Our Donors

Life Patron

Peter Ivany AO and Sharon Ivany

Festival Visionary

Andrew Cameron AM and Cathy Cameron, Nicole Kidman AC, Amanda Maple-Brown, Zareh and Ping Nalbandian, Truant Pictures, WeirAnderson Foundation

Director’s Champion

Constellation Creatives, Ian Darling AO and Min Darling, Nick and Sandra Fairfax, Anne and Mark Lazberger, Dr Kathryn Lovric and Dr Roger Allan, Adrian and Charlotte MacKenzie, Shark Island Foundation, Will and Jane Vicars

Director’s Circle

Brian Abel and Mark Manton, Animal Logic Entertainment, Suzanne and Anthony Maple-Brown, Nicole McKenna and Chris Freeland AM, Kate Mills, Michael and Vivienne Selwyn, Annie Williams, Anonymous (1)

Director’s Associates

David Barnes, Bronte Pictures, David and Leith Bruce-Steer, Bunya Productions, Jan Chapman AO and Stephen O’Rourke, Sally Cousens and John Stuckey, Blackfella Films | Darren Dale, Rick Gove, Trisha and Bill Heaton, JACE Foundation, Zach Kitschke, Lambert Bridge Foundation, Pip Rath and Wayne Lonergan, See-Saw Films, The Skrzynski Foundation, Spectrum Films

Women’s Giving Collective

Nicole Kidman AC – 2023-2024 Ambassador, Kirsty Albert, Hayley Baillie, Wendy Beckett, Deborah Bell, Iolanda Capodanno and Juergen Krufczyk, Francesca Duncan, Debra Eckersley, Cheryl Hayman, Sally Herman, Anita Jacoby AM, Jacqueline Kerwick, Debbie Lee, Marina Mitrevski, Blainey North, Honor Northam, Nicole O’Donohue

Director’s Cut

Nick and Simone Abrahams, Rob and Sandra Antulov, Alice Bell and Leon Ford, Chris and Annerie Bell, Rosemary Blight and Ben Grant, Blue Cat Pictures, Charlene and Graham Bradley AM, Carole Campbell, Iolanda Capodanno and Juergen Krufczyk, Rob and Maddie Coe, Anne and David Craig, Goalpost Pictures, David Heard, David Hendler, Sally Herman, Adam Herron*, Tim and Akiko Jackson, Chris and Carey Little, Dr Stephen McNamara, Rebel Penfold-Russell OAM, Keith Rodger | 98 | Fear Of God Films, Dr Gene Sherman AM | Sherman Foundation, Doug and Chris Snedden, Ezekiel Solomon AM, Ashley and Aveen Stephenson, Stuart Terry, Martyn Thompson, David Vannucci, Will Wilson

Director’s Lab (SFF Young Patron Program)

Drew Bailey, Annmaree Bell and John Frank, Kyle Blanshard | EP | Entropico, Dylan Burgess, Diana Burnett, Jean-Marc Carriol, Anna Cleary, Constellation Creatives, Sophie Cox, Brendan Donoghue, Alison Fowler, Vince Frost, Antaine Furlong, Anthony Igra, Antony Isles, Amanda Jermyn and Elly Clapin, Amanda Maple-Brown, McGregor Casting, David Michôd, Amin Palangi, Stephanie Pringle, Susan Prior, Georgia Quick, Dinusha Ratnaweera, Ezekiel Simat, Nicholas Smith, Alyson Standen, The Story Mill, Kelly Vincent, Frances Wallace, Alice Yang, Jo Yeldham, Cero Zell, Anonymous (1)

$1,000 – $2,499

Giving Culture, Jackie Katz, Craig Lenehan SC, Susan MacKinnon, Jane and Ian Morrison, Julia Laverty, Rodney Mu, Kath Shelper, Ross Tzannes AM*, Anonymous (2)

$500 – $999

Alex Bowen and Catherine Sullivan, Diana Brookes, Roger Dean, Jacqui Feeney, Sarah Goodman, Margaret R Hawkins, Kirsty McEwin, Kristof Mikes-Liu, Vicki Moss, Trevor Parkin, Marcus Trimble, Andrew Vincent, Jane Wynter

$100 – $499

Donald Adams, Elizabeth Anderson, Sophie Ashton, Nadia Banihali, Stephen Basil-Jones, Terence Bell, Trish Booth, Mark Bowman, Karen Broad, Candice Bruce, Suellen Chapman, Christina Chiam, Jeanine Chialvo, Leo Christie OAM, Megan Coughran, Roger Dean, Paige Diamond, Lucy Di Maggio, Rosalyn Diprose, Susanne De Ferranti, Lori Flekser, Valmae Freilich*, David Full, John Gleeson*, Su Goldfish, Susi Hamilton, Noelene Hall, Angelo Hatsatouris, Louise Head, Melissa Heris, William Hoekstra, Kim Jackson, Christine Jessep, Sue Josephsen, Annie Kinnane, Maria Kelly, Jane Kirton, MinMin Liu, Catherine Mairs, Andrew Maloney, Felix Marsh-Wakefield, Annette Mauer, Robyn Maxwell, Joan McDonald*, Alison McIntyre, Anna McPherson, Anthony Mitchell*, Judi Mitchell, Lindy Monson, Gisela and David Moser,  Vicki Moss, Michele Mossop, June Murphy*, Joseph Nguyen, Gabrielle O’Grady, Jan O’Reilly*, Charles Ovadia, Jonathan Page, Pamela, Janette Parkinson, Annie Parnell*, Caroline Pryor*, Gregory Reading, Alex-Oonagh Redmond*, Shefali Rovik, Georgia Shepherd, Kit Shepherd, Lucy Sorentino, Liz Stevens, Claire Tilley, Eden Tollis, Michael Unwin, Kay Vernon, Juliette van Heyst, Steven Vo, Liz Watts, Xiomara Williams, Judith Withers, Larry Woldenberg, Jane Wynter, Julie Young*, Sue Zeckendorf, Anonymous (6)

*Archives Renewal Supporters

Sydney Film Festival sincerely thanks those who have contributed to the Archives Renewal. Read more about the Archives Renewal Project.

Travelling Film Festival Supporters

Sue Bradley, Brian Connor AM FACRS, Julie Humphreys, Diane Lange, Susan MacKinnon, Robyn Maxwell, Marg Minnett

We would like to thank all of those individuals who have decided to leave a gift in their Will to the Sydney Film Festival or the Travelling Film Festival. Read more about SFF bequests or TFF bequests.

To find out more about becoming Director’s Patron or other ways you can support SFF, please get in touch with Head of Philanthropy, Eden Tollis: