This is a list of past releases, screenings and events relating to Australian cinema in the United Kingdom in 2012. For current and future dates, please consult the Aussie Film Calendar.
The year of Queen Elizabeth II’s golden jubilee and the London Olympics (‘the greatest ever’?) was also a bumper year for Australian cinema in the UK, including theatrical releases for X: Night of Vengeance, Red Dog, The Hunter, Salute, A Few Best Men, The Sapphires, Dead Europe and Mental, a season of recent Aussie cinema at Cinema City in Norwich, the resurrection of the London Australian Film Society, the emergence of FilmFest Australia (a new festival from the team behind the Barbican’s London Australian Film Festival), and features showing at a range of film festivals including Raindance, Scala Beyond, Frightfest and the BFI London Film Festival.
JANUARY
20 Jan X: Night of Vengeance (Hewitt, 2011) – UK theatrical release
FEBRUARY
24 Feb Red Dog (Stenders, 2011) – UK theatrical release
MAY
5 May Glass: A Portrait of Phillip in Twelve Parts (Hicks, 2007) @ Barbican (London)
7 May Exit (Polgar, 2011) @ Sci-Fi London – Apollo Piccadilly Circus (London)
17 May Blame (Henry, 2011) @ London Australian Film Society – Shortwave Cinema (London)
23 May Iron Sky (Vuorensola, 2012) – UK theatrical release
26 May Fair Game (Andreacchio, 1986) @ Cine-Excess – Italian Cultural Institute (London)
JULY
6 July The Hunter (Nettheim, 2011) – UK theatrical release
13 July Salute (Norman, 2008) – UK theatrical release
16 July The Proposition (Hillcoat, 2005) @ Cinema City (Norwich)
23 July Snowtown (Kurzel, 2011) @ Cinema City (Norwich)
30 July Samson & Delilah (Thornton, 2009) @ Cinema City (Norwich)
AUGUST
26 Aug Moulin Rouge! (Luhrmann, 2001) @ Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (London)
26 Aug Moulin Rouge! (Luhrmann, 2001) @ Picnic Cinema (Penrith, Cumbria) *
29 Aug Bad Boy Bubby (de Heer, 1996) / Night of Fear (Bourke, 1972) @ Roxy Bar & Screen (London) *
30 Aug Wake in Fright (Kotcheff, 1971) / Next of Kin (Williams, 1982) @ Roxy Bar & Screen (London) *
31 Aug Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (Miller, 1981) @ Empire Drive-In (Manchester) *
31 Aug A Few Best Men (Elliott, 2011) – UK theatrical release via Buena Vista
SEPTEMBER
3 Sept Chopper (Dominik, 2000) @ Prince Charles Cinema (London)
10 Sept Walkabout (Roeg, 1971) – Blu-Ray release via Universal Pictures UK
10 Sept Smiley (Kimmins, 1956) – DVD release via Odeon Entertainment
14-16 Sept Quadrangle Film Festival (Shoreham, Kent) feat. Facing the Music (Connolly/Anderson, 2001)
14-23 Sept FILMFEST AUSTRALIA @ Clapham & Hackney Picturehouses (London)
14 Sept FFA: Not Suitable for Children (Templeman, 2012) @ Clapham Picturehouse (London)
14 Sept FFA: A Few Best Men (Elliott, 2011) @ Clapham Picturehouse (London)
15 Sept FFA: The Eye of the Storm (Schepisi, 2011) @ Clapham Picturehouse (London)
15 Sept FFA: Goddess (Lamprell, 2012) @ Clapham Picturehouse (London)
16 Sept FFA: Life in Movement (Hyde/Mason, 2011) @ Clapham Picturehouse (London)
16 Sept FFA: Toomelah (Sen, 2011) @ Clapham Picturehouse (London)
16 Sept Muriel’s Wedding (Hogan, 1994) @ Rooftop Film Club – Queen of Hoxton (London)
19 Sept Walkabout (Roeg, 1971) @ The Scoop at More London
21 Sept FFA: Not Suitable for Children (Templeman, 2012) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London)
21 Sept FFA: Toomelah (Sen, 2011) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London)
22 Sept Mary & Max (Elliot, 2009) @ Berwick Film Festival (Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland)
22 Sept FFA: Any Questions for Ben? (Sitch, 2012) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London)
22 Sept FFA: Swerve (Lahiff, 2011) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London)
23 Sept FFA: The Eye of the Storm (Schepisi, 2011) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London)
23 Sept FFA: The Hunter (Nettheim, 2011) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London)
24 Sept Going Vertical (Bradbury, 2010) – DVD release via Blue Dolphin Films
27 Sept Errors of the Human Body (Sheean, 2012) @ Raindance Film Festival – Moving Picture Company Screening Room (London)
27 Sept Walkabout (Roeg, 1971) @ Underground Theatre (Eastbourne)
