Monday 11 October 2021

CLASSICS RESTORED AT THE SYDNEY 
FILM FESTIVAL
 - FLOATING LIFE (Clara Law, Australia, 1996), MANDABI (Ousmane Sembene, Senegal, 1968), RADIANCE (Rachel Perkins, Australia, 1998)


The Classics Restored program returns to the Sydney Film Festival with Mandabi, the first feature in an African language,Clara Law’s Floating Life (winner of the 1996 Silver Leopard
 Award at Locarno Film Festival) and Rachel Perkins’s powerful, authentic and vital
 Australian film Radiance.

Floating Life

FLOATING LIFE

Clara Law’s comic drama follows the fortunes of a Hong Kong family that immigrates to sunburnt Aussie suburbia. Australia’s first-ever submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.

A potent portrayal of a family cut adrift from its roots... graced with an original and invigorating approach that’s a credit to all concerned. 4.5 stars. David Stratton, The Movie Show

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Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive's digital restoration program NFSA Restores


Mandabi

MANDABI

The ‘father of African cinema’ Ousmane Sembène’sscathing social satire about the effect of post-colonialism on Senegalese living is given new life in this meticulous restoration.













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Radiance
 

RADIANCE

The award-winning first feature by Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae) tells the touching and humorous
 story of estranged sisters reuniting for their mother’s funeral.“Sparks fly as the three contrasting sisters face off against one another and the drama’s payoff produces real emotional fireworks.” David Rooney, Variety


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Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive's digital restoration program
 NFSA Restores


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