🎥 Watch the full in-conversation between two storytelling legends, Hideo Kojima and George Miller, recorded live at SFF 2025.

After counting over 23,500 votes, your GIO AUDIENCE AWARD winners for 2025 are... ✨ 🏅 ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU for Best International Feature 🏅 LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS for Best Australian Feature 🏅 THE RAFTSMEN for Best Australian Documentary 🏅 PRIME MINISTER for Best International Documentary

Thank you Sydney! This year's #sydfilmfest was the highest selling Festival in our history 🫶 Across 12 days, we welcomed OVER 150,000 ATTENDEES, screened 242 films, and hosted 448 screenings and events, with 150 sessions selling out! 💥😱

A sensational send-off to a BIG year at Sunday night's SFF Closing Night Ceremony 🤩 Spirits were high as auteurs and first-time filmmakers alike received $200,000 in cash prizes, before the screening of the Closing Night film SPLITSVILLE, introduced by director Michael Angelo Covino.

@hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp and George Miller took to the Sydney Town Hall stage for an epic conversation moderated by Hex Steph 🎤 The two icons chatted all things cinematic storytelling, interactive art and the exciting upcoming release of DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH 🎮

ONE DAY TO GO! This is your last chance to immerse yourself in the biggest and best films of the year at #sydfilmfest⏳ Sunday service is almost in session 🙏📺 Time is running out 🏃‍♂️ sff.org.au

Last night, spirits were high at #sydfilmfest 🏙️ with back-to-back premieres of award-winners THE BLUE TRAIL 🇧🇷 and IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 🇮🇷, Jimmy Chin wowing audiences over at his one-night-only talk at Sydney Town Hall, and the inspiring SONGS INSIDE. Catch festival fever this FINAL WEEKEND 🎥

See Australian stories shine on the BIG SCREEN at #sydfilmfest ✨ A celebration of Aussie identity and culture too big for a small screen. Shift your spotlight to home soil at SFF 👀

Last chance to buy your #sydfilmfest merch from The Hub ‼️ Make those movie memories last longer with our limited line of oversized shirts, beanies, and retro totes. Available from The Hub at Lower Town Hall 📍 until this Sunday, 15 June 📸: BTS from our Hayden Orpheum shoot

Daring docs and Aussie dramas hit close to home on #sydfilmfest day nine 📆 with a wave of World Premieres washing into Event Cinemas... Take a big swig Sydney, there's still so much to drink in THIS WEEKEND at #sydfilmfest 💧

At #sydfilmfest, the crowd is the BIGGEST critic 🍿🌟 Vote as part of the the GIO Audience Awards. With daily prizes and the chance to win your own private film screening, you can't afford to sit on the fence ❌ VOTE NOW 🗳️ sff.org.au/vote/terms-and-conditions-of-the-gio-audience-awards/

Sydney's biggest film fans fought it out for first place at #sydfilmfest trivia 📝 Presented by Grifter 🍺, and hosted by movie maestro Alexei Toliopoulos 🎤, this year's trivia also featured a live film score round, courtesy of Ash Quartet 📆 Your big SFF study session starts now

"Agatha’s Almanac perhaps asks us to pause, reflect, and be grateful." @addinosaur.bsky.social @sydfilmfest.bsky.social #Sydfilmfest #Sydneyfilmfestival

Catch 'The Wailing' ('El llanto') today at the @sydfilmfest.bsky.social. It doesn't make use of cheap jump scares; it succeeds with suspense in the absence of light. We never know if something may be present in the dark corners or hallways. Our #moviereview… https://swtc.au/thewailing #horror

Alexandre O. Philippe’s great CHAIN REACTIONS has one more @sydfilmfest.bsky.social session this Friday (the 13th!). I wrote about how much I enjoyed its unconventional take on a movie that feels as if it has been, let’s be honest, talked about to death. redocumented.ghost.io/sydney-film-...

"a domestic tale of property, paternity and a dysfunctional (gene) pool": Zoe Pepper’s fraught, funny drama BIRTHRIGHT (2025) screens 8.30pm tonight at Event Cinemas George St for @sydfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/06/08/b...

The stars were out on day seven of #sydfilmfest 🌠✨ See dozens of directors and filmmakers from across the SFF program, and the world 🌎, at Sydney Film Festival. Three days to go. Go BIG!

