Footballer who inspired #SaveHakeem campaign still fearful for his future

Footballer who inspired #SaveHakeem campaign still fearful for his future

Former refugee Hakeem al-Araibi hopes a new documentary about his jailing can protect him from the Bahraini government.

  • byGarry Maddox

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Blanchett,Indiana Jones,blowing up a pipeline:the hottest tickets at Sydney Film Festival

Blanchett,Indiana Jones,blowing up a pipeline:the hottest tickets at Sydney Film Festival

From Blanchett as a renegade nun to Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny,the festival that starts this week has plenty of highlights.

  • byGarry Maddox
‘Showies’ for almost a century,this family is not scared of the ride

‘Showies’ for almost a century,this family is not scared of the ride

Elwin Bell says the travelling carnival business is good again – cash preferred – after fires,floods and the pandemic.

  • byGarry Maddox
‘A severe case of nepotism’:Alice Englert’s journey from ‘film brat’ to filmmaker

‘A severe case of nepotism’:Alice Englert’s journey from ‘film brat’ to filmmaker

She grew up on the sets of her mother Jane Campion’s films,before falling into a successful acting career. Now she has her debut feature Bad Behaviour premiering at the Sydney Film Festival.

  • byRobert Moran
The 11-year-old Aussie and the stars protecting him from celebrity

The 11-year-old Aussie and the stars protecting him from celebrity

The flashbulbs,celebrities and red-carpet mayhem at the Cannes Film Festival is a universe away from Aswan Reid’s outback life in Alice Springs.

  • byAndrew Hornery
From the Archives,1993:Campion’s Piano a Cannes success

From the Archives,1993:Campion’s Piano a Cannes success

In 1993,‘The Piano’ became the first Australian film to win the Palme d’Or while New Zealand-born Jane Campion became the first woman director to win the prize.

  • byLynden Barber andAgencies
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Michael Gudinski documentary to premiere at Melbourne Film Festival

Michael Gudinski documentary to premiere at Melbourne Film Festival

The life and times of the late,great music industry figure Michael Gudinski will be celebrated in a documentary that will be unveiled at MIFF in August.

  • byKarl Quinn
Johnny Depp says he has no ‘further need for Hollywood’

Johnny Depp says he has no ‘further need for Hollywood’

“It’s a strange,funny time where everybody would love to be able to be themselves,but they can’t,” Depp told reporters in Cannes.

  • byJake Coyle
Does the world’s most famous film festival have a serious man problem?

Does the world’s most famous film festival have a serious man problem?

The rousing reception granted to Johnny Depp at Cannes is just the latest instance of a man being welcomed with open arms after being accused of behaving badly.

  • byKarl Quinn
Johnny Depp receives lengthy standing ovation at Cannes opening gala

Johnny Depp receives lengthy standing ovation at Cannes opening gala

Legions of French Depp fans surged around the barriers set up at the cinemas at the film festival’s opening night,where the star signed autographs and posed for selfies.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
‘It’s time to stand up to fearmongering and nonsense,’ says new queer film festival director
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‘It’s time to stand up to fearmongering and nonsense,’ says new queer film festival director

Cerise Howard has a strong vision for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival,starting with more festivity – and asking some vital questions.

  • byStephen A Russell