Stop by SFFTV, Sydney Film Festival’s giant outdoor screen in Martin Place, for free screenings of acclaimed short films, previews of SFF 2024 films, and special activations.

FREE LUNCHTIME SCREENINGS
Drop by any day of the Festival at 12pm for a specially curated suite of acclaimed and amazing short films from Australia and around the world. There’s even complimentary popcorn so you can have the full cinema experience!

RUSH TICKETS
Bargain hunting? Drop by between 11am and 2pm each day for $10 rush tickets to select films screening that day – available only at SFFTV!

THE IRON THRONE AT SFFTV presented by Hubbl
Celebrate the highly anticipated second season of House of the Dragon on BINGE by sitting on the Iron Throne at SFFTV in Martin Place. SFFTV screens acclaimed short films plus previews of SFF 2024 films – free every day of the Festival.

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FILMS IN SFFTV:

Film Festival Favourites

Screens with:

CIRCLE
South Korea | 2024 | 7 min | Joung Yumi
The girl draws a circle on the ground.

FLATASTIC
France | 2024 | 17 min | Alice Saey
Pushed to their limit, the Manta Rays rise up against Man to take control of the Earth. It is the dawning of a new Flat era!

MIISUFY
Estonia | 2023 | 10 min | Liisi Grünberg
Digital pet cat Miisu gets tired of her owner and starts to revolt. Inspired by Tamagotchi, Miisufy observes the world through the eyes of digital pets.

NUN OR NEVER!
Finland | 2023 | 11 min | Heta Jäälinoja
A nun digs a man up from the ground and loses her grip on everyday life. Can secrets and harmony coexist?

RECORD. PLAY. STOP
India | 2023 | 6 min | Neeraj Bhattacharjee
A probe hurtles forth towards its inevitable fate, collecting the sights and sounds of the enormous cosmos it traverses.

SHEEP OUT
Poland | 2023 | 8 min | Zofia Klamka
The daily routine of a pedantic animator will unexpectedly change because of finding the painting with a sheep.

Image: Circle

Breakthrough Talents

Screens with:

DON’T FORGET TO TAKE MEDICINES ON TIME
China | 2023 | 2 min | Xiaoxuan Han
Has the mushroom not disappeared yet?

FILANTE
France | 2024 | 9 min | Marion Jamault
Paulette wishes upon a shooting star, hoping to find her mysteriously missing pet rat.

LIGHTS
Czech Republic | 2023 | 8 min | Jitka Nemikinsova
In the town of lightbulbs, a party for small flames is taking place. This will allow them to grow up and become a part of the system which will protect them and allow them to shine forever. But one flame likes to play with fire and rebels against the system.

MY JUMPER, IT ROARS!
Australia | 2023 | 6 min | Isabella Spagnolo
​​Ellie spends her life channelling her frustrations into the collar of her jumper, and one day it decides to fight back…

SHUFFLE 
Netherlands | 2022 | 6 min | Quita Felix
The search for a tap dance shoe leaves a building topsy-turvy.

SILENT PANORAMA
Belgium | 2024 | 5 min | Nicolas Piret
In the middle of nature, at the base of a cliff, two campers, intrigued by outside noises, cross the deserted landscape, lamp in hand.

SMELL OF THE GROUND
Poland | 2023 | 8 min | Olivia Rose
The film is an adaptation of the poem “There will come soft rains” by Sarah Teasdale. It depicts the end of the Anthropocene epoch and the beginning of a new one.

THIS IS A STORY WITHOUT A PLAN
USA | 2023 | 7 min | Cassie Shao
Two people, and an explosion.

URBAN MELODY
Poland | 2023 | 4 min | Dominika Struzik
Sounds above urban noise.

Image: Shuffle

Kids Shorts

Screens with:

AHRU
Agrentina |2023 4 min | Leandro Martinez
Old stories tell of a Desert Guardian called Ahru, a secret master that can take on the form of many animals. Anyone brave enough to confront him will learn the secrets of his Art. But first she will need to hunt him down.

BIRD DRONE
Australia | 2024 | 9 min | Radheya Jang Jegatheva
A lonely seagull looking for love struggles to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life.

COIN COIN
France | 2023 | 6 min | Anouk Archambault, Amelie Frit
Duck and Rabbit are best friends forever! Until a new cool Cat appears stealing Rabbit’s allegiance, leaving Duck to find new friends to play with at all costs…

FLUTTER
USA | 2023 | 6 min | Adam Reed Levy
Jerry, a hummingbird of a different feather, must stand up to a hungry house cat in order to keep the flock together.

THE GRAND MOTHER
Poland | 2023 | 10 min | Julia Hazuka
Family values are the most significant in life, therefore The Great Spideress creates a first man and teaches him the meaning of life, that will help a man to build his own family.

HOOFS ON SKATES
France | 2024 | 12 mins | Ignas Meilunas
Piglet and Cow are having a blast ice-skating on a frozen lake, when suddenly a strange beast cracks the ice beneath them!

NUBE
France, Mexico, Hungary | 2023 | 8 min |  Diego Alonso Sánchez & Christian Arredondo Narvaez
After witnessing an old dark stormy cloud rain in pain and die in sorrow, Noma, a puffy white cloud realises that her daughter Mixtli, a dark stormy cloud, is in danger of raining prematurely.

WING IT!
Netherlands | 2023 | 4 min | Rik Schutte
An uptight engineer gets an unwelcome visit from an enthusiastic wannabe-pilot, causing both of them to be launched into the air inside an out-of-control space shuttle.

Image: Bird Drone

Other films screening in SFFTV:

LINES
Germany | 2024 | 4 min | Martin Schmidt
An aggressive battle between red and dark blue unfolds. The borderlines between the colours vibrate with tension as they fight for their lives.

SOMNI
Germany | 2023 | 3 min | Sonja Rohleder
A day draws to a close. A little monkey falls asleep. As his mind wanders off, the forest starts to change. What happens to us and our mind when we fall asleep?

THE TIME BOTANIST
France | 2023 | 4 min | Glenn Paul-Parvenu
A botanist returns to the past to study an extinct mushroom, but her machine takes her further than expected… Will she be able to return to the present?

Image: My Jumper, It Roars!