This year’s festival includes highlights like Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Pain & Glory’, Sundance Grand Prize-winner ‘The Souvenir’, and Australian LGBTI films ‘Sequin in a Blue Room’ and ‘Suburban Wildlife’.
Director of trans drama ’52 Tuesdays’ Sophie Hyde returns with a new film, alongside international offerings like queer dramedy ‘Papi Chulo’ and the challenging, bizarre sci-fi ‘High Life’.
This year’s program features a bevy of LGBTI films, including the most centred on queer women in a single year in the festival’s history.
With the 65th Sydney Film Festival just around the corner, our film critic shares the films he’s most excited for at this year’s festival.
The full program includes Rafiki, a Kenyan romance between two women which has been banned in its home country.
The sneak peak includes Disobedience, a drama starring Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz as two women who rekindle a youthful affair.
The program features 288 films (and counting) from 59 countries.
The line-up features massive films direct from Cannes premiering alongside independent Australian cinema.
The festival, which features films starring Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton and Patricia Clarkson, runs from June 7 to 18.
Two queer Aussie films have been shortlisted for the AACTA awards.
