 maitland s inaugural outdoor foreign film festival lands at the levee this thursday maitland s inaugural outdoor foreign film festival lands at the levee this thursday maitland s inaugural outdoor foreign film festival lands at the levee this thur  tue 11062018 1405 nnimgtaakamaihdnet transform v1 crop frm 32ymriivtenukx3prxgk2iy 6ef7393942ba45f2a978db1d467443adjpg r04550172866w1200h678fmaxjpg for three evenings maitland city council will be celebrating its spring theme of going global at the levee by holding its inaugual foreign film festival the spring festivities will conclude with the festival running from thursday to saturday maitland council s visitor economy coordinator martin payne said it was a great opportunity for the community the foreign film festival is part of the activity program that we have and are continuously developing for the lifestyle precinct here in central maitland he said it s part of the going global theme that we have been working on over spring which was anchored around riverlights multicultural festival obviously with riverlights being a multicultural festival what better way to end the theme than with a foreign film festival over three nights the festival will screen three films including  rams rosalie blum and the square  the films are from iceland france and sweden mr payne said they are all critically acclaimed films from 2015 to 2017 and we have been given the opportunity to showcase them we are hoping people will come and visit the precinct after dark the films will projected onto the wall of the riverlink building and begin at 7pm people will need to bring their own seats and seating location is first in best dressed we know there is a crowd young adults to people who don t have children who want to see a night time economy mr payne added it s the first time we ve done an outdoor foreign film experience at the levee and riverlink building source maitlan mercury  