Visual Effects Society

GIRL - Sydney Screening
2018-10-13 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
On behalf of the Netflix, we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an advance industry screening of Lukas Dhont’s GIRL.

When: Saturday 13th October

Time: 3pm start

Location: AFTRS Theatre, the Entertainment Quarter, Building 130, Moore Park

RSVP is essential to celia@bluecatpictures.com.au

To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdzu26tnUTc

Synopsis:

With the support of her loving father, Lara (Victor Polster) – a 15-year-old girl assigned male by birth – pursues her dream of becoming a professional ballerina.

Winner of the Camera d’Or for best first film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival as well as the Best Performance and FIPRESCI International Critics Prize in Un Certain Regard, and the Queer Palm Award for outstanding LGBTQ filmmaking, GIRL is the feature directorial debut of Lukas Dhont. The film was written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens, and produced by Dirk Impens.

Duration: 109 minutes

Special Screening -Sisters Brothers- Auckland
2018-10-14 10:30
On behalf of Annapurna Pictures we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to a special industry preview screening of Jacques Audiard’s

When: Sunday 14th October

Time: 10.30am
Location: Event Broadway, 77 Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland – Cinema 4

RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE

Please note: This is a full security screening that will be monitored throughout. All mobile digital devices will be bagged and tagged prior to entry to the cinema so please allow sufficient time for this process. The screening must start promptly at 10.30am.

To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShK7n9fY_Q&feature=youtu.be

Synopsis:

From director Jacques Audiard, and based on the novel by Patrick deWitt, THE SISTERS BROTHERS is a reimagining of the cinematic Western.
It is 1851, and Charlie and Eli Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly) are both brothers and assassins, boys grown to men in a savage and hostile world as guns for hire. Eli rides hard with his younger sibling Charlie, yet dares to dream of a normal life. But the hard-drinking Charlie has taken charge with gusto as lead man on the duo’s assignments. Each increasingly questions, and quibbles with, the other’s methods as they embark on a journey that will test the deadly family ties that bind.
Also starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed, THE SISTERS BROTHERS features an adapted screenplay by Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain based on the novel of the same name.

Duration: 121 minutes

Special Screening -Sisters Brothers- Wellington
2018-10-14 10:30
Incase members are unable to attend the VES screening on October 9th, Bluecat pictures have kindly extended us an invitation to their local industry screening.

See below.

On behalf of Annapurna Pictures we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to a special industry preview screening of Jacques Audiard’s

When: Sunday 14th October

Time: 10.30am
Location: Roxy Cinema, 5 Park Road, Miramar, Wellington, Cinema 2

RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE

Please note: This is a full security screening that will be monitored throughout. All mobile digital devices will be bagged and tagged prior to entry to the cinema so please allow sufficient time for this process. The screening must start promptly at 10.30am.

To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShK7n9fY_Q&feature=youtu.be

Synopsis:

From director Jacques Audiard, and based on the novel by Patrick deWitt, THE SISTERS BROTHERS is a reimagining of the cinematic Western.
It is 1851, and Charlie and Eli Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly) are both brothers and assassins, boys grown to men in a savage and hostile world as guns for hire. Eli rides hard with his younger sibling Charlie, yet dares to dream of a normal life. But the hard-drinking Charlie has taken charge with gusto as lead man on the duo’s assignments. Each increasingly questions, and quibbles with, the other’s methods as they embark on a journey that will test the deadly family ties that bind.
Also starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed, THE SISTERS BROTHERS features an adapted screenplay by Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain based on the novel of the same name.

Duration: 121 minutes

Screening - BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE (New York)
2018-10-15 20:00 - 22:30
New York VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Please RSVP below
Monday, October 15, 2018 at 8:00PM
SVA’s Beatrice Theater at the School of Visual Arts
333 W. 23rd Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenue) New York, NY 10011
Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

BEAUTIFUL BOY - Melbourne Screening
2018-10-16 18:30
On behalf of Amazon Studios and Transmission Films we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an advance screening of Felix van Groeningen’s BEAUTIFUL BOY.

