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71st Sydney Film Festival
2024 film festival
The 71st annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 5 to 16 June 2024.[1] The festival opened with Paul Clarke's documentary film Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line,[2] and closed with Coralie Fargeat's horror film The Substance.[3]
Overall the festival screened 197 films, including 28 world premieres and 133 Australian premieres.[4]
Juries
The Sydney Film Prize jury was headed by Bosnian filmmaker Danis Tanović.[5]
Official Selection
In competition
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| All We Imagine as Light |
Payal Kapadia |
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
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| Dying |
Sterben |
Matthias Glasner |
Germany
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| Grand Tour |
Miguel Gomes |
Portugal, France, Italy
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| Kinds of Kindness |
Yorgos Lanthimos |
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
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| Kneecap |
Rich Peppiatt |
Ireland, United Kingdom
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| Marcello Mio |
Christophe Honoré |
France, Italy
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| Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line |
Paul Clarke |
Australia
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| Puan |
María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat |
Argentina, Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
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| September Says |
Ariane Labed |
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, United Kingdom
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| Sujo |
Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez |
Mexico, United States, France
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| There's Still Tomorrow |
C'è ancora domani |
Paola Cortellesi |
Italy
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| Viet and Nam |
Trong lòng đất |
Minh Quý Trương |
Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands
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- Highlighted title indicates Sydney Film Prize winner.
Special Presentations
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| The Bikeriders |
Jeff Nichols |
United States
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| The Convert |
Lee Tamahori |
Australia, New Zealand
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| Dahomey |
Mati Diop |
France, Senegal, Benin
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| The Dead Don't Hurt |
Viggo Mortensen |
Canada, Denmark, Mexico
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| Despicable Me 4 |
Chris Renaud |
United States
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| A Different Man |
Aaron Schimberg |
United States
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| Green Border |
Zielona granica |
Agnieszka Holland |
Poland, Czechia, France, Belgium
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| Kid Snow |
Paul Goldman |
Australia
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| Lee |
Ellen Kuras |
United Kingdom
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| The Monk and the Gun |
Pawo Choyning Dorji |
Bhutan, Taiwan, France, United States, Hong Kong
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| My Old Ass |
Megan Park |
United States
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| The Outrun |
Nora Fingscheidt |
United Kingdom, Germany
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| The Pool |
Ian Darling |
Australia
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| Porcelain War |
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev |
United States, Ukraine, Australia
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| Touch |
Snerting |
Baltasar Kormákur |
Iceland, United Kingdom
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Documentary Australia Award
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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| Aquarius |
Wendy Champagne
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| The Blind Sea |
Daniel Fenech
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| Dale Frank: Nobody's Sweetie |
Jenny Hicks
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| Every Little Thing |
Sally Aitken
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| Mozart's Sister |
Madeleine Hetherton-Miau
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| Otto by Otto |
Gracie Otto
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| Skategoat |
Van Alpert
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| Welcome to Babel |
James Bradley
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| Welcome to Yiddishland |
Ros Horin
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| You Should Have Been Here Yesterday |
Jolyon Hoff
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Features
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| About Dry Grasses |
Kuru Otlar Üstüne |
Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden
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| Achilles |
Farhad Delaram |
Iran, Germany, France
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| Alienoid |
Oegye+in 1bu |
Choi Dong-hoon |
South Korea
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| Alienoid: Return to the Future |
Euigye+in 2-bu |
Choi Dong-hoon |
South Korea
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| All Shall Be Well |
從今以後 |
Ray Yeung |
Hong Kong
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| Armand |
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel |
Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
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| Brief History of a Family |
家庭简史 |
Lin Jianjie |
China, Denmark
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| City of Wind |
Сэр сэр салхи |
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir |
France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar
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| Cottontail |
Patrick Dickinson |
United Kingdom, Japan
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| Crossing |
Levan Akin |
Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia
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| Daddio |
Christy Hall |
United States
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| Death of a Whistleblower |
Ian Gabriel |
South Africa
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| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World |
Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii |
Radu Jude |
Romania
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| Eephus |
Carson Lund |
United States
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| Essential Truths of the Lake |
Lav Diaz |
Philippines
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| Explanation for Everything |
Magyarázat mindenre |
Gábor Reisz |
Hungary, Slovakia
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| Ezra |
Tony Goldwyn |
United States
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| Flathead |
Jaydon Martin |
Australia
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| Ghostlight |
Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson |
United States
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| He Ain't Heavy |
David Vincent Smith |
Australia
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| Hesitation Wound |
Tereddüt Çizgisi |
Selman Nacar |
Turkey, Spain, Romania, France
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| House of the Seasons |
Oh Jung-min |
South Korea
