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Sydney Special Events

Opening Night

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE

Join us for a sparkling elderflower cocktail on arrival followed by Finnish maestro Aki Kaurismäki’s brilliantly droll comedy The Other Side of Hope and an after-party with Scandi tunes and smørrebrød.

Tickets
Palace Movie Club Members $40
General Admission $45

Palace Norton Street
Tuesday 11 July
Catering by Fika Swedish Kitchen
Entertainment by Lolo Lovina
7pm Arrivals
7.30pm Film and after-party

Closing Night

A HUSTLER’S DIARY

Join us for a Swedish Mule cocktail on arrival, followed by the premiere of Ivica Zubak’s raw, crowd-pleasing and humanistic comedy A Hustler’s Diary.

Tickets
Palace Movie Club Members $20
General Admission $25

Palace Norton Street
Wednesday 2 August
7pm Cocktail on arrival
7.15pm Premiere

Palace Verona
Wednesday 2 August
7pm Cocktail on arrival
7.15pm Premiere

Special Event

TOM OF FINLAND

Enjoy a Red Finnish vodka cocktail and live music at our pre-film party, followed by Dome Karukoski’s FIPRESCI Prize winning and highly anticipated biopic on the acclaimed and revolutionary artist Touko Laaksonen aka Tom of Finland.

Tickets
Palace Movie Club Members $25
General Admission $30

Palace Verona
Tuesday 18 July
6.45pm Pre-film party
7.30pm Screening

Palace Norton Street
Wednesday 19 July
6.45pm Pre-film party
7.30pm Screening

Panel Discussion

A CONSPIRACY OF FAITH

Join us for a special screening of smash-hit Danish noir A Conspiracy of Faith followed by a Nordic Noir Panel Discussion chaired by ABC Radio National’s Kate Evans and featuring Charlotte Sieling (Director, The Man), Peter Torkelsson (SF Studios), Hanna Lofgren (Freelance translator), Helen Vatsikopoulos (Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney) and Susan Turnbull (Professor, Communication and Media Studies , University of Wollongong).

This panel discussion is presented by the ANU Centre for European Studies, and is being recorded as part of the Big Ideas from Europe program on ABC’s Radio National.

ANU Centre for European Studies

TICKETS
General admission prices

Palace Verona
Wednesday 12 July
6.30pm Screening + Nordic Noir Panel Discussion

Charlotte Sieling

Festival Guest

Charlotte Sieling

Join us in welcoming festival guest Charlotte Sieling in Sydney at the following session

TICKETS
General admission prices

Palace Norton Street
Wednesday 12th July
6.30pm The Man – Preceded by introduction by Charlotte Sieling