70th Sydney Film Festival

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70th Sydney Film Festival
Opening film The New Boy
by Warwick Thornton
Closing film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
by James Mangold
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Founded1954
Festival date7–18 June 2023
Website sff.org.au
Sydney Film Festival

The 70th annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 June 2023. [1] [2] Warwick Thornton's drama film The New Boy opened the festival and James Mangold's action adventure film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was the closing film. [3] [4]

Contents

Asmae El Moudir's documentary film The Mother of All Lies won the Sydney Film Prize. [5]

Juries

The following were named as the festival juries: [6]

Sydney Film Prize

Official Selection

In competition

The following films were selected for the main international competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Afire Roter Himmel Christian Petzold Germany
Art College 1994 藝術學院 Liu Jian China
Bad Behaviour Alice Englert New Zealand
Cobweb 거미집 Kim Jee-woon South Korea
The Dark Emu StoryAllan ClarkeAustralia
Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet Aki Kaurismäki Finland, Sweden
Joram Devashish Makhija India
Monster 怪物 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan
The Mother of All Lies Kadib Abyad Asmae El Moudir Morocco
The New Boy (opening) Warwick Thornton Australia
Past Lives Celine Song United States
Scrapper Charlotte Regan United Kingdom
Highlighted title indicates Sydney Film Prize winner.

Special Presentations

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Ajoomma He Shuming Singapore, South Korea
Asteroid City Wes Anderson United States
Biosphere Mel Eslyn United States
Kennedy Anurag Kashyap India
L'immensità Emanuele Crialese Italy, France
Lost in the Night Perdidos en la noche Amat Escalante Mexico
Passages Ira Sachs France
Perfect Days Wim Wenders Japan, Germany
Pictures of Ghosts Retratos Fantasmas Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil
Rachel's Farm Rachel Ward Australia
Radical Christopher ZallaMexico, United States
Reality Tina Satter United States
Red, White & Brass Damon Fepulea'iNew Zealand
Shortcomings Randall Park United States

Documentary Australia Award

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)
The Cape Michael Ware, Justine A. Rosenthal
The CarnivalIsabel Darling
Climate ChangersJohan Gabrielsson
The Defenders Matthew Bate
Dipped in Black Marungka TjalatjunuMatthew Thorne, Derik Lynch
Keeping Hope Tyson Mowarin
KindredAdrian Russell Wills, Gillian Moody
The Last DaughterBrenda Matthews, Nathaniel Schmidt
Man on Earth Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Rachel's Farm Rachel Ward

Features

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
20,000 Species of Bees 20.000 Especies de Abjeas Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Spain
Autobiography Makbul MubarakIndonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Germany, Qatar
Beyond the Wall شب، داخلی، دیوار Vahid Jalilvand Iran
The Big DogDane McCuskerAustralia
Birdeater Jack Clark, Jim WeirAustralia
Blue Jean Georgia Oakley United Kingdom
The Burdened المرهقون Amr Gamal Yemen
Carmen Benjamin Millepied Australia, France
Chevalier Stephen Williams United States
A Couple Un couple Frederick Wiseman France, United States
The Delinquents Los Delicuentes Rodrigo Moreno Argentina, Luxembourg, Chile, Brazil
A Gaza Weekend Basil Khalil Palestine, United Kingdom
The Happiest Man in the World NajsreЌniot čovek na svetot Teona Strugar Mitevska North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Denmark, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Heroic HeroicoDavid ZonanaMexico, Sweden
How to Blow Up a Pipeline Daniel Goldhaber United States
I Like Movies Chandler Levack Canada
The Lesson Alice Troughton United Kingdom, Germany
Love RoadUlysses OliverAustralia
MidwivesSages-Femmes Léa Fehner France
Munnel மணல் Visakesa Chandrasekaram Sri Lanka
Music Angela Schanelec Germany, France, Serbia
No Bears خرس نیست Jafar Panahi Iran
Omen Augure Baloji Belgium, France, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Germany
Piaffe Ann OrenGermany
Pretty Red Dress Dionne Edwards United Kingdom
Rhinegold Rheingold Fatih Akin Germany, Netherlands, Morocco, Mexico
Riceboy Sleeps Anthony Shim Canada
Run Rabbit Run Daina Reid Australia
The Shadowless Tower 白塔之光 Zhang Lü China
Shin Ultraman Shinji Higuchi Japan
Silver Haze Sacha Polak Netherlands, United Kingdom
Sira Apolline Traoré Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal
Slow Tu man nieko neprimeni Marija Kavtaradzė Lithuania, Spain, Sweden
Snow and the BearKar ve AyıSelcen ErgunTurkey, Germany, Serbia
Sorcery BrujeriaChristopher MurrayChile, Mexico, Germany
Subtraction تفریق Mani Haghighi Iran, France
SunflowerGabriel CarrubbaAustralia
Tennessine Amin Palangi Australia
A Thousand and One A. V. Rockwell United States
Tora's Husband Rima Das India
When the Waves Are Gone Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon Lav Diaz Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark
A Wild Roomer괴인Lee Jeong-hongSouth Korea
The Winter WithinMaagh Aamir Bashir India, France, Qatar
World War III جنگ جهانی سوم Houman Seyyedi Iran

