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 2025 festival will take place in Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick from the 30th of April and in Melbourne at Lido Cinemas Hawthorn from the 8th of May.
Follow us on Instagram to keep up to date with program updates for our 2025 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, 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 2025 trailer is produced by James Vaughan.
The Cinema Reborn 2025 program booklet produced by Jaymes Durante and designed by Ryan Beasley. Text by Grace Boschetti, Geoff Gardner, Nicky Hannan, Simon Taaffe and Zac Tomé.
Cinema Reborn 2025 is presented with screening partners Ritz Cinemas and Lido Cinemas.
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Cinema Reborn’s 2025 festival will take place in Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick from the 30th of April and in Melbourne at Lido Cinemas Hawthorn from the 8th of May.
Follow us on Instagram to keep up to date with program updates for our 2025 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, 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 2025 trailer is produced by James Vaughan.
The Cinema Reborn 2025 program booklet produced by Jaymes Durante and designed by Ryan Beasley. Text by Grace Boschetti, Geoff Gardner, Nicky Hannan, Simon Taaffe and Zac Tomé.
Cinema Reborn 2025 is presented with screening partners Ritz Cinemas and Lido Cinemas.
