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We acknowledge Australia’s First Nations People as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land, and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, upon whose Country SFF are based.
We honour the storytelling and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia.

Program Strands

Browse SFF’s Program Strands – the curated collections of films grouped by genre, style, content and themes.

Official Competition

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

Special Presentations

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

International Documentaries

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

Features

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

Documentary Australia Award

Sydney Film Festival is honoured to presented the annual Documentary Australia Award, supported by Documentary Australia.

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

Sydney Film Festival’s short film competition has launched the careers of directors, writers, producers and other film creatives in its 53-year-history.

First Nations

Powerful titles directed or written by First Nations creatives.

Europe! Voices of Women in Film

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

Essential Satyajit Ray: Selected by David Stratton

One of the world’s most revered filmmakers, Satyajit Ray revolutionised India’s cinema.

It Takes Time: Ten Films by Frederick Wiseman

Discover ten seminal documentaries by the acclaimed veteran filmmaker. Tickets on sale now.

Restorations

Classic films and your favourite movies as their makers wanted you to see them.

Screenability

An outstanding line-up of films celebrating the talent of filmmakers with disability.

Sounds on Screen

Rap or rock. Soul or salsa. Classical, jazz, blues or pop. Whatever your jam, film enriches the experience of the music that moves you. 

Shorts with Features

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

FLUX: ART+FILM

FLUX: ART+FILM explores the fertile ground between art and cinema, with radical and innovative films by artists who transform our experience of what cinema can be.

Freak Me Out

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

The Box Sets

Binge the best in long-format storytelling in one marathon sitting.

Family Films

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

Talks at the Hub

Join in with filmmaker talks and Q&As with Festival guests at the Hub, Lower Town Hall.

Events at the Hub

Keep that post-film buzz going with special events paired with screenings to celebrate cinema. 
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