Sydney Film Festival To Go Ahead Online This Year Amid COVID Pandemic

For the first time in its long-running history, Sydney Film Festival will go ahead in an online-only format this year.

Taking place from 10-21 June, Sydney Film Festival 2020 will see the beloved event showcase world premieres from some of Australia’s most exciting documentary filmmakers and a program of shorts from some of the country’s best-emerging talents alongside cutting-edge films from some of Europe’s best female directors.

“This year’s special 67th Sydney Film Festival: Virtual Edition and Awards is all about bringing audiences across the nation together at a particularly challenging time in celebration of filmmakers and particularly the Australian film industry,” Sydney Film Festival director Nashen Moodley said.

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“For almost 70 years, Sydney Film Festival has been the way we collectively explore the world and our times through the medium of film. It is two weeks in June when Sydney is as we know and love it – open, alive, inquisitive, inspired and connected – and we with it. SFF is when we came together to discover, discuss, explore; to be transformed and always entertained. So, from our homes, the journey continues!”

The full program will be released on May 27. For more details, head to the SFF website.