Festival Guests
Meet the filmmakers participating Q&As, talks, panels and special events at the 70th Sydney Film Festival, 7-18 June. Seeing a film with a guest listed? Make sure you schedule an extra 15 minutes for your session to stay for a post-screening Q&A.
Hakeem al-Araibi
Cast
Natalie Bailey
Director
Aamir Bashir
Director
Matthew Bate
Director
Larissa Behrendt
Official Competition Jury
Rosemary Blight
Producer
Zane Borg
Producer
Jordan Bryon
Director
Sophie Byrne
Producer
Cameron Cairnes
Director
Colin Cairnes
Director
Gabriel Carrubba
Director
Jane Campion
Director
Visakesa Chandrasekaram
Director | Official Competition Jury
Choi Seung-yoon
Cast
Jack Clark
Director
Mark Coles-Smith
Cast
Shalane Connors
Cast
Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Director
Darren Dale
Producer
Isabel Darling
Director
Discoteca Tropical
DJ
Kuba Dorabialski
Director
Marta Dusseldorp
Cast
Alice Englert
Director
Selcen Ergun
Director
Mel Eslyn
Director
Damon Fepulea’i
Director
Tim Flannery
Special Guest
Mark Forstmann
Producer
Craig Foster
Cast
Johan Gabrielsson
Director
Julian Garner
Cast
Christoffer Guldbrandsen
Director
Margaret Hall
Organist
Shuli Harel
Producer
He Shuming
Director
Anna Hints
Director
Hong Huifang
Cast
Neil Jensen
Organist
Anurag Kashyap
Director | Official Competition Jury President
Kim Jee-Woon
Director
Lee Jeong-hong
Director
Derik Lynch
Director
Devashish Makhija
Director
Brenda Matthews
Director
Megha Mathur
Cast
Dane McCusker
Director
Angus McDonald
Director
Laha Mebow
Director
Members of the film team (Red, White & Brass)
Gillian Moody
Director
Tyson Mowarin
Director
Asmae El Moudir
Director
Makbul Mubarak
Director
Jessica Murphy
Producer
Leah Hyein Na
Panellist
Jillian Nguyen
Cast
Nafiss Nia
Director
Ulysses Oliver
Director
Álfrún Helga Örnólfsdóttir
Director
Amin Palangi
Director
Bruce Pascoe
Author
Claire Pasvolsky
Director
Asimina Proedrou
Director
Margie Ratliff
Producer
Daina Reid
Director
Marta Savina
Director
Claudia Shepherd
Producer
Soda Jerk
Director
Tünde Skovrán
Director
Kath Shelper
Producer
Anthony Shim
Director
David Stratton
Film Critic
Matthew Thorne
Director
Warwick Thornton
Director
Alexei Toliopoulos
Host
Rachel Ward
Director
Michael Ware and Justine Rosenthal
Directors
Mia Wasikowska
Official Competition Jury
Jim Weir
Director
Dorothee Wenner
Official Competition Jury
Adrian Russell Wills
Director
Shona Yang
Panellist
