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2023 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]
Asmae El Moudir's documentary film The Mother of All Lies won the Sydney Film Prize.[5]
The following were named as the festival juries:[6]
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
- Highlighted title indicates Sydney Film Prize winner.
Special Presentations
[edit]Documentary Australia Award
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| 20,000 Species of Bees
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20.000 Especies de Abjeas
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Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
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Spain
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| Autobiography
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Makbul Mubarak
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Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Germany, Qatar
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| Beyond the Wall
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شب، داخلی، دیوار
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Vahid Jalilvand
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Iran
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| The Big Dog
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Dane McCusker
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Australia
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| Birdeater
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Jack Clark, Jim Weir
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Australia
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| Blue Jean
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Georgia Oakley
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United Kingdom
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| The Burdened
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المرهقون
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Amr Gamal
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Yemen
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| Carmen
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Benjamin Millepied
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Australia, France
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| Chevalier
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Stephen Williams
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United States
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| A Couple
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Un couple
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Frederick Wiseman
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France, United States
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| The Delinquents
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Los Delicuentes
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Rodrigo Moreno
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Argentina, Luxembourg, Chile, Brazil
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| A Gaza Weekend
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Basil Khalil
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Palestine, United Kingdom
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| The Happiest Man in the World
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NajsreЌniot čovek na svetot
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Teona Strugar Mitevska
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North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Denmark, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Heroic
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Heroico
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David Zonana
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Mexico, Sweden
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| How to Blow Up a Pipeline
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Daniel Goldhaber
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United States
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| I Like Movies
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Chandler Levack
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Canada
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| The Lesson
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Alice Troughton
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United Kingdom, Germany
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| Love Road
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Ulysses Oliver
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Australia
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| Midwives
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Sages-Femmes
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Léa Fehner
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France
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| Munnel
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மணல்
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Visakesa Chandrasekaram
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Sri Lanka
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| Music
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Angela Schanelec
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Germany, France, Serbia
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| No Bears
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خرس نیست
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Jafar Panahi
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Iran
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| Omen
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Augure
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Baloji
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Belgium, France, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Germany
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| Piaffe
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Ann Oren
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Germany
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| Pretty Red Dress
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Dionne Edwards
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United Kingdom
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| Rhinegold
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Rheingold
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Fatih Akin
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Germany, Netherlands, Morocco, Mexico
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| Riceboy Sleeps
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Anthony Shim
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Canada
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| Run Rabbit Run
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Daina Reid
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Australia
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| The Shadowless Tower
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白塔之光
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Zhang Lü
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China
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| Shin Ultraman
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Shinji Higuchi
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Japan
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| Silver Haze
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Sacha Polak
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Netherlands, United Kingdom
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| Sira
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Apolline Traoré
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Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal
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| Slow
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Tu man nieko neprimeni
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Marija Kavtaradzė
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Lithuania, Spain, Sweden
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| Snow and the Bear
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Kar ve Ayı
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Selcen Ergun
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Turkey, Germany, Serbia
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| Sorcery
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Brujeria
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Christopher Murray
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Chile, Mexico, Germany
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| Subtraction
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تفریق
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Mani Haghighi
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Iran, France
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| Sunflower
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Gabriel Carrubba
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Australia
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| Tennessine
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Amin Palangi
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Australia
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| A Thousand and One
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A. V. Rockwell
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United States
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| Tora's Husband
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Rima Das
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India
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| When the Waves Are Gone
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Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon
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Lav Diaz
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Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark
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| A Wild Roomer
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괴인
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Lee Jeong-hong
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South Korea
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| The Winter Within
|
Maagh
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Aamir Bashir
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India, France, Qatar
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| World War III
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جنگ جهانی سوم
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Houman Seyyedi
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Iran
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International Documentaries
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Against the Tide
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Sarvnik Kaur
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India, France
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| The Arc of Oblivion
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Ian Cheney
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United States
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| Between Revolutions
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Între revoluții
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Vlad Petri
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Romania, Croatia, Qatar, Iran
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| Beyond Utopia
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Madeleine Gavin
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United States
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| Blue Bag Life
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Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Lisa Selby, Alex Fry
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United Kingdom
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| Bobi Wine: The People's President
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Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo
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Uganda, United Kingdom, United States
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| Cannes Uncut
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Roger Penny, Richard Blanshard
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United Kingdom
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| A Cooler Climate
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James Ivory, Giles Gardner
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United Kingdom
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| The Corridors of Power
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Dror Moreh
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United States, France, Germany
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| Dalton's Dream
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Kim Longinotto, Franky Murray Brown
