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The ANU Film Group is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Picnic at Hanging Rock with this screening of a brand new and fully restored version of the seminal Australian film. We will be joined in-person on Thursday 6 November by actor Tony Llewellyn-Jones – whose performance in the film received an AFI Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – along with film historian and distributor Andrew Pike OAM, both of whom will introduce the film and participate in a Q&A afterwards.

First released in 1975, director Peter Weir's atmospheric masterpiece remains one of the most haunting and enduring films in Australian cinema history. Set on Valentine's Day in 1900, the film follows a group of schoolgirls from the strict Appleyard College who take a summer excursion to the enigmatic Hanging Rock in central Victoria. By mid-afternoon, however, several girls and a teacher have mysteriously vanished without a trace after venturing into the rock formation.

This chilling mystery, based on Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel that many mistakenly believed was a true story, combines breathtaking, hypnotic visuals with an eerie, dreamlike tone. Renowned for its ethereal cinematography and an ending that still sparks intense debate to this day, Weir’s disquieting film masterfully crafts an unforgettable sense of place, as it embarks on an unsettling inquiry into class, innocence and sexual repression in Australian society.

The ANU Film Group is Australia's largest film society and screens more than 200 films a year on the ANU Campus in the purpose-built, 300-seat Kambri Cinema. Memberships are open to all and start from $15. For more information, please visit