Sydney Film Fstival director Matt Ravier, with Burlesque girls Frankie Faux and Bunni Lambada. Sydney Film Festival Hub Programmer Matt Ravier, with Burlesque girls Frankie Faux and Bunni Lambada. Photo: Danielle Smith
The Sydney Film Festival offers cinema goers an entertaining new hang-out, writes Sacha Molitorisz.
Davy Chou doesn't know whether to be more excited about his film or his music. On June 15, his documentary Golden Slumbers will screen at the Sydney Film Festival. Later that night, he will DJ at the Sydney Town Hall for a ''Cambodian Psych-Out Party''.
''I'm very proud to show my film at the Sydney Film Festival - and it will be the Australian premiere,'' Chou says. ''But I have to say that the Cambodian Psych-Out Party made me particularly excited. And anxious. This will be the first time I DJ in public.''
The Cambodian Psych-Out Party is a satellite event of the Sydney Film Festival, which has embarked on a deliberate strategy of broadening its horizons. As well as a typically eclectic line-up of films, this year's festival offers stand-up comedy, photographic exhibitions, burlesque performers, talks, DJs, parties, live music and screenings.