Sarah Ward
FeaturesSydney Film Festival & EFP’s European women filmmakers to watch
The Europe! Voices of Women in Film programme is now in its fifth year.
Reviews‘Kids Run’: Berlin Review
A desperate young father enters a boxing match in an attempt to win the cash prize
Reviews‘Speer Goes To Hollywood’: Berlin Review
Fascinating documentary about the self-proclaimed “good Nazi” Albert Speer
Reviews‘Servants’: Review
A seminary in Cold War Czechoslovakia is the scene for a compelling second feature from Ivan Ostrochovsky
Reviews’Kill It And Leave This Town’: Berlin Review
For his feature debut, veteran animator Mariusz Wilczynski presents a deeply personal look at his own life
Reviews‘One In A Thousand’: Berlin Review
Berlin’s Panorama section opens with a teen romance set in One Thousand, an estate in Northern Argentina’s Corrientes
Reviews‘Eeb Allay Ooo!’: Berlin Review
A disaffected monkey wrangler is the subject of Prateek Vats’ satirical feature debut
Reviews‘The Gentlemen’: Review
A British drug lord attempts to do business with an American dynasty in Guy Ritchie’s latest crime caper
FeaturesFilms of the year 2019: Sarah Ward
Ward joined Screen in 2015, and writes for Concrete Playground, SBS and others, and is on ABC Radio.
Reviews‘Go!’: Review
A headstrong teen finds meaning in go-karting in this thrilling Aussie family drama
Reviews‘Wings Over Everest’: Tokyo Review
An experienced mountain rescue team is tasked with recovering crucial documents from Everest’s notorious death zone
Reviews‘Uncle’: Tokyo Review
Frelle Pettersen’s Tokyo Grand Prix winner is a sensitive, contemplative portrait of life in rural Denmark
Reviews‘Sacrifice’: Tokyo Review
Mysterious events surround a former cult member in this brooding thriller from Taku Tsuboi
Reviews‘Tezuka’s Barbara’: Tokyo Review
An author develops an obssession with a mysterious woman in this film based on an early-‘70s work by Osamu Tezuka
Reviews‘Nevia’: Tokyo Review
An Italian teen dreams of a new life with the circus in Nunzia De Stefano’s autobiographical drama
Reviews‘The Secret Diary Of A Mom To Be’: Tokyo Review
A reluctant mother-to-be struggles to cope with the changes she must make to her busy Hong Kong life
Reviews‘A Beloved Wife’: Tokyo Review
An unhappy marriage is put under the microscope in Shin Adachi’s autobiographical drama
Reviews‘Just 6.5’: Tokyo Review
Iranian police play a never-ending cat-and-mouse game with the country’s drug dealers in this gripping crime thriller
Reviews‘Pink Wall’: London Review
Tom Cullen steps up to write and direct a love story told in annual chapters
