The 86th Anniversary Dinner of the Pioneers Society took place on 28 November 2019 at the Swissotel Hotel, Market Street, Sydney attended by 170 members and guests. Highlights of the evening included celebrating the success of four Australian films at the box office: Top End Wedding, Palm Beach, Storm Boy and Ride Like…
DetailsThe annual End-of-Year National Bulletin for 2019 is now online as a12-page PDF for your reading pleasure and is available by clicking on the link provided below. You may read it online or even SAVE the PDF to your device for later reading, and printing if you choose. A…
DetailsDont miss out on the Special Event screenings launching the wonderful new film ‘At the Coliseum DeLuxe” – the story of Australian popular entertainment across a 150 years – and a focus on a special venue that hosted it all. View the official trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9cP05qpQ8A&fbclid=IwAR0u3wIpIgySzb0id_j-S6qWXxLAktjMq61hSJqRu2ZgBnFhFW_GWJVbVsA Special Event screenings will be held in Sydney at…
DetailsMESSAGE FROM PIONEER AND SF3 PATRON PHIL NOYCE for the attention of CINEMA PIONEERS MEMBERS: Sf3 and Event Cinemas will accept your Cinema Pioneers Photo ID card for the screenings. And members’ smart phone films are welcome to enter the competition – but be quick! Australia’s international smartphone film festival, the SmartFone Flick Fest, returns…
DetailsThere were celebrations Under the Stars on Saturday 27th July when locals gathered to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of a local institution – The Jericho Drive-In Theatre. Often dubbed “Australia’s smallest Drive-In”, the rural Jericho theatre has provision for both cars and patrons on foot with the projection-room flanked by tiered levels of comfortable deck-chair…
DetailsBeryl Madsen is the 2019 Queensland Cinema Pioneer of the Year, Beryl’s career began in Maryborough in 1963 as a cafe attendant at the Starline Drive-in. The job suited Beryl down to the ground, working nights while her husband looked after the four kids. Beryl progressed to ticket seller and then Assistant Manager. Following Jack…
DetailsWest Australian Cinema Pioneer member, Daryl Binning has written and produced a wonderful new book that will be highly prized by everyone interested in the early history of Australian cinema exhibition in the West. This extensively researched and indexed book is quite substantial with 382 pages on semi-gloss stock with a folded soft cover. It…
DetailsTasmanian Branch President, Yurik Czyz has advised us of some updates to venues in Tasmania which accept the Cinema Pioneers Photo-ID Card. Following several discussions Yurik is pleased to advise that independent Star Theatre in Launceston has agreed to accept our Cinema Pioneer Card for complimentary admissions effective immediately. The Star Theatre is a fine…
DetailsMarch 2019 From Tim Read, National President, to all Members: Dear Member The society incorporates as a public company limited by guarantee In an historic change to the operating status of the Society, it has now incorporated as a public company limited by guarantee. Here is some background. From its foundation in 1933 to now,…
DetailsFriends and colleagues are mourning Bruce Leonard as a passionate and committed stalwart of the Australian cinema industry. Leonard, who died at his Sydney home last Wednesday, aged 75, dedicated a large part of his life to the Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers and the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society (MPIBS) as national secretary/treasurer of…
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