65th Sydney Film Festival
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Opening filmThe Breaker Upperers
by Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek
by Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek
Closing filmHearts Beat Loud
by Brett Haley
by Brett Haley
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Festival date6–17 June 2018
| Opening film | The Breaker Upperers by Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Hearts Beat Loud by Brett Haley |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Festival date | 6–17 June 2018 |
| Website | sff |
The 65th annual Sydney Film Festival took place from 6 to 17 June 2018 in Sydney, Australia.[1] The festival opened with Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek's romantic comedy film The Breaker Upperers.[2] It closed with Brett Haley's musical comedy-drama film Hearts Beat Loud.[3]
Marcelo Martinessi's drama film The Heiresses won the most prestigious award of the festival, Sydney Film Prize.[4]
Sydney Film Prize
The following people were named as the festival juries:
- Lynette Wallworth, Australian artist and filmmaker
- Bianca Balbuena, Filipino producer and writer
- Chris Letcher, South African film composer
- Ewen Leslie, Australian actor
- Yoshi Yatabe, programming director of Tokyo International Film Festival
Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary
- Shameela Sadat, South African filmmaker
- Melanie Miller, American film producer
- Maya Newell, Australian filmmaker
Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
- Miranda Harcourt, New Zealand actress
- Stephen Basil-Jones, executive vice president of Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Kylie Du Fresne, Australian film producer
Official selection
Opening and closing films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Breaker Upperers (opening film) | Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek | New Zealand | |
| Hearts Beat Loud (closing film) | Brett Haley | United States | |
In competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ága | Milko Lazarov | Bulgaria, Germany, France | |
| BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee | United States | |
| Daughter of Mine | Figlia mia | Laura Bispuri | Italy, Germany, Switzerland |
| The Heiresses | Las herederas | Marcelo Martinessi | Paraguay, Germany, Brazil, Uruguay, Norway, France |
| Jirga | Benjamin Gilmour | Australia | |
| Leave No Trace | Debra Granik | United States | |
| Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | Stephen Loveridge | United Kingdom, United States, Sri Lanka | |
| The Miseducation of Cameron Post | Desiree Akhavan | United States | |
| One Day | Egy nap | Zsófia Szilágyi | Hungary |
| The Seen and Unseen | Sekala Niskala | Kamila Andini | Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, Qatar |
| Transit | Christian Petzold | Germany, France | |
| Wajib | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine, France, Germany, Colombia, Norway, Qatar, United Arab Emirates | |
Documentary Australia Foundation Award
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backtrack Boys | Catherine Scott | Australia | |
| China Love | Olivia Martin-McGuire | Australia, China | |
| Dying to Live | Richard Todd | Australia | |
| Finke: There & Back | Dylan River | ||
| Ghosthunter | Ben Lawrence | ||
| I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story | Jessica Leski | ||
| In the Land of Wolves | Grace McKenzie | ||
| Oyster | Kim Beamish | ||
| RocKabul | Travis Beard | Afghanistan, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Turkey | |
| Teach a Man to Fish | Grant Saunders | Australia | |
Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Girls | Hyun Lee | Australia | |
| Barbara | Larissa Behrendt, Marieka Walsh | ||
| Bubble | Hobab | Ronak Taher | |
| Drum Wave | Natalie Erika James | ||
| Judas Collar | Alison James | ||
| Lost & Found | Andrew Goldsmith, Bradley Slabe | ||
| Nursery Rhymes | Tom Noakes | ||
| On Hold | Jake Nielsen, Matthew Predny | ||
| Second Best | Alyssa McClelland | ||
| Tied | Stephanie Davison, Isabella Spagnolo | ||
Special Presentations
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Faces | Jafar Panahi | Iran | |
| American Animals | Bart Layton | United States | |
| Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Gus Van Sant | ||
| Foxtrot | Samuel Maoz | Germany, France, Switzerland | |
| The Guilty | Den skyldige | Gustav Möller | Denmark |
| The Insult | L'insulte | Ziad Doueiri | France, Lebanon |
| Juliet, Naked | Jesse Peretz | United States | |
| The Kindergarten Teacher | Sara Colangelo | ||
| Manto | Nandita Das | India | |
| Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan | |
| Pope Francis: A Man of His Word | Wim Wenders | Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France | |
| West of Sunshine | James Raftopoulos | Australia | |
| The Wife | Björn Runge | Sweden, United Kingdom | |
| The Wild Pear Tree | Ahlat Ağacı | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
| You Were Never Really Here | Lynne Ramsay | United States, United Kingdom, France | |
Focus on Italy
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, France, United States, Germany | |
