Hero is a Zhang Yimou martial arts action film starring a who's who of Asian stars including: Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung! Will definitely try and catch this film!! I'm sure it will be awesome to watch! Have heard quite a bit about it. Can now get tix for it as the festival was launched May 5.
More info: http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org/main/?c=custom/sff&custom/sff_task=get_movie&id=5263&mode=1
Hero film website: http://www.herothemovie.com
There's also a 'Hong Kong Action' festival strand which features:
* Initmate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
* Cians of Intrigue
* Infernal Affairs II (prequel to Infernal Affairs I). (Want to catch this one too as I really enjoyed watching Infernal Affairs.
