Films @ SBS



Kylie Boltin meets Hong Kong cinema legend, actor Simon Yam, a staunch advocate of low budget filmmaking.


Veteran actor Simon Yam and prolific Hong Kong director, Johnnie To enjoy a professional relationship that spans over 35 years with films that include, Election (Hak se wui, 2005) flagged as 'The Best Film of the Year' by cinephile-director, Quentin Tarantino, and their latest collaboration, Sparrow (Man Jeuk, 2008).

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Adam Elliot's Mary and Max to headline Sundance

21 November 2008 | 11:28 - By World Movies

Adam Elliot's claymation feature Mary and Max will open the 2009 Sundance Film Festval, marking the the first time that an Australian film receives such an honour.


Mary and Max is the first feature from the Oscar-winning director Adam Elliot and producer Melanie Coombs, the team behind Harvie Krumpet.

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Review: A slice of life in Smalltown U.S.A.

20 November 2008 | 15:18 - By World Movies

American Teen should be required viewing for anyone who longs to be a kid again - it's not all it's cracked up to be. Review by Fiona Williams.


The final year of high school is a time that’s rife with uncertainty and indecision, so you can see why it continues to hold great appeal for filmmakers.

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Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia is many things, but an enduring classic isn't one of them. Review by Fiona Williams.


Baz Luhrmann grew up in country NSW, and traversed this wide-brown land to research his new film, so it figures that he of all people, knows that we Australians a hard bunch to please. We lop our poppies off at the knees if we think they’re growing too tall.

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Film Fix: A festival of films for Human Rights

18 November 2008 | 10:51 - By World Movies

The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) is celebrating its second year with 65 films, of which 36 are Australian premieres. Kylie Boltin looks at the Australian premiere of Emmy Award winning producer/director, Lisa F. Jackson’s The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (USA 2007, English/Swahili with English subtitles, 76 mins).


The Greatest Silence has screened across the world to wide acclaim and political attention, and it has won prizes at the Sundance Film Festival (2008 Special Jury Prize for Documentaries), the Amnesty International Film Festival (2007 Movies That Matter Distribution Award, where it screened as a work-in-progress), the Rome Independent Film Festival (2008 Best Documentary).

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The Japan Foundation and SBS are giving away free double passes to the Japanese Film Festival.


Into its 12th year, 2008's Japanese Film Festival brings audiences the usual array of mainstream offerings and independent gems.

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Men's Group scores hat-trick at IF Awards

14 November 2008 | 9:21 - By World Movies

Michael Joy’s Men’s Group scored a trifecta at the 2008 IF Awards, taking out the Best Film Award for Joy and co-producer John L Simpson, the Best Actor Award for Grant Dodwell’s first leading role since the glory days of A Country Practice and the award for Best Script.


Queensland production took home the Best Director award for Peter Duncan and Best Actress for Dutch leading lady Monic Hendrickx. Hendrickx reprised first performed the same role for the Dutch original, and was heavily awarded for her efforts (Best Actress at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival in 1999 and the Netherlands Film Festival in 1998).

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Paris in Happiness? It could, like, work

13 November 2008 | 16:04 - By World Movies

Todd Solondz has cast sometime actor/full-time 'heirhead' Paris Hilton in his follow-up to Happiness.  


We can only trust that there's method to this apparent madness so we'll wait to see the results before passing judgment (As much as we really, really might want to...).

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