OUR INDUSTRY’S CHARITY URGENTLY NEEDS YOUR HELP – an appeal from MPIBS Chair Murray Forrest. Now in its 87th year, the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society has been providing much needed financial and emotional assistance to our industry colleagues who have fallen on difficult times. Since 1931, over $4,5m has been dispensed to hundreds of…
DetailsJohn Politzer, a highly respected exhibitor and distributor who was an influential supporter of Australian films, died on Thursday 8th March 2018 after a long illness, aged 83. As Greater Union’s programming manager from 1979 until 1995, he championed dozens of local films including Sunday, Too Far Away, Caddie, Fran, Kitty and the Bagman, Bliss, Praise and Strictly Ballroom.…
DetailsWe regret to inform the Society of the sad passing of member Ray Erenshaw, aged 88. Ray entered the industry via his involvement with the family’s Strand Theatre in Ashford (NSW). For many years he was the very proud operator of the Regent Theatre at nearby Delungra. He also operated picture-shows in Inverell and district,…
DetailsHere we are pleased to present TWO heartfelt speeches on the night of the last Annual Dinner, celebrating the awarding of the Australian Pioneer of the Year for 2017 by Murray Forrest to Zareh Nalbandian. Click on the LINKS to enjoy the TWO video clips that were filmed on the night. In Sydney,…
DetailsWelcome! This is an exciting moment in the 84 year history of the Pioneers. We have a completely redesigned website and we have linked Facebook pages in each State. Communication between us all can now be much easier and faster. In launching the redesigned website, I am using the opportunity to bring members up to…
DetailsThe President and Executive Committee are pleased to advise that, Event Cinemas, Hoyts, Village, Birch Carroll & Coyle, Reading Australia, Wallis Cinemas (SA), Grand Cinemas (WA), and IMAX Theatres (in Sydney and Melbourne) will honour a Photo ID Pioneer Membership Card by offering complimentary admission to a Pioneer and one guest to participating cinemas on any…
DetailsThe Society offers sincere thanks to the following supporters who made donations towards the 84th Annual National Dinner and the regular annual donations to the states’ Benevolent Societies: Deluxe Entertainment, Ray Edmondson, Event Hospitality & Entertainment, Hayden Theatres Ltd, , Lynda House, Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd, Natalie Miller, Palace Cinemas, Bob Parr. John Reid, Roadshow Films…
DetailsMembers of the National Executive Committee met at Sony Pictures Releasing, Market Street Sydney on May 25 2017. Amongst the first items on the Agenda was a formal resolution which was carried unanimously and with acclamation thanking our retiring National Secretary-Treasurer, Bruce Leonard for his 25 years of devoted and highly successful service to the…
DetailsI am happy to announce that your National Executive is sending out a questionnaire to all Pioneer Members seeking their views about the Society and the way it is running . The Pioneers was founded in 1933 and we want to make sure it is still going strong in another 83 years. Are we happy…
DetailsAt the National Executive Committee Meeting held in Sydney on Wednesday May 25, 2016 National President Robert Slaviero proposed that the tenure of the National President of the Australian Cinema Pioneers be extended to a minimum of two years, commencing in November 2016, at the time when 2017 National President Elect Tim Read assumed the…
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