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Official Competition

In 2024, the Official Competition celebrates 16 years of awarding the prestigious Sydney Film Prize to each year’s most “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous” film.

The Official Competition celebrates that rare but thrilling film that truly moves the art form forward. Innovative, provocative or controversial, they broaden our understanding of the world and say important things in original ways.

Sydney Film Prize winners to date: The Mother of All Lies (2023), Close (2022), There is No Evil (2021), Parasite (2019), The Heiresses (2018), On Body and Soul (2017), Aquarius (2016), Arabian Nights (2015), Two Days, One Night (2014), Only God Forgives (2013), Alps (2012), A Separation (2011), Heartbeats (2010) and Bronson (2009).

The Sydney Film Prize is presented at SFF’s Closing Night awards ceremony at the State Theatre.

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Thu Jun 6 at 6:00pm State Theatre

Puan

Feature In this hilarious, incisive comedy, a philosophy professor at a Buenos Aires university is threatened by a charismatic rival. As their battle spirals out of control, so does their nation.
Guest
Fri Jun 7 at 12:45pm State Theatre

Puan

Feature In this hilarious, incisive comedy, a philosophy professor at a Buenos Aires university is threatened by a charismatic rival. As their battle spirals out of control, so does their nation.
Fri Jun 7 at 8:45pm State Theatre

There's Still Tomorrow

Feature A box office phenomenon in its native Italy, where it outperformed Barbie and Oppenheimer, There’s Still Tomorrow is a moving, empowering melodrama about an industrious woman in post-WWII Rome.
Sat Jun 8 at 11:30am State Theatre

There's Still Tomorrow

Feature A box office phenomenon in its native Italy, where it outperformed Barbie and Oppenheimer, There’s Still Tomorrow is a moving, empowering melodrama about an industrious woman in post-WWII Rome.
Sat Jun 8 at 8:30pm State Theatre

Kinds Of Kindness

Feature This Cannes Competition contender from Yorgos Lanthimos (Alps, Sydney Film Prize 2012; Poor Things) is a darkly hilarious triptych fable starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe.
Guest
Sun Jun 9 at 2:00pm State Theatre

Dying

Feature Winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin, this multi-generational epic follows a conductor and his turbulent family. Equally funny and poignant, it’s anchored by a superb performance from Lars Eidinger (Personal Shopper, SFF 2016).
Guest
Sun Jun 9 at 6:00pm State Theatre

Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Documentary Legendary music and activism are front and centre in this exciting documentary, created with unfettered access to seminal Australian rock band Midnight Oil, who emerged from politically charged 1970s Sydney to become global icons
Guest
Sun Jun 9 at 8:35pm State Theatre

Viet And Nam

Feature Potently combining the mystical and the political, Cannes Un Certain Regard contender Việt And Nam is the mesmerising and visually resplendent love story of two gay mineworkers.
Mon Jun 10 at 9:30am State Theatre

Kinds Of Kindness

Feature This Cannes Competition contender from Yorgos Lanthimos (Alps, Sydney Film Prize 2012; Poor Things) is a darkly hilarious triptych fable starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe.
Mon Jun 10 at 6:15pm Palace Norton Street - Cinema 3

There's Still Tomorrow

Feature A box office phenomenon in its native Italy, where it outperformed Barbie and Oppenheimer, There’s Still Tomorrow is a moving, empowering melodrama about an industrious woman in post-WWII Rome.
Guest
Tue Jun 11 at 10:00am State Theatre

Viet And Nam

Feature Potently combining the mystical and the political, Cannes Un Certain Regard contender Việt And Nam is the mesmerising and visually resplendent love story of two gay mineworkers.
Guest
Tue Jun 11 at 12:55pm State Theatre

Dying

Feature Winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin, this multi-generational epic follows a conductor and his turbulent family. Equally funny and poignant, it’s anchored by a superb performance from Lars Eidinger (Personal Shopper, SFF 2016).
Tue Jun 11 at 6:20pm State Theatre

