Sydney Film Festival 2014 Archive

Many of the earliest films were documentaries. These ranged in style from the Lumiere brothers’ observational short films, such as Arrival of a Train at a Station (1895) and Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1895), to films with more of a narrative structure, such as Robert …

  Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, the nations that emerged in its place have struggled to respond to a new world. We have all been watching Ukraine on our televisions as it slides towards civil war, but it is …

Michel Houellebecq, the best-selling author and enfant terrible of French literature, vanished during his European book tour in 2011. His disappearance sparked wild rumours of kidnapping, suicide and even the involvement of Al-Qaeda. Writer-director Guillaume Nicloux has reimagined the events surrounding this vanishing …

This year’s Sydney Film Festival will feature the largest ever number of Australian films in competition for the top prize. Leading the charge in the Official Competition is David Michôd’s highly anticipated futuristic thriller Rover, his follow up to the Academy-Award nominated …