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| I Saw the TV Glow |
Jane Schoenbrun |
United States
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| In Vitro |
Will Howarth, Tom McKeith |
Australia
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| Kneecap |
Rich Peppiatt |
Ireland, United Kingdom
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| La cocina |
Alonso Ruizpalacios |
Mexico, United States
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| Memory |
Michel Franco |
United States
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| The Moon Is Upside Down |
Loren Horsley |
New Zealand
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| More Than Strangers |
Sylvie Michel |
Greece, Germany
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| Motel Destino |
Karim Aïnouz |
Brazil, France, Germany
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| My New Friends |
Les gens d’à côté |
André Téchiné |
France
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| My Sunshine |
ぼくのお日さま |
Hiroshi Okuyama |
Japan
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| One Second Ahead, One Second Behind |
Nobuhiro Yamashita |
Japan
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| Paradise |
Prasanna Vithanage |
Sri Lanka, India
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| Pepe |
Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias |
Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France
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| Problemista |
Julio Torres |
United States
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| Rapture |
Dominic M. Sangma |
India
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| The Rye Horn |
O Corno |
Jaione Camborda |
Spain, Portugal, Belgium
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| Sasquatch Sunset |
David Zellner, Nathan Zellner |
United States
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| Sex |
Dag Johan Haugerud |
Norway
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| Shambhala |
Min Bahadur Bham |
Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, China, Turkey, United States, Qatar, Taiwan
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| Something Like an Autobiography |
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki |
Bangladesh
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| Stress Positions |
Theda Hammel |
United States
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| Thelma |
Josh Margolin |
United States
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| Toll |
Pedágio |
Carolina Markowicz |
Brazil, Portugal
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| Unicorns |
Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd |
United Kingdom, United States, Sweden
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| Veni Vidi Vici |
Daniel Hoesl, Julia Niemann |
Austria
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| Woman Of... |
Kobieta z... |
Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert |
Poland, Sweden
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International Documentaries
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Agent of Happiness |
Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó |
Hungary, Bhutan
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| Among the Wolves |
Tanguy Dumortier, Olivier Larrey |
France, Belgium
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| Architecton |
Viktor Kossakovsky |
Germany, France, United States
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| Balomania |
Sissel Morell Dargis |
Denmark, Spain
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| The Battle for Laikipia |
Daphne Matziaraki, Peter Murimi |
Kenya, United States, Greece
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| Black Box Diaries |
Shiori Itō |
United States, United Kingdom, Japan
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| Black Snow |
Alina Simone |
Denmark, United States
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| The Bones |
Jeremy Xido |
Canada, Germany
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| The Cats of Gogoku Shrine |
Kazuhiro Soda |
Japan, United States
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| Charmian Clift: Life Burns High |
Rachel Lane |
Australia
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| The Contestant |
Clair Titley |
United Kingdom
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| Copa 71 |
Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine |
United States
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| Ernest Cole: Lost and Found |
Raoul Peck |
United States, France
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| Federer: Twelve Final Days |
Asif Kapadia, Joe Sabia |
United Kingdom
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| The Flats |
Alessandra Celesia |
France
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| Flickering Lights |
Anupama Srinivasan, Anirban Dutta |
India
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| The Home Game |
Heimaleikurinn |
Smari Gunn, Logi Sigursveinsson |
Iceland
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| A Horse Named Winx |
Janine Hosking |
Australia
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| Ibelin |
Benjamin Ree |
Norway
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| In the Rearview |
Skąd dokąd |
Maciek Hamela |
Poland, France, Ukraine
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| Life Is Beautiful |
Al Haya Helwa |
Mohamed Jabaly |
Norway, Palestine
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| Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger |
David Hinton |
United Kingdom, United States
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| Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros |
Frederick Wiseman |
France
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| My Stolen Planet |
Farahnaz Sharifi |
Germany, Iran
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| A New Kind of Wilderness |
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen |
Norway
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| No Other Land |
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor |
Palestine, Norway
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| Nocturnes |
Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan |
India, United States
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| Occupied City |
Steve McQueen |
United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States
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| Rewards for the Tribe |
Rhys Graham |
Australia
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| Skywalkers: A Love Story |
Jeff Zimbalist, >Maria Bukhonina |
United States
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| Sugarcane |
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie |
United States, Canada
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| Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story |
Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui |
United Kingdom, United States
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| Wilding |
David Allen |
United Kingdom
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Late Announce
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Black Dog |
狗阵 |
Guan Hu |
China
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| Caught by the Tides |
风流一代 |
Jia Zhangke |
China
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| Ernest Cole: Lost and Found |
Raoul Peck |
United States, France
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| Ghost Trail |
Les Fantômes |
Jonathan Millet |
France, Germany, Belgium
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| The Girl with the Needle |
Pigen med nålen |
Magnus von Horn |
Denmark, Poland, Sweden
