Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Founded | 1954 |
No. of films | 33 |
Festival date | 10–21 June 2020 |
Website | sff |
The 67th annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 June 2020. [1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film screenings were held virtually for the first time. [2] In contrast to the regular editions, the festival only held four programs: Australian documentaries, Europe: Voices of Women in Film, Screenability, and Australian Short Films. [3] The festival was also held as a part of We Are One: A Global Film Festival, an international online film festival. [4]
The following were named as the festival juries: [5]
English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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Descent | Nays Baghai | |
A Hundred Years of Happiness | Jakeb Anhvu | |
The Leadership | Ili Baré | |
Morgana | Isabel Peppard, Josie Hess | |
Our Law | Cornel Ozies | |
The Plastic House | Allison Chhorn | |
Rosemary's Way | Ros Horin | |
The Skin of Others | Tom Murray | |
The Weather Diaries | Kathy Drayton | |
Women of Steel | Robynne Murphy |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Charter | Amanda Kernell | Sweden, Denmark, Norway | |
Force of Habit | Tottumiskysymys | Alli Haapasalo, Anna Paavilainen, Reetta Aalto, Jenni Toivoniemi, Kirsikka Saari, Elli Toivoniemi, Miia Tervo | Finland |
Kids Run | Barbara Ott | Germany | |
Lessons of Love | Lekcja miłości | Malgorzata Goliszewska, Katarzyna Mateja | Poland |
My Little Sister | Schwesterlein | Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond | Switzerland |
A Perfectly Normal Family | En helt almindelig familie | Malou Reymann | Denmark |
Sea Fever | Neasa Hardiman | Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, United Kingdom | |
They Call Me Babu | Ze noemen me Baboe | Sandra Beerends | Netherlands |
A Year Full of Drama | Aasta täis draamat | Marta Pulk | Estonia |
Zana | Antoneta Kastrati | Kosovo, Albania |
The following awards were presented at the festival: [6]
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