Sarah Ward

Name: Benediction
Start: 2022-06-09
End: 2022-06-29
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.

News
This Colourful Forest Installation Is Entirely Made Out of Discarded Plastics

Danish artist Thomas Dambo worked with hundreds of volunteers to turn three tonnes of plastic waste into art.

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News
Patricia Piccinini's Huge Otherworldly Field of Flowers Is Coming to Sydney

A re-imagined version of The Field, which features more than 3000 flower sculptures and is currently on display in Brisbane, will exhibit at this year's Sydney Contemporary Art Fair.

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Event
Foxtrot

Thu, 21 Jun - Wed, 1 Aug 2018
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

The long-awaited second effort from Israeli filmmaker Samuel Maoz proves an astonishing exploration of grief and war.

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Event
Brothers' Nest

Thu, 21 Jun - Wed, 1 Aug 2018
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Shane and Clayton Jacobson are back with a blacker-than-black comedy-thriller that's as far away from Kenny as you can get.

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Event
All-You-Can-Eat Dumplings and Live Jazz

Wed, 20 Jun - Sat, 23 Jun 2018
Spring Street Social, Bondi Junction

Devour an unlimited supply of tasty parcels every Wednesday and Friday.

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News
Paraguayan Film 'The Heiresses' Takes Out Top Prize at the 2018 Sydney Film Festival

And a film about a Sydney ghost hunter won best documentary.

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News
Sydney's New Slow Fashion Market Is Dedicated to Ethical and Sustainable Wares

Showcasing fashion and accessories made from sustainable, non-toxic materials — from retailers that either make the fashion themselves or pay their workers fair wages.

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News
Sydney Is Getting Its First Food Festival Dedicated to Grains

Celebrating bread, bagels, pasta, pastries, biscuits and beer in a former flour mill.

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Event
Hunter Valley Wine Festival 2018

Sat, 30 Jun, 2018
Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, Lovedale

Head north for a day of Semillon, Chardonnay, Riesling and Shiraz.

Buy Tickets

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News
Laurie Anderson Is Bringing Her Concert for Dogs Back to Australia

Coming to the Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast, the 20-minute show features melodies, frequencies and riffs composed specifically for dogs.

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News
You'll Soon Be Able to Visit a James Bond Museum Built Into an Austrian Mountain

Explore the world of Britain's most famous fictional spy on one of the mountains seen in Spectre.

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News
'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' Is the Latest Wizarding Movie Getting the Live Orchestra Treatment

Another night of muggle movie and music magic, this time screening the fourth film in the franchise.

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News
Artist Spencer Tunick Will Stage a Mass Nude Work on a Melbourne Rooftop After All

The Prahran Woolworths will now allow the artist to access its rooftop carpark.

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News
Sydney Is Set to Shiver Through Its Coldest Day of the Year

The maximum temperature isn't expected to exceed 14 degrees on Sunday — and snow is forecast for the state's ski resorts.

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News
Australia's Scandinavian Film Festival Reveals Its Dark and Eerie 2018 Lineup

Including a chilling recreation of a mass shooting and a gothic interpretation of a folk tale.

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Event
Upgrade

Thu, 14 Jun - Wed, 25 Jul 2018
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Australian writer-director Leigh Whannell draws upon a wealth of sci-fi influences for this enjoyably schlocky cyberpunk action-thriller.

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Event
Disobedience

Thu, 14 Jun - Wed, 25 Jul 2018
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams star in this nuanced tale of romance and religion.

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Event
Incredibles 2

Thu, 14 Jun - Wed, 25 Jul 2018
Various cinemas in Sydney

Pixar's superhero family returns in a worthy sequel to the 2004 hit.

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News
Ten Stellar Sydney Film Festival Titles You Can Still Grab Tickets To

These films have been festival favourites so far — and you can still get yourself along to a screening this week.

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