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| Megalopolis |
Francis Ford Coppola |
United States
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| Rumours |
Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson |
Canada, Germany
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| The Seed of the Sacred Fig |
دانه انجیر مقدس |
Mohammad Rasoulof |
Iran, Germany, France
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| The Substance |
Coralie Fargeat |
United Kingdom, United States, France
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Freak Me Out
First Nations
Sustainable Future
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| The Battle for Laikipia |
Daphne Matziaraki, Peter Murimi |
Kenya, United States, Greece
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| Black Snow |
Alina Simone |
Denmark, United States
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| The Feast |
Rishi Chandna |
India
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| Grove of Giants |
Bree Sanders |
Australia
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| The Waiting |
Volker Schlecht |
Germany
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| Wilding |
David Allen |
United Kingdom
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Europe! Voices of Women in Film
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Afterwar |
Birgitte Stærmose |
Denmark
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| Excursion |
Ekskurzija |
Una Gunjak |
Bosnia
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| Immortals |
Maja Tschumi |
Switzerland, Iraq
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| Je'vida |
Katja Gauriloff |
Finland
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| The Lost Children |
Michèle Jacob |
Belgium
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| A Postcard from Rome |
Elza Gauja |
Latvia
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Sounds on Screen
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Blur: To the End |
Toby L |
United Kingdom
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| Head South |
Jonathan Ogilvie |
New Zealand
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| Resonance |
Kate Vinen, Jayden Rathsam Hua |
Australia
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Family
Nancy Savoca Retrospective
Ousmane Sembene Retrospective
Classics Restored
FLUX
Screenability
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Good Bad Things |
Shane D. Stranger |
United States
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| Rehabilitating |
Inez Playford |
Australia
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| The Ride Ahead |
Samuel Habib, Dan Habib |
United States
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| The Stimming Pool |
Benjamin Brown, Georgia Bradburn, Sam Chown-Ahern, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker, Steven Eastwood |
United Kingdom
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| Threshold |
Sofya Gollan |
Australia
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| Unstoppable |
Jack Byrnes, Marcus Porcaro |
Australia
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Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Alone |
Alex Weight |
Australia
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| Besharam! |
Raghav Rampal
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| Bong Xi Fa Cai |
Johnathan Lo
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| Darwin Story |
Natasha Tonkin
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| Die Bully Die |
Nathan Lacey, Nick Lacey
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| The Disconnected |
Pia Derya
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| The Gay |
Madeleine Purdy
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| The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste |
Pernell Marsden
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| Say |
Chloe Kemp
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| This Will Never Last |
Julia van Oppen, Katrina Lin, Holly May Fletcher
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Shorts airing with features
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Dancer |
Nomin Gantulga |
Australia, Mongolia
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| Dream Creep |
Carlos A.F. Lopez |
United States
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| Earwax |
Jasper Martin |
Australia
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| The Feast |
Rishi Chandna |
India
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| First Horse |
Awanui Simich-Pene |
New Zealand
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| Grove of Giants |
Bree Sanders |
Australia
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| It Will Find You |
Chris Broadbent, Enzo Tedeschi |
Australia
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| Lullaby |
Chi Thai |
United Kingdom
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| Meat Puppet |
Eros V |
United Kingdom
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| Mother Tongue |
Lea Tupu'anga |
Vea Mafile'o |
New Zealand
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| Of the Last Reel in Front of You |
Yan Geng |
Australia
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| Rehabilitating |
Inez Playford |
Australia
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| Tayal Forest Club |
Laha Mebow |
Taiwan
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| Threshold |
Sofya Gollan |
Australia
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| Transylvanie |
Rodrigue Huart |
France
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| Unstoppable |
Jack Byrnes, Marcus Porcaro |
Australia
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| The Waiting |
Volker Schlecht |
Germany
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| Withered Blossoms |
Lionel Seah |
Australia
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Awards
The following awards were presented at the festival:
- Sydney Film Prize: There's Still Tomorrow (C'è ancora domani) — Paola Cortellesi[6]
- Documentary Australia Award for Australian Documentary: Welcome to Babel — James Bradley[6]
- Sustainable Future Award: Black Snow — Alina Simone[6]
- First Nations Award: First Horse — Awanui Simich-Pene[6]
- Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
- Dendy Live Action Short Award: Die Bully Die — Nathan Lacey, Nick Lacey[6]
- The Rouben Mamoulian Award: The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste — Pernell Marsden[6]
- Yoram Gross Animation Award: Darwin Story — Natasha Tonkin[6]
- AFTRS Craft Award: Say — Chloe Kemp[6]
- Event Cinemas Rising Talent Award: Bridget Morrison, Say[6]
- Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award: Debbie Lee[6]
- GIO Audience Awards
References
- ^ Luke Buckmaster, "From mythic creatures to innovative documentaries: 10 films to see at Sydney film festival 2024". The Guardian, 7 May 2024.
- ^ Patrick Frater, "‘Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line’ Rockumentary to Open Sydney Film Festival". Variety, 23 April 2024.
- ^ Sean Slatter, "Coralie Fargeat’s ‘The Substance’ to close Sydney Film Festival". IF Magazine, 29 May 2024.
- ^ Lars Brandle, "Sydney Film Festival Sets 2024 Program". Variety, 8 May 2024.
- ^ Michael Rosser, "Sydney Film Festival reveals 2024 competition line-up". Screen Daily, 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Patrick Frater, "Sydney Film Festival: Italian Box Office Hit ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ Wins Top Prize". Variety, 17 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "‘The Moogai’, ‘Skategoat’ take home SFF Audience Awards". IF Magazine, 20 June 2024.
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