World Film Festivals - by SimonC

World Film Festivals - May 2009

SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL Programme out now!

May 14th 2009 14:29

The Sydney Film Festival which opens in just over 3 weeks today released its festival programme to the general public. Below is the full programme. Details of special events and films in competition will be published over the coming weeks. The festival will run from 3-14 June 2009.

The first films that will screen in this year's festival have been revealed, presenting a diverse selection of titles that will screen in Australia for the first time. Here is the list of the films in competition.

Official Competition

Coraline courtesy SFF website

Coraline (Henry Selick, USA) - The director of The Nightmare Before Christmas creates an extraordinary gothic fairytale world in the first stop-motion feature shot in stereoscopic 3D, based on Neil Gaiman's beloved novel and featuring the voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French;
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Disgrace courtesy SFF website

Disgrace (Steve Jacobs, Australia) - This haunting adaptation of the bestselling novel by Nobel Prize-winning author JM Coetzee features a masterful performance from John Malkovich and is set in South Africa's Eastern Cape;

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Louise-Michel - (Gustave de Kervern and Benoît Delépine, France) - From the creators of cult hit Aaltra (2004) comes a pitch black comedy about job-loss, vengeance and inept assassins set against the economic downtown in Europe;
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The Maid (Sebastian Silva, Chile) fresh from its award-winning success at the Sundance Film Festival comes this intricate comedy/drama about a long serving (and suffering) household maid who becomes vengeful towards the wealthy family for whom she works.

Other titles announced

No Impact Man - an upbeat doco in which author Colin Beavan and his family make the decision to live for a year with zero effect on the environment (eliminating cars, non-local food and television just to start with!).
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Brendan and the Secret of Kells - a splendid family animation which follows the magical story of a boy monk and his efforts to save the Celtic world's greatest treasure.
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Still Walking - Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film chronicling the 24-hour reunion of a dysfunctional Japanese family.
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In the Loop - a hilarious political spoof which does for Downing Street and the White House what The Hollowmen did for Canberra.
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Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms - a charming animated family comedy about a worm at the bottom of the compost heap who is wriggling his way to the top.
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Bluebeard - Catherine Breillat's daring take on the traditional fairytale.
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Everyone Else courtesy SFF website

Everyone Else - Berlinale award-winner about a couple whose perfect amorous bliss belies an underlying, more destructive tension.
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Pontypool - Bruce McDonald's film in which a small Canadian town is infected by a mysterious virus.
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Red Cliff - action maestro John Woo's historical Chinese epic starring Asian heartthrobs Tony Leung (In the Mood for Love) and Takeshi Kaneshiro (House of Flying Daggers)
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Paranormal Activity - a truly spine tingling horror that will have you checking under the bed for weeks afterwards!

For more info head to:

www.sff.org.au

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