The 62nd Sydney Film Festival is upon us this June.
In the lead up to 12 of the most exciting days of film and film-related antics from accross the world, the Sydney Film Festival have given us a taste of what to expect by announcing a new venue and 27 films to get excited for.
In addition to the other venues we’ve seen in past years, such as the State Theatre and Event Cinemas George Street, we can confirm that the Newtown Dendy will host around 20 sessions this year.
Here’re the announced films by category:
Freak Me Out:
Deathgasmdirected by Jason Lei Howden.
Celeb:
Mr. Holmesdirected by Bill Condon, starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada.
Strangerlanddirected by Kim Farrant, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Joseph Fiennes, Maddison Brown.
Slow Westdirected by John Maclean, starring Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Rory McCann (The Hound from GOT), Kodi Smit-McPhee, Brooke Williams, Caren Pistorius.
Family And Kids:
Song of the Seadirected by Tomm Moore.
The Crow’s Eggdirected by M Manikandan.
Music:
Love & Mercydirected by Bill Pohlad.
Beasts of the Antonovdirected by Hajooj Kuka.
Cinephile:
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence directed by Roy Andersson.
Phoenixdirected by Christian Petzold.
Sunrisedirected by Partho Sen-Gupta.
Eisenstein in Guanajuatodirected by Peter Greenaway.
Sex & Youth:
The Duke of Burgundydirected by Peter Strickland.
Kabukicho Love Hoteldirected by Kyuichi Hiroki.
Necktie Youthdirected by Sibs Shongwe-La Mer.
Political:
99 Homesdirected by Ramin Bahrani.
The Look of Silencedirected by Joshua Oppenheimer.
How to Change the Worlddirected by Jerry Rothwell.
The Hunting Grounddirected Kirby Dick.
Best of Enemiesdirected by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville.
Dreamcatcherdirected by Kim Longinotto.
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Beliefdirected by Alex Gibney.
Villa Toumadirected by Suha Arraf.
Urban Planning Doco:
Bikes vs Carsdirected by Fredrik Gertten.
The Chinese Mayordirected by Hao Zhou.
Love Story:
My Love Don’t Cross That Riverdirected by Mo-Young Jin.
Retro:
The Director’s Cut directed by Mark Christopher.
The Sydney Film Festival runs from Wednesday June 3 to Sunday June 14.Check out the Sydney Film Festival website for more info, and their YouTube channel for film trailers.
