Review by Billy Newbery Going into Magellan from Lav Diaz, I had a feeling of cautiousness that stayed well into its runtime. As the film’s overwhelmingly well-crafted yet cold images… Read More
Magellan / SFF
Category: Sydney Film Festival
Interview with Elizabeth Lo / Mistress Dispeller
This week, I got the chance to speak with the wonderful Hong Kong filmmaker Elizabeth Lo, whose current film, Mistress Dispeller, is playing at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Her… Read More
Spirit World / SFF
by Aksharaa Agarwal What more is there? The questions and answers of Eric Khoo’s Spirit World. Meeting heroes is a peculiar privilege. Knowing them before you meet them is stranger.… Read More
To Kill a Mongolian Horse / SFF
Review by Billy Newbery Breathtaking landscapes, the unbelievable spectacle of horseback theatre, the majesty of the everyday. These are the images that fill To Kill a Mongolian Horse (directed by Xiaoxuan… Read More
Interview with Alessandra Celesia / The Flats
The Flats explores the inhabitants of New Lodge, a housing estate in west Belfast. Through a series of self directed reenactments the residents uncover their ongoing trauma from the… Read More
Interview with Kate Vinen and Jayden Rathsam Hüa / Resonance
Resonance follows the Artamidae Quartet preparing for a performance in the ANAM Quartethaus, a small wooden box outside the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. The space was designed for a listener to… Read More
Interview with Carson Lund / Eephus
Eephus follows two unprofessional baseball teams gathering for their final match, as their beloved field is about to give way to a construction project. A hangout film full of quirky… Read More
Interview with Rhys Graham / Rewards for the Tribe
Rewards For The Tribe lovingly documents the process of collaboration and creation between disabled and non-disabled dancers, of the troupes Chunky Move and Restless Dance Theatre, to create a final… Read More
Interview with Clair Titley / The Contestant
The Contestant is an intimate portrait of Tomoaki Hamatsu, better known as Nasubi, who in the late 90’s was kept in a room of only bare necessities with racks of… Read More
Red Carpet / Parker and Gracie Otto
Otto on Otto Red carpet Sydney Film Festival https://youtube.com/shorts/N8OlA-xWRA4?si=EehuxP8ZHwb-45VM