Palme d'Or. Best Director. Caméra d'Or special mention. The big winners from Cannes are at #sydfilmfest 🏆😎 📸 Jafar Panahi, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Akinola Davies Jr. are in Sydney Final tix to IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, THE SECRET AGENT, and MY FATHER'S SHADOW available now 🎟️

We raised the bar, plus a few glasses 🥂, on day seven of #sydfilmfest! International guests touched down to show-off their films to stacks of spirited screen geeks 🫵 Your seats are waiting, Sydney. Don't miss the biggest films of the year ⏳

Charli XCX confirms that coming-of-age Cannes thriller THE PLAGUE is, in fact, BRAT 🍏✅ This future classic premieres TONIGHT at #sydfilmfest with special guest director Charlie Polinger in attendance *Lorde TBC See it before the internet goes crazy 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/the-plague/

Fantasy fans and SFF first-timers flew to the Australian Premiere of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 🐉💥 After the smoke settled, Amy Wang's twisted satire SLANTED struck the State Theatre; and elsewhere, restorations of restored classics reclaimed the big screen. Think cinema... Now think BIGGER ☁️

📣 Special guest announcement! 📣 Michael Angelo Covino, director and star of #sydfilmfest Closing Night film SPLITSVILLE will present the Australian Premiere this Sunday, 15 June Join us for a fitting festival farewell ✨ 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/event/closing-night-splitsville/

Could not believe my luck, chatting to cinematic hero Jafar Panahi ahead of his latest film screening @sydfilmfest.bsky.social (more on It Was Just an Accident later) ab.co/3SJxtQ5

Aussie auteurs and big new names took centre stage on #sydfilmfest day six 🎤 One week to go Sydney 👀 and the BIGGEST is yet to come. Join the queue and experience the best films from around the world in week two of SFF

First film of the day @sydfilmfest.bsky.social #sydfilmfest was a Panahi classic from 2009 OFFSIDE! Still so funny,relevant and tragic. Such magic one liners Girl: "So why were the Japanese women allowed to sit with their men? Soldier: (thinks) "Because they wouldn't understand the swear words."

My favourite film showing at @sydfilmfest.bsky.social so far. Kelly Reichardt has made her most genre-centric film and maybe her most devastating film. boxd.it/9Vs2FL

The BIGGEST films of #sydfilmfest are coming back... ↩️ We're bringing back some of the most in-demand, sold out and loved sessions of SFF! Browse all BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND films 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/strands/back-by-popular-demand/?mode=date *Flexipasses unable to redeemed on these sessions

"I finished it before it finished me." I spoke with Christian Byers about his nearly decade-long odyssey filming in a Leichhardt funeral home.  LINK: www.thecurb.com.au/sydney-film-festival-interview-death-of-an-undertaker-interview-christian-byers @sydfilmfest.bsky.social @thecurb.com.au

If you get the chance, could not recommend this more highly. Mistress Dispeller, a documentary about a Chinese business that dispels mistresses and a real-world view into the dismantling of one relationship. RIVETING. @sydfilmfest.bsky.social

BLUE MOON (2025): Ethan Hawke mesmerises in this intimate, elegantly staged portrait of a genius fading on the margins of Broadway history. thereelbits.com/2025/06/08/r... @ofcs.bsky.social @sydfilmfest.bsky.social #SydFilmFest #SFF2025

Day 2 of @sydfilmfest.bsky.social 2025 was another pearler. The highlight was Kevin Macdonald’s moving John + Yoko doco, a mosaic time capsule of a film. Breathtaking. Also caught Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, the intriguing neo-noir Islands and the endearing body horror Together. #FilmSky 📽️🎥

More quality #cinema for us today! @sydfilmfest.bsky.social

A thriving day five at #sydfilmfest 🤩 📸 Premieres pictured: ELLIS PARK, UNWELCOMED, THE MAHABAHRATA +DIFF TALK at The Hub! We're coming up to the half-way mark Sydney! 🏁 Make a break for the movies from Monday to Sunday 🏃‍➡️

We put our foot to the the floor on SFF day four 🏎️💨 No signs of slowing at Australia's biggest celebration of cinema. See you at the next film Sydney 👀 See the bigger picture at #sydfilmfest, June 4-15

