Category Archives: Festivals

JFF, BIFF & GCFF: November movie madness in QLD

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Deni

Bloody hell, the November cinema scene up here in Queensland has gone a little crazy!

First up early in the month, the Japan Film Festival is happening around the country, and sure, we don’t get a lot to choose from comparatively speaking, but what we do get is worth leaving the house for – Studio Ghibli’s Arrietty, based on The Borrowers; live action extravaganza Space Battleship Yamato (come on, it’s a battleship in space that shoots a laser … (read more)

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The Fantastic Asia Film Festival comes to Melbourne

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Justin

Melbournians take heed! A new festival is coming to town, and it’s bringing with it four days of Asian film that run the gamut of cult and genre cinema: from their opener, Nishimura’s zombie splatter film Helldriver, to low-budget Filipino ghost/horror flicks Altar and Yanggaw. They’ve packed a huge number of films into the Cinema Nova in Carlton over four days, starting on the 10th of November.

You’ll find the complete lineup and session times at their website… (read more)

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Free tickets to the Korean Film Festival (closed)

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Justin

(Update: … and I’m all out. Thanks to those who wrote in!)

Heads up, readers in Sydney and Melbourne!

I’ve got three double passes to give away to any screening you like (except for the opening and closing night galas) at this year’s Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA 2011), courtesy of the festival organisers. Feast your eyes on their program full of recent Korean cinema, choose what you’d like to see, then come back and use our … (read more)

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KOFFIA 2011: The Lineup

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Justin

It seems it’s festival season in Australia right now, and after MIFF the next one we’re excited about is the Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA), which has just unwrapped their lineup for this year. Eugene and I went along to their media launch, and we’re impressed: for their second year, they’ve come back with a larger list of screenings and expanded into Melbourne as well!

Their program announcement has all the details, but here’s a short … (read more)

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MIFF 2011 rolls onwards

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Justin

I do hope Melbourne readers are getting stuck into MIFF this year — there’s a lot on show, and they’ve filled out their schedule with a bunch more Asian films since I wrote up our little summary of their First Glance list. You can see the full program at the MIFF site, but there are a few films of interest that I thought I’d make particular mention of.

Firstly, for those who want a chance to catch some bona fide … (read more)

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Upcoming Asian film festival in Melbourne

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Justin

I’ve been contacted by Neil Foley of Monster Pictures, a Melbourne-based distributor who are organising an all-Asian genre film festival, pencilled in for mid-November this year at the Cinema Nova in Carlton.

Things are still being bootstrapped, but among the titles playing will be Na Hong-Jin’s The Yellow Sea, Sion Sono’s new film Guilty of Romance, and a picture or two from Sushi Typhoon (think Alien vs Ninja, Mutant Girls Squad).

Neil’s looking for volunteers … (read more)

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JFF dates announced

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Deni

Via Twitchfilm (man, those guys are on the ball) the Japan Foundation has announced dates for the annual awesome Japanese Film Festival here in Aus. And the big news this year is that the JFF is coming to Adelaide!

So, start blocking out time in early September people; there’s a great range of films on offer! More details at the festival website (as if you didn’t already know).

15th Japanese Film Festival… (read more)

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SFF 2011 Update: ‘33 Postcards’

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Justin

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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