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Thursday, 30 October 2008
10:00AM - School Screening
Elephant Tales (G) 101min
A moving and magical tale of two elephant brothers in search of their mother, and the flamingo, chimp and giraffe that they encounter as they roam the African plains.
FREE
The Civic Cinema
12:30PM - School Screening
Dr Plonk (G) 85min
It is the great year 1907 and Dr Plonk, famous scientist and inventor calculates that the world will end in 101 years unless immediate action is taken.
FREE
The Civic Cinema
Friday, 31 October 2008
10:00AM - School Screening
Storm Boy (G) 87min
The power of friendship and devotion is at the heart of this classic Australian film.
FREE
The Civic Cinema
12:30PM - School Screening
Storm Boy (G) 87min
The power of friendship and devotion is at the heart of this classic Australian film.
FREE
The Civic Cinema
7:30PM
The Tender Hook (M) 103min
A film noir set in stylised version of 1920's Sydney, The Tender Hook charts a young woman's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle. Femme fatale Iris, underworld figure McHeath and aspiring boxer Art fight it out in the nightclubs, docksides and boxing rings of a wild, Jazz Age Sydney.
The Civic Cinema
PLUS
7:30PM
Spider (MA) 9min
It's all about fun and games until someone loses an eye!
The Civic Cinema
Saturday, 1 November 2008
2:30PM
The Squatter's Daughter (G) 104min
Joan Enderby (Jocelyn Howarth) is about to lose her family's sheep station, because she can't afford to buy out the lease from the Sherringtons who run the neighbouring station, Waratah. Joan's troubles are solved when a benefactor offers to buy 3,000 sheep at a high price A tall stranger Wayne Ridgeway (Grant Lindsay)has recently arrived in the district who happens to be the benefactor. Joan and Ridgeway are caught in the path of a bushfire as they try to deliver the 3,000 sheep. Everyone rushes to save the sheep and fight the fire.
The Civic Cinema
4:30PM
Son of a Lion (PG) 92min
Eleven-year old Niaz lives in remote mountains of Pakistan. Niaz doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of his father, a weapons maker. He dreams of going to school just as his mother had wanted. But Niaz's father Sher Alam, a former Mujahideen fighter in the war against Russia wants his son to toughen up and live a strict Muslim life. The family debate soon widens to the local community with both irreverent and serious discussions.
The Civic Cinema
PLUS
4:30PM
Gate 15min
A whodunnit on a sheep station.
The Civic Cinema
8:30PM
Unfinished Sky (M) 91min
A lyrical and sensual story set in a country town with a sinister secret.
The Civic Cinema
PLUS
8:30PM
Jerrycan 14min
Nathan is a kid who risks everything after he is bullied into making a life and death decision.
The Civic Cinema
Sunday, 2 November 2008
2:30PM
Son of a Lion (PG) 92min
Eleven-year old Niaz lives in remote mountains of Pakistan. Niaz doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of his father, a weapons maker. He dreams of going to school just as his mother had wanted. But Niaz's father Sher Alam, a former Mujahideen fighter in the war against Russia wants his son to toughen up and live a strict Muslim life. The family debate soon widens to the local community with both irreverent and serious discussions.
The Civic Cinema
PLUS
2:30PM
Gate 15min
A whodunnit on a sheep station.
The Civic Cinema
4:30PM
The Tender Hook (M) 103min
A film noir set in stylised version of 1920's Sydney, The Tender Hook charts a young woman's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle. Femme fatale Iris, underworld figure McHeath and aspiring boxer Art fight it out in the nightclubs, docksides and boxing rings of a wild, Jazz Age Sydney.
The Civic Cinema
PLUS
4:30PM
Spider (MA) 9min
It's all about fun and games until someone loses an eye!
The Civic Cinema
6:30PM
Unfinished Sky (M) 91min
A lyrical and sensual story set in a country town with a sinister secret.
The Civic Cinema
PLUS
6:30PM
Jerrycan 14min
Nathan is a kid who risks everything after he is bullied into making a life and death decision.
The Civic Cinema

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