The theatre’s lights fade. A lady opens her phone on full brightness, only to be shushed and disciplined by those around her. People wonder whether their parking ticket will expire… Read More
Response: Seven Samurai / Sydney Film Festival / Nick
Category: Sydney Film Festival
Review: You Have No Idea How Much I Love You / SFF / Tiana
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You is a powerful and emotionally engaging documentary that will leave a mark on anyone who watches it. The documentary follows the… Read More
Review: Angry Inuk / Sydney Film Festival / Kena
I found this film to be one of the most confronting documentaries in my entire film-watching life. Angry Inuk is a documentary starring, made and narrated by Inuit woman Alethea… Read More
Review: Mifune: The Last Samurai / Sydney Film Festival/ Kena
One of my favourite documentaries so far in this festival has been Mifune: The Last Samurai. It analyses contextual factors that impacted on the career of the Japanese legendary actor… Read More
Review: Ama-San / Sydney Film Festival / Bill
Ama-San is a documentary by Claudio Varejão, but it’s unusual in that it doesn’t actually give you any information beyond what you see. Varejão doesn’t appear in the film at… Read More
Interview: Clare Sawyer, SFF youth/family programmer / Mischa
Mischa got the lowdown from Clare Sawyer (SFF youth/family programmer) about the under 18 films screening in the youth/family program. What is your process of finding youth films for the program? What… Read More
Review: King Of The Belgians / Sydney Film Festival / Bill
King Of The Belgians is a gentle mockumentary from filmmaking duo Jessica Hope Woodworth and Peter Brosens, which follows the story of fictionalised Belgian king, Nicholas III, and his entourage on… Read More
Filmmaker series: Michael Haneke / Nick
by Nick Ward One of the most respected arthouse directors of all time, and a two-time winner of the prestigious Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; Michael Haneke is… Read More
The Year My Voice Broke / Vanessa Berry
As a teenager in the 1990s I had about a dozen VHS video cassettes of movies and TV shows I’d taped off the television. I put them together carefully, pausing to… Read More
Sydney Film Festival – Films we don’t want to miss
Changes to classification restrictions have made over 50% of the Sydney Film Festival program accessible to audiences 15+ allowing more experiences and discoveries for young film lovers! Film in Revolt will… Read More