Sydney Film Festival honours Jenny Neighbour and goes bersersk

Eraserhead, Empire of the Senses, O Lucky Man and Female Trouble – all in one single night of cinematic extremes in Sydney.
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Still from Oshima’s In the Realm of the Senses. After midnight, this is very bad.

The Sydney Film Festival has been hunting for a ceremonial way to honour Programs Manager and Documentary Programmer Jenny Neighbour, who has worked there for 30 years. 

A lecture? No said Ms Neighbour, there must be something more interesting. So the festival will run an all-night session of four films from the Seventies and Eighties, which formed her deep and abiding love of the form. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.