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- Antonio Zeccola, Founder and Owner of Palace Cinemas. Antonio Zeccola's involvement in film dates back to the 1960's where his first foray into the motion picture industry was (like his father's before him) a rented town hall screening films to small but enthusiastic audiences.
Palace Cinemas was founded by Antonio Zeccola in 1965. [14] Zeccola's first cinema, Pix Theatre in Noble Park, was originally only open on weekends and operated as a dance theatre for the rest of the week. [15] In late 1994, Palace opened The Como and The George cinemas in Melbourne. [15]
Antonio Zeccola founded this thriving organisation forty-five years ago and intriguingly enough, the way it came about could inspire a film genre Palace Cinemas specialises in. It is a story that has been likened to Giuseppe Tornatore's celebrated film "Cinema Paradiso", with its beginning presenting quite a few similarities.
Founded by Antonio Zeccola in 1965, Palace Films is an independent, family-run distribution company that has proudly profiled the work of leading and emerging international filmmaking talent to Australian and New Zealand audiences for sixty years.
Antonio Zeccola, now owner of the Palace Cinemas chain and organiser of the Italian Film Festival, came to Australia in 1957 at age 14 years with his mother, four brothers and a sister.
Sep 11, 2024 · Palace Cinemas founder Antonio Zeccola recalls screening Weir’s 1977 film, The Last Wave, at his original independent Melbourne Palace cinema. “When The Last Wave screened Australian films were not completely supported by the Australian media but they were supported by cinephiles,” says Zeccola.
Antonio Zeccola is known for Alexandra's Project (2003), Macbeth (2006) and Kokoda: 39th Battalion (2006).
