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We honour the storytelling and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia.

Program Strands

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SFF On Demand: Virtual Program

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Talks (Online)

Stream virtual Q&A sessions online on SFF On Demand and our website.

Opening Night

Stories from eight talented Western Sydney writers intertwine poignantly through themes of family and place in Here Out West. Due to reduced capacities, Opening Night is invitation only in 2021.

Closing Night

Bid farewell to the Festival with an awards ceremony and screening of the Closing Night film, Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch.

Official Competition

The most “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous” films that truly move the art form forward.

Documentary Australia Foundation Award

Documentaries competing for the Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary.

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

10 short films compete for three illustrious prizes.

Special Presentations

A selection of highly anticipated premieres, festival hits and local highlights.

Features

Prize-winners from prestigious festivals and new works that deserve to be known.

International Documentaries

Controversial, mesmerising, eye-opening and visually stunning international documentaries.

Sounds on Screen

Films about music and musicians make for some of the most compelling cinema created.

Europe! Voices of Women in Film

Potent, engaging and important films from talented women around Europe.

First Nations

Powerful titles directed or written by First Nations creatives.

FLUX Art+Film

Radical and innovative films by artists who transform our experience of what cinema can be.

Screenability

A fantastic line-up of films celebrating the talent of filmmakers with disability.

Family Films

Find all the film festival fun for families with our top Family picks from across the globe.

Classics Restored

Superb restorations of cinema classics – from Australia and Senegal.

The Long & Winding Road: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami

Kiarostami introduced the world to Iranian cinema whilst changing the very boundaries of what we call a film.

Short Films

An amazing array of short films screen before features and documentaries.

Freak Me Out

Quality motion pictures from the weird and wild side of world cinema.
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