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2021 film festival
The 68th annual Sydney Film Festival was held from 3 to 21 November 2021.[1] COVID-19 pandemic .[2] [3] New South Wales .[4]
Anthology film Here Out West Wes Anderson 's The French Dispatch [5] There Is No Evil [6]
Sydney Film Prize [ edit ] The following were named as the festival juries:[7]
Official Selection [ edit ] In competition [ edit ] The following films were selected for the main international competition:
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc
Radu Jude
Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia
Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Japan
The Drover's Wife Leah Purcell
Australia
Flee Flugt
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway
The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio
Paolo Sorrentino
Italy
Limbo Ben Sharrock
United Kingdom
Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Colombia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Mexico, France, Germany, Qatar
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma
France
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Norway, Turkey
The Story of My Wife A feleségem története
Ildikó Enyedi
Hungary, Germany, Italy, France
There Is No Evil شیطان وجود ندارد
Mohammad Rasoulof
Iran, Germany, Czechia
Undine Christian Petzold
Germany, France
Highlighted title indicates Sydney Film Prize winner.Documentary Australia Foundation Award [ edit ] Special Presentations [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Bergman Island Mia Hansen-Løve
France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden
Blue Bayou Justin Chon
United States
Bosch & Rockit
Tyler Atkins
Australia
Burning Eva Orner
Australia
Great Freedom Große Freiheit
Sebastian Meise
Austria, Germany
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds Lingui
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Chad, France, Belgium, Germany
Love Songs for Tough Guys Cette musique ne joue pour personne
Samuel Benchetrit
France, Belgium
Parallel Mothers Madres paralelas
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
Paris, 13th District Les Olympiades
Jacques Audiard
France
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
New Zealand, Australia
River Jennifer Peedom
Australia
Titane Julia Ducournau
France, Belgium
Wash My Soul in the River's Flow
Philippa Bateman
Australia
The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske
Joachim Trier
Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark
Zola Janicza Bravo
United States
Features [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
After Love Aleem Khan
United Kingdom
Amparo Simón Mesa Soto
Colombia, Sweden, Qatar
Anaïs in Love Les Amours d'Anaïs
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
France
Apples Μήλα
Christos Nikou
Greece, Poland, Slovenia
Beginning დასაწყისი
Dea Kulumbegashvili
Georgia, France
Brighton 4th Levan Koguashvili
Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, Monaco, United States
The Card Counter Paul Schrader
United States, United Kingdom, China
Cinema Sabaya Orit Fouks Rotem
Belgium
Come Here
ใจจำลอง
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Thailand
Compartment No. 6 Hytti nro 6
Juho Kuosmanen
Finland, Germany, Estonia
A Cop Movie Una película de policías
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Mexico
Crossing Paths
JJ Winlove
Australia
Cryptozoo Dash Shaw
United States
Dear Evan Hansen Stephen Chbosky
United States
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet El perro que no calla
Ana Katz
Argentina
El Planeta Amalia Ulman
Spain, United States
Erna at War
Erna i krig
Henrik Ruben Genz
Denmark, Estonia, Belgium
The Eyes of Tammy Faye Michael Showalter
United States
Fist of Fury Noongar Daa [a] Kylie Bracknell[b]
Hong Kong, Australia
Friends and Strangers James Vaughan
Australia
The Gravedigger's Wife La femme du fossoyeur
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Finland, Germany, France
A Hero قهرمان
Asghar Farhadi
Iran, France
Hit the Road جاده خاکی
Panah Panahi
Iran
Honey Cigar
Cigare au miel
Kamir Aïnouz
France, Algeria, Belgium
Just Like That
Aise Hee
Kislay Kislay
India
The Justice of Bunny King Gaysorn Thavat
New Zealand
King Richard Reinaldo Marcus Green
United States
Last Film Show Chhello Show
Pan Nalin
India
Long Weekend Steve Basilone
United States
Memory Box Joana Hadjithomas , Khalil Joreige
France, Lebanon, Canada, Qatar
Moffie Oliver Hermanus
South Africa, United Kingdom
My Best Part Garçon chiffon
Nicolas Maury
France
Never Gonna Snow Again Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie
Małgorzata Szumowska , Michał Englert
Poland, Germany
Nowhere Special Uberto Pasolini
Italy, France
One Second 一秒钟
Zhang Yimou
China
Pompo: The Cinéphile 映画大好きポンポさん
Takayuki Hirao
Japan
Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego
Tatiana Huezo
Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar
Real
Aki Omoshaybi
United Kingdom
Rehana Maryam Noor Abdullah Mohammad Saad
Bangladesh, Singapore, Qatar
Simple Passion Passion simple
Danielle Arbid
France, Belgium
Striding Into the Wind 野马分鬃
Wei Shujun
China
Swan Song Todd Stephens
United States
The Swordsman 검객
Choi Jae-hoon
South Korea
A Tale of Love and Desire Une histoire d'amour et de désir
Leyla Bouzid
France, Tunisia
True Mothers 朝が来る
Naomi Kawase
Japan
The Tsugua Diaries
Diários de Otsoga
Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes
Portugal
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然と想像
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Japan
When Pomegranates Howl Granaz Moussavi
Australia, Afghanistan
The Year of the Everlasting Storm Jafar Panahi , Anthony Chen , Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras , Dominga Sotomayor Castillo , David Lowery , Apichatpong Weerasethakul
