66th Sydney Film Festival

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66th Sydney Film Festival
Opening film Palm Beach
by Rachel Ward
Closing film Yesterday
by Danny Boyle
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Founded1954
Festival date5–16 June 2019
Website sff.org.au
Sydney Film Festival
65th

The 66th annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 5 to 16 June 2019. [1] Comedy drama film Palm Beach opened the festival and musical romantic comedy film Yesterday was the closing film. [2] [3]

Contents

Bong Joon-ho's dark comedy thriller film Parasite won the Sydney Film Prize. [4]

Juries

The following were named as the festival juries: [5]

Sydney Film Prize

Documentary Australia Foundation Award

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

Official selection

In competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Bacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano DornellesBrazil, France
Bellbird Hamish Bennett New Zealand
Dirty God Sacha Polak United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija Gospod postoi, imeto ì e Petrunija Teona Strugar Mitevska Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, France, Croatia
Hearts and Bones Ben Lawrence Australia
Judy and Punch Mirrah Foulkes Australia
Monos Alejandro Landes Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Uruguay
Never Look Away Werk ohne Autor Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany
Pain and Glory Dolor y gloria Pedro Almodóvar Spain
Parasite 기생충 Bong Joon-ho South Korea
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg United Kingdom
Synonyms Synonymes Nadav Lapid France, Germany
Highlighted title indicates Sydney Film Prize winner.

Documentary Australia Foundation Award

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)
I Am No BirdEm Baker
In My Blood It Runs Maya Newell
It All Started with a Stale Sandwich Samantha Lang
The Leunig FragmentsKasimir Burgess
Life After the Oasis Sascha Ettinger Epstein
Lili Peter Hegedus
Martha: A Picture StorySelina Miles
SanctuaryKaye Harrison
She Who Must Be Loved Erica Glynn
White Light George Gittoes

Special Presentations

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Biggest Little Farm John Chester United States
Blinded by the Light Gurinder Chadha United Kingdom
Children of the Sea 海獣の子供 Ayumu Watanabe Japan
The Dead Don't Die Jim Jarmusch United States
The Final Quarter Ian Darling Australia
High Life Claire Denis France, Germany, United Kingdom
Marighella Wagner Moura Brazil
Mystify: Michael Hutchence Richard Lowenstein Australia
Photograph Ritesh Batra India, United States, Germany
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese United States
Skin Guy Nattiv United States
Slam Partho Sen-Gupta Australia, France
So Long, My Son 地久天长 Wang Xiaoshuai China
Standing Up for Sunny Steven Vidler Australia
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda France

Features

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Akasha Hajooj Kuka Sudan, South Africa, Qatar, Germany
Alpha, The Right To Kill Brillante Mendoza Philippines
American Woman Jake Scott United States
AngeloMarkus SchleinzerAustria, Luxembourg
Animals Sophie Hyde Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom
Bait Mark Jenkin United Kingdom
Brittany Runs a Marathon Paul Downs Colaizzo United States
Clean Up호흡Kwon Man-kiSouth Korea
Cold Sweat عرق سرد Soheil Beiraghi Iran
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Kriv Stenders Australia
Divine Love Divino amor Gabriel Mascaro Brazil, Uruguay, Denmark, Norway, Chile, Sweden
Dolce Fine Giornata Jacek Borcuch Poland
The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia El viaje extraordinario de Celeste GarcíaArturo InfanteCuba, Germany
Flatland Jenna Bass South Africa, Luxembourg, Germany
Ghost Town Anthology Répertoire des villes disparues Denis Côté Canada
Her Smell Alex Ross Perry United States
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Ben Wheatley United Kingdom
I Am Mother Grant SputoreAustralia
In Fabric Peter Strickland United Kingdom
Jesus僕はイエス様が嫌い Hiroshi Okuyama Japan
Journey to a Mother's Room Viaje al cuarto de una madre Celia Rico Clavellino Spain, France
Kursk Thomas Vinterberg France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Ladyworld Amanda Kramer United States
Manta Ray กระเบนราหู Phuttiphong Aroonpheng Thailand, France, China
The Mountain Rick Alverson United States
The Nightingale Jennifer Kent Australia
Öndög Wang Quan'an Mongolia
Our Time Nuestro tiempo Carlos Reygadas Germany, Mexico, France, Sweden, Denmark
Papi Chulo John Butler United States, Ireland
Piranhas La paranza dei bambini Claudio Giovannesi Italy
The Public Emilio Estevez United States
Saturday Afternoon Shonibar Bikel Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Bangladesh, Germany
School's Out L'heure de la sortie Sébastien Marnier France
ScrewdriverMafakBassam JarbawiPalestine, United States, Qatar
Sequin in a Blue Room Samuel Van Grinsven Australia
Sibel Çağla Zencirci, Guillaume GiovanettiFrance, Germany, Turkey, Luxembourg
Suburban Wildlife Imogen McCluskeyAustralia
The Sweet Requiemསྐྱོ་དབྱངས་མངར་མོ། Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam India, United States
A Tale of Three Sisters Kız Kardeşler Emin Alper Turkey, Germany
The Third Wife Vợ baAsh MayfairVietnam
This Is Not Berlin Esto no es BerlínHari SamaMexico
The Wedding Guest Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom
The White Crow Ralph Fiennes United Kingdom, United States, Serbia
Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story Icíar Bollaín Spain, Cuba, United Kingdom, Germany