International Documentaries

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Against the TideSarvnik KaurIndia, France
The Arc of Oblivion Ian Cheney United States
Between RevolutionsÎntre revoluțiiVlad PetriRomania, Croatia, Qatar, Iran
Beyond Utopia Madeleine GavinUnited States
Blue Bag LifeRebecca Lloyd-Evans, Lisa Selby, Alex FryUnited Kingdom
Bobi Wine: The People's President Christopher Sharp, Moses BwayoUganda, United Kingdom, United States
Cannes UncutRoger Penny, Richard BlanshardUnited Kingdom
A Cooler Climate James Ivory, Giles GardnerUnited Kingdom
The Corridors of Power Dror Moreh United States, France, Germany
Dalton's DreamKim Longinotto, Franky Murray BrownUnited Kingdom
Eastern FrontShidniy FrontVitaly Mansky, Yevhen TitarenkoLatvia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, United States
The Echo El Eco Tatiana Huezo Mexico, Germany
The Eternal Memory La memoria infinita Maite Alberdi Chile
Fantastic MachineAxel Danielson, Maximilien Van AertryckSweden, Denmark
Free MoneySam Soko, Lauren DeFilippoKenya, United States
Freedom Is Beautiful Angus McDonald Australia
JoonamSierra UrichUnited States
Kim's VideoDavid Redmon, Ashley SabinUnited States, France, United Kingdom
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVAmanda KimUnited States, South Korea
On the Adamant Sur L'Adamant Nicolas Philibert France, Japan
Orlando, My Political Biography Orlando, Ma Biographie Politique Paul B. Preciado France
ParadiseParadisAlexander AbaturovFrance, Switzerland
Pray for Our SinnersSinéad O'SheaIreland
QueendomAgniia GaldanovaFrance, United States
Stephen Curry: Underrated Peter Nicks United States
A Storm Foretold Christoffer GuldbrandsenDenmark
SubjectJennifer Tiexiera, Camilla HallUnited States
Total TrustJialing ZhangGermany, Netherlands
TransitionJordan Bryon, Monica VillamizarAustralia, Iran, Afghanistan
While We Watched Namaskar! Main Ravish Kumar Vinay Shukla United States
Who I Am Not Tünde SkovránRomania, Canada

First Nations

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Dark Emu StoryAllan ClarkeAustralia
Gaga 哈勇家 Laha Mebow Taiwan
Keeping HopeTyson MowarinAustralia
KindredAdrian Russell Wills, Gillian MoodyAustralia
The Last DaughterBrenda Matthews, Nathaniel SchmidtAustralia
The New Boy (opening) Warwick Thornton Australia
Twice Colonized Lin Alluna Denmark, Canada, Greenland
Short films
BabanilMarlikka PerdrisatAustralia
Dipped in Black Marungka TjalatjunuMatthew Thorne, Derik LynchAustralia
KariwaKiara Rodriguez-HextallAustralia
KateleMudskipperJohn HarveyAustralia
MamirnikuwiRebecca ParkerAustralia
Power to CountryJosef Jakamarra EggerAustralia
To Be SilentTace StevensAustralia
Where Have All the Mala Gone?Nyarrpararla Malaju?Anna-Marie HardingAustralia

Europe! Voices of Women in Film

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
BandÁlfrún ÖrnólfsdóttirIceland
Behind the Haystacks Πίσω από τις θημωνιέςAsimina ProedrouGreece, Germany, North Macedonia
ElahaMilena AboyanGermany
Family Time MummolaTia KouvoFinland, Sweden
The Girl from TomorrowPrimadonnaMarta SavinaItaly, France
The Quiet MigrationStille LivMalene ChoiDenmark
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Savvusanna sõsaradAnna HintsEstonia, France, Iceland
SunlightClaire DixIreland
That AfternoonDie middagNafiss NiaNetherlands
Thunder FoudreCarmen JaquierSwitzerland

Sounds on Screen

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O'BoyleUnited States
Little Richard: I Am Everything Lisa CortésUnited States
PianoforteJakub PiątekPoland
Three Chords and the TruthClaire PasvolskyAustralia

Late Announce

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute Justine Triet France
Anselm Wim Wenders Germany
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberryშაშვი შაშვი მაყვალიElene NaverianiSwitzerland, Georgia
Club Zero Jessica Hausner Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark, Qatar
Four Daughters بنات ألفة Kaouther Ben Hania France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia
Inshallah a Boy Inshallah WaladAmjad Al RasheedJordan, Qatar, France, Saudi Arabia
May December Todd Haynes United States
The Persian Version Maryam Keshavarz United States
Tiger Stripes Amanda Nell Eu Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar
Short films
Strange Way of Life Extraña forma de vida Pedro Almodóvar Spain

Awards

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

References

  1. "Celebrating 70 years of cinema: the Sydney Film Festival's enduring legacy". University of Sydney . 6 June 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  2. Le Cross, Alannah (10 May 2023). "Sydney Film Festival 2023 - here's the full program". Time Out . Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. Frater, Patrick; Tulich, Katherine (7 June 2023). "Warwick Thornton Starts Sydney Film Festival on Emotional High: 'I've Never Felt a Room Like You'". Variety . Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. Ward, Sarah (24 May 2023). "Sydney Film Festival 2023 Will Close with the Australian Premiere of 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'". Concrete Playground. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  5. Slatter, Sean (19 June 2023). "Asmae El Moudir's 'The Mother of All Lies' awarded Sydney Film Prize". IF Magazine . Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  6. "Sydney Film Festival announces 2023 official competition jury and guest line-up". Filmink. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  7. "Sydney Film Festival winners announced". Screenhub. 19 June 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.