29 Sept The Loved Ones (Byrne, 2009) – Fright at the Proms All-Nighter @ Roxy Bar & Screen (London) *
OCTOBER
1 Oct The Baz Luhrmann Collection (Luhrmann, 1992-2008) – DVD/Blu release via 20th Century Fox
2 Oct Despite The Gods (Vozniak, 2012) @ Raindance Film Festival – Apollo Piccadilly (London)
5 Oct Despite The Gods (Vozniak, 2012) @ Raindance Film Festival – Apollo Piccadilly (London)
6 Oct Crawlspace (Dix, 2012) @ Grimmfest 2012 (Manchester)
7 Oct Crawl (China, 2011) @ Grimmfest 2012 (Manchester)
12 Oct LFF: Lore (Shortland, 2012) @ Odeon West End (London)
11 Oct LFF: Dead Europe (Krawitz, 2012) @ Curzon Mayfair (London)
11 Oct LFF: Save Your Legs! (Hicklin, 2012) @ Vue West End (London)
12 Oct LFF: Save Your Legs! (Hicklin, 2012) @ Vue West End (London)
13 Oct LFF: Dead Europe (Krawitz, 2012) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London)
13 Oct LFF: Lore (Shortland, 2012) @ Curzon Mayfair (London)
15 Oct LFF: The Sapphires (Blair, 2012) @ Odeon West End (London)
16 Oct LFF: Dead Europe (Krawitz, 2012) @ Vue West End (London)
18 Oct LFF: The Sapphires (Blair, 2012) @ Hackney Picturehouse (London)
18 Oct LFF: Wish You Were Here (Darcy-Smith, 2011) @ Screen on the Green (London)
19 Oct LFF: Wish You Were Here (Darcy-Smith, 2011) @ Vue West End (London)
21 Oct LFF: Underground (Connolly, 2012) @ BFI National Film Theatre (London)
22 Oct Monstro! (Simpson, 2010) – DVD release via Monster Pictures UK
25 Oct I Am Eleven (Bailey, 2012) – Schools screening at DCA Discovery (Dundee, Scotland)
27 Oct Bait 3D (Rendall, 2012) – Film4 FrightFest All-Nighter @ Vue West End (London)
29 Oct The Hunter (Nettheim, 2011) – DVD/Blu release via Artificial Eye
29 Oct The Tender Hook (Ogilvie, 2008) – DVD release via Simply Media
NOVEMBER
2 Nov I Am Eleven (Bailey, 2012) – Schools screening at DCA Discovery (Dundee, Scotland)
3 Nov Bait 3D (Rendall, 2012) – Film4 FrightFest All-Nighter (Cambridge, Sunderland, Bristol, Newcastle)
5 Nov Swerve (Lahiff, 2012) – DVD release via High Fliers Films
7 Nov The Sapphires (Blair, 2012) – UK theatrical release via Entertainment One
8 Nov Errors of the Human Body (Sheean, 2012) @ Abertoir Film Festival – Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Wales)
9 Nov Crawlspace (Dix, 2012) – Sci-Fi London @ Stratford East Picturehouse (London)
10 Nov Errors of the Human Body (Sheean, 2012) – Sci-Fi London @ Stratford East Picturehouse (London)
10 Nov Lore (Shortland, 2012) – UK Jewish Film Festival @ Tricycle Cinema (London)
11 Nov Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (Miller, 1981) @ Prince Charles Cinema (London)
16 Nov Mental (Hogan, 2012) – UK theatrical release via Universal
18 Nov I Am Eleven (Bailey, 2011) – Bath Film Festival @ Rondo Theatre (Bath)
22 Nov Kenny (Jacobson, 2006) @ MiniCine at Armley Mills Industrial Museum (Leeds, Yorkshire)
23 Nov Chopper (Dominik, 2000) @ Riverside Studios (London)
24 Nov Chopper (Dominik, 2000) @ Riverside Studios (London)
DECEMBER
2 Dec The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Elliott, 1994) @ CineSundays at Cinema Museum (London)
5 Dec Crackers (Swann, 1998) @ London Australian Film Society Christmas Party – Shortwave Cinema (London)
8 Dec The Overlanders (Watt, 1946) @ BFI Southbank (London)
9 Dec Celluloid Wonders & Haunted Memories: The Films of Tony Lawrence @ London Underground Film Festival – Horse Hospital (London)
13 Dec Strictly Ballroom (Luhrmann, 1992) @ Clapham Picturehouse (London)
14 Dec Dead Europe (Krawitz, 2012) – Theatrical/VOD release via Momentum
22 Dec The Overlanders (Watt, 1946) @ BFI Southbank (London)
26 Dec A Few Best Men (Elliott, 2012) – DVD release via Disney Home Entertainment
NOTES:
(*) Screenings marked with an asterisk were presented in conjunction with Scala Beyond, a six-week nationwide film season dedicated to all forms of cinema exhibition (18 August – 29 September 2012). Click here for a full run-down of all the Australian films featured at Scala Beyond 2012.
‘FFA’ denotes a film that played as part of FilmFest Australia (14 – 21 September 2012).
‘LFF’ denotes a film that played as part of the BFI London Film Festival (10 – 21 October 2012).
Last update: 3 November 2014
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