Sydney Film Festival
@sydfilmfest.bsky.social
See it your way at the Sydney Film Festival, returning in June 2025. https://www.sff.org.au/
🎥 Watch the full in-conversation between two storytelling legends, Hideo Kojima and George Miller, recorded live at SFF 2025.
Watch the full conversation between Hideo Kojima and George Miller – Sydney Film Festival
Experience the full conversation between legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima and Australian auteur George Miller, recorded live at Sydney Film Festival 2
www.sff.org.au
August 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
🎥 Watch the full in-conversation between two storytelling legends, Hideo Kojima and George Miller, recorded live at SFF 2025.
After counting over 23,500 votes, your GIO AUDIENCE AWARD winners for 2025 are... ✨
🏅 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU for Best International Feature
🏅 LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS for Best Australian Feature
🏅 THE RAFTSMEN for Best Australian Documentary
🏅 PRIME MINISTER for Best International Documentary
🏅 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU for Best International Feature
🏅 LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS for Best Australian Feature
🏅 THE RAFTSMEN for Best Australian Documentary
🏅 PRIME MINISTER for Best International Documentary
June 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
After counting over 23,500 votes, your GIO AUDIENCE AWARD winners for 2025 are... ✨
🏅 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU for Best International Feature
🏅 LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS for Best Australian Feature
🏅 THE RAFTSMEN for Best Australian Documentary
🏅 PRIME MINISTER for Best International Documentary
🏅 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU for Best International Feature
🏅 LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS for Best Australian Feature
🏅 THE RAFTSMEN for Best Australian Documentary
🏅 PRIME MINISTER for Best International Documentary
Thank you Sydney! This year's #sydfilmfest was the highest selling Festival in our history 🫶
Across 12 days, we welcomed OVER 150,000 ATTENDEES, screened 242 films, and hosted 448 screenings and events, with 150 sessions selling out! 💥😱
Across 12 days, we welcomed OVER 150,000 ATTENDEES, screened 242 films, and hosted 448 screenings and events, with 150 sessions selling out! 💥😱
June 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Thank you Sydney! This year's #sydfilmfest was the highest selling Festival in our history 🫶
Across 12 days, we welcomed OVER 150,000 ATTENDEES, screened 242 films, and hosted 448 screenings and events, with 150 sessions selling out! 💥😱
Across 12 days, we welcomed OVER 150,000 ATTENDEES, screened 242 films, and hosted 448 screenings and events, with 150 sessions selling out! 💥😱
A sensational send-off to a BIG year at Sunday night's SFF Closing Night Ceremony 🤩
Spirits were high as auteurs and first-time filmmakers alike received $200,000 in cash prizes, before the screening of the Closing Night film SPLITSVILLE, introduced by director Michael Angelo Covino.
Spirits were high as auteurs and first-time filmmakers alike received $200,000 in cash prizes, before the screening of the Closing Night film SPLITSVILLE, introduced by director Michael Angelo Covino.
June 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A sensational send-off to a BIG year at Sunday night's SFF Closing Night Ceremony 🤩
Spirits were high as auteurs and first-time filmmakers alike received $200,000 in cash prizes, before the screening of the Closing Night film SPLITSVILLE, introduced by director Michael Angelo Covino.
Spirits were high as auteurs and first-time filmmakers alike received $200,000 in cash prizes, before the screening of the Closing Night film SPLITSVILLE, introduced by director Michael Angelo Covino.
@hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp and George Miller took to the Sydney Town Hall stage for an epic conversation moderated by Hex Steph 🎤
The two icons chatted all things cinematic storytelling, interactive art and the exciting upcoming release of DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH 🎮
The two icons chatted all things cinematic storytelling, interactive art and the exciting upcoming release of DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH 🎮
June 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
@hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp and George Miller took to the Sydney Town Hall stage for an epic conversation moderated by Hex Steph 🎤
The two icons chatted all things cinematic storytelling, interactive art and the exciting upcoming release of DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH 🎮
The two icons chatted all things cinematic storytelling, interactive art and the exciting upcoming release of DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH 🎮
ONE DAY TO GO! This is your last chance to immerse yourself in the biggest and best films of the year at #sydfilmfest⏳
Sunday service is almost in session 🙏📺 Time is running out 🏃♂️ sff.org.au
Sunday service is almost in session 🙏📺 Time is running out 🏃♂️ sff.org.au
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
ONE DAY TO GO! This is your last chance to immerse yourself in the biggest and best films of the year at #sydfilmfest⏳
Sunday service is almost in session 🙏📺 Time is running out 🏃♂️ sff.org.au
Sunday service is almost in session 🙏📺 Time is running out 🏃♂️ sff.org.au
Last night, spirits were high at #sydfilmfest 🏙️ with back-to-back premieres of award-winners THE BLUE TRAIL 🇧🇷 and IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 🇮🇷, Jimmy Chin wowing audiences over at his one-night-only talk at Sydney Town Hall, and the inspiring SONGS INSIDE.
Catch festival fever this FINAL WEEKEND 🎥
Catch festival fever this FINAL WEEKEND 🎥
June 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Last night, spirits were high at #sydfilmfest 🏙️ with back-to-back premieres of award-winners THE BLUE TRAIL 🇧🇷 and IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 🇮🇷, Jimmy Chin wowing audiences over at his one-night-only talk at Sydney Town Hall, and the inspiring SONGS INSIDE.
Catch festival fever this FINAL WEEKEND 🎥
Catch festival fever this FINAL WEEKEND 🎥
See Australian stories shine on the BIG SCREEN at #sydfilmfest ✨
A celebration of Aussie identity and culture too big for a small screen. Shift your spotlight to home soil at SFF 👀
A celebration of Aussie identity and culture too big for a small screen. Shift your spotlight to home soil at SFF 👀
June 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
See Australian stories shine on the BIG SCREEN at #sydfilmfest ✨
A celebration of Aussie identity and culture too big for a small screen. Shift your spotlight to home soil at SFF 👀
A celebration of Aussie identity and culture too big for a small screen. Shift your spotlight to home soil at SFF 👀
Last chance to buy your #sydfilmfest merch from The Hub ‼️
Make those movie memories last longer with our limited line of oversized shirts, beanies, and retro totes.
Available from The Hub at Lower Town Hall 📍 until this Sunday, 15 June
📸: BTS from our Hayden Orpheum shoot
Make those movie memories last longer with our limited line of oversized shirts, beanies, and retro totes.
Available from The Hub at Lower Town Hall 📍 until this Sunday, 15 June
📸: BTS from our Hayden Orpheum shoot
June 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Last chance to buy your #sydfilmfest merch from The Hub ‼️
Make those movie memories last longer with our limited line of oversized shirts, beanies, and retro totes.
Available from The Hub at Lower Town Hall 📍 until this Sunday, 15 June
📸: BTS from our Hayden Orpheum shoot
Make those movie memories last longer with our limited line of oversized shirts, beanies, and retro totes.
Available from The Hub at Lower Town Hall 📍 until this Sunday, 15 June
📸: BTS from our Hayden Orpheum shoot
Daring docs and Aussie dramas hit close to home on #sydfilmfest day nine 📆 with a wave of World Premieres washing into Event Cinemas...
Take a big swig Sydney, there's still so much to drink in THIS WEEKEND at #sydfilmfest 💧
Take a big swig Sydney, there's still so much to drink in THIS WEEKEND at #sydfilmfest 💧
June 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Daring docs and Aussie dramas hit close to home on #sydfilmfest day nine 📆 with a wave of World Premieres washing into Event Cinemas...
