The Projectionist + Cinema Paradiso 1988 – 2002 PG

Production still from The Projectionist 2002 / Director: Michael Bates / Image courtesy: Anna Messariti / View full image
When
6.30 pm, Wed 3 Sep 2025 (170 mins)
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Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
Admission
Free
About
The Projectionist 2002
"A projectionist departs the old, empty cinema where he has worked for many years. He has just projected his last film. As he passes through darkened city laneways, we witness a gallery of ghostly visions: projections seemingly from his past life; spectres of loved ones and visions cast upon walls and empty windows. Dramatically set to the music of Sergei Rachmaninov, The Isle of the Dead, The Projectionist is about memory and personal suffering. The Projectionist was shot using the live-action animation technique known as Pixilation, long before the age of digital media. The cinematic technique results in a greater intensity of colour and light in the on-screen image, that cannot be created shooting at traditional filming speeds. All of the projections and cinematic effects used in the film were created in-camera." Anna Messariti, Producer
14 minutes | All Ages | The content is mild in impact
Cinema Paradiso 1988
The Academy Award-winning coming-of-age tale Cinema Paradiso follows a precocious young boy named Salvatore (nicknamed 'Toto') as he wheedles his way into the projection booth of the much-beloved 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso', igniting a lifelong love of cinema.
Over the years, Salvatore navigates his rites of passage into manhood, with the cinema’s newsreels and movies acting as a window to history. As Salvatore begins to show a flair for filmmaking, his old mentor (a seasoned projectionist named Alfredo) encourages him to abandon small-town life and pursue his passion in Rome, saying, “Don’t give in to nostalgia!” But when Salvatore returns years later, the Paradiso brings it all flooding back.
174 minutes | PG | Adult Concepts
Production Credits
The Projectionist
- Director: Michael Bates
- Script: Michael Bates
- Cinematographer: Anthony Jennings
- Editor: Michael Bates
- Cast: Russell Garbutt, Katherine Giovenali, Alcyon McLeod
- Print Source: Michael Bates
- Rights: Anna Messariti
- Year: 2002
- Runtime: 14 minutes
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Sound: Stereo
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm
Cinema Paradiso
- Director: Guiseppe Tornatore
- Script: Guiseppe Tornatore, Vanna Paoli
- Cinematographer: Blasco Giurato
- Editor: Mario Morra
- Cast: Salvatore Cascio, Antonella Attili, Philippe Noiret
- Print Source: Cinecittà
- Rights: Cristaldi Film
- Year: 1988
- Runtime: 174 minutes
- Countries: Italy, France
- Language: Italian
- Subtitles: English
- Sound: Mono
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 4K DCP