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French Girls
A young woman enters the uniquely absurd world of modelling in this Sydney microbudget marvel. The impressive debut feature of Hyun Lee (Asian Girls, SFF Dendy Awards 2018).
Retrospective
Jane B. par Agnès V.
Agnès Varda's portrait of Jane Birkin offers a playful and kaleidoscopic view of the pop icon, the ultimate It Girl whose influence traversed music, fashion and film.
Documentary
Marc by Sofia
In her first ever documentary, Sofia Coppola crafts a personal portrait of her longtime friend, fashion designer Marc Jacobs, laden with candid insights. Venice 2025.
Retrospective
Model
The late, great master Frederick Wiseman observes all the runways, shoots, blunt feedback and goings-on at a top 1980s New York modelling agency in this recently restored doc.
Retrospective
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Director Wim Wenders befriends designer Yohji Yamamoto and reflects on the parallels between filmmaking and fashion in this intimate diary film, shot between Tokyo and Paris.
Retrospective
Prêt-à-Porter
Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Julia Roberts and more light up this riotous, star-studded ’90s fashion farce from Robert Altman, shot during Paris Fashion Week.
Retrospective
Useless
Acclaimed auteur Jia Zhangke (Caught by the Tides, SFF 2024) documents China’s clothing industry from three perspectives: factory workers, a fashion designer, and a tailor.

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The Best Summer
Head backstage with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters and more in this revelatory Sundance rockumentary, capturing the 1995 Australian music festival Summersault.
The Blood Countess
Decadence and depravity rule in this vampire delight starring Isabelle Huppert from director Ulrike Ottinger and writer Elfriede Jelinek (The Piano Teacher). Berlinale 2026.
Documentary
Broken English
Tilda Swinton and George MacKay star in this loving tribute to singer, actor and cultural icon Marianne Faithfull from the makers of 20,000 Days on Earth (SFF 2014). Venice 2025.
Dead Man’s Wire
Gus Van Sant (Milk) directs Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery and Al Pacino in this thrilling, true account of a 1977 hostage standoff. Venice 2025.
El Sett
Legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum’s life is brought lavishly to the big screen in this epic telling – from her humble childhood to dominating the world stage.
Erupcja
Charli xcx gives an impressively raw and real performance in this tale of messy modern relationships, following a couple’s getaway to Warsaw gone awry. Toronto 2025.
Filipiñana
A young woman enters into the eerily pristine world of an elite Filipino golf resort in this visually stunning, Sundance award-winning debut feature with bite.
Memory of Princess Mumbi
A retro-futurist romance from Kenya about filmmaking, beauty and AI. This innovative indie dazzled audiences across the festival circuit, including Venice, Toronto and London.
Documentary
Past Future Continuous
Firouzeh Khosrovani returns after Radiograph of a Family  (SFF 2021) with a striking doc following an involuntary immigrant who surveils her parents who remain in Iran. Venice 2025.
Silent Friend
Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Léa Seydoux star in the wondrous latest from Ildikó Enyedi (On Body and Soul, Sydney Film Prize 2017), following three era-spanning stories connected by a tree.
Documentary
The Valley
A meditative cinematic portrait of a place and community, Kangaroo Valley, about two hours south of Sydney. World Premiere directed by Ian Darling (The Final Quarter, SFF 2019).
Yellow Letters
Winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear. A family descends into turmoil after a simple act of disobedience triggers authoritarian persecution. A searing critique of our times.

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Tue 14 April 2026
Introducing Sartorial: Fashion on Film

Sydney Film Festival presents ‘Sartorial: Fashion on Film’, a program featuring new premieres alongside restored classics that explore the relationship between fashion and cinema, screening as part of the 73rd Sydney Film Festival from 3-14 June.

Wed 8 April 2026
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Meet the programmers and curators behind the 2026 Sydney Film Festival program. They’ve been working around the clock to review thousands of submissions, scout the most exciting films from festivals across the world, and discover the best local talent.

Tue 31 March 2026
First Films Announced for Sydney Film Festival 2026

Sydney Film Festival reveals a sneak peek of the 13 daring new films set to screen this June, offering a taste of the 200+ strong 2026 program ahead of the full Festival announcement on Wednesday 6 May.

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