Take a big swig Sydney, there's still so much to drink in THIS WEEKEND at #sydfilmfest 💧
Take a big swig Sydney, there's still so much to drink in THIS WEEKEND at #sydfilmfest 💧
At #sydfilmfest, the crowd is the BIGGEST critic 🍿🌟
Vote as part of the the GIO Audience Awards. With daily prizes and the chance to win your own private film screening, you can't afford to sit on the fence ❌
VOTE NOW 🗳️ sff.org.au/vote/terms-and-conditions-of-the-gio-audience-awards/
Vote as part of the the GIO Audience Awards. With daily prizes and the chance to win your own private film screening, you can't afford to sit on the fence ❌
VOTE NOW 🗳️ sff.org.au/vote/terms-and-conditions-of-the-gio-audience-awards/
June 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
At #sydfilmfest, the crowd is the BIGGEST critic 🍿🌟
Vote as part of the the GIO Audience Awards. With daily prizes and the chance to win your own private film screening, you can't afford to sit on the fence ❌
VOTE NOW 🗳️ sff.org.au/vote/terms-and-conditions-of-the-gio-audience-awards/
Vote as part of the the GIO Audience Awards. With daily prizes and the chance to win your own private film screening, you can't afford to sit on the fence ❌
VOTE NOW 🗳️ sff.org.au/vote/terms-and-conditions-of-the-gio-audience-awards/
Sydney's biggest film fans fought it out for first place at #sydfilmfest trivia 📝
Presented by Grifter 🍺, and hosted by movie maestro Alexei Toliopoulos 🎤, this year's trivia also featured a live film score round, courtesy of Ash Quartet
📆 Your big SFF study session starts now
Presented by Grifter 🍺, and hosted by movie maestro Alexei Toliopoulos 🎤, this year's trivia also featured a live film score round, courtesy of Ash Quartet
📆 Your big SFF study session starts now
June 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Sydney's biggest film fans fought it out for first place at #sydfilmfest trivia 📝
Presented by Grifter 🍺, and hosted by movie maestro Alexei Toliopoulos 🎤, this year's trivia also featured a live film score round, courtesy of Ash Quartet
📆 Your big SFF study session starts now
Presented by Grifter 🍺, and hosted by movie maestro Alexei Toliopoulos 🎤, this year's trivia also featured a live film score round, courtesy of Ash Quartet
📆 Your big SFF study session starts now
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"Agatha’s Almanac perhaps asks us to pause, reflect, and be grateful."
@addinosaur.bsky.social @sydfilmfest.bsky.social
#Sydfilmfest #Sydneyfilmfestival
@addinosaur.bsky.social @sydfilmfest.bsky.social
#Sydfilmfest #Sydneyfilmfestival
Agatha’s Almanac at Sydney Film Festival – review
Agatha’s Almanac invites viewers to slow down and celebrate the simple things in life.
somethingyousaid.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Agatha’s Almanac perhaps asks us to pause, reflect, and be grateful."
@addinosaur.bsky.social @sydfilmfest.bsky.social
#Sydfilmfest #Sydneyfilmfestival
@addinosaur.bsky.social @sydfilmfest.bsky.social
#Sydfilmfest #Sydneyfilmfestival
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Catch 'The Wailing' ('El llanto') today at the @sydfilmfest.bsky.social. It doesn't make use of cheap jump scares; it succeeds with suspense in the absence of light. We never know if something may be present in the dark corners or hallways. Our #moviereview… https://swtc.au/thewailing #horror
The Wailing Review: Dying to see a more refined rendition of this horror film | Sydney Film Festival Review | SWITCH.
'The Wailing' stumbles far more than it succeeds. It's a horror film that is outright boring for considerable slabs of time. There doesn't need to be gore, there doesn't need to be terror - but there does need to be something to keep the audience engaged for the duration.
swtc.au
June 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Catch 'The Wailing' ('El llanto') today at the @sydfilmfest.bsky.social. It doesn't make use of cheap jump scares; it succeeds with suspense in the absence of light. We never know if something may be present in the dark corners or hallways. Our #moviereview… https://swtc.au/thewailing #horror
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Alexandre O. Philippe’s great CHAIN REACTIONS has one more @sydfilmfest.bsky.social session this Friday (the 13th!). I wrote about how much I enjoyed its unconventional take on a movie that feels as if it has been, let’s be honest, talked about to death.
redocumented.ghost.io/sydney-film-...
redocumented.ghost.io/sydney-film-...
