67th Sydney Film Festival

67th Sydney Film Festival
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Founded1954
No. of films33
Festival date10–21 June 2020
Websitesff.org.au
Sydney Film Festival

The 67th annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 June 2020.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film screenings were held virtually for the first time.[2] In contrast to the regular editions, the festival only held four programs: Australian documentaries, Europe: Voices of Women in Film, Screenability, and Australian Short Films.[3] The festival was also held as a part of We Are One: A Global Film Festival, an international online film festival.[4]

Juries

The following were named as the festival juries:[5]

Dendy Awards

Official selection

Documentary Australia Foundation Award

English title Original title Director(s)
Descent Nays Baghai
A Hundred Years of Happiness Jakeb Anhvu
The Leadership Ili Baré
Morgana Isabel Peppard, Josie Hess
Our Law Cornel Ozies
The Plastic House Allison Chhorn
Rosemary's Way Ros Horin
The Skin of Others Tom Murray
The Weather Diaries Kathy Drayton
Women of Steel Robynne Murphy

Europe: Voices of Women in Film

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Charter Amanda Kernell Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Force of Habit Tottumiskysymys Alli Haapasalo, Anna Paavilainen, Reetta Aalto, Jenni Toivoniemi, Kirsikka Saari, Elli Toivoniemi, Miia Tervo Finland
Kids Run Barbara Ott Germany
Lessons of Love Lekcja miłości Malgorzata Goliszewska, Katarzyna Mateja Poland
My Little Sister Schwesterlein Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond Switzerland
A Perfectly Normal Family En helt almindelig familie Malou Reymann Denmark
Sea Fever Neasa Hardiman Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, United Kingdom
They Call Me Babu Ze noemen me Baboe Sandra Beerends Netherlands
A Year Full of Drama Aasta täis draamat Marta Pulk Estonia
Zana Antoneta Kastrati Kosovo, Albania

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:[6]

  • Documentary Australia Film Foundation Award for Best Australian Documentary
Descent by Nays Baghai
  • Dendy Live Action Short Award
Idol by Alex Lu
  • Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director in the Dendy Awards
Eliza Scanlen for Mukbang
  • Yoram Gross Animation Award
GNT by Sara Hirner and Rosemary Vasquez-Brown

References

  1. ^ Dent, Nick (27 May 2020). "Sydney Film Festival launches a stripped-back online program". Time Out. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. ^ Frater, Patrick (27 May 2020). "Online Version of Sydney Film Festival Skews Heavily Australian". Variety. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ Buckmaster, Luke (27 May 2020). "Sydney film festival's isolation edition: from climate devastation to killer jellyfish". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Sydney Film Festival: Virtual Edition 2020 Programme". Frooty. 27 May 2020. Archived from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  5. ^ Keast, Jackie (27 May 2020). "Sydney Film Festival unveils virtual line-up". IF Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  6. ^ Tiley, David (18 June 2020). "Sydney Film Festival 2020 finds four compelling winners". Screenhub. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.