Film Screening: Celia (Ann Turner • 1988 • 99 mins • Australia • PG)

Join Canterbury Film Society for our screening of a for a genre-melding masterpiece of Australian cinema, Ann Turner’s Celia.

“Celia is a brilliant film. It expertly examines the horrors and confusion, the innocence and joy of being a child whilst being all too aware that becoming a grown-up doesn’t solve all of your problems. Never heavy-handed, Turner’s deft writing and direction cleverly weaves the personal and political with such a light hand and with such skill, always keeping the focus very much from the point of view of young Celia. Beneath it all lies a deeply troubling period of Australian history, the plague of rabbits and subsequent botched handling of that by the government providing a perfect metaphor for those pesky lefties ruffling those 1950s Conservative feathers.” - STARBURST Magazine Check out the trailer: CELIA - YouTube

This is a Film Society Members Only screening - so go to [www.canterburyfilmsociety.org.nz ](https://www.canterburyfilmsociety.org.nz/)to see membership options (including 3-film Flexipasses for $40) and then join/pay online. Or bring along cash (eftpos not available) and sign up at the membership table before 7.20pm. Film starts at 7.30pm.

You'll find host Barbara at Fiddlestick Bar across the road from 6.30 to welcome Meetup members who would like to meet-up before the film.

The Film Society is a sociable group of film-lovers of all ages and we regularly welcome new members. Doors open at 7.00pm and you can mingle in the foyer (home baked treats and drinks available - please bring cash).

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