When: Tuesday 16th October

Time: 6.30pm start

Location: Kino Cinemas, 45 Collins Street, Melbourne

RSVP is essential to celia@bluecatpictures.com.au and please confirm which screening you would like to attend.

To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y23HyopQxEg

Synopsis:

BEAUTIFUL BOY is a portrait of a family’s unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son’s addiction and his attempts at recovery. The film was adapted for the screen by Luke Davies and Felix van Groeningen from two memoirs – one from father and journalist David Sheff (Beautiful Boy) and one from his son, Nic Sheff (Tweak).

Directed by Felix van Groeningen, BEAUTIFUL BOY stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan and was produced by Brad Pitt, p.g.a., Dede Gardner, p.g.a. and Jeremy Kleiner, p.g.a.

Duration: 112 minutes

Transmission Films is releasing the film nationally on 25 October 2018

Screening - BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE (London)
2018-10-16 19:00 - 21:30
VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up.)
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 7:00PM
The Basement Screening Room at MPC
127 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1F 0NL
(Closest tube station, Tottenham Court Road)
Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

Screening - FIRST MAN (New Zealand)
2018-10-16 19:30 - 22:00
VES Members and Their Guests in New Zealand are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ FIRST MAN
Please RSVP below
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 7:30PM
Camperdown Cinema
Please contact the local Board for directions.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

Screening - BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE (Vancouver)
2018-10-17 19:00 - 21:30
Vancouver VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Please RSVP below
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 7:00PM
Sony Pictures Imageworks
725 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, V7Y 1K4
Click here for a map.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

Screening - FIRST MAN (Montreal)
2018-10-17 20:00 - 22:30
Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Universal Pictures’ FIRST MAN
Please RSVP below
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 8:00PM
Technicolor Montreal
2101 Ste Catherine O, Montréal, QC H3H 1M6, Canada
Click here for a map
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

BEAUTIFUL BOY - Sydney Screening
2018-10-18 18:30
In addition to the advance screening on Saturday 20th at 3pm, on behalf of Amazon Studios and Transmission Films we’re delighted to advise an additional screening of Felix van Groeningen’s BEAUTIFUL BOY.

When: Thursday 18th October

Time: 6.30pm start

Location: Palace Central Cinemas, Level 3, Central Park Mall, 28 Broadway, Chippendale

RSVP is essential to celia@bluecatpictures.com.au and please advise which screening you would like to attend.

To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y23HyopQxEg

Synopsis:

BEAUTIFUL BOY is a portrait of a family’s unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son’s addiction and his attempts at recovery. The film was adapted for the screen by Luke Davies and Felix van Groeningen from two memoirs – one from father and journalist David Sheff (Beautiful Boy) and one from his son, Nic Sheff (Tweak).

Directed by Felix van Groeningen, BEAUTIFUL BOY stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan and was produced by Brad Pitt, p.g.a., Dede Gardner, p.g.a. and Jeremy Kleiner, p.g.a.

Duration: 112 minutes

Transmission Films is releasing the film nationally on 25 October 2018

Screening - BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE (Los Angeles)
2018-10-18 20:00 - 22:30
VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Please RSVP below
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 8:00PM
Sony Pictures Imageworks – Ray Harryhausen Theater
9050 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Click here for a map.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

VES Member Discount for ANIMATION IS FILM Festival (Los Angeles)
2018-10-19 00:00 - 2018-10-21 00:00
Get your tickets now for the 2nd annual ANIMATION IS FILM Festival on October 19-21, 2018 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood for one weekend of the year’s best in animation. The films in this year’s program include world premieres and retrospectives, studio previews and international indies, Oscar favorites and dark horses.
The Festival will present a highly selective showcase of the best animated films from around the world, plus red carpet, filmmaker Q&As, special events, receptions, and both juried and audience awards.
(VES members must login in order to see the discount code below.)

