BRUNSWICK
BULLEKE-BEK
BOOTLEG CINEMA
Films you can’t se anywhere else since 2021
BBBC 2024
Back for a 4th consecutive year, the BBBC 2024 has been the busiest yet.
Featuring the return of our long-time curatorial team, we were also joined by new guest collaborators, making this or most eclectic program to date.
Read more about the genesis of the Brunswick Bulleke-Bek Cinema, and the team behind it on Digby Houghton’s Kinetopia article below.
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Dr Cristóbal Escobar Duenas
Jake Wilson
Richard Munro
Digby Houghton
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Collectiva Abya Yala
James Hewison
Harrison Buchanan
The Factory House Band
Robbie Divine
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Silents Before Sunrise
Talkies After Dark
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Daniel Ross
Katherine and Linden Scholes
David Blair
Jake Wilson’s
Opening with a week of silent films before dawn, the BBBC welcomed in its new program with the brainchild of BBBC Curator, Jake Wilson.
Silents Before Sunrise featured films from the dawn of cinema to a soundtrack of Brunswick’s morning routine through the depth of winter.
A unique and compelling experience with surprising effects.
Read Tiia and Indigo’s encounters on their week of dawn cinema, The Editor’s Diaries, Rough Cut Film.
Prayer to Cinema
BBBC 3
The third instalment of our annual cinema returns in February and March, 2023.
BBBC 3 sees the return of two of our curators, Dr Cristobal Escobar and Jake Wilson, and our favourite musical collaborators, The Factory House Band.
The program for BBBC 3 consists of a weekly scheduled films and special weekend events.
Tuesday night films
Scroll through our curators selections below.
A truly handcrafted program, including the clandestine pre-release of Ana Vaz’s Night in America, which inspired it selection at the Melbourne International Film Festival later in the year.
Saturday Special Event Screenings
Highlights of BBBC 2023 were our two special event screenings.
Starting with Brian McKenzie’s 1984 documentary, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, which focused on a group rough drinkers who hung out in Royal Park. With director Brian McKenzie in attendance and a full house it was an extraordinary event, which inspired the film to be included in the MIFF 2023 program.
Followed by Rick Charnoski’s Warm Blood (2022), the trans-Pacific collaboration and pulp detective fiction meets social welfare documentary about life on the fringe of Modesto, CA.
BBBC 2
BBBC 2
The annual Bulleke-Bek Brunswick Bootleg Cinema returns to GalleryGallery Inc. this February and March, 2022.
Presenting curated cinema you won’t see anywhere else.
Screenings every Thursday and Saturday evening.
Doors open at 8:30pm.
Tickets $7
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Dr Cristobal Escobar PhD
Jake Wilson
Natasha Cantwell
Laine Stewart
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A selection of couches and chairs available. First in best dressed.
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GG is on the First floor up two flights of stairs. No elevator access.
BBBC 1
3rd - 24th March 2021
The inaugural edition of our annual cinema screened over four weeks between lockdowns.
Featuring never before seen films and events programmed by our curators.
Program
Pavlova Palace Presents: A Disgraceful Occasion
Queer, non-binary creator and performer Greer Gardner curates a night of performances and music featuring the debut of their film 'The Ikea Wedding' (2021)
WEEK 1
Cristobal Escobar curates: Transfigurations in Musical Time
Intersections in film, art and music.
WEEK 2
Jake Wilson curates: ‘Back Pay’ (1920)
A silent film ahead of its time accompanied by a live improvised score. Reviewed by Peter Hourigan: https://filmalert101.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-brunswick-pop-up-cinema-at-gallery.html
WEEK 3
Paul Jefferey curates: Il y a Des Jours et Des Lunes (1990)
Claude Lelouche
‘How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie shows how the chaos of life ineluctably propels its characters towards violence and alienation.' IMDB
WEEK 4
Pavlova Palace Presents:
- A Disgraceful Occasion
Cristobal Escobar curates:
-Transfigurations in Musical Time,
Jake Wilson curates:
- ‘Back Pay’ (1920)
Paul Jefferey curates:
- Il y a Des Jours et Des Lunes (1990)
