Film Festivals

An interview with Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, co-director of Gilaneh

October 3, 2005

Joanne Laurier and David Walsh spoke to Rakhshan Bani-Etemad in Toronto

Toronto International Film Festival 2005—Part 2

Valuable films from France

By David Walsh, September 28, 2005

This is the second of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival.

Toronto International Film Festival 2005—Part 1

World cinema and the world’s problems

By David Walsh, September 23, 2005

This is the first of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival.

52nd Sydney Film Festival

Some valuable dramatisations of social life

By Richard Phillips and Ismet Redzovic, August 1, 2005

This is the final article on the 52nd Sydney Film Festival. Parts one, two, three, four, five and six were published on July 7, 12, 13, 21, 25 and 27 respectively.

52nd Sydney Film Festival

The struggle against superstition in a West African village

Moolaadé, written and directed by Ousmane Sembène

By Mile Klindo, July 27, 2005

This is the sixth in a series of articles on the 52nd Sydney Film Festival. Parts one, two, three, four and five were published on July 7, 12, 13, 21 and 25 respectively.

52nd Sydney Film Festival

Yugoslav filmmaker at an impasse

Life is a Miracle (Zivot Je Cudo), directed and co-written by Emir Kusturica

By Ismet Redzovic, July 25, 2005

This is the fifth in a series of articles on the 52nd Sydney Film Festival. Parts one, two, three and four were published on July 7, 12, 13 and 21, respectively.

52nd Sydney Film Festival

Some interesting documentaries

By Richard Phillips, July 21, 2005

This is the fourth in a series of articles on the 52nd Sydney Film Festival.

52nd Sydney Film Festival

“A return from a different kind of investment”

Amma Asante, A Way of Life writer and director, speaks with WSWS

By Richard Phillips, July 13, 2005

A Way of Life, a confronting first feature about poverty and racism in South Wales by writer-director Amma Asante, has won a series of British film awards, including a BAFTA prize for the most promisi...

52nd Sydney Film Festival

Reality confronted, with passion and humanity

By Richard Phillips, July 12, 2005

This is the second in a series of articles on the 52nd Sydney Film Festival. Part One was published on July 7.

52nd Sydney Film Festival

A generally disappointing selection

By Richard Phillips, July 7, 2005

This is the first in a series of articles on the Sydney Film Festival, held over the period June 10-25, 2005.

San Francisco International Film Festival 2005—Part 3

There is no shortage of subjects

By David Walsh, May 14, 2005

This is the third in a series of articles about the recent San Francisco film festival, held April 21-May 5

San Francisco International Film Festival 2005—Part 2

Problems with history

By David Walsh, May 12, 2005

This is the second in a series of articles about the recent San Francisco film festival, held April 21-May 5