69th Sydney Film Festival

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69th Sydney Film Festival
Opening film We Are Still Here
by Beck Cole, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis, and Chantelle Burgoyne
Closing film Broker
by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Founded1954
AwardsSydney Film Prize: Close
No. of films200 from 64 countries
Festival date8–19 June 2022
Website sff.org.au
Sydney Film Festival

The 69th annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 June 2022. [1] First Nations anthology film We Are Still Here opened the festival, while Hirokazu Kore-eda's drama film Broker was the closing film. [2] [3]

Contents

The most prestigious award, Sydney Film Prize, was awarded to drama film Close , directed by Lukas Dhont. [4]

Juries

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

Sydney Film Prize

Official Selection

In competition

The following films were selected for the main international competition: [6]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Alcarràs Carla Simón Spain, Italy
Before, Now & Then Nana Kamila Andini Indonesia
Blaze Del Kathryn Barton Australia
The Box La caja Lorenzo Vigas Mexico, United States, Venezuela
Burning DaysKurak Günler Emin Alper Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia
Close Lukas Dhont Belgium, France, Netherlands
Fire of Love Sara Dosa United States, Canada
Godland Volaða land Hlynur Pálmason Iceland, Denmark, France, Sweden
The Quiet Girl An Cailín Ciúin Colm Bairéad Ireland
Return to Seoul Retour à Séoul Davy Chou France, Belgium, Germany, Qatar, Cambodia
Utama Alejandro Loayza GrisiBolivia, Uruguay, France
You Won't Be Alone Goran Stolevski Australia, United Kingdom, Serbia
Highlighted title indicates Sydney Film Prize winner.

Documentary Australia

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Audrey NapanangkaPenelope McDonaldAustralia
DelikadoKarl MalakunasAustralia, Hong Kong, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom
Everybody's OmaJason van GenderenAustralia
General HerculesBroodie PooleAustralia
Keep SteppingLuke CornishAustralia
Short Films
The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone Maya Newell Australia
PolentaAdrian Di SalleAustralia
The SweetnessJessica Barclay LawtonAustralia
Warrawong... The Windy Place on the Hill Simon Target Australia

Special Presentations

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Cha Cha Real Smooth Cooper Raiff United States
Fire Island Andrew Ahn United States
The Forgiven John Michael McDonagh United Kingdom
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Sophie Hyde United Kingdom
Huda's Salon Hany Abu-Assad Palestine, Egypt, Netherlands
Lonesome Craig Boreham Australia
Navalny Daniel Roher United States
Nude Tuesday Armağan Ballantyne Australia, New Zealand
One Fine Morning Un beau matin Mia Hansen-Løve France, Germany
The Passengers of the Night Les passagers de la nuit Mikhaël Hers France
The Phantom of the Open Craig Roberts United Kingdom
Seriously Red Gracie Otto Australia
Tchaikovsky's Wife Жена Чайковского Kirill Serebrennikov Russia, France, Switzerland
Where Is Anne Frank Ari Folman France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

Features

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of LoveA E I O U: Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe Nicolette Krebitz Germany, France
Ahed's Knee הַבֶּרֶךְ Nadav Lapid France, Germany
Alice Krystin Ver LindenUnited States
Anatolian Leopard Anadolu leopari Emre Kayiş Turkey, Denmark, Germany, Poland
Anatomy of Time Jakrawal NilthamrongThailand, France, Singapore, Netherlands
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See TitanicSokea mies joka ei halunnut nähdä TitaniciaTeemu NikkiFinland
The Burning SeaNordsjøenJohn Andreas AndersenNorway
Commitment Hasan Bağlılık Hasan Semih Kaplanoğlu Turkey
Costa Brava, Lebanon Mounia AklLebanon, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Qatar
Emily the Criminal John Patton FordUnited States
Evicted! A Modern RomanceRowan DevereuxAustralia
Fairy FolkKaran GourIndia
Father's Day Kivu Ruhorahoza Rwanda
Flux Gourmet Peter Strickland United Kingdom, United States, Hungary
GentleSzelídLászló Csuja, Anna NemesHungary, Germany
Hinterland Stefan Ruzowitzky Austria, Luxembourg
Hommage 오마주Shin Su-wonSouth Korea
The Humans Stephen Karam United States
Incredible but True Incroyable mais vrai Quentin Dupieux France
Inu-Oh Masaaki Yuasa Japan, China
Klondike Клондайк Maryna Er Gorbach Ukraine, Turkey
The Longest WeekendMolly HaddonAustralia
A Love Song Max Walker-SilvermanUnited States
Millie Lies Low Michelle SavillNew Zealand
No Land's Man Mostofa Sarwar Farooki United States, India, Australia, Bangladesh
Nr. 10 Alex van Warmerdam Netherlands, Belgium
One Year, One Night Un año, una noche Isaki Lacuesta France, Spain
The Outfit Graham Moore United States
The Plains David EastealAustralia
Please Baby Please Amanda KramerUnited States
Private Desert Deserto particularAly MuritibaBrazil, Portugal
Return to Dust 隐入尘烟 Li Ruijun China
Rimini Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, Germany
The Stranger الغريبAmeer Fakher EldinPalestine, Germany, Syria, Qatar
The TastingLa DégustationIvan CalbéracFrance
Unrest UnruehCyril SchäublinSwitzerland
Yuni Kamila Andini Indonesia, Singapore, France, Australia