Screening - BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE (Bay Area)
2018-10-19 20:00 - 22:30
VES Members and Their Guests in the Bay Area are Invited to a Screening of 20th Century Fox’s BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Please RSVP below
Friday, October 19, 2018 at 8:00PM
32TEN Studios
3210 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901
Click here for a map.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

Screening - BLACK PANTHER w/ Q&A (Bay Area)
2018-10-20 12:00 - 15:15
Bay Area VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER followed by a Q&A with Writer/Director Ryan Coogler, Visual Effects Supervisor Geoffrey Baumann, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Hammack, Additional Visual Effects Supervisor Jesse James Chisholm and Special Effects Supervisor Dan Sudick moderated by VES Board member David Tanaka. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below
Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 12:00PM
(RSVPs close at 12:00PM on Friday, October 19)
Premier Theater at Industrial Light + Magic
1 Letterman Dr., Building B, Promenade Level, San Francisco, CA 94129
Click here for a map
Due to studio security, all guest names must be entered in order to get onto the lot.
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

Screening - BLACK PANTHER w/ Q&A (Los Angeles)
2018-10-20 12:00 - 15:15
VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER followed by a live interactive Q&A with Writer/Director Ryan Coogler, Visual Effects Supervisor Geoffrey Baumann, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Hammack, Additional Visual Effects Supervisor Jesse James Chisholm and Special Effects Supervisor Dan Sudick moderated by VES Board member David Tanaka. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below
Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 12:00PM
Frank G. Wells Theater on the Walt Disney Studios lot
(Please enter through the Alameda Gate East of Buena Vista)
500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91451
Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in San Francisco) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESWAKANDA4EVER, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

Screening - BLACK PANTHER w/ Q&A (Vancouver)
2018-10-20 12:00 - 15:15
Vancouver VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER followed by a live interactive Q&A with Writer/Director Ryan Coogler, Visual Effects Supervisor Geoffrey Baumann, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Hammack, Additional Visual Effects Supervisor Jesse James Chisholm and Special Effects Supervisor Dan Sudick moderated by VES Board member David Tanaka. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below
Saturday, Ocotober 20, 2018 at 12:00PM
There is a $4.75 parking fee per car)
Capilano University Bosa Centre Theater
2055 Purcell Way (entrance #2 off Skeena Road), North Vancouver, BC, V7J 3H5
Park in lot #2 or #3 at the North end of the campus. Arrive early for the screening to allow time to walk to the theater. The theater doors will lock after the screening starts as per University security so don’t be late!
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in San Francisco) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESWAKANDA4EVER, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

BEAUTIFUL BOY - Sydney Screening
2018-10-20 15:00
On behalf of Amazon Studios and Transmission Films we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an advance screening of Felix van Groeningen’s BEAUTIFUL BOY.

When: Saturday 20th October

Time: 3pm start

Location: AFTRS Theatre, the Entertainment Quarter, Building 130, Moore Park

RSVP is essential to celia@bluecatpictures.com.au

To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y23HyopQxEg

Synopsis:

BEAUTIFUL BOY is a portrait of a family’s unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son’s addiction and his attempts at recovery. The film was adapted for the screen by Luke Davies and Felix van Groeningen from two memoirs – one from father and journalist David Sheff (Beautiful Boy) and one from his son, Nic Sheff (Tweak).

Directed by Felix van Groeningen, BEAUTIFUL BOY stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan and was produced by Brad Pitt, p.g.a., Dede Gardner, p.g.a. and Jeremy Kleiner, p.g.a.

Duration: 112 minutes

Transmission Films is releasing the film nationally on 25 October 2018

Screening - BLACK PANTHER w/ Q&A (New York)
2018-10-20 15:00 - 18:15
VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER followed by a live interactive Q&A with Writer/Director Ryan Coogler, Visual Effects Supervisor Geoffrey Baumann, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Hammack, Additional Visual Effects Supervisor Jesse James Chisholm and Special Effects Supervisor Dan Sudick moderated by VES Board member David Tanaka. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below.
Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 3:00PM
Park Avenue Screening Room
500 Park Ave., Lobby Level (at the corner of 59th St.) New York, NY 10022
Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in San Francisco) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESWAKANDA4EVER, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

