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Asian Cinema at the Sydney Film Festival 2012

Sydney Film Festival 2012

That time of year has rolled around again: the Sydney Film Festival has released its full program for 2012, and there’s a lot there to get excited about this year!… (read more)

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SFF 2011 Update: ‘33 Postcards’

33 Postcards

My SFF rundown the other day contained a pretty serious omission, one that’s particularly of interest given HC’s mission statement — Australian-Chinese co-production 33 Postcards, from director Pauline Chan. Mea maxima culpa, everyone.

33 Postcards is only the second film to be produced under 2010′s co-production treaty between our two countries, after Mario Andreacchio’s The Dragon Pearl. Starring Guy Pearce and Zhu Lin, it’s a drama about a Chinese girl who finally gets the chance to visit … (read more)

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Asian cinema at the Sydney Film Festival 2011

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Sydney people needn’t be too jealous of MIFF-going Victorians this year — our own film festival starts in a couple of days, and has a bunch of films from Asia showing as well.

Here’s a quick roundup of what SFF is serving up this year; as always, check the official program for the real deal in case I’ve made a mistake or the schedule changes.… (read more)

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