September Says

Feature Acclaimed actor Ariane Labed (Attenberg, SFF 2011; Alps, SFF 2012) makes her directorial debut with this Cannes-selected Gothic psychological drama, in which the closeness of two sisters becomes increasingly disruptive.
Wed Jun 12 at 3:05pm State Theatre

September Says

Feature Acclaimed actor Ariane Labed (Attenberg, SFF 2011; Alps, SFF 2012) makes her directorial debut with this Cannes-selected Gothic psychological drama, in which the closeness of two sisters becomes increasingly disruptive.
Wed Jun 12 at 7:00pm Ritz Randwick - Cinema 1

Kinds Of Kindness

Feature This Cannes Competition contender from Yorgos Lanthimos (Alps, Sydney Film Prize 2012; Poor Things) is a darkly hilarious triptych fable starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe.
Guest
Wed Jun 12 at 8:30pm State Theatre

Sujo

Feature Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Sujo is unlike anything you’d expect from a Mexican cartel drama, as it follows a cartel-born child from infancy to manhood in an epic life-affirming odyssey.
Guest
Thu Jun 13 at 3:05pm State Theatre

Sujo

Feature Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Sujo is unlike anything you’d expect from a Mexican cartel drama, as it follows a cartel-born child from infancy to manhood in an epic life-affirming odyssey.
Thu Jun 13 at 6:00pm State Theatre

All We Imagine As Light

Feature The first Indian film to appear in the Cannes Competition in 30 years, Payal Kapadia’s dreamy romantic drama follows two women in Mumbai who are thwarted in their quests for love but retain hope.
Guest
Fri Jun 14 at 12:30pm State Theatre

Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Documentary Legendary music and activism are front and centre in this exciting documentary, created with unfettered access to seminal Australian rock band Midnight Oil, who emerged from politically charged 1970s Sydney to become global icons
Fri Jun 14 at 3:05pm State Theatre

All We Imagine As Light

Feature The first Indian film to appear in the Cannes Competition in 30 years, Payal Kapadia’s dreamy romantic drama follows two women in Mumbai who are thwarted in their quests for love but retain hope.
Fri Jun 14 at 8:45pm State Theatre

Kneecap

Feature Rich Peppiatt’s raucous, rude and riotously entertaining comedy stars three real-life Belfast rappers as themselves – and Michael Fassbender. Audience Award, Sundance NEXT strand.
Sat Jun 15 at 11:30am State Theatre

Kneecap

Feature Rich Peppiatt’s raucous, rude and riotously entertaining comedy stars three real-life Belfast rappers as themselves – and Michael Fassbender. Audience Award, Sundance NEXT strand.
Sat Jun 15 at 6:30pm State Theatre

Marcello Mio

Feature Christophe Honoré’s inventive Cannes Competition entry brings together an all-star French cast (playing themselves) in this delightfully meta comedy paying homage to the great Marcello Mastroianni.
Guest
Sat Jun 15 at 7:35pm Palace Norton Street - Cinema 3

Dying

Feature Winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin, this multi-generational epic follows a conductor and his turbulent family. Equally funny and poignant, it’s anchored by a superb performance from Lars Eidinger (Personal Shopper, SFF 2016).
Sat Jun 15 at 9:00pm State Theatre

Grand Tour

Feature Direct from the Cannes Competition, the latest from Miguel Gomes (Tabu, SFF 2012; Arabian Nights, Sydney Film Prize, SFF 2015) is a melancholic and mischievous chronicle of a romantic pursuit across Asia.
Sun Jun 16 at 9:30am State Theatre

Marcello Mio

Feature Christophe Honoré’s inventive Cannes Competition entry brings together an all-star French cast (playing themselves) in this delightfully meta comedy paying homage to the great Marcello Mastroianni.
Sun Jun 16 at 12:00pm State Theatre

