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You’ll see and you’ll hear big stories with big sound. 

These features and documentaries focus on music and offer an aurally exhilarating experience that’s a treat for the senses.

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Amadou & Mariam: The Blind Couple from Mali
Fifty years of music and love are celebrated in a portrait of legendary blind Malian duo Amadou & Mariam. Featuring Chris Martin, Damon Albarn and Manu Chao. CPH:DOX, FIPADOC 2026.
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The Best Summer
Head backstage with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters and more in this revelatory Sundance rockumentary, capturing the 1995 Australian music festival Summersault.
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Broken English
Tilda Swinton and George MacKay star in this loving tribute to singer, actor and cultural icon Marianne Faithfull from the makers of 20,000 Days on Earth (SFF 2014). Venice 2025.
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Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC
Follow the sea-sprayed evolution of Jack Johnson from O’ahu grommet, to filmmaker, to the world famous musician behind hits like “Upside Down” and “Banana Pancakes”. SXSW 2026.
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Documentary
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.
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Tenor: My Name Is Pati
A stirring portrait of acclaimed Samoan-born New Zealand tenor Pene Pati and his brother Amitai, the voices behind the beloved Aotearoa popera phenomenon SOL3 MIO.
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Sydney Film Festival acknowledges 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 is based.

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

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