International Documentaries

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
African Moot Shameela SeedatSouth Africa, Finland
All That Breathes Shaunak Sen India, United Kingdom, United States
And Still I SingFazila AmiriCanada
Beirut: Eye of the Stormبيروت في عين العاصفة Mai Masri Lebanon, France
BitterbrushEmelie Coleman MahdavianUnited States
Black MambasLena KarbeGermany, France
Calendar GirlsLove Martinsen, Maria LoohufvudSweden, United States
Children of the MistNhững đứa trẻ trong sươngHà Lệ DiễmVietnam
Day After...Anyadin Kamar Ahmad Simon Bangladesh, France, Norway
Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea HotelAmélie van Elmbt, Maya DuverdierUnited States, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden
Fashion BabylonGianluca MatarreseFrance
Fashion ReimaginedBecky HutnerUnited Kingdom, United States
Hidden Letters 密语者Violet Du Feng, Qing ZhaoChina, Germany, Norway, United States
Hide and SeekNascondinoVictoria FioreUnited Kingdom, Italy
HolidaysJours de FêteAntoine CattinSwitzerland
A House Made of Splinters Будинок із трісокSimon Lereng WilmontDenmark
Into the IceRejsen til isens indreLars OstenfeldDenmark, Germany
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time Robert B. Weide, Don Argott United States
Lynch/Oz Alexandre O. Philippe United States
Midwives Hnin Ei HlaingMyanmar
My Old School Jono McLeodUnited Kingdom
No Simple Way Home Nie ma prostej drogi do domu Akuol de Mabior South Sudan, Kenya
Nothing Lasts ForeverJason KohnUnited States
Singing in the Wilderness旷野歌声Dongnan ChenChina
The Territory Alex PritzBrazil, Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
Tramps! Kevin Hegge Canada
We Met in Virtual Reality Joe HuntingUnited Kingdom
Young Plato Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrathIreland, United Kingdom, France, Belgium

Sounds on Screen

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
6 Festivals Macario de Souza Australia
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story Frank Marshall, Ryan SuffernUnited States
Meet Me in the Bathroom Will Lovelace, Dylan SouthernUnited Kingdom
SirensسايرنزRita BaghdadiUnited States, Lebanon

Europe! Voices of Women in Film

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
As in HeavenDu som er i himlenTea LindeburgDenmark
Bitch, A Derogatory Term for a WomanPrasica, slabšalni izraz za ženskoTijana ZinajićSlovenia
Blue MoonCrai nouAlina GrigoreRomania
Girl Picture Tytöt tytöt tytöt Alli Haapasalo Finland
It Is In Us All Antonia Campbell-Hughes Ireland
Loving HighsmithEva VitijaSwitzerland, Germany
Maya Nilo (Laura)Lovisa SirénSweden, Finland, Belgium
Small Body Piccolo corpoLaura SamaniItaly, France, Slovenia
Talking About the WeatherAlle reden übers WetterAnnika PinskeGermany
Three Minutes: A Lengthening Bianca Stigter Netherlands, United Kingdom

First Nations

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Bootlegger Caroline Monnet Canada
We Are Still Here (opening) Beck Cole, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis, Chantelle BurgoyneAustralia, New Zealand
Whina James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones New Zealand

The Box Sets

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryNetwork
Mystery Road: Origin (6 episodes) Dylan River Australia ABC
True Colours (4 episodes) Erica Glynn, Steven McGregor Australia SBS, National Indigenous Television

Freak Me Out

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes Hinter den Augen die DämmerungKevin KopackaGermany
Family DinnerPeter HenglAustria
LedaSamuel Tressler IVUnited States
Piggy Cerdita Carlota Pereda Spain
Saloum Jean Luc Herbulot Senegal
Sissy Hannah Barlow, Kane SenesAustralia

Late Announce

The following films were announced after the initial line-up announcement, which highlighted the Australian premiere of 2023 Cannes Film Festival official selection: [3]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Blue Caftan أزرق القفطان Maryam Touzani France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark
Boy from Heaven صبي من الجنة Tarik Saleh Sweden, France, Finland
Broker (closing)브로커 Hirokazu Kore-eda South Korea
Holy Spider عنکبوت مقدس Ali Abbasi Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany
Joyland جوائے لینڈ Saim Sadiq Pakistan
Mediterranean Fever حمى البحر المتوسط Maha Haj Germany, France, Qatar, Palestine, Cyprus
The Night of the 12th La Nuit du 12 Dominik Moll France, Belgium
Nothing Compares Kathryn FergusonUnited Kingdom, Ireland
Stars at Noon Claire Denis France
Tori and Lokita Tori et Lokita Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium, France
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom
Will-o'-the-Wisp Fogo-Fátuo João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal, France

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival: [7]

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