Umbrella-Palooza: Digital Nightmares Triple Feature

FFFA is thrilled to partner with kindred spirits at Umbrella Entertainment for an epic triple feature delving into the horrors borne from technology. Join us for a day of screenings, talks, and giveaways as we uncover the ghosts in the machine and explore the dark side of the digital age.

Cypher (2002)
Dir. Vincenzo Natali, USA, Language: English

This cerebral sci-fi espionage thriller from the director of Cube (1997) and Splice (2009), starring Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu, is criminally underseen compared to some of its millennial counterparts like The Matrix and Minority Report.

Hardware (4K restoration) (1990)
Dir. Richard Stanley, UK, Language: English

The stylish directorial debut of Richard Stanley (Color Out of Space), Hardware melds hard rock, industrial horror and cyberpunk dystopia in this gory cult classic about a cyborg that reassembles itself and goes on a violent rampage.

Pulse (4K restoration) (2001)
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, Language: Japanese (English subtitles)

From director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure), Pulse is an unnerving, sinister techno-thriller about a group of friends in Tokyo grappling with an unsettling presence emerging from their computers. A chilling, ahead-of-its-time vision of disconnection in a digital world.

Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn
Saturday 10 May
4:00pm – Cypher
6:30pm – Hardware 
9:00pm – Pulse  

Ritz Cinemas, Randwick
Saturday 10 May
4:00pm – Cypher 
6:30pm – Hardware 
9:00pm – Pulse