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The Sydney Film Festival is back in 2024!
With over 250 films, at 12 venues, over 12 Days, it’s your Festival to do your way. Celebrate your stories, your community, your local industry, your new favourite films. See it your way at Sydney Film Festival June 5-16.
See the vibrant atmosphere of Dendy Newtown as it becomes the heart of the Sydney Film Festival this June. Experience captivating tales from around the world, fresh from the prestigious Cannes, Sundance, and Venice Film Festivals. Dive into your cinematic journey where global narratives meet local audiences, igniting conversations and sparking your imagination.
Don't miss the excitement as Dendy proudly showcases exceptional Australian talent through the renowned Dendy Awards, celebrating creativity and innovation in filmmaking. Join us for an unforgettable celebration of cinema, where every screening promises discovery and inspiration.
Check out a selection of films playing at Dendy below!
Daddio
Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn go head-to-head in in this tense
yet tender two-hander shot almost entirely in a New York City taxi where
confessions run up with the meter.
Cuckoo
Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) stars in a fantastically
unrestrained tale of very strange goings-on at a holiday resort in the
Bavarian Alps. Berlinale, SXSW 2024.
I Saw The TV Glow
Two misfit teens bond over their obsession with a mysterious TV
show but have an identity crisis when it’s suddenly cancelled, in this Sundance
and Berlinale sensation from A24 Films starring Justice Smith (Jurrassic World,
The Get Down, Generation) and Brigette Lundy-Paine (Atypical, Bombshell).
The Moogai
A malicious spirit enters the home of a young Indigenous couple
with a newborn baby. Based on his SFF-winning short of the same name,
writer-director Jon Bell’s striking feature debut arrives direct from SXSW and
Sundance.
Toll
A Brazilian
single mother and tollbooth attendant team with local criminals to fund gay
conversion therapy for her teenage son, in this tensely unpredictable and slyly
satirical crime drama.
All We Imagine As Light
In
Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift
from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a
spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
COPA ‘71
The rip-roaring story, shamefully untold for decades, of the
1971 Women’s Soccer World Cup, revealed by the awe-inspiring players who
competed in the trailblazing tournament.
In Vitro
Ashley Zukerman (Succession) stars in a gripping
Australian sci-fi mystery thriller set on a remote cattle farm in the near
future.
Sex
When a modern-day chimneysweep has sex
with a man whose chimney he’s, ahem, cleaning, then tells his wife and his
colleague, each is forced to question the quirks of sexuality.
Dahomey
Trailblazing filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics) won the Golden Bear at Berlinale 2024 for her ingenious documentary on the repatriation of royal treasures to present-day Benin in West Africa.
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