NFSA Restores: The Sentimental Bloke with live musical performance by ARIA award winning artist Paul Mac

World Premier!

Saturday 15 February, gates open from 6.00pm screening starts at 8.30pm.

Sydney Westpac Open Air Cinema,  Fleet Steps Royal Botanic Garden

$40 / $38 concession [Book Now]

One of Australia’s greatest silent films celebrates its 100th anniversary with a new digital restoration by the NFSA, and an extraordinary musical score composed by ARIA Award winner Paul Mac – who will also perform it live at the Westpac OpenAir cinema world premiere on 15 February 2020. It’s a Sydney summer experience not to be missed!

Directed by legendary filmmaker Raymond Longford, The Sentimental Bloke is set in the-then rough streets of Woolloomooloo and the beaches of Manly, offering contemporary audiences a rare glimpse of Sydney 100 years ago. A huge box office hit with audiences at the time, The Sentimental Bloke is one of few silent-era Australian films to have survived in its entirety.