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.

Contact:
Cinema Manager, Mark Pogorelec email
Operations Manager, Jeremy Chance email
ph. 08 8410 0979

The Cinemas are also available for hire.

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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!

KINO IM wandel

The Curator-in-Residence program enables curators to showcase a season of themed films with the support of the MRC. The 16th Curator is Toby Bramwell.

Tickets $11/$9 (Conc), Season Pass $33/$27 (Conc). 6:30PM (Special time) SUN 25 NOV. SEASON LAUNCH

KINO IM WANDEL:
What Was Once Divided Is Now Whole.

Some of the finest recent films from Germany, plus an indisputable classic to illustrate the transforming national identity in the tumultuous period spanning the height of World War II, the fall of the Berlin Wall and re-unification.

DAS BOOT: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT

Dir: Wolfgang Petersen West Germany 1981 209mins 35mm
A riveting look into the claustrophobic and terrifying world of a German U-boat hunting ships in World War II. Nominated, 6 Oscars. Winner, German Academy Award.
7:30PM WED 28 NOV

DOWNFALL

Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel Germ/It/Aust 2004 156mins 35mm April
1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall. An unflinching re-creation of the fall of the Third Reich. Nominated, Oscar Best Foreign Language Film.
7:30PM SUN 2 DEC

THE MIRACLE OF BERN

Dir: Sönke Wortmann Germany 2003 118mins 35mm (M)
Every child needs a father. Every man needs a dream. Every country needs a legend. An uplifting story of hope and redemption. Winner, German Academy Award (Best Film).
7:30PM WED 5 DEC

THE LIVES OF OTHERS

Dir: Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany 2006 137mins 35mm
One of the most impressive feature film debuts in recent memory, a suspensful, powerful and heartbreaking study of the fragile human spirit. Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film 2007.
7:30PM SUN 9 DEC

GOODBYE LENIN!

Dir: Wolfgang Becker Germany 2003 121mins 35mm
A heartwarming and hilarious tale of a son’s love for his mother and a mother’s love for Ostdeutschland! Best Film, German Academy Award, Berlin International Film Festival 2003.