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 ...