Category: Festival

I have 1 double pass to a film of your choice as part LAIKA: RETROSPECTIVE SCREENINGS, running September – October, at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo.

For your chance to win a double pass,
1) Make sure you’re following @reviewbrisbane
2) Like this post,
3) Tag who you’d like to take along with you, and
4) Let me know: What film would you like to see as part of the Laika Retrospective Screenings?

Put your answer on Instagram (with #LaikaRetrospective), Facebook, or below!

IN CINEMAS SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER

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LAIKA is a stop-motion animation studio that is home to a community of storytellers, artists, inventors, technicians & craftspeople from around the world. They fuse original ideas, practical effects, and cutting-edge technology to tell stories that surprise, thrill, and inspire.

This September and October, the whole family can immerse into another world with our LAIKA Retrospective at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo.

In anticipation of the exciting upcoming October release of Laika Studios new film – Wildwood, Dendy Coorparoo will be celebrating this iconic animation studio with a full retrospective of their previous films, all family friendly and including: – Paranorman; Missing Link; The Boxtrolls; Kubo and the Two Strings and Coraline.

Get your tickets here: https://coorparoo.dendy.com.au/laika-retrospective/

Thanks to Dendy Cinemas Brisbane

I have 1 double pass to a film of your choice as part THE BUCKET LIST: The Essential Movies, running August – October, at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo.

For your chance to win a double pass,
1) Make sure you’re following @reviewbrisbane
2) Like this post,
3) Tag who you’d like to take along with you, and
4) Let me know: What film would you like to see as part of the The Bucket List essential movies?

Put your answer on Instagram (with #TheBucketListDendy), Facebook, or below!

IN CINEMAS AUGUST – OCTOBER

SYNOPSIS:

It’s time for you to get those essentials off your watchlist. 

There are some movies that you simply must watch at least once in your lifetime, and this is your chance to see them on the big screen as part of THE BUCKET LIST ESSENTIALS at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo.

From under-seen classics to legacy titles, such as DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB;  IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE; MEMORIES OF MURDER and PLAYTIME, we’re bringing some of cinema’s most essential films to the big screen this August – October.

Get your tickets here: https://coorparoo.dendy.com.au/the-bucket-list/

Thanks to Dendy Cinemas Brisbane

I have 1 double pass to a film of your choice as part DENDY PRESENTS – CINEVERSARIES: Landmark Moments, running July – December, at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo.

For your chance to win a double pass,
1) Make sure you’re following @reviewbrisbane
2) Like this post,
3) Tag who you’d like to take along with you, and
4) Let me know: What film would you like to see as part of the Dendy Presents Cineversaires August 13 – September 21 sessions?

Put your answer on Instagram (with #DendyCineversaires), Facebook, or below!

IN CINEMAS JULY – DECEMBER

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Celebrate the anniversaries of these cinematic gems with limited screenings back on the big screen at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo as part of our CINEVERSARIES Retrospective screenings.

From the sweeping majesty of classic dramas and the epic thrills of action masterpieces, this is the ultimate collection of movies that have left an indelible mark. Don’t miss your chance to experience these beautiful films in a cinema once again. Check out our monthly line-ups below.

AUGUST – Platoon; Trainspotting; Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

SEPTEMBER – Terminator 2: Judgement Day; Boyz n the Hood;

Get your tickets here: https://coorparoo.dendy.com.au/cineversaries/

Thanks to Dendy Cinemas Brisbane

I have 5 double in-season passes to a film of your choice* as part of the 2026 Nordic Film Festival at Palace Cinemas.

For your chance to win a double pass,
1) Follow @reviewbrisbane
2) Like this post
3) Tag who you’d like to take along with you, and
4) Let me know: “What film would you love to see most as part of the 2026 Nordic Film Festival?

Put your answer on Twitter, Instagram (with the hashtag #NordicFilmFest, tagging @reviewbrisbane), Facebook, or on our website!

IN CINEMAS 22 JULY – 16 AUGUST

SYNOPSIS:

With a superb lineup set to warm the hearts and minds of cinemagoers this winter, the 2026 Hurtigruten Nordic Film Festival (formerly the Scandinavian Film Festival) returns to Palace, Palace Nova and Luna Palace Cinemas from July until August. Featuring the best new cinema from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, this year’s formidable line-up showcases cinematic legends, breathtaking landscapes and the unique storytelling and profound cultural insights that has earned Nordic cinema a distinct place in the film world.  

Opening the festival is the powerful Icelandic drama ÁRRU from debut director Elle Sofe Sara, that follows a family of Sàmi reindeer herders whose community and way of life is threatened by a proposed mining project. Weaving together grounded drama with bursts of exquisite traditional song (joik) and movement, the film draws on cultural expression to explore a breathtakingly genuine connection to the environment. 

In a festival exclusive, the highly anticipated FJORD, direct from winning the Palme d’Or at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, screens as the Festival Centrepiece. Shot on the picturesque western coast of Norway, the film stars Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan as a Romanian-Norwegian conservative couple facing scrutiny after moving to the wife’s progressive remote Norwegian hometown.  

Icelandic comedy/drama THE LOVE THAT REMAINS (Ástin sem eftir er) from director Hlynur Pálmason (A White, White Day, Godland) is this year’s Special Presentation. This brilliant and bittersweet film tenderly captures a year in the life of a family of five, as the parents navigate their separation, exploring love, family and shared memories.

Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value, Fjord) delivers another standout performance in Special Presentation BUTTERFLY, an intriguing drama about a pair of estranged sisters who reunite after their mother’s sudden passing. The sisters travel to the Canary Islands, where they grew up at a resort, after their mother’s mysterious death at an esoteric retreat in the mountains.  

Closing the festival is the 60^th anniversary screening of Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece PERSONA. Liv Ullmann, in the first of many iconic collaborations with the director, plays a screen actress who has fallen into an unexplained silence, while Bibi Andersson is captivating as the talkative young nurse assigned to her care in a secluded island retreat.  

For more festival information and tickets visit: https://nordicfilmfestival.com.au/

*excluding special events

Thanks to Palace Cinemas

I have a double in-season passes to a film of your choice* as part of the NIFFA – National Indian Film Festival of Australia 2026 at Dendy Cinemas, Coorparoo

For your chance to win a double pass,
1) Follow @reviewbrisbane
2) Like this post
3) Tag who you’d like to take along with you, and
4) Let me know: “What film would you love to see most as part of the NIFFA – National Indian Film Festival of Australia 2026?

Put your answer on Twitter, Instagram (with the hashtag #NIFFA26, tagging @reviewbrisbane), Facebook, or on our website!

IN CINEMAS 2 – 5 JULY

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Dendy Cinemas is proud to announce it has once again partnered with the Australian Centre for Indian Cinema and Indian media giant NDTV for Australia’s first and only annual NATIONAL INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL (NIFFA) from 2-5 July 2026. 

Building on an extraordinary 2025 debut, NIFFA returns in 2026 with an expanded and more ambitious program, showcasing the very best of Indian cinema – from regional and independent voices to major mainstream icons. 

Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo will present 17 films across four days including films in Manipuri, Hindi, Assamese, Malayalam, Tamil, Odia, Kannada, Marathi and English with a Red Carpet Opening Night Gala on Thursday, 2 July at 6pm followed by a screening of BOONG at 7pm.

See the full line-up and purchase your tickets https://coorparoo.dendy.com.au/national-indian-film-festival-of-australia-2026/

*excluding opening night

Thanks to Dendy Cinemas