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Festival Guests

Meet the filmmakers participating in post-screening Q&As, talks, panels and special events at the 73rd Sydney Film Festival, 3-14 June.

Kleber Mendonça Filho
Director, Jury President
Kleber Mendonça Filho is an acclaimed Brazilian director who moved from film criticism to global success with his debut Neighboring Sounds. His films Aquarius and Bacurau explore Brazil's political tensions through a genre lens, with the former winning the Sydney Film Prize in 2016. His 2025 thriller, The Secret Agent, won Best Director and Best Actor at Cannes and earned multiple Academy Award nominations.
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Aaliyah Jade Bradbury
Director
Adrian Chiarella
Director
Aimee Lindorff
Moderator
Akio Fujimoto
Director
Alain Gomis
Director
Alexei Toliopoulos
Host, Performer
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Director
Andy Huang
Producer
Anoop Lokkur
Director
Anthony Frith
Director
Anwar Hashimi
Actor
Bruce Pascoe
Subject
Camilla Mazzaferro
Producer
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Chouwa Liang
Director
Chris Ebeling
Creative Technologist
Christian Byers
Filmmaker/Actor
Christopher Nelius
Director
Clara Law
Director
Daniel Nettheim
Director
Dario Russo
Director
Dean Francis
Director
Dr Jessica Byrne
Investment Manager
Gabe Klinger
Director
Genevieve Clay-Smith
Director
Georgia Noe
Producer
Grace McKenzie
Director
Hannah-Rose Yee
Editor
Hyun Lee
Director
Ian Darling
Director
Ildikó Enyedi
Director, Jury Member
Ivan Aristeguieta
Actor
Jake Kuhn
Director
James Ashley McLaren
Director
James J. Robinson
Director
Jason di Rosso
Moderator
Jaume Claret Muxart
Director
Jennifer Robinson
Subject
Jerome Smith
Director
Joe Bird
Actor
Josef Gatti
Director
Kim Shin-wan
Director
Kimberley Benjamin
Director
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Director, Jury President
Kristina Ceyton
Producer
Lachlan McLeod
Director
Lauren Edwards
Producer
Marie Kreutzer
Director
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Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Director
Matasila Freshwater
Director/Writer
Natalia Laska
Director
Natalie Erika James
Director
Nicholas Fonseca
Content Director
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Nicholson Ren
Producer
Noah Stratton-Twine
Director
Olivia Hargroder
Actress
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Director
Pepa Lubojacki
Director
Peter Weir
Director
Professor Isabella Alexander
Legal Historian/Scholar
Rebecca Tansley
Director
Renée Marie Petropoulos
Director
Rezwan Shahriar Sumit
Director
Rhian Skirving
Director, Producer
Richard Lowenstein
Director
Ruby Ruiz
Actress
Sam Neill
Actor
Sam Voutas
Director
Samantha Jennings
Producer
Sandy Cameron
Writer/Producer
Sandy George
Moderator
Selina Miles
Director
Shin Su-won
Director
Siena Mayutu Wurmarri Stubbs
Director
Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Director
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Tamra Davis
Director
Vea Mafile’o
Director
Vee Shi
Director
Wenlei Ma
Journalist
William A. Bleakley
Director
William D. Caballero
Director
Yoon Ga-eun
Director
Zachary Ruane
Performer
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