Prom Coast Film Society

06/08/2026

Grand Tour

7:30pm - Friday 7th August 2026
Fish Creek Memorial Hall
2012 - Portugal - 129 mins - M
Drama History Romance
Our Friday night film is 'Grand Tour', our first Portuguese offering.

Set in 1917–18, Miguel Gomes's Grand Tour follows Edward (Gonçalo Waddington), a British colonial civil servant stationed in Rangoon, who is due to marry his fiancée Molly (Crista Alfaiate) after a seven-year long-distance engagement. As her ship arrives, panic overtakes him and he flees instead to Singapore, setting off a chase across Asia, through Bangkok, Saigon, Shanghai, and beyond. The determined Molly pursues him with unshakeable good humour. The film splits into two halves: Edward's melancholic, aimless flight, then Molly's sharper, more purposeful pursuit.

Gomes shoots the period scenes on stylised soundstages in Lisbon and Rome, while interweaving contemporary 16mm documentary footage of the real Asian locations, blurring past and present. I nspired by a passage in Somerset Maugham's travel writing, the film is part colonial-era romance, part essayistic travelogue, blending comedy, longing, and formal invention. Gomes won Best Director at Cannes 2024 for the work.

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02/07/2026

Satellite Boy

7:30pm - Friday 3rd July 2026
Fish Creek Memorial Hall
2012 - Australia - 90 mins - PG Adventure Drama

Our June film 'Anora' received some very mixed reactions from the society. Our philosophy has always been about providing an interesting selection of films and if you enjoy every one of them, we've probably failed!

To celebrate NAIDOC Week, we will be screening the 2012 film, 'Satellite Boy' staring the late David Gulpilil, directed by Catriona McKenzie and set in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Ten-year-old Pete lives with his grandfather, Jagamarra (known as "Jubbi"), in a run-down, abandoned outdoor cinema in the outback town of Wyndham. Jubbi patiently passes down traditional Aboriginal knowledge and bush skills, though Pete is more preoccupied with dreams of opening a restaurant and hoping his absent mother, Lynelle, will return from the city to help him run it.
Life is upended when a mining company moves in, claiming the land and threatening to demolish the drive-in to build a storage facility. Determined to save his grandfather's home, Pete sets off for the city with his best friend Kalmain, travelling by bicycle through the vast, unforgiving Kimberley landscape. When the boys become lost, their journey turns into a real walkabout, forcing Pete to draw on the traditional survival skills Jubbi taught him. Along the way, Pete reconnects with his mother and confronts his own sense of identity and belonging, caught between the pull of the city and his deep connection to country. The film blends coming-of-age drama with themes of cultural heritage, resilience, and the enduring bond between grandfather and grandson.

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We look forward to seeing you on Friday night.

Full program: https://famda.org.au/film-season-2026/

02/06/2026

Anora

7:30pm - Friday 5th June 2026
Fish Creek Hall
2024 - USA - 139 mins - M
Comedy-Drama
Our June film is the quirky comedy, 'Anora'. Written, directed, and edited by Sean Baker, Anora is a 2024 American romantic comedy-drama that puts a sharp, modern spin on the Cinderella fairy tale.
Anora "Ani" Mikheeva is a young st****er living in Brighton Beach, a Russian-speaking enclave in Brooklyn. As the only Russian-speaking dancer at an upscale Manhattan strip club, Ani is introduced to Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov, the spoiled and reckless son of a wealthy Russian oligarch. Ostensibly in the US to study, Vanya spends most of his time partying and playing video games in his family's Brooklyn mansion.

Vanya hires Ani for several encounters and becomes infatuated with her, eventually offering her $15,000 to stay with him for a week and pose as his girlfriend. This leads to a whirlwind romance culminating in a trip to Las Vegas, where the two impulsively wed.

Once the news reaches Russia, the fairytale is threatened as Vanya's parents dispatch his Armenian godfather Toros and his henchmen to New York to have the marriage annulled. What follows is a chaotic and darkly comic unravelling of Ani's dreams, as the brutal realities of class and power close in around her.

A review from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/03/anora-review-sean-baker-screwball-cinderella-tale-vaults-him-towards-greatness-mikey-madison

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30/04/2026

30/04/2026

Fallen Leaves

7:30pm - Friday 1st May 2026
Fish Creek Hall
2024 - Finland - 81 mins - M
Comedy-Drama
Our May offering (tomorrow night) is the Finnish comedy, 'Fallen Leaves' (Kuolleet Lehdet). Written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki, Fallen Leaves is his 20th feature film and a continuation of his Proletariat series. Described by critics as a quirky tale of star-crossed lovers, it is considered a life-affirming gem — capturing both the void of loneliness and the warmth of human touch.
Ansa is single and lives in Helsinki, working a precarious zero-hours contract at a supermarket before moving to sorting recyclable plastic. One night she accidentally meets the equally lonely Holappa, an alcoholic construction worker. Their path to happiness is beset by obstacles — from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.

The two, both cocooned in loneliness, almost meet, then do meet, then can't meet, then meet again, navigating familiar complications — bad jobs, booze, and an encroaching outside world full of troubles. A backdrop of radio reports on the war in Ukraine underscores the fragility of their world, yet the film never loses its warmth.

Subscriptions for 2026 are now available online by following the link in this email or by cash on the night at the Fishy Hall.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday night.

Link to subscriptions:
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1526342

A review:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/22/fallen-leaves-review-deadpan-aki-kaurismaki-comedy-with-springtime-in-its-heart