With their fifth film program handcrafted by the Human Rights & Arts Film Festival’s esteemed Lauren Valmadre, this summer will see an eclectic range of the world’s most groundbreaking contemporary releases, eye-opening music documentaries and, of course, your best friend’s favourite cult classic films. Kicking off with the opening night screening on Saturday January 2 with the Australian premiere of the seminal Brit-pop outfit Blur’s New World Towers, over the course of three months the Shadow Electric will be home to 68 film screenings, almost 20 shows in the bandroom and several large-scale outdoor music events.
Some of the many highlights include the latest instalment of the Bond saga Spectre (Friday January 8, Friday January 15, Monday February 1), the dystopian sci-fi epic The Lobster which took home the Jury’s Prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival (Sunday January 2, Monday January 18), the box-office breaking and MRA-infuriatingMad Max: Fury Road (Monday January 11), the hip hop homage Straight Outta Compton (Monday January 4, Monday January 25), music documentaries Stop Making Sense (Saturday January 23), The Last Waltz (Saturday January 16) and Eden (Wednesday February 3), alongside regular fan-favourite staples The Big Lebowski, (Friday January 29, White Russians aplenty), Dirty Dancing, (Sunday February 14, they’re partnering with Le Bon Ton for Valentine’s Day so bring someone to smooch) and The Breakfast Club (Sunday February 7, I don’t know you make up your own funny quip smart guy).
With food offerings from the aforementioned Le Bon Ton alongside Longhorn and Chinghon, DJs and carefully curated events before and after all screenings, they’ve got you covered for all of your summer knock-offs and kick-ons. Tickets, gift vouchers (which let’s be honest, are the perfect Christmas present when it comes to December 24 and you realise you haven’t bought your girlfriend that bullshit diamante ring she wanted from Chadstone) are on sale now.
Keen? We thought so. Enter below to win a $100 gift voucher valid for the 2016 Shadow Electric summer cinema season.
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