As a low-key [high-key, definitely high-key] ‘scandophile’, I’ve seriously been looking forward to the 2017 Scandinavian Film Festival – and as of July 11, it’s officially in Sydney. Opening with… Read More
Often with serious or solemn plotlines, films use humour to lighten the weight of the topic. One such film is The Other Side of Hope from Director Aki Kaurismäki. The… Read More
Sameblod follows the story of Sami (native Scandinavian, also ‘Lappish’) teenager Elle-Marja who wants to go further than what her village Sami school can offer her. She wants to… Read More
This film was wonderful, to put it plainly. Framed in the lavish State Theatre (which I was late to, as I’d rocked up to the Capitol Theatre 8 minutes before… Read More
J’aime cinema de la France! I apologise to all French people who may be reading this – I have no idea how that is supposed to be spelt or if… Read More
One of my favourite documentaries so far in this festival has been Mifune: The Last Samurai. It analyses contextual factors that impacted on the career of the Japanese legendary actor… Read More
Not gonna lie – for the first half hour of this film I was just about to stop watching. There was too much silence, too much unknown, and too much awkwardness.… Read More
We finally get to Market Street, and it’s 6:03pm – late. We find the street number and ask where we might find the media screening for The Innocents, and we… Read More
The Young Offenders is a classic Irish comedy, with a strong moral didacticism woven neatly underneath the thick layer of stomach-clenching jokes. It’s impossible not to love the two main… Read More
Atlantic didn’t quite turn out the way I’d imagined it to, upon hearing the premise. For reference, here’s the premise I got: a documentary about fishing in the Atlantic. Fishing in… Read More
