SBS returning films to Saturday nights

SBS is bringing international films back to Saturday nights from February 9th beginning with NZ film Boy (2010).

These will be introduced by The Australian arts journalist Sandy George for 13 weeks.

Tony Iffland, SBS Director of TV and Online content says: “SBS has an excellent reputation for bringing the best in international and Australian cinema to audiences and I’m delighted to announce the return of film to Saturday nights and to welcome Sandy George to SBS as the new host. Sandy brings a wealth of industry experience and passion for film and Australian storytelling to this new role. This will be a big year for film on SBS ONE and Sandy’s insightful commentary will be the perfect accompaniment for audiences as they settle down for a fantastic Saturday night film.”

George said: “SBS is renowned for its reputation for broadcasting the finest international films as well as showcasing the best of Australian cinema. I’m delighted to be joining the team and working with one of the country’s most unique and important broadcasters.”

Boy – Premieres Saturday 9 February, 9.30pm on SBS ONE
Boy is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic and Michael Jackson. Set on the rural East Coast of New Zealand in 1984, Boy (James Rolleston) is an 11 year old dreamer who loves Michael Jackson. Boy’s other hero, his father, Alamein (Taika Waititi), is the subject of Boy’s fantasies, and he imagines him as a deep sea diver, war hero and a close relation of Michael Jackson. In reality he’s in gaol for robbery. When Alamein returns home after 7 years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered, find his own potential, and learn to get along without the hero he had been hoping for.

An Education – Premieres Saturday 16 February, 9.30pm on SBS ONE
In the post war, pre-Beatles London suburbs a bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is torn between studying for a place at Oxford and the more exciting alternative offered to her when she meets the charismatic 30-something David (Peter Sarguard). David introduces Jenny to a glittery new world of classical concerts and late night suppers in this coming of age tale. Directed by Lone Scherfig, and based on the memoir by Lynn Barber and written by Nick Hornby (About a Boy, High Fidelity), An Education is a morality tale that often plays like high comedy largely because of Mulligan’s BAFTA award-winning performance as the wonderfully smart, yet perilously tender, Jenny.

Heartbreaker – Premieres Saturday 2 March, 9.30pm on SBS ONE
Heartbreaker is a hilarious, action-packed romantic comedy starring two of the biggest names in French cinema: Romain Duris (The Spanish Apartment) and Vanessa Paradis (Café de Flore). Charming, funny and effortlessly cool Alex (Duris) is a professional heartbreaker and for a fee he can turn any husband, fiancé or boyfriend into an ex. Alex only has one rule: he only breaks up relationships where the woman is unhappy. Alex is hired by a rich father to break up the beautiful heiress Juliette (Paradis) who is set to marry the man of her dreams in ten days. Alex risks being caught by ruthless personal creditors, angry exes and the fiercely independent Juliette as he puts his own rule to the test and discovers that when it comes to love, maybe the perfect plan doesn’t exist.

All 13 films will screen on the below dates at 9.30pm.

Boy
9 February

An Education
16 February

A Single Man
23 February

Heartbreaker
2 March

Harry Brown
9 March

Agora
16 March

Mongol
23 March

Babel
30 March

Biutiful
6 April

Vicky Christina Barcelona
13 April

Four Lions
20 April

The Reluctant Infidel
27 April

Soul Kitchen
4 May