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Book Club: The Shawshank Redemption
When freedom lives in the heart, no bars can contain it.
3:00 AM
Book Club: Never Let Me Go
Love, memory and the cost of being human
Arc Cinema
2:00PM
$22 Full / $19.50 Concession ( + $1.50 booking fee)
13 September, 2026
Book Club: Never Let Me Go 13 September, 2026
Read the book. Watch the film. Join the conversation.
BOOK CLUB AT NFSA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ABC RADIO CANBERRA.
Explore how culturally significant books have been adapted and reimagined as films.
2010 | DCP | UK/USA | D: Mark Romanek
Adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, this haunting drama follows three friends whose sheltered boarding-school upbringing conceals a devastating truth. A star-studded ensemble cast with Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley, the film blends restrained science fiction with aching romantic tragedy, offering a quietly powerful meditation on fate and mortality.
‘A gorgeously restrained look at what it means to be human in the face of inevitable loss.’
— Kenneth Turan – Los Angeles Times
The screening will be followed by an interactive discussion about the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go in conversation with Alice Matthews (ABC Radio Canberra) and Rhiân Williams (guest host, ABC Radio Canberra Book Club)
Arc Cinema
We are situated in the heart of Canberra on McCoy Circuit, Acton, between the shores of Lake Burley Griffin and the grounds of the Australian National University. Just a 10-minute walk from the city and state bus interchanges.
1 McCoy Circuit, Acton, ACT 2601
Film Details
Year
2010
Details
DCP 104 mins M
Director
Mark Romanek
Countries
UK
Accessibility
Closed Captions
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