Category: Events
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Facing Windows’ (Italy, 2003)
About the film Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for the Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her. (Source: IMDB.com). Rating: M for Medium level coarse language, Sexual references and low level […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘The Fencer’ (Estonia, 2015)
About the film A young man, Endel Nelis, arrives in Haapsalu, Estonia, in the early 1950s. Having left Leningrad to escape the secret police, he finds work as a teacher and founds a sports club for his students. Endel becomes a father figure to his students and starts teaching them his great passion – fencing. […]
Floortalk at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art with Catherine Bainbridge
Part of our Floortalks at Victorian Galleries with Catherine Bainbridge Series. We will be meeting outside the front entrance of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 111 Sturt Street, Southbank (just beside the Malthouse Theatre). Outside we will be looking at the architecture of the ACCA building and its surrounds including the Ron Robertson Swan […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Living is Easy with Eyes Closed’ (Spain, 2018)
About the film Living is Easy with Eyes closed is an easygoing seriocomic flashback starring Javier Camara as a Beatles-obsessed schoolteacher who pursues a chance to actually meet John Lennon in 1966 Spain. Purportedly inspired by a true story, David Trueba’s latest feature nonetheless throws most of its narrative weight behind a conventional if appealing […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Tokyo Story’ (Japan, 1953)
ABOUT THE MOVIE: Tokyo Story (directed by Yasujirō Ozu ) tells the story of an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children. The film contrasts the behavior of their children, who are too busy to pay them much attention, and their widowed daughter-in-law, who treats them with kindness. Tokyo Story is […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘A Man Called Ove’ (Sweden, 2015)
About the film: Ove (Rolf Lassgård) is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife’s grave, Ove has given up on life. After a boisterous young family moves in […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Babette’s Feast’, (Denmark, 1987)
About the film: Beautiful but devoutly religious sisters Martine and Philippa grow to spinsterhood under the wrathful eye of their strict pastor father on the forbidding and desolate coast of Jutland, until one day, Philippa’s former suitor sends a Parisian refugee named Babette to serve as the family cook. Babette’s lavish celebratory banquet tempts the […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Mia Madre’, (Italy, 2015)
About the Film: The story of Margherita, a harried film director trying to juggle the demands of her latest movie and a personal life in crisis. The star of her film, a charming but hammy American actor imported for the production, initially presents nothing but headaches and her crew is close to mutiny. Away from […]
Ride to the Ashburton Community Centre
Next Wednesday we are supporting the Ride2Work project with our own spin – Ride to the Ashburton Community Centre on Wednesday October 18 and visit reception between 9am – 12pm to try your luck at winning one of our bike prizes and grab a power snack* for the ride home. Just visit us at reception […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Play Time’, (France, 1967)
ABOUT THE MOVIE: Clumsy Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist (Barbara Dennek), and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Eat Drink Man Woman’, (China, 1994)
ABOUT THE MOVIE: In Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), director and co-writer Ang Lee expertly tells the story of changing family dynamics in Taipei, Taiwan during a time of rapid modernization, employing a universal medium — food. Through Chef Chu who has lost his sense of taste and his three adult daughters, this film addresses […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘The Lunchbox’ (India, 2013)
About the film: Lonely housewife Ila (Nimrat Kaur) decides to try adding some spice to her stale marriage by preparing a special lunch for her neglectful husband. Unfortunately, the delivery goes astray and winds up in the hands of Saajan (Irrfan Khan), an irritable widower. Curious about her husband’s lack of response, Ila adds a […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘In Intouchables’ (France, 2011)
ABOUT THE MOVIE: When a millionaire (Francois Cluzet) becomes a quadriplegic after a paragliding accident, he hires Senegalese ex-con Driss (Omar Sy) to take care of him. Despite their differences in class and culture, an unlikely friendship soon develops, founded in honesty and humour (In French with English subtitles). Have you been to a film […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Samba’ (France 2014)
ABOUT THE MOVIE: Samba migrated to France ten years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burn-out. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba’s willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice […]
Visit the Seed Swap Table & Enter our Raffle for Neighbourhood House Week
Neighbourhood House week, May 8 -14 Come and visit us for Neighbourhood House Week! We will be setting up our popular Seed Swap table outside the Centre and will be running a special ‘Garden’s Pack’ Raffle. We will have plenty of seeds available for swap, or you are able to purchase a packet for a […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Taxi Tehran’ (2015)
Showing Wednesday April 5, 2017 About the film: When you are a filmmaker and you are not allowed to direct movies any more, you have to retrain. So why not become a taxi driver? Or better yet, why not pretend you are a taxi driver and make a film despite everything? This is what Jafar […]
Visit the Ashburton Community Centre at the Ashburton Festival
This year’s Ashburton Community Festival is being held on Sunday February 26 from midday to twilight. Make sure you drop by the Ashburton Community Centre on the day. We are joining together with the Craig Family Centre and the Alamein Neighbourhood & Learning Centre. We will have a range of free events – there will […]
Free Event: Come and Try Mahjong!
Would you like to learn to play Mahjong? Our regular Mahjong group would like to invite you to come along and learn about the game at a Come and Try session. Sharpen your mind with this time honoured game of strategy. Learn the rules and expand the hand you play (Western only). The Come and […]
Are you our next Local Artisan?
To support our local talented artists, we have just launched our monthly Local Artisan Program. Currently we have Yvonne Ruge from Originals Lab displaying her work in our foyer window. Yvonne creates unique and iconic polymer clay creations to wear and exhibit. Iconic Australian food, animals, Iced Vovos and Melbourne’s trams are just some of […]
Ride2Work Morning Tea
Calling all bike riders! To celebrate Ride2Work day, we’re having a ‘Ride to the ACC’ Morning Tea for anyone who rides their bike to the Centre on Wednesday October 12. Come along for your chance to win a door prize – we have bike lights, bike locks, drink bottles and more to give away. You […]
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The President and Committee of Management of Ashburton Community Centre invite you to attend our Annual General Meeting Tuesday, 13 September, 2016 at 160 High Street, Ashburton Formalities begin at 11:00am followed by light refreshments. Everyone welcome. Download a copy of the 2015/2016 Annual Report (2MB) PDF RSVP by Friday 9 September, 2016 Phone: 9885 […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Manon Des Sources’ (1986)
Showing Wednesday, September 7, 2016. About the movie: ‘Manon Des Courses’ (1986): The sequel to Claude Berri’s ‘Jean de Florette’. Manon (Emmanuelle Beart), now fully grown, is a shepherdess who prefers to keep her distance from the local villagers. She is determined to uncover the truth behind the death of her father and to wreak vengeance […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘The Lives of Others’ (2006)
Showing Wednesday, October 5, 2016. About the movie ‘The Lives of Others’ (2006): In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. Have you been to a film night at the Ashburton Community Centre? A different foreign film […]
The Foreign Film Group – ‘Cinema Paradiso’ (1998)
Showing Wednesday, November 2, 2016. About the movie ‘Cinema Paradiso’ (1998): A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater’s projectionist. Have you been to a film night at the Ashburton Community Centre? A different foreign film is held […]