Sydney Film Festival 2010

Exit Through the Gift Shop

This year’s Sydney Film Festival is jam-packed with some of the best in international and Australian features, shorts, documentaries and archive titles. The full program was announced a few weeks ago and the most popular choices such as Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop, The Messenger starring Woody Harrelson, I Am Love starring Tilda Swinton and Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer with Ewan McGregor, Kim Cattrall and Pierce Brosnan, have already sold out. Also shown to be very popular and now sold-out are films like New Zealand’s Boy, beautiful animation The Illusionist and Australian feature Caught Inside.

No One Knows About Persian Cats

Because I love all things related to music, I am always very excited about the ‘Sounds on Screen’ selection of films and documentaries. This year, Sydney Film Festival brings an interesting mix of music genres to the screen. Definitely worth seeing is No One Knows About Persian Cats, an Iranian documentary on the underground indie rock scene in Tehran, and The Runaways, a film based on the 70’s all-girl band from LA.

In its 57th year, Sydney Film Festival’s selection of films doesn’t seize to impress. There are hundreds of other beautiful, moving and stimulating films to be discovered. For a full list and session times, check out the festival website. Sydney Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday 2 June and finishes on Monday 14 June.

White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights

White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights

There are so many excellent movies around at the moment, we’re truly spoilt for choice. However, if you’re a movie- and music-loving creature, add this to your flick list. For three nights only, Hoyts cinema is showing Under Great White Northern Lights, a feature length film about White Stripe’s 2007 Canadian tour. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the band, this visually intense and captivating documentary captures Jack and Meg’s journey across the Great White North, playing to audiences in different-sized towns, and in a number of typical and unusual venues. Showing from Thursday 25 February to Saturday 27 February. Check the Hoyts website for all the info.