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United Kingdom
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| Eastern Front
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Shidniy Front
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Vitaly Mansky, Yevhen Titarenko
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Latvia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, United States
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| The Echo
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El Eco
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Tatiana Huezo
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Mexico, Germany
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| The Eternal Memory
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La memoria infinita
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Maite Alberdi
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Chile
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| Fantastic Machine
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Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
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Sweden, Denmark
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| Free Money
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Sam Soko, Lauren DeFilippo
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Kenya, United States
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| Freedom Is Beautiful
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Angus McDonald
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Australia
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| Joonam
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Sierra Urich
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United States
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| Kim's Video
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David Redmon, Ashley Sabin
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United States, France, United Kingdom
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| Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
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Amanda Kim
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United States, South Korea
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| On the Adamant
|
Sur L'Adamant
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Nicolas Philibert
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France, Japan
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| Orlando, My Political Biography
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Orlando, Ma Biographie Politique
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Paul B. Preciado
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France
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| Paradise
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Paradis
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Alexander Abaturov
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France, Switzerland
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| Pray for Our Sinners
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Sinéad O'Shea
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Ireland
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| Queendom
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Agniia Galdanova
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France, United States
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| Stephen Curry: Underrated
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Peter Nicks
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United States
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| A Storm Foretold
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Christoffer Guldbrandsen
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Denmark
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| Subject
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Jennifer Tiexiera, Camilla Hall
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United States
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| Total Trust
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Jialing Zhang
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Germany, Netherlands
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| Transition
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Jordan Bryon, Monica Villamizar
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Australia, Iran, Afghanistan
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| While We Watched
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Namaskar! Main Ravish Kumar
|
Vinay Shukla
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United States
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| Who I Am Not
|
Tünde Skovrán
|
Romania, Canada
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| The Dark Emu Story
|
Allan Clarke
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Australia
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| Gaga
|
哈勇家
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Laha Mebow
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Taiwan
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| Keeping Hope
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Tyson Mowarin
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Australia
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| Kindred
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Adrian Russell Wills, Gillian Moody
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Australia
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| The Last Daughter
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Brenda Matthews, Nathaniel Schmidt
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Australia
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| The New Boy (opening)
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Warwick Thornton
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Australia
|
| Twice Colonized
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Lin Alluna
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Denmark, Canada, Greenland
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| Short films
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| Babanil
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Marlikka Perdrisat
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Australia
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| Dipped in Black
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Marungka Tjalatjunu
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Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch
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Australia
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| Kariwa
|
Kiara Rodriguez-Hextall
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Australia
|
| Katele
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Mudskipper
|
John Harvey
|
Australia
|
| Mamirnikuwi
|
Rebecca Parker
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Australia
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| Power to Country
|
Josef Jakamarra Egger
|
Australia
|
| To Be Silent
|
Tace Stevens
|
Australia
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| Where Have All the Mala Gone?
|
Nyarrpararla Malaju?
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Anna-Marie Harding
|
Australia
|
Europe! Voices of Women in Film
[edit]
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Band
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Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
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Iceland
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| Behind the Haystacks
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Πίσω από τις θημωνιές
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Asimina Proedrou
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Greece, Germany, North Macedonia
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| Elaha
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Milena Aboyan
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Germany
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| Family Time
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Mummola
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Tia Kouvo
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Finland, Sweden
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| The Girl from Tomorrow
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Primadonna
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Marta Savina
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Italy, France
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| The Quiet Migration
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Stille Liv
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Malene Choi
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Denmark
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| Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
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Savvusanna sõsarad
|
Anna Hints
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Estonia, France, Iceland
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| Sunlight
|
Claire Dix
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Ireland
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| That Afternoon
|
Die middag
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Nafiss Nia
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Netherlands
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| Thunder
|
Foudre
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Carmen Jaquier
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Switzerland
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
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Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O'Boyle
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United States
|
| Little Richard: I Am Everything
|
Lisa Cortés
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United States
|
| Pianoforte
|
Jakub Piątek
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Poland
|
| Three Chords and the Truth
|
Claire Pasvolsky
|
Australia
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Anatomy of a Fall
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Anatomie d'une chute
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Justine Triet
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France
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| Anselm
|
Wim Wenders
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Germany
|
| Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
|
შაშვი შაშვი მაყვალი
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Elene Naveriani
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Switzerland, Georgia
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| Club Zero
|
Jessica Hausner
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Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark, Qatar
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| Four Daughters
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بنات ألفة
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Kaouther Ben Hania
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France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia
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| Inshallah a Boy
|
Inshallah Walad
|
Amjad Al Rasheed
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Jordan, Qatar, France, Saudi Arabia
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| May December
|
Todd Haynes
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United States
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| The Persian Version
|
Maryam Keshavarz
|
United States
|
| Tiger Stripes
|
Amanda Nell Eu
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Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar
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| Short films
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| Strange Way of Life
|
Extraña forma de vida
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
Spain
|
The following awards were presented at the festival:[7]
- Sydney Film Prize: The Mother of All Lies by Asmae El Moudir
- Documentary Australia Award for Australian Documentary: Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) by Matthew Thorne and Derik Lynch
- Sustainable Future Award: Against the Tide by Sarvnik Kaur
- Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
- Dendy Live Action Short Award: The Dancing Girl and the Balloon Man by David Ma
- The Rouben Mamoulian Award: Sophie Somerville for Linda 4 Eva
- Yoram Gross Animation Award: Teacups by Alec Green and Finbar Watson
- AFTRS Craft Award: Kalu Oji, Faro Musodza, and Makwaya Masudi for What's In A Name?
- Event Cinemas Rising Talent Award: Robyn Liu for The Dancing Girl and the Balloon Man
- Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award: Chris Godfrey
- GIO Audience Awards
