This movie is on a MONDAY night.

Doors open 6.30 pm

2024, New Zealand, 98 min, MA15+

Head South will be the start of our 2025-2026 subscription season. You can join the Taree Film Society ($160) for the period July 2025 to June 2026. Please consider  early remittance of  your  annual fees by online banking.
 

Regional Australia Bank

Account Name: Taree Film Society Inc

BSB: 932 000

Account Number: 500 008 785

Annual Membership is $160 per membership for July to June.

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Then you can book your free tickets via Humanitix. 

Casual Tickets are $18  available at Humanitix .

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A private schoolboy becomes enamoured with all things post-punk in this spirited coming-of-age comedy with a sting in its tail. Director Jonathan Ogilvie captures a vivid snapshot of growing up in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1979. Teenage Angus is wide-eyed and self-conscious: of his class privilege, his long hair and, especially, his ignorance about music. Desperate to fit in and find his place in the world, Angus’ well-intentioned bullshitting begins to alienate his true friends, snowballing until he’s cornered into performing with a band that doesn’t exist – yet. 

Head South is Ogilvie’s semi-autobiographical ode to a post-punk subculture. Its sun-dappled visual style gives way to razor-sharp insights, doleful details and ghostly premonitions. For Angus and others, chasing unearned grit serves as distraction from what’s happening at home. Still, the film finds great fun in faking it to make it, with the most authentic inauthenticity rewarded: perhaps completely winging it might be the most genuine kind of DIY attitude after all. But in this small town, try too hard to find your edge and you might get more than you bargained for.

Our beloved catering crew will be offering pre-show nibbles and drinks. 

Enjoy the wonders of cinema...

Taree Film Society’s screen and sound installation is proudly funded by the NSW Government.