Sarah Ward

Name: Spanish Film Festival 2023
Start: 2023-06-14
End: 2023-07-05
Location: Sydney

Sarah Ward is Concrete Playground's Editor — and also Film and TV Editor, Film and TV Critic, Arts and Entertainment Editor, and Brisbane Editor. If it's on a screen big or small, happening in Brisbane and southeast Queensland, or news of national and international interest — particularly arts and entertainment — then Sarah is across it.

Sarah has also been a film critic for ABC radio for over a decade. Covering all things cinema and television, Sarah has written for Screen International since 2015, and contributed to SBS, ACMI, AACTA, Birth.Movies.Death, Flicks, Senses of Cinema, ScreenHub, ArtsHub, Junkee, FilmInk, Lumina, Metro Magazine, Screen Education and more. Sarah's background includes managing, writing for, mentoring at, being on judging panels at and hosting Q&As at Australian film festivals, such as the Brisbane International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Queensland Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival and Gold Coast Film Festival.

Favourite cinema in Brisbane: Angelika Film Centre, which is a glorious new place to see a movie.

Favourite cinema in Sydney: Golden Age Cinema & Bar, the one cinema everyone needs to go to in Sydney if they only go to one cinema.

Favourite cinema in Melbourne: The Astor Theatre, and not just because of its history with cinema cats.

Event
Sunset Cinema Ku-ring-gai 2021

Thu, 28 Oct - Sat, 4 Dec 2021
St Ives Showground, St Ives

Settle in for an al fresco screening of 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,' 'Grease' or spooky Halloween flicks.

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Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia 2021

Thu, 7 Oct - Sat, 16 Oct 2021
Online

Watch new and classic Czech and Slovak films at home, with CaSFFA going virtual for 2021.

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News
Powerhouse Museum Is Reopening on October 11 with Five New Eye-Catching Exhibitions

The Ultimo venue will be showcasing everything from party photographs and electric keyboards to art about the relationship between eucalypts and Indigenous Australians.

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Netflix Has Renewed 'The Witcher' for a Third Season Before Its Second Season Even Streams

The Henry Cavill-starring series returns this December after a two-year gap — and there's a third season, a second anime film, and a kids and family series in the works.

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Event
A Fire Inside

Mon, 11 Oct - Sun, 31 Oct 2021
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

This sensitive and poignant documentary revisits Australia's 2019–20 bushfires, paying tribute to the communities affected and exploring the aftermath.

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Acclaimed Bob Dylan Musical 'Girl From the North Country' Is Coming to Australia in 2022

Featuring music and lyrics by the iconic folk singer, the hit West End and Broadway production will make its Aussie debut at the 2022 Sydney Festival.

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NSW's Roadmap Out of Lockdown Has Been Tweaked Now That the State Has Hit 70-Percent Double Jabs

New NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced changes to at-home and outdoor gathering caps, indoor swimming pool rules and wearing masks.

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Event
SFF On Demand

Fri, 12 Nov - Sun, 21 Nov 2021
Online

In addition to its in-cinema 2021 program, SFF is screening 69 films online across ten days.

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Sydney Film Festival 2021

Wed, 3 Nov - Sun, 14 Nov 2021
Various cinemas in Sydney

After being delayed from June to August and then to November, this year's Sydney Film Festival returned with a 12-day in-cinema program.

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News
Sydney Film Festival Has Just Revealed Its Huge 233-Film Full Lineup for 2021

After being delayed from June to August and then to November, this year's Sydney Film Festival is back with a 12-day in-cinema program and a ten-day digital lineup.

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Event
Series Mania Melbourne 2021

Thu, 14 Oct - Sun, 17 Oct 2021
ACMI, Melbourne

The world's biggest TV festival is returning to Melbourne — and this year it's streaming its lineup for free.

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'Sex and the City' Spinoff Series 'And Just Like That...' Is Coming to Binge This December

The ten-episode follow-up stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon — and it's just dropped a sneak peek, too.

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HBO Just Dropped the First Trailer for Its 'Game of Thrones' Prequel 'House of the Dragon'

The new series is set 300 years before its predecessor, and explores the story of House Targaryen.

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Sydney's Cinemas Will Start Reopening (Again) From October 11

After almost four months of watching movies on the small screen, it's time to catch a new flick on the big screen.

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Port Arthur Drama 'Nitram' Will Be Available to Stream Via Stan in November

Caleb Landry Jones won the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor prize for playing the haunting Australian film's lead role.

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You Could Win $1 Million for Getting Vaccinated Thanks to This New Australian Competition

Daily prizes are also being given away as part of the new Million Dollar Vax promotion, from a total prize pool of $4.1 million.

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Qantas Will Resume International Flights To and From Australia Next Month

The airline will restart flights to Los Angeles and London when Australia's international borders will reopen in mid-November.

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Five Classic HBO Shows That You Really Should've Binged Your Way Through By Now

From vamp-fuelled intrigue to side-splitting comedies — and they’re all available to stream.

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Tony-Winning Musical 'The Phantom of the Opera' Has Locked in Its 2022 Australian Dates

After the production's 2021 seasons were postponed back due to current outbreaks, the music of the night will croon its way into Sydney and Melbourne in 2022.

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Wed, 29 Sep - Sun, 31 Oct 2021
Select cinemas in Sydney and online, Various locations

Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard play star-crossed lovers in this spectacular musical melodrama from 'Holy Motors' director Leos Carax and art-pop duo Sparks.

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