Grand Tour

Feature Direct from the Cannes Competition, the latest from Miguel Gomes (Tabu, SFF 2012; Arabian Nights, Sydney Film Prize, SFF 2015) is a melancholic and mischievous chronicle of a romantic pursuit across Asia.
Guest
Sun Jun 16 at 4:00pm Hayden Orpheum Cremorne - Cinema 5

Puan

Feature In this hilarious, incisive comedy, a philosophy professor at a Buenos Aires university is threatened by a charismatic rival. As their battle spirals out of control, so does their nation.
Sun Jun 16 at 4:15pm Ritz Randwick - Cinema 1

Kneecap

Feature Rich Peppiatt’s raucous, rude and riotously entertaining comedy stars three real-life Belfast rappers as themselves – and Michael Fassbender. Audience Award, Sundance NEXT strand.
Guest
Sun Jun 16 at 6:05pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3

Sujo

Feature Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Sujo is unlike anything you’d expect from a Mexican cartel drama, as it follows a cartel-born child from infancy to manhood in an epic life-affirming odyssey.
Sun Jun 16 at 6:15pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2

All We Imagine As Light

Feature The first Indian film to appear in the Cannes Competition in 30 years, Payal Kapadia’s dreamy romantic drama follows two women in Mumbai who are thwarted in their quests for love but retain hope.

All We Imagine As Light

Feature The first Indian film to appear in the Cannes Competition in 30 years, Payal Kapadia’s dreamy romantic drama follows two women in Mumbai who are thwarted in their quests for love but retain hope.
Guest

Dying

Feature Winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin, this multi-generational epic follows a conductor and his turbulent family. Equally funny and poignant, it’s anchored by a superb performance from Lars Eidinger (Personal Shopper, SFF 2016).

Grand Tour

Feature Direct from the Cannes Competition, the latest from Miguel Gomes (Tabu, SFF 2012; Arabian Nights, Sydney Film Prize, SFF 2015) is a melancholic and mischievous chronicle of a romantic pursuit across Asia.

Kinds Of Kindness

Feature This Cannes Competition contender from Yorgos Lanthimos (Alps, Sydney Film Prize 2012; Poor Things) is a darkly hilarious triptych fable starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe.

Kneecap

Feature Rich Peppiatt’s raucous, rude and riotously entertaining comedy stars three real-life Belfast rappers as themselves – and Michael Fassbender. Audience Award, Sundance NEXT strand.

Marcello Mio

Feature Christophe Honoré’s inventive Cannes Competition entry brings together an all-star French cast (playing themselves) in this delightfully meta comedy paying homage to the great Marcello Mastroianni.
Guest

Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Documentary Legendary music and activism are front and centre in this exciting documentary, created with unfettered access to seminal Australian rock band Midnight Oil, who emerged from politically charged 1970s Sydney to become global icons
Guest

Puan

Feature In this hilarious, incisive comedy, a philosophy professor at a Buenos Aires university is threatened by a charismatic rival. As their battle spirals out of control, so does their nation.

September Says

Feature Acclaimed actor Ariane Labed (Attenberg, SFF 2011; Alps, SFF 2012) makes her directorial debut with this Cannes-selected Gothic psychological drama, in which the closeness of two sisters becomes increasingly disruptive.
Guest

Sujo

Feature Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Sujo is unlike anything you’d expect from a Mexican cartel drama, as it follows a cartel-born child from infancy to manhood in an epic life-affirming odyssey.

There's Still Tomorrow

Feature A box office phenomenon in its native Italy, where it outperformed Barbie and Oppenheimer, There’s Still Tomorrow is a moving, empowering melodrama about an industrious woman in post-WWII Rome.
Guest

Viet And Nam

Feature Potently combining the mystical and the political, Cannes Un Certain Regard contender Việt And Nam is the mesmerising and visually resplendent love story of two gay mineworkers.
Danis Tanović
Official Competition Juror
Kamila Andini
Official Competition Juror
Jay Van Hoy
Official Competition Juror
Sheila Jayadev
Official Competition Juror
Tony Krawitz
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