Visit us at SFFTV in Martin Place 📍 Presented by Norwegian Cruise Line, our giant outdoor screen returns to light up Martin Place alongside Vivid Sydney 🎇 sff.org.au/program/sfftv/ 📺 DAILY ACTIVITIES | 8AM - 10PM 🎟️ $10 RUSH TICKETS | 11AM - 2PM 🍿 FREE LUNCHTIME SCREENINGS | 12PM - 2PM

#sydfilmfest brought a BIG crowd on Thursday 🗯️ We served sumptuous cinema all day at the State Theatre, then made a huge splash at our brand new venue, the Sydney Opera House, diving into two acclaimed films from AU and NZ. The stage is set Sydney... We're ready to electrify this long weekend ⚡

📣 See Palme d'Or winner Jafar Panahi at #sydfilmfest! Panahi will present all his retrospective films, plus all sessions of IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT at the State Theatre. He will also deliver a free talk on Sunday 14 June! 🔗 www.sff.org.au/program/event/director-masterclass-with-jafar-panahi/

The full force of the Australian film industry - and beyond - descended upon the State Theatre on Wednesday for the heart pumping premiere of TOGETHER Two more sessions selling fast this weekend! Don't miss out! Take your seat Sydney 💺 The bigger picture beckons... June 4-15

Day three and #sydfilmfest just keeps getting BIGGER 📸 From the colourful red carpet premiere of LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS and the applaud-earning DJ AHMET at the State Theatre, to sold out screenings at the Opera House (and beyond), there are no signs of slowing at SFF. Go big this long weekend 🗓️

Australia's film event of the year is back in a BIG way 🎇 2000 people celebrated cinema with us at the Opening Night Premiere of the year's most anticipated horror film TOGETHER. With 200+ films over 12 days, there's something for everyone at #sydfilmfest 👀 See the bigger picture! Get tickets NOW

Australia's BIGGEST celebration of cinema has begun 🎥✨🍿 Michael Shanks' devilish body horror TOGETHER was met with big gasps, laughs and applause from the sold out audience at the Australian Premiere last night. All eyes on the big screen 👀 It's time to see the BIGGER picture 🎟️ sff.org.au/program/

Sydney! Get to @sydfilmfest.bsky.social on 7 + 13 June for Alexandre O Philippe's Venice award-winning CHAIN REACTIONS, 50th anniversary love letter to Tobe Hoopers TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE. Features Stephen King, Takashi Miike, Karyn Kusama, Patton Oswalt...and me! www.sff.org.au/program/even...

"When you've just won one of the international film world's most-prestigious prizes, where do you head next?" The answer: you touch down in Australia to attend #sydfilmfest and present the premiere of your Palme d'Or-winning film 🎥✨

📣 Surprise guest at Opening Night! Last night, audiences were surprised with the announcement of Palme d'Or winning director Jafar Panahi appearing at the #sydfilmfest opening ceremony 👏👏 We are pleased to announce that the master Iranian filmmaker will be in attendance throughout the Festival 🎤

📽️ Lisa Jackson's award-winning hybrid documentary WILFRED BUCK plays June 8 + 12 at @sydfilmfest.bsky.social in Sydney, Australia! 🎟️ www.sff.org.au/program/even... #NFB

Find your seat, stock up on snacks, and turn off your small screen 📵 Sydney's biggest celebration of cinema begins now... 🎵 IYKYK 🎵

Your guide to seeing the BIGGER picture at #sydfilmfest this June 4-15 ☑️ ✔️ Hang out at The Hub ✔️ Get there early ✔️ Share your watchlist ✔️ Download the SFF app ✔️ Tag us on Letterboxd ✔️ Get dining deals via sff.org.au Your big SFF questions answered 🫡

📸 Ready for your close up? #sydfilmfest begins TOMORROW 📸 We're expecting our biggest crowd yet at SFF this year. Fetch another Flexi and finalise your films because cinemas will fill 🎥 See the bigger picture, June 4-15

Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize 🏆 check out the visceral trailer for SIRÂT ahead of its Australian Premiere at #sydfilmfest Featuring a propulsive electronic soundtrack, this cinematic shockwave is worth raving about 🎫 sff.org.au/program/event/sirat/ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 "Thrilling" @variety.com

📣 FINAL FILMS on sale now! 📣 Announcing NINE last minute additions to the #sydfilmfest 2025 program. ONLY 2 DAYS TO GO until Australia's biggest celebration of cinema begins. Over 50 sessions already sold out! ⏳ www.sff.org.au/program/a-z/...