FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Cinema Reborn Film Festival is an annual festival 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.
Follow us on Instagram to keep up to date with program updates for our 2026 edition of the festival.
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. Additional Research by Zac Tomé. Program notes published on the Cinema Reborn website are edited by Anne Rutherford.
The Cinema Reborn website is designed and published by Angelica Waite, Grace Boschetti and Megan Ng.
The Cinema Reborn 2026 trailer is produced by James Vaughan.
The Cinema Reborn 2026 program booklet produced by Jaymes Durante and designed by Ryan Beasley. Text by David Heslin, Grace Boschetti and Zac Tomé.
Cinema Reborn 2026 is presented with screening partners Ritz Cinemas and Lido Cinemas.
The opinions expressed on this website are solely those of the writers and should not be taken as those of the website publishers or the Organising Committee of Cinema Reborn.
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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.
Follow us on Instagram to keep up to date with program updates for our 2026 edition of the festival.
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. Additional Research by Zac Tomé. Program notes published on the Cinema Reborn website are edited by Anne Rutherford.
The Cinema Reborn website is designed and published by Angelica Waite, Grace Boschetti and Megan Ng.
The Cinema Reborn 2026 trailer is produced by James Vaughan.
The Cinema Reborn 2026 program booklet produced by Jaymes Durante and designed by Ryan Beasley. Text by David Heslin, Grace Boschetti and Zac Tomé.
Cinema Reborn 2026 is presented with screening partners Ritz Cinemas and Lido Cinemas.
The opinions expressed on this website are solely those of the writers and should not be taken as those of the website publishers or the Organising Committee of Cinema Reborn.
