Foreign Film Nights Melbourne
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Free DnD night for Beginners
Sat, Aug 1, 7:30 AMD&D is a Structured Game Night, half boardgame, half improv, all guides by a storyteller host who can teach and run the play session. Expect it to go for about 2.5-3 hours, with time for chats and photos and food :) This is a sister event to the Ludos Melbourne Games' Guided Game Nights for Beginners, which means there is another event on meet up with people attending this game. ( https://www.meetup.com/melbourne-games ) Im trying to grow the community out, looking for our people. if your at least 3 of these things, this event is for you: - Likes fantasy stories, games, anime, books - Busy working most of the time (9-5/shift work) - Wants a relaxed social hangout, creative fantasy game, for beginners. - Newish to Melbourne, wants to make friends with people who fit the above ^ if that's you, I'm excited to show you the hobby that got me my first friends after I moved. To do that, here is the event: - Free Beginner Event (beginners only) - If you want, you can buy 1 or 2 more sessions at 80% the regular price, exclusive to attendees. - everything prepared for you, and optimised for a beginner night. **FAQ** **What should I expect?** An exciting night you'll tell your colleagues, roommates and friends back home about. Seriously, this will probably be the highlight of your week. **What should I bring?** Nothing but yourself. **What will happen when I get there?** you'll be greeted at the door by the host game master (story teller person) you'll be able to chat to them one-on-one, ask questions and receive a name tag sticker. then you'll be placed in a small team and be introduced to the storyteller who will lead your night. **Will I be the only girl?** Usually not. I normally see a ratio of 2 girls for every 3-4 guys, occasionally more girls. I can't guarantee on any given night what the numbers will be. but I can promise you that our game night is very inclusive and the gender ratio won't sour your night 😊 (if it does, let the host organiser (usually Jope) know during or after the event so he can quitely handle it) **Will I be the only old person/ young person?** We normally see anyone from ages 23 to about late '40s. but just like above, no guarantees on any given night, but don't expect that to sour the night. The Ludos Guild Beyond these Meetup events has all sorts of people, 80% of them young-mature professionals. **Will I slow people down if I don't get the game?** Totally not. We've been running this night for over 2 years and have gotten really good at teaching hundreds of people this game. Everyone is also super friendly and the game's cooperative. (people who arent, won't be invited back) **I'm worried I might show late?** yep, just message the organiser about what time you think you'll be there, and we'll see what we can do. **Do you have any other times? I'm busy on a Saturday...** We occasionally run on a Friday, message the organiser **What's a Ludos Guild?** Ludos meaning games, it's a private group of people who enjoy table top role playing games. This is not the Ludos Guild, this is our front door. A host may invite you to the guild, but only after you have joined two sessions with us. This requirement ensures you feel like you understand the gist of the game, and think you'll enjoy playing it for years to come. Our events include Dungeons and Dragons Campaigns, alternative role play games, painting sessions, and other events. Our nights are optimised for alignment, availability and opportunity. main group here: Check out Ludos Melbourne Games [https://www.meetup.com/melbourne-games](https://www.meetup.com/melbourne-games) on Meetup

The Blue Trail - 6:55 p.m. Monday 3/8 at the Nova
Mon, Aug 3, 8:55 AM“Breathtaking. A gorgeous aquatic road movie that turns the Amazon into a magical escape from exile to freedom. A glorious FU to authoritarian rule. Such a delight, a movie filled with hope and faith in human resilience at any age. Take the trip.” The Hollywood Reporter. “A heart-spearing, heart-filling triumph. Impactful and unpredictably funny, as affecting in its surreal poetry as it is provocative “ EuroNews Culture. We will meet at the Nova Bar from 6:15 p.m, onwards. Please book your tickets early, Stefan - 0437777522

Recasting the Frontier: Gender Dynamics in the Classical & Neo-Western
Sat, Aug 1, 4:00 AMTwo Westerns, five decades apart, both quietly at war with the genre that made them. Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar takes the iconography of the frontier — the saloon, the gunslinger, the showdown — and hands it to two women locked in a feud that the men around them can barely comprehend, let alone control. Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff strips the myth down further still: a wagon train lost on the Oregon Trail, a guide whose authority is pure bravado, and a silence that says more about westward expansion than any gunfight could. Join us to talk about how both films use the Western’s familiar shapes — landscape, masculinity, the threat of violence — against themselves, and what happens to a genre built on certainty when its center of gravity shifts to the women it usually pushes to the margins. We’ll look at Ray’s operatic color and framing alongside Reichardt’s austere, almost anti-dramatic style, and ask what fifty-six years and a very different idea of cinema did to the same basic questions about power, land, and who gets to tell the story. As always, no prior expertise needed — just come having watched (or half-remembering) the films.

THURSDAY NIGHT Melbourne's Largest Language Exchange
Thu, Aug 6, 8:00 AMThe amazing International Language practice & cultural exchange. every week Thursday. the biggest event ,

Filmonik Meetup and screening #130
Tue, Aug 25, 8:00 AMFilmonik Melbourne is an open filmmaking group with monthly open-screen screenings like an open-mic for films. Meet at Eclipse on Tuesday July 28th for our 130th screening and it's our proven mix of immediate, spontaneous, crafty, fun, inventive and weird short films. You should expect comedies, a bit of drama, animation maybe, there's generally one suspense/thriller, one music video, some fun trash, horror or documentary but sometimes we don't even know what will be playing. Films are generally under 8 minutes to keep things fresh and fun, followed by a quick QA with the director to hear about the process. Enjoy the networking, meet the artisans, recruit for your next short film, hang out, **DETAILS:** Admission $13+fees = $13.83. Tickets at https://events.humanitix.com/filmonik-130-open-screen-short-films Tickets at the door if still available ($15 cash exact change, or Square) FILMS UNRATED (18+ by default). Content may offend. TUESDAY JULY 28 at Eclipse Cinema 32 Wellington Street, Collingwood. This is an accessible venue, DDA-compliant. 6pm start. Please arrive in advance so we can start at 6:15pm at the latest. Eclipse is Licensed to serve a range of quality wines & craft beers and has homemade Choc Tops, popcorn or sweets. **FILMMAKERS:** Our open-screen get pretty popular these days so the best practice is submitting in advance at filmonik.com.au/submit-your-film or [info@filmonik.com.au](mailto:info@filmonik.com.au) so we can reserve you a spot in the program. Films under 4-minutes get close-to-automatic entry, and anything over may get held up until there's a quiet month. A quick QA with the host follows each film. Organize your own premiere with us or run a cheeky pre-premiere of your festival film. Guidelines here: filmonik.com.au/how-to-screen. Filmonik is part of the worldwide Kino movement active in 30+ cities around the world since 1999.
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