THE MERCURY CINEMA

The Mercury and Iris Cinemas are run by the Media Resource Centre to enhance screen culture and to give screening opportunities to emerging South Australian film, video and digital media artists.

Cinemas are also available for hire. For more information CLICK HERE.

CONTACT
Operations Manager, Jeremy Chance e-mail

Exhibition Manager, Toby Bramwell e-mail
Ph. (08) 8410 0979

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TICKET SALES

Call 8410 0979 9-5:30 Mon to Fri with you credit Card handy.
Call into the MRC 13 Morphett St Adelaide (behind the Mercury) 8-5:30 Mon-Fri
Buy tickets at the box office from one hour prior to the advertised screening time.

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MERCURY for hire

The Mercury and Iris Cinemas are available for hire. We offer highly competitive rates for your screening, conference, lecture or party. We can screen just about anything from 35mm CinemaScope to your Powerpoint or web based presentation. AND we can look after your catering and liquor requirements with the minimum of fuss!

FIRST LOOK: ADELAIDE PREMIERE CINEMA

3 - 6 August

Adelaide Cinémathèque, South Australia’s premier film society, returns with the second half of its year long program of classic, cult, experimental, documentary, silent and short films. You cannot purchase tickets to just a single session. You must join up as a member, which you can do on the spot. Memberships are excellent value, easy to purchase and you can choose an option that suits you best. Join us for some complementary drinks and nibbles on the opening night, everyone's invited.

BLINDNESS || RED LIKE THE SKY

7:30pm Monday 3 August

BLINDNESS (MA15+)

Dir: Fernando Meirelles
Canada/Brazil/Japan 2008 121mins 35mm
An pandemic sweeps through the population of an unnamed city causing sudden blindness and widespread panic. Social order disintegrates and the infected are quarantined in an abandoned hospital, left to fend for themselves. Amid the chaos a small group band together into a family unit, surviving by their wits and the good fortune that one of them is secretly sighted. Based on the novel by José Saramago, Meirelles’ most recent film opened the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 amid great controversy. Stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover and Gael García Bernal.
Brews & Reviews

7:30pm Thursday 6 August

RED LIKE THE SKY (M)

Dir: Christiano Bortone
Italy 2006 96mins 35mm
Based on the true story of Mirco Mencacci, who became one of the most renowned sound editors in the Italian film industry, this is an inspirational testament to the magic of cinema. As a young child Mirco loses his sight in a freak gunshot accident and is forced into an institution by law. There the boy finds an old reel-to-reel tape player and discovers that by cutting up the tape and piecing it back together, he can create fairy tales using only sound. Mirco’s example gradually teaches the other blind children to discover their own innate talents and to pursue their dreams.