<p>For three evenings,&nbsp;Maitland City Council will be celebrating its&nbsp;spring theme of Going Global at The Levee by holding its inaugual Foreign Film Festival.</p>

<p>The spring festivities will conclude with the&nbsp;festival running from Thursday to Saturday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Maitland Council's visitor economy coordinator Martin&nbsp;Payne said it was a&nbsp;great opportunity for the community.</p>

<p>“The foreign film festival is part of the activity&nbsp;program that we have –&nbsp;and are continuously developing –&nbsp;for the lifestyle precinct here in Central Maitland,”&nbsp;he said.</p>

<p>“It’s part of the Going Global theme that we have been working on over spring, which was anchored around Riverlights Multicultural Festival.</p>

<p>“Obviously with Riverlights being a multicultural festival, what better way to end the theme than with a foreign film festival over three nights.” The&nbsp;festival will screen three&nbsp;films&nbsp;including<em>&nbsp;Rams, Rosalie Blum</em> and<em> The Square.</em></p>

<p>“The films are from Iceland, France and Sweden,” Mr Payne said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“They are all critically acclaimed films from 2015 to 2017, and we have been given&nbsp;the opportunity to showcase them.&nbsp;We are hoping people will come and visit the precinct after dark.”</p>

<p>The films will projected onto the wall of the Riverlink Building, and&nbsp;begin&nbsp;at 7pm.&nbsp;People will need to bring their own seats, and&nbsp;seating location is first in best dressed.</p>

<p>“We know there is a crowd, young adults to people who don’t have children, who want to see a night time economy,”&nbsp;Mr Payne added.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“It’s the first time we’ve done an outdoor foreign film experience at The Levee and Riverlink Building.”​</p>
