Unknown Pleasures:
Australian independent cinema


A series of regular screenings featuring the
best of Australian independent cinema,
both classic and contemporary,
with discussions with the filmmakers.

Curators/presenters: Chris Luscri, Bill Mousoulis
Guest programmers: Dirk de Bruyn, Digby Houghton, Colin Hodson
Assistant/videographer: Colin Hodson


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Thank you to our supporters

Unknown Pleasures is self-funded by Chris Luscri and Bill Mousoulis. It receives no government funding and it has no sponsors.
We ran a donation drive during Feb-Apr 2024 and we reached and surpassed our target to help us operate for 2024-2025.
We thank the following people who contributed to this (and there was also a number of anonymous people):

Adrian Danks, Adrian Ortega, Andrew Dunda, Andrew Vial, Angelo Salamanca, Anna Dzenis, Anne Tsoulis, Audrey Lam,
Baris Ulusoy, Ben Speth, Catriona Jackson, Chrstine Tammer, Christos Tsiolkas, Daniel Schultheis, David Donaldson,
David Heslin, Deane Williams, Dennis Tupicoff, Donna McRae, Emily Quattrocchi, Fiona Cochrane, Fiona Villella, Geoffrey Gardner,
George Kapaklis, Gregory Pakis, Heinz Boeck, Irene Proebsting & Barry Brown, Ivan Gaal, Ivan Malekin, John Cruthers,
John Cumming, John Hughes, Karen Pearlman, Kelly Hucker, Kevin Cassidy, Leo Berkeley, Lesley Chow, Majenta Green, Margot Nash,
Martha Ansara, Megan Ng, Natalie Vella, Nigel Buesst, Patrick O'Brien, Peter Tammer, Phil O'Brien, Philippa Hawker,
Sarah Zadeh, Sebastian Vaccaris, Sebastiano Pupillo, Simon Strong, Siobhan Jackson, Tom Kazas, Tony Messenger.




Upcoming screenings for 2025


INFO FOR SCREENINGS:

Our main venue is the Thornbury Picture House,
at 802 High St, Thornbury.
Tickets are at regular house prices,
and must be booked online at the venue's website.
Check particular info for each session down the page.

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NEXT SCREENING WILL BE IN FEB 2025

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Archive of previous programs - 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024