Category: Film Festivals
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Sydney Film Festival 2011 – Preview
The 2011 Sydney Film Festival is almost here, and the good folks at SFF have released a sneak-peek at their line-up. With no less than 23 films from their forthcoming program, and a whopping 16 Australian premieres (so far), we tell you what we’re excited about.
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The Princess of Montpensier (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
Veteran filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier returns to France.
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Carlos (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
Acclaimed French filmmaker Olivier Assayas turns his lens to the infamous Carlos the Jackal, in the mini-series turned feature film Carlos. A hit at Cannes and a regular on the festival circuit, it makes its way to Australian audiences as part of the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011.
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A Cat in Paris (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
House cat by day, prowling the rooftops of Paris by night: such is the life of a cat. This retro storybook of a film is the latest big animated film to come out of France from Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli, and it is playing here for the Alliance Française French Film Festival.
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On Tour (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
Earning Mathieu Amalric best director at Cannes, On Tour paints a portrait of the other side of burlesque as it follows an American troupe doing the rounds of France.
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Outside the Law (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
Writer / director Rachid Bouchareb follows up his Cannes Film Festival François Chalais award-winning world war two film Days Of Glory with another explosive drama starring his trio of brothers Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila and Roschdy Zem.
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A View of Love (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
Jean Dujardin and Marie-Josée Croze join actress-turned-director Nicole Garcia in her latest outing. Part of a wave of French cinema dealing with the French occupation of Algeria, it is now screening at the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011.
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Castaway on the Moon
The 2011 Korean Cinema Blogathon is on, and we are taking a look at Lee Hae-jun’s 2009 sophomore effort. Soon to be remade for US audiences by Mean Girls director Mark Waters, audiences everywhere should take the opportunity to explore this modern classic.
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Machete Maidens Unleashed (Australian Film Festival 2011)
The director of Not Quite Hollywood turns his attention to the countless sex-n’-violence epics produced in the Marcos-era Phillippines. This neglected corner of the film industry is given some additional light as the film plays at the Australian Film Festival.
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Año Bisiesto (Leap Year) (Australian Film Festival 2011)
Although ostensibly a Mexican film, Australian writer/director/producer Michael Rowe’s controversial debut feature is screening as part of the Australian Film Festival. Winner of the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year, it is brutal and confronting.
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