Sydney Film Festival

With over 250 films, at 12 venues, over 12 Days, it’s your Festival to do your way. Your city, your celebration of cinema, your community, your new favourite films. See it your way at Sydney Film Festival!

With premieres, talks and parties, be the first in Australia to see the greatest, strangest and most exciting work that cinema has to offer.

Sydney Film Festival takes place at its flagship venue the State Theatre, as well as cinemas in the CBD, Newtown, Cremorne, Randwick, Western Sydney and more, screening films you won’t usually find in the multiplex. 12 films are selected for the Official Competition, which celebrates “courageous, audacious and cutting-edge” cinema with a $60,000 cash prize. Sydney Film Festival also presents eight other cash awards over the course of the festival.