54th Sydney Film Festival

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2007, 9:39 PM by Lonely Planet

From pulsating Latin American documentaries to slick Korean gangster pics, innovative Aussie flicks and broody Eastern European dramas the Sydney Film Festival's 2007 program promises the best in world cinema. Starting this Saturday Sydney-siders will pack their thermos, don their most interesting pair of glasses and head into the dark for 17 days of back to back movie-going.

Our resident Lonely Planet film buff Ghita "just back from Rotterdam" Loebenstein says don't miss Red Road an exceptional and artfully constructed psychological thriller. She also gives props to Fresh Air, a charming Hungarian film about a stuffy mother-daughter relationship and Syndromes and a Century, an enchanting Thai film that twists itself ever so slightly into peculiar and almost mythical forms. For a bit of Icelandic action Children and Parents lends a minimalist lens to the intertwining relationships between a set of children and parents.

Music documentaries to look out for include The Dixie Chicks' Shut Up and Sing which has had a great response wherever it has shown and the Oz hip hop flick Words From The City.

Sydney Film Festival: 8-24 June 2007

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Labels: Asia and Pacific, Festivals and events

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