Screening - BLACK PANTHER w/ Q&A (London)
2018-10-20 20:00 - 23:15
London VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a Screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER followed by a live interactive Q&A with Writer/Director Ryan Coogler, Visual Effects Supervisor Geoffrey Baumann, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Hammack, Additional Visual Effects Supervisor Jesse James Chisholm and Special Effects Supervisor Dan Sudick moderated by VES Board member David Tanaka. (All panelists’ participation based on availability.)
Please RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up.)
Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 8:00PM
The Basement Screening Room at MPC
127 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1F 0NL
(Closest tube station, Tottenham Court Road)
Click here for a map
Please tweet your questions after the screening in order to participate in the Q&A panel (which will take place in San Francisco) immediately following the screening. (be sure to include the hashtag, #VESWAKANDA4EVER, in your tweet.)
Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? - Sydney Screening
2018-10-21 10:30
On behalf of Universal Pictures International and Focus Features, we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry screening of WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

When: Sunday 21st October, 2018

Time: 10.30am

Location: Palace Central Cinemas (Cinema 11), Level 3, Central Park Mall, 28 Broadway, Chippendale

RSVP is essential to celia@bluecatpictures.com.au

Synopsis: Morgan Neville’s documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? takes a look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers. A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, this documentary is a film that takes you beyond zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe, and into the heart of a creative genius, who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination.

The documentary has received wide critical acclaim – it’s currently at 99% on Rotten Tomatoes (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wont_you_be_my_neighbor/) and is the highest grossing biographical documentary of all time.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwktRDG_aQ

Duration: 94 mins.

Universal Pictures released the film on 13 September.

Special Screening -Beautiful Boy- Wellington
2018-10-21 10:30
On behalf of Amazon Studios and Transmission Films we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an advance screening of Felix van Groeningen‘s

When: Sunday 21st October

Time: 10am start
Location: Roxy Cinema, 5 Park Road, Miramar, Wellington

RSVP is essential to SIGN UP HERE

** Please ensure you arrive on time to be seated before the film commences – the film must start promptly at 10am **

To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y23HyopQxEg

Synopsis:

BEAUTIFUL BOY is a portrait of a family’s unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son’s addiction and his attempts at recovery. The film was adapted for the screen by Luke Davies and Felix van Groeningenfrom two memoirs – one from father and journalist David Sheff (Beautiful Boy) and one from his son, Nic Sheff (Tweak).

Directed by Felix van Groeningen, BEAUTIFUL BOY stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan and was produced by Brad Pitt, p.g.a., Dede Gardner, p.g.a. and Jeremy Kleiner, p.g.a.

Duration: 112 minutes

Transmission Films is releasing the film nationally on 29 November 2018

Special Screening -Beautiful Boy- Auckland
2018-10-21 10:30
On behalf of Amazon Studios and Transmission Films we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an advance screening of Felix van Groeningen‘s

When: Sunday 21st October

Time: 10.30am start
Location: Event Broadway, 77 Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland – Cinema 4

RSVP is essential to RSVP HERE

** Please ensure you arrive on time to be seated before the film commences – the film must start promptly at 10.30am **

To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y23HyopQxEg

Synopsis:

BEAUTIFUL BOY is a portrait of a family’s unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son’s addiction and his attempts at recovery. The film was adapted for the screen by Luke Davies and Felix van Groeningenfrom two memoirs – one from father and journalist David Sheff (Beautiful Boy) and one from his son, Nic Sheff (Tweak).

Directed by Felix van Groeningen, BEAUTIFUL BOY stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan and was produced by Brad Pitt, p.g.a., Dede Gardner, p.g.a. and Jeremy Kleiner, p.g.a.

Duration: 112 minutes

Transmission Films is releasing the film nationally on 29 November 2018

Screening - Making of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Seattle)
2018-10-21 11:00 - 14:00
When: Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Type: Screening
Washington VES Members and their guests are invited to a special Screening of “Tim Burton’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS”.
There will be a “Making Of” talk from Michael Belzer at the screening, which will shed some insight to his animation experience while working on the film.

Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 11:00AM – 2:00PM

Please RSVP to attend this special event!

SIFF Cinema Uptown Theater
511 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98122

Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating.
VES MEMBERS DO NOT NEED TO LINE UP with SIFF Members. Come directly to the door to check in, or there will be a VES line to the right of the SIFF line.