International Documentary

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary Ben BermanUnited States
American Factory Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert United States
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky Canada
Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller United States
The Biggest Little Farm John Chester United States
The Brink Alison Klayman United States
Buddha in Africa Nicole Schafer Sweden, South Africa
The Edge of Democracy Petra Costa Brazil
Hail Satan? Penny Lane United States
Halston Frédéric Tcheng United States
Honeyland Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska Macedonia
Just Don't Think I'll ScreamNe croyez surtout pas que je hurleFrank BeauvaisFrance
The Kleptocrats Sam Hobkinson, Havana Marking United Kingdom
Leftover WomenHilla Medalia, Shosh ShlamGermany
Maiden Alex HolmesUnited Kingdom
Meeting Gorbachev Werner Herzog, André Singer United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenHeperi MitaNew Zealand
Midnight Family Luke LorentzenUnited States, Mexico
Midnight Traveler Hassan FaziliUnited States, Qatar, Canada, United Kingdom
The Miracle of the Little PrinceMarjoleine BoonstraNetherlands
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman United States
Nothing Fancy: Diana KennedyElizabeth CarrollUnited States
On the Inside of a Military DictatorshipKaren Stokkendal PoulsenDenmark, France
One Child Nation Nanfu Wang, Jialing ZhangChina, United States
Picture Character Ian Cheney, Martha ShaneUnited States, Germany, Japan, Argentina, Austria, United Kingdom, Scotland
Reason Anand Patwardhan India
School of SeductionAlina RudnitskayaDenmark
Sea of Shadows Richard Ladkani Austria
Shooting the Mafia Kim Longinotto Ireland, United States
Talking About Trees Suhaib Gasmelbari France, Germany, Sudan, Chad, Qatar
Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts Nick Zeig-OwensUnited States
Untouchable Ursula Macfarlane United States
Up the Mountain Zhang Yang China
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda France
The Wandering Chef밥정 Park Hye-ryeong South Korea
What Will Become of Us Steven Cantor United States
XY Chelsea Tim Travers HawkinsUnited States

Sounds On Screen

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Amazing Grace Alan ElliottUnited States
David Crosby: Remember My Name A. J. EatonUnited States
A Dog Called MoneySeamus MurphyUnited Kingdom, Ireland
Inna de Yard: The Soul of Jamaica Peter Webber France
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love Nick Broomfield United Kingdom
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Stanley Nelson Jr. United States, United Kingdom

Europe! Voices of Women in Film

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Best of Dorien B.Anke BlondéBelgium, Netherlands
Caviar Kaviar Elena Tikhonova Austria
The DepositTryggðÁsthildur KjartansdóttirIceland
Ever AfterEndzeitCarolina HellsgårdGermany
Only You Harry Wootliff United Kingdom
Pause ΠαύσηTonia MishialiCyprus, Greece
Queen of Hearts Dronningen May el-Toukhy Denmark, Sweden
Retrospekt Esther Rots Netherlands, Belgium
Scheme Birds Ellen Fiske, Ellinor HallinSweden, United Kingdom
When Tomatoes Met Wagner Marianna EconomouGreece

Focus on New Zealand

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Capital in the 21st Century Justin Pemberton New Zealand
The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps Julia Parnell New Zealand
Daffodils David StubbsNew Zealand
The Heart DancesRebecca TansleyNew Zealand
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenHeperi MitaNew Zealand

First Nations

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn Canada, Norway
Dark Place Kodie Bedford, Perun Bonser, Rob Braslin, Liam Phillips, Bjorn StewartAustralia
She Who Must Be Loved Erica Glynn Australia
Vai Nicole Whippy, Amberley Jo Aumua, Becs Arahanga, Matasila Freshwater, Dianna Fuemana, Mīria George, ʻOfa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Sharon WhippyNew Zealand

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival: [6]

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