Sydney Film Festival – Chain Reactions (dir. Alexandre O. Philippe)
We don’t necessarily need another documentary about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Between features and home entertainment productions, general horror docs plus cast and crew biographies, Tobe Hooper’s...
redocumented.ghost.io
June 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Alexandre O. Philippe’s great CHAIN REACTIONS has one more @sydfilmfest.bsky.social session this Friday (the 13th!). I wrote about how much I enjoyed its unconventional take on a movie that feels as if it has been, let’s be honest, talked about to death.
redocumented.ghost.io/sydney-film-...
redocumented.ghost.io/sydney-film-...
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"a domestic tale of property, paternity and a dysfunctional (gene) pool": Zoe Pepper’s fraught, funny drama BIRTHRIGHT (2025) screens 8.30pm tonight at Event Cinemas George St for @sydfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/06/08/b...
Birthright (2025) - Projected Figures
Zoe Pepper's fraught, funny drama BIRTHRIGHT is a domestic tale of property, paternity and a dysfunctional (gene) pool
projectedfigures.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
"a domestic tale of property, paternity and a dysfunctional (gene) pool": Zoe Pepper’s fraught, funny drama BIRTHRIGHT (2025) screens 8.30pm tonight at Event Cinemas George St for @sydfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/06/08/b...
The stars were out on day seven of #sydfilmfest 🌠✨
See dozens of directors and filmmakers from across the SFF program, and the world 🌎, at Sydney Film Festival. Three days to go. Go BIG!
See dozens of directors and filmmakers from across the SFF program, and the world 🌎, at Sydney Film Festival. Three days to go. Go BIG!
June 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The stars were out on day seven of #sydfilmfest 🌠✨
See dozens of directors and filmmakers from across the SFF program, and the world 🌎, at Sydney Film Festival. Three days to go. Go BIG!
See dozens of directors and filmmakers from across the SFF program, and the world 🌎, at Sydney Film Festival. Three days to go. Go BIG!
Palme d'Or. Best Director. Caméra d'Or special mention. The big winners from Cannes are at #sydfilmfest 🏆😎
📸 Jafar Panahi, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Akinola Davies Jr. are in Sydney
Final tix to IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, THE SECRET AGENT, and MY FATHER'S SHADOW available now 🎟️
📸 Jafar Panahi, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Akinola Davies Jr. are in Sydney
Final tix to IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, THE SECRET AGENT, and MY FATHER'S SHADOW available now 🎟️
June 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Palme d'Or. Best Director. Caméra d'Or special mention. The big winners from Cannes are at #sydfilmfest 🏆😎
📸 Jafar Panahi, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Akinola Davies Jr. are in Sydney
Final tix to IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, THE SECRET AGENT, and MY FATHER'S SHADOW available now 🎟️
📸 Jafar Panahi, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Akinola Davies Jr. are in Sydney
Final tix to IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, THE SECRET AGENT, and MY FATHER'S SHADOW available now 🎟️
We raised the bar, plus a few glasses 🥂, on day seven of #sydfilmfest!
International guests touched down to show-off their films to stacks of spirited screen geeks 🫵
Your seats are waiting, Sydney. Don't miss the biggest films of the year ⏳
International guests touched down to show-off their films to stacks of spirited screen geeks 🫵
Your seats are waiting, Sydney. Don't miss the biggest films of the year ⏳
June 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
We raised the bar, plus a few glasses 🥂, on day seven of #sydfilmfest!
International guests touched down to show-off their films to stacks of spirited screen geeks 🫵
Your seats are waiting, Sydney. Don't miss the biggest films of the year ⏳
International guests touched down to show-off their films to stacks of spirited screen geeks 🫵
Your seats are waiting, Sydney. Don't miss the biggest films of the year ⏳
Charli XCX confirms that coming-of-age Cannes thriller THE PLAGUE is, in fact, BRAT 🍏✅
This future classic premieres TONIGHT at #sydfilmfest with special guest director Charlie Polinger in attendance *Lorde TBC
See it before the internet goes crazy 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/the-plague/
This future classic premieres TONIGHT at #sydfilmfest with special guest director Charlie Polinger in attendance *Lorde TBC
See it before the internet goes crazy 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/the-plague/
June 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Charli XCX confirms that coming-of-age Cannes thriller THE PLAGUE is, in fact, BRAT 🍏✅
This future classic premieres TONIGHT at #sydfilmfest with special guest director Charlie Polinger in attendance *Lorde TBC
See it before the internet goes crazy 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/the-plague/
This future classic premieres TONIGHT at #sydfilmfest with special guest director Charlie Polinger in attendance *Lorde TBC
See it before the internet goes crazy 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/the-plague/
Fantasy fans and SFF first-timers flew to the Australian Premiere of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 🐉💥
After the smoke settled, Amy Wang's twisted satire SLANTED struck the State Theatre; and elsewhere, restorations of restored classics reclaimed the big screen.
Think cinema... Now think BIGGER ☁️
After the smoke settled, Amy Wang's twisted satire SLANTED struck the State Theatre; and elsewhere, restorations of restored classics reclaimed the big screen.
Think cinema... Now think BIGGER ☁️
June 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Fantasy fans and SFF first-timers flew to the Australian Premiere of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 🐉💥
After the smoke settled, Amy Wang's twisted satire SLANTED struck the State Theatre; and elsewhere, restorations of restored classics reclaimed the big screen.
Think cinema... Now think BIGGER ☁️
After the smoke settled, Amy Wang's twisted satire SLANTED struck the State Theatre; and elsewhere, restorations of restored classics reclaimed the big screen.
Think cinema... Now think BIGGER ☁️
📣 Special guest announcement! 📣 Michael Angelo Covino, director and star of #sydfilmfest Closing Night film SPLITSVILLE will present the Australian Premiere this Sunday, 15 June
Join us for a fitting festival farewell ✨ 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/closing-night-splitsville/
Join us for a fitting festival farewell ✨ 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/closing-night-splitsville/
June 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
📣 Special guest announcement! 📣 Michael Angelo Covino, director and star of #sydfilmfest Closing Night film SPLITSVILLE will present the Australian Premiere this Sunday, 15 June
Join us for a fitting festival farewell ✨ 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/closing-night-splitsville/
Join us for a fitting festival farewell ✨ 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/closing-night-splitsville/
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Could not believe my luck, chatting to cinematic hero Jafar Panahi ahead of his latest film screening @sydfilmfest.bsky.social (more on It Was Just an Accident later) ab.co/3SJxtQ5
This filmmaker couldn't say he was coming to Sydney until he was on the plane
This world-renowned Iranian director was barred from making films in his own country. Now, he has come to Sydney under a veil of secrecy to promote his latest work, which is based on his interrogation...
ab.co
June 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Could not believe my luck, chatting to cinematic hero Jafar Panahi ahead of his latest film screening @sydfilmfest.bsky.social (more on It Was Just an Accident later) ab.co/3SJxtQ5
Aussie auteurs and big new names took centre stage on #sydfilmfest day six 🎤
One week to go Sydney 👀 and the BIGGEST is yet to come. Join the queue and experience the best films from around the world in week two of SFF
One week to go Sydney 👀 and the BIGGEST is yet to come. Join the queue and experience the best films from around the world in week two of SFF
June 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Aussie auteurs and big new names took centre stage on #sydfilmfest day six 🎤
One week to go Sydney 👀 and the BIGGEST is yet to come. Join the queue and experience the best films from around the world in week two of SFF
One week to go Sydney 👀 and the BIGGEST is yet to come. Join the queue and experience the best films from around the world in week two of SFF
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First film of the day @sydfilmfest.bsky.social #sydfilmfest was a Panahi classic from 2009 OFFSIDE! Still so funny,relevant and tragic. Such magic one liners
Girl: "So why were the Japanese women allowed to sit with their men?
Soldier: (thinks) "Because they wouldn't understand the swear words."
Girl: "So why were the Japanese women allowed to sit with their men?
Soldier: (thinks) "Because they wouldn't understand the swear words."
June 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
First film of the day @sydfilmfest.bsky.social #sydfilmfest was a Panahi classic from 2009 OFFSIDE! Still so funny,relevant and tragic. Such magic one liners
Girl: "So why were the Japanese women allowed to sit with their men?
Soldier: (thinks) "Because they wouldn't understand the swear words."
Girl: "So why were the Japanese women allowed to sit with their men?
Soldier: (thinks) "Because they wouldn't understand the swear words."