Director      Robert Kenner 

Cast:          Gary Hirshberg, Michael Pollan, Joel Salatin, Troy Roush, Eric Schlosser

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on  the nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

On Friday 3rd September, Slow Food Sunshine Coast Hinterland is hosting a local food supper prior to the screening.  Following the movie, a panel of local food stakeholders will discuss with the audience some of the implications for our region and what we can do to create positive change.  Tickets for the Slow Food supper and panel discussion are only $10pp and can be purchased from Husk & Honey café in Nambour, Cedar Creek Farm Bushfoods at Eumundi Market (Wednesdays) or Noosa Farmers Market (Sundays).  Tickets may also be purchased on the night but please book for catering purposes.

Present your Slow Food supper ticket and you can purchase your opening night movie ticket at Nambour Cinema for only $10.

To book for the supper, email  info@slowfoodsunshinecoast.org.au  or phone 0439 944 690.  Cinema tickets can be purchased at the candy bar 1 hour prior to all screenings

13th Over The Fence Comedy Shorts

Eleven wildly extraordinary films make up this years short film event!


The Over the Fence Film Festival, whcih has been touring internationally since 2005, will be calling into Nambour Art House Cinema in August as part of its annual journey across Australia.

This year's programme is an amazing compilation of short comedies from around the globe, looking  inside strange worlds, states of being and the curious & bizarre nature of being human, which will have you laughing out loud one minute, and emoting quietly into your ice cream the next.

We see urban superheroes, suburban knights,  disturbed, retentive home dwellers, parents communicating with offspring overseas, a piano and petty jealousies, paranoid bus passengers,  a singer with all at his feet, blind dates where the wrong date, or is it the right one, turns up, and much more.

Eleven short films from Norway, UK, Canada, US and Australia make up this years kaleidoscope of short comedies – see them – you’ll only have this one chance!

Director:      Anthony Fabian
Cast:           Sam Neill, Sophie Okonedo, Alice Krige

This thought provoking film features deeply moving performances and compels audiences to consider the issues it raises.
This is one of the most moving stories to emerge from apartheid South Africa: Sandra Laing is a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. Her parents are rural shopkeepers serving the local black community, who lovingly bring her up as their ‘white’ little girl. But at the age of ten, Sandra is driven out of white society. The film follows Sandra’s thirty-year journey from rejection to acceptance, betrayal to reconciliation, as she struggles to define her place in a changing world - and triumphs against all odds.

Director:     Richard Linklater
Cast:           Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Richard Linklater, Christian McKay

A romantic coming-of-age tale set in the art deco glory of 1930s New York City, ME AND ORSON WELLES is a celebration of love, theatre and the passions that inspire greatness.

Driven by charismatic performances, this charming film provides a captivating look into the world of the theatre.
Director Richard Linklater has forged a career out of making diverse and often unexpected choices, and has proven himself to be a consistently interesting filmmaker, and Me And Orson Welles is just as captivating and surprising as one would hope.

17-year-old student Richard (Zac Efron) spends his days fantasising of the bright lights of Broadway. When he bumps into members of the Mercury Theatre company, a new acting troupe headed by then-unknown 22-yearold Orson Welles (in an extraordinary, award-wining performance by newcomer Christian McKay), and is given a small role in a visionary staging of Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’, Richard’s dreams are closer to becoming reality.

Richard is taught the ropes by a beautiful, ambitious production assistant, Sonja (Claire Danes), and he quickly falls head over heels in love. However, he has to concentrate on his role in the play and not challenge the charismatic-but-sometimes-cruel Orson Welles, who won’t have anyone stand in the way of his astonishing artistic vision. The stage is set for behind-the-scenes adventures bound to change everyone’s lives, and help create one of the 20th century’s artistic giants.