Merci beaucoup, France

Nine world premieres feature among the top-drawer selection for this year’s French Film Festival, including a romantic biopic about the engineering genius who designed the Eiffel Tower and a comedy about the creation of France’s first restaurant.

Palace Nova Prospect first indoor cinema to reopen

Palace Nova will screen a showcase of ‘old and new favourites’ when it reopens its Prospect Cinema today – albeit with just 80 of the complex’s 670 seats available due to social distancing rules.

Palace Nova's Prospect cinema, which hopes to reopen soon.

When will SA cinemas and theatres reopen?

Cinemas and theatres may have been given the green light to reopen on June 1, but restrictions on audience numbers and other challenges mean South Australians shouldn’t expect an immediate flurry of fresh film screenings and live entertainment.

SA cinemas struggle to stay open amid virus fears

The French Film Festival has been cancelled and Adelaide’s Mercury Cinema has suspended screenings, but other SA cinemas remain open for business and are urging public support in the face of a sharp drop in audience numbers.