Australian High Commission
New Delhi
India, Bhutan

Australia to host first ever Film Showcase in Bhutan

PA/15/17                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    22 November 2017

                                                                                             Australia to host first ever Film Showcase in Bhutan

Gear up for the first ever Australian Film Showcase in Bhutan! Presented by the Australian Government to mark the 15th anniversary of Australia-Bhutan bilateral relationship, a selection of Australian films will be screened at various cinemas in Thimphu from 23 to 26 November.

The Australian Ambassador to Bhutan, Ms Harinder Sidhu, will launch the film festival with the screening of internationally acclaimed Australian film ‘The Dressmaker’ on 23 November.    

“Australia and Bhutan have enjoyed warm and friendly relations long before we established formal diplomatic relations in 2002. In fact, 2017 is a double anniversary, marking 55 years since Australia hosted its first Bhutanese students for the Colombo Plan in 1962.”

“We are bringing a diverse line-up of films as part of the Australian Film Showcase to give a taste of contemporary Australia to the people of Bhutan,” said Ms Sidhu.

With eight Australian films – including critically acclaimed ‘The Dressmaker’ and ‘Lion’, children’s features ‘Paper Planes’ and ‘Red Dog’, a powerful documentary ‘Spear’, thrillers ‘Swerve’ and ‘Mystery Road’, a cultural comedy ‘Red Dog True Blue’ - the festival has something to offer for everyone.

Entry is absolutely free, so bring along your friends and family.

                                                                            SCREENING SCHEDULE

Date

Day

Time

Trowa Theater

Lugar Theater

City Cinema

23-Nov-17

Thu

6:00 PM

 

The Dressmaker

 

24-Nov-17

Friday

12:00 PM

Red Dog

Paper Planes

Mystery Road

4:00 PM

Lion

Mystery Road

Swerve

25-Nov-17

Sat

 

12:00 PM

Red Dog True Blue

Red Dog

Paper Planes

4:00 PM

Spear

Swerve

Lion

26-Nov-17

Sunday

 

12:00 PM

Paper Planes

Red Dog True Blue

Red Dog

4:00 PM

The Dressmaker

Lion

Spear