Film Festivals
54th Sydney Film Festival—Part 5
Australian reflections: Boxing Day, The Home Song Stories and Lucky Miles
By Richard Phillips, July 24, 2007
This is the fifth in a series of articles on the 2007 Sydney Film Festival, held June 8-24. Part 1 appeared on July 4, Part 2 on July 10, Part 3 on July 11 and Part 4 on July 12.
54th Sydney Film Festival—Part 4
12:08 East of Bucharest and Beauty in Trouble: mixed results from Eastern Europe
By Ismet Redzovic, July 12, 2007
This is the fourth in a series of articles on the 2007 Sydney Film Festival, held June 8-24. Part 1 appeared on July 4, Part 2 on July 10 and Part 3 on July 11
54th Sydney Film Festival—Part 3
Some documentaries from China, Israel and Australia
By Richard Phillips, July 11, 2007
This is the third in a series of articles on the 2007 Sydney Film Festival, held June 8-24.
54th Sydney Film Festival—Part 2
“New Crowned Hope” films from Asia: Strengths and weaknesses
By Richard Phillips, July 10, 2007
This is the second in a series of articles on the 2007 Sydney Film Festival, held June 8-24. Part 1 appeared on July 4.
54th Sydney Film Festival—Part 1
Uneven responses to real human problems
By Richard Phillips, July 4, 2007
This is the first in a series of articles on the 2007 Sydney Film Festival, held June 8-24.
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007
Part 5: Serious, but flawed
By David Walsh, May 28, 2007
This is the fifth and final article in a series on the 2007 San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 26-May 10.
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007
Part 4: Films on Africa—“ The problem always comes back to poverty”
By Joanne Laurier, May 23, 2007
This is the fourth of a series of articles on the 2007 San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 26-May 10.
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007
Part 3: Smiling through the pain
By David Walsh, May 18, 2007
This is the third of a series of articles on the 2007 San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 26-May 10.
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007
Part 2: An artist’s circle of hell
By Joanne Laurier, May 16, 2007
This is the second of a series of articles on the 2007 San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 26-May 10.
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007
Part 1: For honesty and urgency in filmmaking
By David Walsh, May 12, 2007
This is the first of a series of articles on the 2007 San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 26-May 10.
57th Berlin Film Festival—Part 2
Some rumblings in German film
By Stefan Steinberg, March 29, 2007
This is the second in a series of articles on the recent Berlin film festival.
57th Berlin Film Festival—Part 1
Stumbling over political and historical themes
By Stefan Steinberg, March 5, 2007
The increasing commercialisation of major modern film festivals obliges a festival director and his staff to strike a balance between a number of competing interests. Large corporations, which invest ...


