Sydney Film Festival’s Programming team works non-stop to review thousands of submissions every year, attend premiere screenings across the world, unearth the best local talent, and select award-winning films from film festivals across the globe. Meet the programmers and curators behind the 2025 SFF program.

The dust has settled on the Academy Award noms and we are officially ready to vent. 😤

The SFF team share their unsung heroes from Hollywood’s night of nights.

2024 was the year of the major movie musical. MEAN GIRLS, MUFASA and MOANA 2 made waves; WICKED made millions; and JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX made the internet very mad.

As we bid farewell to the year and enjoy precious public holiday laziness, we’ve rounded up the team for an SFF annual holiday tradition: staff recommendations! This time, in honour of the show-stopping year that was, our favourite movie musicals.