Picnic at Hanging Rock (12A)
Screen, Sunday 30 Aug 2026, 15:00
- ends at 16:53
Based on the iconic 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock's eerie atmosphere, stunning cinematography, and refusal to provide a definitive answer to its central mystery make it a tantalising, dreamlike masterpiece.
At its heart is a mystery: three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900.
The movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, not the answering of them. Even though both the movie and the book it was based on claim to be inspired by real events, the story is completely fictional.
The screening will be introduced by author and EP volunteer Mel Salisbury.
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