United States, Iran, Chile, Thailand, United Kingdom, Singapore
Special Screening [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Dune Denis Villeneuve
United States, Hungary, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Norway, Canada
International Documentaries [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Anonymous Club
Danny Cohen
Australia
Ascension Jessica Kingdon
United States
A Black Jesus
Luca Lucchesi
Germany
Blind Ambition Robert Coe, Warwick Ross
Australia
City Hall Frederick Wiseman
United States
Cow Andrea Arnold
United Kingdom
The Filmmaker's House
Marc Isaacs
United Kingdom
The First 54 Years — An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Avi Mograbi
France, Finland, Germany
Four Seasons in a Day
Annabel Verbeke
Belgium, Norway, Croatia, Lithuania
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine
United States
John Farrow: Hollywood's Man in the Shadows
Claude Gonzalez, Frans Vandenburg
Australia
The Last Hillbilly
Diane Sara Bouzgarrou, Thomas Jenkoe
France, Qatar
The Last Shelter
Le dernier refuge
Ousmane Samassekou
France, Mali, South Africa
Le temps perdu
El tiempo perdido
María Álvarez
Argentina
Like the Wind
Ted McDonnell
Australia, Hong Kong
The Lost Leonardo Andreas Koefoed
Denmark, France, Sweden
The Magnitude of All Things Jennifer Abbott
Canada
Mariner of the Mountains
Marinheiro das montanhas
Karim Aïnouz
Brazil, France, Germany
President
Camilla Nielsson
Denmark, United States, Norway
Radiograph of a Family
Firouzeh Khosrovani
Norway, Iran, Switzerland
The Rescue Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi , Jimmy Chin
United States, United Kingdom
The Seeds of Vandana Shiva
James Becket , Camilla Becket
Australia, United States
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Mark Cousins
United Kingdom
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Marilyn Agrelo
United States
Taming the Garden მოთვინიერება
Salomé Jashi
Switzerland, Germany, Georgia
When a City Rises
Iris Kwong, Ip Kar Man, Cathy Chu, Han Yan Yuen, Huang Yuk-kwok, Jenn Lee, Evie Cheung
Hong Kong
White Cube
Renzo Martens
Netherlands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium
Writing with Fire Sushmit Ghosh , Rintu Thomas
India
Europe! Voices of Women in Film [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
From the Wild Sea
Fra det vilde hav
Robin Petré
Denmark
Green Sea
Πράσινη Θάλασσα
Angeliki Antoniou
Greece, Germany
Hive Zgjoi
Blerta Basholli
Kosovo, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania
How to Kill a Cloud
Näin pilvet kuolevat
Tuija Halttunen
Finland, Denmark
Last Days of Spring
La última primavera
Isabel Lamberti
Netherlands, Spain
Nico
Eline Gehring
Germany
Pleasure Ninja Thyberg
Sweden, Netherlands, France
Reconciliation
Odpuščanje
Marija Zidar
Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo
Slalom Charlène Favier
France
Why Not You
Hochwald
Evi Romen
Austria, Belgium
First Nations [ edit ] Freak Me Out [ edit ] The following awards were presented at the festival:[9]
Sydney Film Prize : There Is No Evil Mohammad Rasoulof Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award : Karina HoldenDocumentary Australia Award for Australian Documentary : I'm Wanita by Matthew WalkerSustainable Future Award : Burning Eva Orner Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
Dendy Live Action Short Award: Peeps by Sophie Somerville
Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director: Taylor Ferguson for tough
Yoram Gross Animation Award: Freedom Swimmer by Olivia Martin-McGuire Audience Awards [ edit ] The following films won the Audience Awards, voted by the festival audience.[10]
Best Narrative Feature Top Five [ edit ] Best Documentary Top Five [ edit ] Blind Ambition I'm Wanita by Matthew WalkerWhen the Camera Stopped Rolling by Jane CastleThe Seeds of Vandana Shiva by James Becket and Camilla BecketAraatika: Rise Up! by Larissa Behrendt and Ithaka Ben Lawrence
^ Fist of Fury screened at the festival is dubbed in Noongar language .[8] ^ The director of the dubbed version.
References [ edit ]
^ Di Rosso, Jason (8 October 2021). "Sydney Film Festival 2021 program: Highlights chosen by our film critics" . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 20 January 2024 . ^ Frater, Patrick (2 August 2021). "Sydney Film Festival Postponed for Second Time This Year" . Variety . Retrieved 20 January 2024 . ^ Ward, Sarah (15 November 2021). "Ten Must-See Movies to Stream During Sydney Film Festival's Online SFF On Demand Program" . Concrete Playground . Retrieved 20 January 2024 . ^ Keast, Jackie (7 October 2021). "As lockdown lifts, Sydney Film Festival launches full program" . IF Magazine . Retrieved 20 January 2024 . ^ Ma, Wenlei (7 October 2021). "Sydney Film Festival 2021 program: Dune, The French Dispatch, Here Out West, Titane and more" . News.com.au . Retrieved 20 January 2024 . ^ Jefferson, Dee (14 November 2021). "Sydney Film Festival's top prize goes to Mohammad Rasoulof's There Is No Evil , about capital punishment in Iran" . Australian Broadcasting Company . Retrieved 20 January 2024 . ^ "Sydney Film Festival award winners announced at closing night gala" (PDF) . Sydney Film Festival . 14 November 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2024 .^ Latimore, Jack (13 August 2021). "Kung fu classic Fist of Fury dubbed in Indigenous Noongar Daa language" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 20 January 2024 . ^ Slatter, Sean (15 November 2021). "Sydney Film Festival prizes for 'There Is No Evil', 'I'm Wanita', Karina Holden" . IF Magazine . Retrieved 20 January 2024 . ^ Varidel, Rebecca (17 November 2021). "Sydney Film Festival 2021 Audience Awards" . Sydney Scoop . Retrieved 20 January 2024 .
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