FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Cinema Reborn Film Festival is an annual event developed by a community of cinema enthusiasts, programmers, filmmakers, screen historians and critics. The festival’s focus is on screen heritage and preservation and is intended to shine a light on the long history of the art of the cinema, the world-wide activity of film restoration and the treasures that exist in the world’s film archives.
Cinema Reborn’s 2026 festival will take place in Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick from the 1st of May and in Melbourne at Lido Cinemas Hawthorn from the 8th of May.
Cinema Reborn 2026 is presented with the generous support of the Italian Cultural Institutes of Sydney & Melbourne, The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Sydney, The Consulate General of India, Melbourne and The Japan Foundation. We also acknowledge the continuing generous support of many individual patrons and friends.
The Cinema Reborn Organising Committee:
Geoff Gardner (Chair), Karen Foley (Treasurer), Grace Boschetti, Nicky Hannan, Digby Houghton, Sue Murray, Simon Taaffe, Zac Tomé, James Vaughan and Angelica Waite.
The Cinema Reborn catalogue is edited by Anne Rutherford and designed by David McLaine. Editorial assistance by Simon Taaffe. Program notes published on the Cinema Reborn website are edited by Anne Rutherford.
The Cinema Reborn 2026 program booklet is produced by Jaymes Durante, edited by David Heslin and designed by Ryan Beasley. Copy by Grace Boschetti, David Heslin and Zac Tomé.
The Cinema Reborn website is designed and published by Angelica Waite and Grace Boschetti.
The Cinema Reborn 2026 trailer is produced by James Vaughan.
Cinema Reborn 2026 is presented with screening partners Ritz Cinemas and Lido Cinemas.
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Cinema Reborn’s 2026 festival will take place in Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick from the 1st of May and in Melbourne at Lido Cinemas Hawthorn from the 8th of May.
Cinema Reborn 2026 is presented with the generous support of the Italian Cultural Institutes of Sydney & Melbourne, The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Sydney, The Consulate General of India, Melbourne and The Japan Foundation. We also acknowledge the continuing generous support of many individual patrons and friends.
The Cinema Reborn Organising Committee:
Geoff Gardner (Chair), Karen Foley (Treasurer), Grace Boschetti, Nicky Hannan, Digby Houghton, Sue Murray, Simon Taaffe, Zac Tomé, James Vaughan and Angelica Waite.
The Cinema Reborn catalogue is edited by Anne Rutherford and designed by David McLaine. Editorial assistance by Simon Taaffe. Program notes published on the Cinema Reborn website are edited by Anne Rutherford.
The Cinema Reborn 2026 program booklet is produced by Jaymes Durante, edited by David Heslin and designed by Ryan Beasley. Copy by Grace Boschetti, David Heslin and Zac Tomé.
The Cinema Reborn website is designed and published by Angelica Waite and Grace Boschetti.
The Cinema Reborn 2026 trailer is produced by James Vaughan.
Cinema Reborn 2026 is presented with screening partners Ritz Cinemas and Lido Cinemas.
