Sydney Film Festival 2027 Submissions Now Open
Filmmakers from across Australia and around the world are invited to submit their work to the 74th Sydney Film Festival, returning to cinemas across Sydney from 9 to 20 June 2027, with the biggest pri…
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Visar Morina on his devastating Kosovar drama Shame and Money
My biggest challenge was to create a shift. To start with a social environment, and basically to examine what it does to the people offering themselves every day and being treated like they are treated.…
Sydney Film Festival 2026 GIO Audience Award winners announced
After receiving more than 24,900 votes, Sydney Film Festival today announced the winners of the 2026 GIO Audience Awards. The annual awards recognise the audience’s favourite films across four categor…
Jaume Claret Muxart journeys along the Danube in the beautiful, beguiling and bewildering Strange River
A story without answers, choosing seductive visual composition and familial convergence over the trappings of a traditional coming-of-age narrative.…
Astonishing Grace: James J. Robinson on his stunning debut film First Light
It is a really personal story, because every single character within the film is like a part of myself that is kind of in constant argument with itself.…
Storyteller Miski Omar on bringing Somali-Australian stories to life on screen in the short film Button Pusher
Storyteller Miski Omar is a multidisciplinary artist whose creative work includes writing and filmmaking, allowing her work as a speech pathologist to inform her exploration of the intricacies of comm…
Body Blow LIVE. The Film. The Music. The Stage.
Audiences attending the Sydney Film Festival Australian Premiere of the internationally acclaimed film Body Blow are in for a unique second course as the cast take to the stage to perform music from t…
Sydney Film Festival submissions close 27 February 2026
Filmmakers have two weeks left to submit their films to the 73rd Sydney Film Festival with entries closing on 27 February 2026. Returning to cinemas across Sydney from 3-14 June 2026, Sydney Film F…
MIFF Interview: Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama on creating examples of healthy masculinity with Têtes Brulées
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Eya’s (Safa Gharbaoui) world as a 12-year-old Belgian Tunisian is filled with…
MIFF Interview: Denise Fernandes on her film Hanami
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Dreams, imagination and sobering realities meld in this absolutely magical de…
Sydney Film Festival Interview: The Raftsmen director Chadden Hunter on capturing a classic adventure story on screen
Vital Alsar was an adventurer and a scientist. In the late 1960s and into the early 1970s, after being inspired by the attempted journey of the Kon-Tiki by fellow sailor Thor Heyerdahl, Vital led an e…
Sydney Film Festival Interview: Zoe Pepper on the dark housing-crisis comedy delight that is Birthright
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. When we think of Australian cinema, one of the films that springs to mind is…