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Sun, 7 Jun 9:30am
State Theatre
Whistle
An offbeat Aussie crowd pleaser following the world’s greatest whistling competition, from the eccentric competitors to passionate devotees, as egos clash and notes soar. Toronto 2025.
Retrospective
Sun, 7 Jun 10:15am
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Shot like a western and set in the ‘sertão’ of Minas Gerais from a short story by Guimarães Rosa, Santos’ wonderful character study shows Augusto Matraga’s rebirth through religion after a life of violence.
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Sun, 7 Jun 11:30am
The Hub, Lower Town Hall
The World’s Best Whistle
Hear mastery of an instrument we all possess – the whistle – from the world’s best, at this special event hosted by Mark Humphries. Follows a premiere screening of new documentary Whistle.
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Sun, 7 Jun 11:30am
State Theatre
Leviticus
In this bold, breakout Sundance hit from Australian Adrian Chiarella, two teenage boys contend with an evil force that takes on the form of the person they desire most: each other.
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Retrospective
Sun, 7 Jun 12pm
Sydney Opera House Playhouse
Vive L’Amour
Tsai Ming-liang’s 1994 classic follows three lonely souls orbiting an empty Taipei apartment in this sensual portrait of urban alienation. 4K restoration, Venice 2025.
Documentary
Sun, 7 Jun 12pm
State Library of NSW
Newport & the Great Folk Dream
A thrilling time capsule of the Newport Folk Festival in the 1960s, where music, activism and cultural change collided – and where Bob Dylan famously went electric. Venice 2025.
Retrospective
Sun, 7 Jun 12:30pm
Art Gallery of New South Wales
São Paulo, Incorporated
The city and state of São Paulo somehow became Brazil’s main economic machine in the 20th century, the source of the country’s industrialisation, a magnet for people from all over the country to come and find work.
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Sun, 7 Jun 1:15pm
Dendy Newtown
Hold Onto Me
Cypriot director Myrsini Aristidou’s splendid debut follows a father and daughter reuniting to form a petty crime duo. Audience Award winner (World Cinema Dramatic), Sundance 2026.
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Sun, 7 Jun 1:30pm
The Hub, Lower Town Hall
Australiaarrghh! Horror’s Moment in the Australian Sun
Australian horror has emerged as a defining force in contemporary cinema, with films like The Babadook, Talk to Me and Relic signalling both creative and commercial momentum. This panel explores why the genre is thriving now—and what gives Australian horror its distinctive edge. Join filmmakers from Leviticus, and Saccharine. Moderated by Freak Me Out curator Richard Kuipers.
Sun, 7 Jun 1:30pm
Event Cinemas George Street
The Desert Child
The breathtaking true story of Hadara, a boy who survives ten years in the Sahara, raised by ostriches, unfolds as a wondrous and visually stunning family adventure.
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Sun, 7 Jun 1:45pm
State Theatre
Silent Friend
Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Léa Seydoux star in the wondrous latest from Ildikó Enyedi (On Body and Soul, Sydney Film Prize 2017), following three era-spanning stories connected by a tree.
Documentary
Sun, 7 Jun 1:45pm
Event Cinemas George Street
Crocodile
The astonishing story behind the Nigerian filmmaking collective The Critics, whose handmade science fiction films have taken the world by storm. Berlinale 2026.
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Sun, 7 Jun 1:45pm
Ritz Cinemas Randwick
Everytime
Winner, Un Certain Regard, Cannes. A mother, daughter and a teen boy reckon with the aftershock of a tragedy in Sandra Wollner's tremendous, intriguing drama, set between Berlin and Tenerife.

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All Of A Sudden
The first dual winner of the Best Actress Award at Cannes, this sprawling, emotional epic by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car, SFF 2021) stars Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto as two women who form a life-altering friendship.
Congo Boy
Winner, Best Actor Award, Cannes Un Certain Regard. This stirring, autobiographical drama follows a Congolese teen chasing his music dreams while juggling family pressure, exams and political unrest.
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Coward
Winner of the Cannes Best Actor Award, the new film by Sydney Film Prize winner Lukas Dhont (Close, SFF 2022) is an ambitious, moving queer romance about two soldiers during World War I.
Jim Queen
When Parisian gay gym-queen-supreme Jim contracts a virus that will turn him and others straight, his only hope for a cure is a shy fanboy twink. A hilariously camp, animated, musical romp direct from Cannes.
La Bola Negra
Winner, Best Director, Cannes. This stirring, decades-spanning exploration of queer desire in Spain is one of the most exuberant, sensual and dazzling films of the year, featuring Penelope Cruz, Glenn Close and Julio Torres.
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The Match
The legendary 1986 FIFA World Cup game between Argentina and England – featuring Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal and played in the shadow of the Falklands War – is the centre of this thrilling, joyous Cannes-selected documentary.
Paper Tiger
Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller are terrific in James Gray’s electrifying, Cannes-selected crime thriller set in 1980s New York, that sees a suburban family get involved with the Russian mob.
Red Rocks
Inventive auteur Bruno Dumont returns with this strikingly stripped-back, seaside tale of rival kinder-aged posses running wild in the French Riviera. Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes.
Tangles
Direct from Cannes, Sarah Leavitt’s tender graphic memoir is beautifully adapted in this moving animation exploring the lived realities of Alzheimer’s disease. Voiced by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Abbi Jacobson and Bryan Cranston.

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Ben’Imana
Winner, Camera d'Or, Cannes. This emotionally powerful exploration of a reconciliation process following the Rwandan genocide is set to be one of the year's most acclaimed debuts.
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Dao
A swirling epic that wowed audiences at the Berlinale, Dao is a life-affirming journey that contrasts a wedding in France with a memorial service in Guinea-Bissau to produce a mesmerising meditation on love, sadness and joy.
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The Dreamed Adventure
Winner, Jury Prize, Cannes. Valeska Grisebach's (Western) crime drama is a mysterious and intoxicating journey following a woman on a mission in the rough Bulgarian borderlands.
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Fatherland
Cannes Best Director winner Paweł Pawlikowski (Ida; Cold War, SFF 2018) returns with this sensational snapshot of writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) in post-war Germany.
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Fjord
Winner, Palme d'Or, Cannes. Internationally acclaimed director Cristian Mungiu returns with his English-language debut, a thought-provoking family drama starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve.
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Gentle Monster
An incredible Léa Seydoux stars in Corsage director Marie Kreutzer's gripping, emotionally charged study of a wife and mother forced to confront the unthinkable. Cannes Competition.
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The Invite
Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton exchange barbs, flirtations and truths in this hit Sundance dinner party dramedy, directed by Wilde (Booksmart, SFF 2019).
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Leviticus
In this bold, breakout Sundance hit from Australian Adrian Chiarella, two teenage boys contend with an evil force that takes on the form of the person they desire most: each other.
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Minotaur
Winner, Grand Prix, Cannes. The much-anticipated new film by Russian master Andrey Zvyagintsev is a brave, taut and explosive thriller that brilliantly melds the personal and the political.
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No Good Men
In this sparkling political romantic comedy from Afghanistan, a camerawoman disillusioned with love is surprised to find herself drawn to the country's leading journalist.
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Parallel Tales
Asghar Farhadi delivers a layered, complex drama about a writer using surveillance for inspiration, with an all-star French cast of Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Cassel and Catherine Deneuve. Cannes Competition.
Shame and Money
Winner, World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Sundance. A Kosovar family experience a betrayal, upending their lives from rural living to hard labour in the city. An explosive, urgent, and human story.
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Sheep in the Box
Direct from the Cannes Competition, Kore-eda Hirokazu's (Shoplifters, SFF 2018; Monster, SFF 2023) Sheep in the Box is a moving drama about bereft parents turning to AI to rebuild their family.
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Fri 29 May 2026
Announcements
Australian Premiere of Paper Tiger to close Sydney Film Festival 2026

Sydney Film Festival will close its 73rd edition with the Australian Premiere of James Gray’s (The Immigrant, Ad Astra) celebrated Cannes Competition crime thriller Paper Tiger at the State Theatre on Sunday 14 June.

Tue 26 May 2026
SBS ON DEMAND: Sydney FIlm Festival Selects

Sydney Film Festival returns to cinemas around Sydney June 3-14 and in preparation, we’ve partnered with streaming service SBS On Demand to present Sydney Film Festival Selects. This special curation is the perfect way to get Festival fit with acclaimed films from directors featured in this year’s Festival lineup, alongside some of SFF’s most well-loved hits. 

Wed 13 May 2026
100+ Guests Announced for Sydney Film Festival 2026

More than 100 local and international filmmakers are set to attend Sydney Film Festival 2026, including current Palme d’Or contenders Andrey Zvyagintsev (Minotaur) and Marie Kreutzer (Gentle Monster), Oscar-nominated Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho and
legendary Australian filmmaker Peter Weir.

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