19 August 2009

Classic European Film Festival

Saturday 22nd to Sunday 23rd August, Sydney

Together with the Centre for Continuing Education the School of Letters, Art & Media is proud to present the second Classic European Film Festival for 2009. Eight legendary European films screened across two days and live panel discussion after each film with panelists from industry and academia.

The line up of films across two days include:

Hiroshima Mon Amour
Alain Resnais
1959 | 91m | BW | France-Japan | Psychological Drama, Romantic Drama


The Fireman’s Ball 
Milos Forman
1967 | 73min | Col | Czechoslovakia | Comedy, Drama




Z
Costa-Gavras
1969 | 127min | Col | Greece, France | Crime Drama, Mystery Thriller



Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti
1971 | 130m | Col | Italy | Drama, Period Film
See Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) and BBC




The Passenger
Michelangelo Antonioni
1975 | 119m | Col | Italy | Road Movie, Psychological Drama
See Derek Malcolm's Century of Films and Slant Magazine



Lost Honour of Katherina Blum
Volker Schlondorff, Margarethe von Trotta
1975 | 106m | Col | Germany | Drama



Babette's Feast
Gabriel Axel
1987 | 102m | Col | Denmark | Romantic Drama



Raising Ravens
Carlos Saura
1976 | 107 min | Col | Spain | Drama