Wednesday 18 October

The Adelaide Film Festival Opening Night Gala is Adelaide’s most famous opening party. Audiences are invited to glam up and celebrate the art of film, walk the red carpet, join filmmakers and film lovers alike for the premiere screening of The Royal Hotel at the magnificently refurbished The Piccadilly, North Adelaide on Wednesday October 18 from 6pm to late..  The Gala afterparty will be at the Hindley Street Music Hall, where the chandeliers and finery are in beautiful contrast to the outback ‘Royal’.

Kitty Green’s social thriller The Royal Hotel, was filmed in South Australia. Green will attend the Opening Night Gala and walk the red carpet alongside one of the film’s stars, and Adelaide Film Festival Board member, Australian acting icon Hugo Weaving.