The APIA Young at Heart Seniors Film Festival presented by Palace Cinemas returns for its 15th addition this February 19 to March 4, 2020. The Festival will light up cinema screens across 14 venues in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth and for the first time ever, Byron Bay. The only nationwide Film Festival in Australia with a specially curated cinema program for film lovers 60 and up, this year’s Festival will satisfy all tastes with intense dramas to charming comedies and fabulous thrillers.
An Afternoon Tea event opens the Festival, to present the World Premiere of Never Too Late, the hilarious comedy featuring Oscar nominees Jackie Weaver and James Cromwell, which follows four war buddies who are faced with a new mission to break out of their nursing home. Further highlights include the Australian Premiere of two films: Out of Blue, the taut crime drama from acclaimed British filmmaker Carol Morley and Repeat Attenders, an insightful look into the crazy world of Broadway Superfans. Additional films include a restored retrospective of Brief Encounter, the romantic drama winning best feature film at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival along with Australian films, The Taverna, a black comedy by award-winning Australian writer/director Alkinos Tsilimidos’ and Hearts and Bones, an Australian war drama nominated for best film at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019.