2022 St Ali Italian Film Festival

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2022 St Ali Italian Film Festival

Palace Cinemas once again presents this year's St Ali Italian Film Festival.

The 2022 festival celebrates the culture and cinema of Italy and starts on September 13, promising to transport viewers on a favoloso escape to Italy.

Want to know how to win a double pass to the festival?

Read on.

Movies will screen in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Byron Bay, exclusively at Palace Cinemas, Cinema Nova, Palace Nova and Luna Palace cinemas.

German film festival 2022

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2022 German Film Festival

Check out this year's German Film Festival and you may win a double pass to the film of your choice.

This year's German Film Festival will be from 24 May to 22 June in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Brisbane and Byron Bay.

Presented by Palace cinemas, in collaboration with German Films, the full program features a standout selection of 26 films.

These include New German cinema direct from European festivals, a celebratory retro sidebar, Kino for Kids and new Austrian and Swiss cinema.

Mother's Day 2022

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Mother's day 2022

Happy Mother's Day to all mums, grandmas, stepmoms, adoptive mums and mums-in-law.

If you've been fortunate to have had a grandmother or two or a grandma figure in your lives, you probably had a wonderful childhood.

My cousin Josephine Chua remembers her grandmother fondly.

"It must have been difficult for Mak to run a household of 11 children and three servants to help, but she came through with flying colours," she reminisced.

2022 Spanish film festival competition

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Spanish film festival competition
Hola amigos!

The 2022 Moro Spanish Film Festival presented by Palace cinemas returns with a curated selection of films from Spain, Latin America and beyond.

The films below are our first sneak peek into the programme which will screen at Palace Cinemas in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Byron Bay, starting on April 19 in Sydney.

Chinese New Year of the Tiger 2022

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Chinese New Year of the Tiger 2022

This year is the Chinese year of the Water Tiger, which starts on February 1, 2022, and ends on January 21, 2023.

A water tiger year occurs every 60 years and the Chinese zodiac has five elements, earth, water, fire, wood and metal.

Those born in 2022, 2010, 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962, 1950, 1938 are tiger people.

The 12 zodiac animals are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.

Each year is related to an animal sign according to a 12-year-cycle.

So this is Christmas

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So this is Christmas and what have you done?

Some Christmas humour

I wouldn't go as far as stuffing the turkey with Prozac, but Christmas can be a time when emotions run high and instead of peace and goodwill to all, it becomes stress and distress for some.

So here's some funny Christmas stories to lighten the mood.

Christmas in the Australian summer can be a trying time for the appointed family chef, usually Mum.

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