
Walk on Water (Israel/Turkey/Germany)
An unpredictable addition to the thriller genre. Israeli director Eytan Fox attempts to understand the role the past still plays in the lives of young Israelis and Germans.View Dates & Ticket Details
Control Room (USA/Egypt/Qatar)
Behind the scenes of the propaganda war as the Coalition of The Willing invades Iraq, staff of Arabic satellite channel Al Jazeera battle for a kind of truth.View Dates & Ticket Details
A Common Thread (France)
A beautiful French film starring Lola Neymark as Claire, a 17 year old girl who has an unplanned pregnancy and through necessity takes refuge in the house of a brilliant haute couture embroiderer.View Dates & Ticket Details
Zelary (Czech Republic/Austria/Slovakia)
Eliška, a young nurse, gives her own blood when Joza, a burly mountain man, comes to her hospital for a blood transfusion. As a member of the resistance, soon it's she who is looking for refuge when she is forced to flee to the hills as the Nazis occupy her Czech homeland.View Dates & Ticket Details
Travellers and Magicians (Kingdom of Bhutan)
Those who remember The Cup, the first film from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, will not be disappointed by this next work from Khyentse Norbu.View Dates & Ticket Details
Human Touch (Australia)
Paul Cox creates a rarefied world of artistic characters who have their own human frailties but with the common need for human touch.View Dates & Ticket Details
Good Morning, Night (Italy)
A young woman, Chiara, in the ranks of the Red Brigade in 1970s Italy confronts the reality of political violence when she takes part in the kidnapping of the Prime Minister.View Dates & Ticket Details
The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan)
This is an amazing, non-polemical portrait of Afghani families living in the detritus of contemporary events.View Dates & Ticket Details
The Miracle of Bern (Germany)
Capturing the ‘wunder' years as Germany found itself again after World War II, this is an endearing and touching film.View Dates & Ticket Details
Suzie Gold (UK)
Suzie Gold should be a nice Jewish girl and marry a nice Jewish boy but she breaks with tradition and her family to follow her heart.View Dates & Ticket Details
SBSi Signature Works (Australia)SOLD OUT
SBS Independent, in association with ScreenWest and the Perth International Arts Festival, is proud to present a full day program of SBSi Signature Works to showcase recent cutting edge Australian drama, documentary, and animation films that will surprise and delight.View Dates & Ticket Details
Ae Fond Kiss (UK/Spain)
A provocative romance from renowned British director Ken Loach.View Dates & Ticket Details
The Edukators (Germany)
This quirky German thriller from 28-year-old neurosurgeon Hans Weingartner captures the raw energy and youthful idealism of a generation.View Dates & Ticket Details
Seducing Doctor Lewis (Canada)
A delightful French Canadian comedy. A picturesque fishing village, Sainte-Marie-la-Mauderne, with its 120 residents living mostly on welfare decide they need a plastic factory to survive.View Dates & Ticket Details
Festival Express (Canada)
In 1970 in Canada three musical promoters threw a train! On board for the party tour were The Band, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Flying Burrito Brothers, Buddy Guy (to name a few) and a camera crew.View Dates & Ticket Details
Maria Full of Grace (USA/Colombia)
A gritty realist drama set in Bogota and New York about a young Colombian girl's life choices and her journey from working in a rose factory plucking thorns to working as a ‘mule' for an international drug cartel.View Dates & Ticket Details
Apres Vous (France)
A French romantic comedy starring France's favourite leading man Daniel Auteuil (The Closet).View Dates & Ticket Details
Don't Move (Italy/Spain/UK)
A controversial drama dealing with the tangled sexual relationship between a married surgeon and an Albanian cleaner woman, Italia, played by Penélope Cruz.View Dates & Ticket Details
Head-On (Germany)
This is a contemporary Turkish love song – in all its glory, passionate and violent. It's a journey of catharsis from the backstreets of the migrant ghetto in Hamburg to the Bosphorous in Istanbul.View Dates & Ticket Details
The Weeping Camel (Germany/Mongolia)
From the shifting sands of the Gobi desert in South Mongolia comes this story of an infant camel rejected by its mother at birth, and the journey the desert dwellers take to restore the balance of nature.View Dates & Ticket Details
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