On
a full road show through Australia from early next month to the third week of
April, the Alliance Francaise
(French Film Festival) will kick off this outstanding event on the 3rd
of March. No worries if you’re not visiting Sydney at the starting point as it’ll
be running through to the 22nd. If you’re a huge French movie fan
and want to follow the tour, it’ll be hitting Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra,
Brisbane, Perth, Byron Bay and ending in Hobart.
This
is an incredibly popular event for Aussies and the national numbers have
rapidly from over 133,000 attendees, over the past 2 years including 40,000+ in
Sydney. It’s not only the biggest
foreign film festival in Australia; it’s actually the largest celebration of
their national movies outside of France.
2015
will be the 25th anniversary so expect to see some additional big
screen wows from over 40 new features and documentaries. The tickets are
available online and also at the host cinemas, namely Palace Verona, Palace Norton Street, Chauvel Cinema and the Hayden
Orpheum Cremorne.
Opening
with the Gala (naturally) with cocktails at 6pm and the screening at Palace
Verona at 8pm of Gemma Bovery, tickets range from $60 (members) to $80 (non
members). The price includes canapés,
drinks, a cocktail and post movie live entertainment. On the 22nd,
Paris Je T’aime will be the closing film featuring the incredible Juliette
Binoche, alongside Gerard Depardieu, Natalie Portman, Bob Hoskins and Steve
Buscemi. Surprisingly, this wow of a movie including a glass of bubbly and post
film live entertainment only costs $27 (members) and $33 (non members).
Some
of the other highlighted movies during the festival include a red carpet
experience, casino prize events, cheese tasting and featured talks. If you’re
on a super tight budget, we suggest you opt to see Le Rendez-Vous running from
the 4th to 21st March, simply because tickets are free!
For
anyone who is craving to learn French first hand, click this link to enter for
the French Film Festival
prize – a trip to France. It’s all
inclusive with a Club Med holiday in the stunning French Alps and you can try
your nouvelle cuisine at a cooking workshop.
Since
the Hayden Orpheum is just a 7 minute car drive or 30 minute walk from an affordable boutique Sydney hotel,
after watching the Festival movies, just mosey on back to Cremorne Point Manor
overlooking the Harbour and downtown skyline. It’s not a film up for an award
but if you check our website home page, our tour video is enough to give you creative
inspiration. Where’s that popcorn?
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