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The 2025 Sydney Film Festival reminded me: there is nothing like a bunch of strangers assembling in the dark

In an era of the atomisation of viewing practices through streaming, increasingly short, self-produced videos for TikTok and YouTube, and the reduction of all audiovisual material to “content” for various “platforms”, there is something refreshing about a bunch of strangers assembling in a dark room to collectively watch a giant…

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Hideo Kojima is heading to Sydney Film Festival for a live discussion with Mad Max creator George Miller

It coincides with the imminent release of Death Stranding 2, which is set in Australia.

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A sister’s last hope to save her brother from addiction – David Vincent Smith’s He Ain’t Heavy is a triumphant debut

So, on we go His welfare is of my concern No burden is he to bear We’ll get there For I know He would not encumber me He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by The Hollies Writer–Director David Vincent Smith’s reference to The…

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I watched some 40 films at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Here are my top five picks – and one hilarious flop

This year’s Sydney Film Festival’s rich offerings of films more than compensated for the minor technical issues that led to some screenings being interrupted.

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From mythic creatures to innovative documentaries: 10 films to see at Sydney film festival 2024

The 5-16 June program includes Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest Kinds of Kindness, and a hairy family in Sasquatch Sunset

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Laughs, love and The Oils on Sydney Film Festival slate

The 2024 Sydney Film Festival program features more comedy that usual, including the latest feature from Oscar-winning director Yorgos Lanthimos.

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Sydney Film Festival Announces Exciting Lineup For June Premiere

Discover the diverse lineup of Australian and international films premiering at the Sydney Film Festival in June, featuring sci-fi, documentaries, and live...

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Featured jobs: The Photo Studio Academy, CHIC Management Brisbane & Sydney Film Festival

Are you a budding photographer with a passion for fashion and portrait photography? Do you dream of gaining hands-on studio experience in a dynamic and fun-filled environment as a Photography Intern? Look no further than The Photo Studio Academy – Assistants! The Photo Studio Academy is at the forefront of…

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Featured jobs: Ella Baché & Sydney Film Festival

Ella Baché is looking for a talented and vibrant Sydney based Social Media and Content Manager to elevate their social media channels. Your mission? To create aspirational and engaging text, photo, and video content that stops audiences as they scroll, monitor their channels, and engage with their community and influencers.…

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Featured jobs: Original Spin & Walker Books Australia

Top Marketing + PR Agency, Original Spin, have a Graduate Position: Marketing + PR + Office Coordinator now open. Join the Sydney team & work on an array of projects including exciting events such as Sydney Fringe Festival, Japanese Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Parkes Elvis Festival, Darwin Festival, Mardi…

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Sydney Film Festival 2023 program: Highlights chosen by our film critics

In its 70th year, the festival program boasts almost 300 films — from international heavy hitters and award-winners to lesser-known gems and trailblazing debuts. Here are nine you can't miss.

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From The New Boy to Asteroid City: 10 films to see at the 2023 Sydney film festival

The festival’s June program includes climate heists, FBI whistleblowers, new Wes Anderson – and 20,000 bees

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Art, freedom and drag invasions: the history of New York's Fire Island as a gay sanctuary

Recently screened at the Sydney Film Festival, Fire Island is a rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the film breaking traditional conventions to feature gay romance as the plot.

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The 5 best films from the 2022 Sydney Film Festival

Back to June again, after the disruption of the last couple of years, and the twin festivals of light – Vivid and the Sydney Film Festival – once again galvanise the city.

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The five best films from the 2022 Sydney Film Festival

After two years of disrucoption, the Sydney Film Festival is back. Here are the top picks for best films from among the 40 or so I managed to catch.

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We Are Still Here review – 10 directors take on Captain Cook in thrilling ways

The opening night film of Sydney film festival 2022, this anthology combines eight strands, spanning animation, speculative futures and war, with captivating results

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Sydney news: Public sector employees to join Hyde Park rally and NSW parliament march today

MORNING BRIEFING: A statewide strike of public sector workers will go ahead today, despite a commitment by the NSW government to lift wages.

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Sydney Film Festival opens with First Nations film We Are Still Here

The Sydney Film Festival opens tonight with the First Nations film We Are Still Here — an anthology of storylines from 10 directors and 11 screenwriters in six languages.

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Blaze, Lynch/Oz and Mystery Road: 10 films to see at the 2022 Sydney film festival

The festival’s first full program since 2019 includes a new fantasy from Del Kathryn Barton, an eight-part First Nations anthology, and a doco filmed in VR

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