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.
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!
Dir: Dardenne Brothers
Belgium/France/Italy/Germany 2008 105mins 35mm Longing to open her own cafe, Lorna, an Albanian woman living in Belgium, agrees to become an accomplice to a diabolical plan. Entering into a sham marriage with Claudy, a junkie, petty thief and Belgian national, Lorna obtains citizenship. But Lorna must then marry a criminal willing to pay big money to acquire the same. For this to be possible, Claudy will be murdered. Will Lorna keep silent? From the multi award-winning directors of The Child.
6:30pm Monday 12 January
ADELAIDE PREMIERE
JAR CITY (MA15+)
Dir: Baltasar Kormákur
Iceland/Germany/Denmark 2006 93mins 35mm When an elderly man is found murdered in his basement flat, Inspector Erlendur’s only clue is a photograph of a young girl's grave. Discovering that the victim was once accused of horrible crimes, Erlendur reopens this very cold case and follows a trail of evidence to the national genetic database, uncovering a terrible secret knitted into the bloodline of an entire country.
6:30pm Thursday 15 January
THE STORY OF RICHARD O (R18+)
Dir: Damien Odoul
France 2007 78mins Richard is in the thrall of his desire for women. He is in a constant search for lust and above all – love. In the company of his friend Le Grande, he explores the mysteries of the erotic underground, through Paris and its inhabitants over one sweltering August. Romantic, erotic and profound, this is a film for all lovers. Stars Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Quantum of Solace).
6:30pm Monday 19 January
YOU THE LIVING (M)
Dir: Roy Andersson
Sweden/Germany/France/Denmak/Norway 2007 95mins 35mm A film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved. Described as sitting halfway between Buster Keaton, Jacques Tati and Ingmar Bergman, this tragicomic oddity eschews a conventional narrative, presenting a fluent succession of short sketches, each filmed in one take.
6:30pm Thursday 22 January
ADELAIDE PREMIERE
BEN X (M)
Dir: Nic Balthazar
Belgium/Netherlands 2007 90mins 35mm Ben suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a type of autism that prevents him from interacting socially with those around him. The victim of relentless bullying at his high school, his only retreat is the fantasy world of Overlord, an online game where he is free to transform himself and dispatch his enemies. But when the bullying invades his online world, the situation spirals out of control and Ben is forced to take real action.
