Sydney Film Festival

Sydney Film Festival (SFF) invites us to immerse ourselves in emotion – from the glee to the grit to the glory – as the city comes alive with 200+ films from over sixty countries, including 100+ Australian premieres and thirty-seven world premieres, screening at select venues from 7 to 18 June 2023.

The program comprises ninety narrative feature films, including prestigious international festival prize-winners and fifty-four documentaries tackling crucial contemporary issues, from established and upcoming documentarians. SFF also includes several categories: from hard-hitting documentaries to indie hits, noirish and psychological thrillers to quirky comedies, to captivating narratives from fiction to nonfiction, and accompanying awards such as the Official Competition, which celebrates “courageous, audacious and cutting-edge” cinema with a $60,000 cash prize.

“A film festival is a gathering of diverse perspectives that offers a collective snapshot of the global zeitgeist, allowing us to delve deeper into our present reality,” said SFF Director Nashen Moodley. SFF has captured and embodied “these moments, presenting a rich tapestry of stories that reflect our shared desire to understand the world we live in.”

Joan Baez, I AM A NOISE, Directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O’Boyle English, 113 minutes, Courtesy Sydney Film Festival 2023

This year’s reels project a plethora of lived experiences on the big screen: from First Nations narratives to refugee hardships; devastating stories of war, murder, violence and suicide; and emotional landscapes of family, love and loss; revenge plots, restored classics, financial domination, bank heists, kidnapping, sorcery, gender and cultural identity, transition, self-expression and acceptance, environmentalism, climate change, protests and riots, pandemics, doppelgängers, athletes, rappers and folk singers, an all-female Icelandic art rock band, mental health, illness, surveillance, addiction, virginity and sexual awakenings. Plus, all-ages films for family viewing.

This year’s public program includes filmmaker talks, panels, film-themed parties, and an archive exhibition.

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