Outdoor Movies and Industry News in Australia, 2008–09
About this archive post. Open Air Cinema's blog has been reorganized into a historical record of the outdoor-cinema industry. This entry compiles real news coverage reported between November 15, 2008 and April 16, 2009, drawn from local papers, trade outlets, and event listings of the time. It was originally published at this address on February 9, 2009; the original URL has been preserved. Source links are included where they remain available.
Through November 2008 – April 2009, communities around the world were rolling out screens under the open sky.
Screening & Event News
South Bank to light up with free family entertainment
Courier Mail - Australia ... The Courier-Mail Christmas Fireworks displays, a Fantastical Fairground, a free outdoor cinema , Little Elf Workshops with craft and musical activities,.
A tale of three cities
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia If we are up for a late night play, we'll drop into Martini Pub, a disco-cum- outdoor cinema -cum-den of iniquity that attracts a mix of backpackers, expats,.
Planning a festival for Ben
Forbes Advocate - Forbes,New South Wales,Australia ... traditions and bushranger culture include events such as; The Outlaw Spectacular, Outdoor Cinema , Theatre Restaurant and the Kate Kelly Discovery Tour.
Outback towns share the limelight
The Australian - Sydney,Australia In Western Australia's Kimberley, which served as the stunning backdrop for the film, Kununurra's tin shed outdoor cinema was transformed for the premiere.
How Australia made movie stars out of ordinary bush people
Stock and Land - Fairfax,Australia The outdoor movie theatre scene ends with a simulated tropical thunder storm sweeping across, sending patrons running. It was here my acting became.
Kununurra to paint the town redder
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia ... carpet is in the back of a truck on a 3000km-trip from Perth to Kununurra to grace the entry to a dirt block that serves as the town's outdoor cinema.
Industry & Business News
Best in show
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia There was nothing complicated about his idea — he simply likes outdoor cinema and dogs, so he decided to combine the two. Even so, Bowen admits that.
Best for far-flung inspiration: Australia
Independent - London,England,UK Immigrant workers did suffer discrimination; they were confined to squalid foreshore camps, and when an outdoor cinema , Sun Pictures, opened in 1916,.