| The Ark of Disperata | La vita in comune | Edoardo Winspeare | Italy |
| Beautiful Things | Giorgio Ferrero | ||
| Daughter of Mine | Figlia mia | Laura Bispuri | Italy, Germany, Switzerland |
| Friends by Chance | Tutto quello che vuoi | Francesco Bruni | Italy |
| Nico, 1988 | Susanna Nicchiarelli | Italy, Belgium | |
Features
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| America Town | Jeon Soo-il | South Korea | |
| Anchor and Hope | Carlos Marqués-Marcet | Spain, United Kingdom | |
| Beirut | Brad Anderson | United States | |
| The Blood of Wolves | 孤狼の血 | Kazuya Shiraishi | Japan |
| Brothers' Nest | Clayton Jacobson | Australia | |
| Butterflies | Kelebekler | Tolga Karaçelik | Turkey |
| The Charmer | Charmøren | Milad Alami | Denmark, Sweden |
| The Children Act | Richard Eyre | United States | |
| Chocolate Oyster | Steve Jaggi | Australia | |
| Disobedience | Sebastián Lelio | United States | |
| An Elephant Sitting Still | 大象席地而坐 | Hu Bo | China |
| The Great Buddha+ | Huang Hsin-yao | Taiwan | |
| Hard Paint | Tinta bruta | Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon | Brazil |
| The Hungry Lion | 飢えたライオン | Takaomi Ogata | Japan |
| In the Aisles | In den Gängen | Thomas Stuber | Germany |
| Lean on Pete | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Line | Čiara | Peter Bebjak | Slovakia, Ukraine |
| Mehsampur | Kabir Chowdhry | India | |
| Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno | Abdellatif Kechiche | France | |
| Mug | Twarz | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland |
| No Date, No Signature | بدون تاریخ، بدون امضاء | Vahid Jalilvand | Iran |
| Number 37 | Nommer 37 | Nosipho Dumisa | South Africa |
| A Paris Education | Mes provinciales | Jean-Paul Civeyrac | France |
| Pig | خوک | Mani Haghighi | Iran |
| Puzzle | Marc Turtletaub | United States | |
| Rafiki | Wanuri Kahiu | Kenya | |
| The Reports on Sarah and Saleem | Muayad Alayan | Palestine, Netherlands, Germany, Mexico | |
| The Rider | Chloé Zhao | United States | |
| Samui Song | ไม่มีสมุยสำหรับเธอ | Pen-ek Ratanaruang | Thailand, Germany, Norway |
| The Seagull | Michael Mayer | United States | |
| Searching | Aneesh Chaganty | United States | |
| A Season in France | Une Saison en France | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | France |
| Season of the Devil | Ang Panahon ng Halimaw | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| The Second | Mairi Cameron | Australia | |
| Skate Kitchen | Crystal Moselle | United States | |
| Strange Colours | Alena Lodkina | Australia | |
| Support the Girls | Andrew Bujalski | United States | |
| The Taste of Rice Flower | 米花之味 | Pengfei Song | China |
| Touch Me Not | Adina Pintilie | Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria | |
| Tyrel | Sebastián Silva | United States | |
| A Vigilante | Sarah Daggar-Nickson | ||
| We the Animals | Jeremiah Zagar | ||
| Wrath of Silence | 暴裂无声 | Xin Yukun | China |
| Zama | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, Netherlands, Mexico, Portugal, United States | |
International Documentaries
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ancient Woods | Sengirė | Mindaugas Survila | Lithuania, Estonia, Germany |
| Bisbee '17 | Robert Greene | United States | |
| Chef Flynn | Cameron Yates | ||
| The Cleaners | Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block | Germany, Brazil | |
| Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders | Joe Berlinger | United States | |
| The Deminer | Hogir Hirori | Sweden | |
| The Distant Barking of Dogs | Simon Lereng Wilmont | Denmark, Finland, Sweden | |
| Ex Libris: The New York Public Library | Frederick Wiseman | United States | |
| Filmworker | Tony Zierra | ||
| Genesis 2.0 | Christian Frei | Switzerland | |
| Habaneros | Havana | Julien Temple | United Kingdom |
| Half the Picture | Amy Adrion | United States | |
| The Ice King | James Erskine | United Kingdom | |
| Inland Sea | 港町 | Kazuhiro Soda | Japan |
| Inventing Tomorrow | Laura Nix | United States, Mexico, India, Indonesia | |
| Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible | Axel Grigor | Australia | |
| John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection | Julien Faraut | France | |
| Kusama: Infinity | Heather Lenz | United States | |
| The Long Season | Leonard Retel Helmrich | Netherlands | |
| Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle | Gustavo Salmerón | Spain | |
| McQueen | Ian Bonhôte | United Kingdom | |
| A Murder in Mansfield | Barbara Kopple | United States | |
| Of Fathers and Sons | Talal Derki | Germany, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar | |
| On Her Shoulders | Alexandria Bombach | United States | |
| The Other Side of Everything | Mila Turajlić | Serbia, France, Qatar | |
| Over the Limit | Marta Prus | Finland, Germany, Poland | |
| The Poetess | Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Wolff | Germany | |
| The Prince of Nothingwood | Sonia Kronlund | France, Germany, Qatar | |
| Speak Up | À voix haute | Stéphane de Freitas, Ladj Ly | France |
| That Summer | Göran Hugo Olsson | Sweden, United States, Denmark | |
| Three Identical Strangers | Tim Wardle | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Venerable W. | Le vénérable W. | Barbet Schroeder | France, Switzerland |
| Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist | Lorna Tucker | United Kingdom | |
| Whispering Truth to Power | Shameela Seedat | South Africa, Netherlands | |
| Wik vs Queensland | Dean Gibson | Australia | |
| Yellow Is Forbidden | Pietra Brettkelly | China, New Zealand | |
| Young Solitude | Premières solitudes | Claire Simon | France |
Europe! Voices of Women in Film
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Days in Quiberon | 3 Tage in Quiberon | Emily Atef | Germany, Austria, France |
| L'Animale | Katharina Mückstein | Austria | |
| Cobain | Nanouk Leopold | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany | |
| Entrepreneur | Yrittäjä | Virpi Suutari | Finland |
| The Heart | Hjärtat | Fanni Metelius | Sweden |
| Holiday | Isabella Eklöf | Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey | |
| The Marriage | Martesa | Blerta Zeqiri | Kosovo, Albania |
| A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot | Sinéad O'Shea | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| Scary Mother | საშიში დედა | Ana Urushadze | Georgia, Estonia |
| Tower. A Bright Day. | Wieża. Jasny dzień | Jagoda Szelc | Poland |
Family Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Breadwinner | Nora Twomey | Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg | |
| The Changeover | Miranda Harcourt, Stuart McKenzie | New Zealand | |
| Dressage | درساژ | Pooya Badkoobeh | Iran |
| Maya the Bee: The Honey Games | Noel Cleary, Sergio Delfino | Australia, Germany | |
| Pick of the Litter | Dana Nachman, Don Hardy | United States | |
| Skate Kitchen | Crystal Moselle | ||
FLUX: ART+FILM
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Frames | ۲۴ فریم | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| [Censored] | Sari Braithwaite | Australia | |
| Dragonfly Eyes | 蜻蜓之眼 | Xu Bing | China |
| Instructions on Parting | Amy Jenkins | United States | |
| Lek and the Dogs | Andrew Kötting | United Kingdom, France, Chile | |
| Looking for Oum Kulthum | Shirin Neshat | Germany, Austria, Italy, Qatar, Lebanon | |
| The Pure Necessity | Die reine Notwendigkeit | David Claerbout | Belgium |
| Terror Nullius | Soda_Jerk | Australia | |
Sounds on Screen
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Reputation | Kevin Kerslake | United States | |
| I Used to be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story | Jessica Leski | Australia | |
| Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | Stephen Loveridge | United Kingdom, United States, Sri Lanka | |
| RocKabul | Travis Beard | Afghanistan, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Turkey | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda | Stephen Nomura Schible | United States, Japan | |
| Whitney | Kevin Macdonald | United Kingdom | |
Freak Me Out
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Field Guide to Evil | Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, Katrin Gebbe, Calvin Reeder, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Peter Strickland, Yannis Veslemes, Can Evrenol, Ashim Ahluwalia | United States, Poland, Hungary, India, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Greece | |
| Ghost Stories | Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman | United Kingdom | |
| Good Manners | As Boas Maneiras | Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra | |
| Piercing | Nicolas Pesce | United States | |
| The Ranger | Jenn Wexler | ||
| Upgrade | Leigh Whannell | Australia | |
| What Keeps You Alive | Colin Minihan | Canada | |
The Box Set
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Original network | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep State | Robert Connolly, Matthew Parkhill | Fox | United Kingdom | |
Essential
The festival paid tribute to the Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, selected by film critic David Stratton.[5]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime and Punishment (1983) | Rikos ja rangaistus | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
| Shadows in Paradise (1986) | Varjoja paratiisissa | ||
| Ariel (1988) | |||
| Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) | Finland, Sweden | ||
| The Match Factory Girl (1990) | Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö | ||
| La Vie de bohème (1992) | Finland, France, Sweden, Germany | ||
| Drifting Clouds (1996) | Kauas pilvet karkaavat | Finland | |
| The Man Without a Past (2002) | Mies vailla menneisyyttä | Finland, Germany, France | |
| Lights in the Dusk (2006) | Laitakaupungin valot | ||
| Le Havre (2011) | France, Finland, Germany | ||
Classics Restored
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Brighter Summer Day (1991) | 牯岭街少年杀人事件 | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| God's Gift (1982) | Wend Kuuni | Gaston Kaboré | Burkina Faso |
| The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) | Die Ehe der Maria Braun | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Germany |
| My 20th Century (1988) | Az én XX. századom | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary |
| My Brilliant Career (1979) | Gillian Armstrong | Australia | |
| Strange Days (1995) | Kathryn Bigelow | United States | |