Sydney World Film Festival

Sydney World Film Festival

Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, John Cassavetes, Michel Gondry, Charlie Kaufman, Sofia Coppola are just a few names of established filmmakers who blew up on the indie scene. True artists who focus on the art of filmmaking rather than on the box office
The Sydney World Film Festival aims to introduce exactly these type of quality, non-mainstream films from global filmmakers as well as local talent.

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Sydney World Film Festival
  • Proteans (Australia) by Mirko Grillini

    Jane is Former Special Forces Corporal who is recruited by a more advanced human to retrieve and protect a special box which could fall in the hands of the enemy and change the course of human lives.
    Running time: 00:24:55

  • Face the Music (Australia) by S.N. Watts

    Rockstar Ryan Bentley faces addiction, a failing marriage, and a manipulative manager as he prepares for a high-stakes live interview. With pressure mounting, he must decide: keep up the act—or finally face the music...
    Running time: 00:19:47

  • Dragonfly (Shanghai) by Edward Liu

    Great-grandson Zhou Zihang has only two memories of his great-grandmother - her funeral and a contact. Unable to remember season and weather, he only remembers the persimmons that were handed to him and the unexplained crying
    Running time: 00:19:26

  • NNC (Philippines) by Miguel Santos Regal

    A major sponsor prematurely terminates its endorsement deal with NNC, a TV network. Despite the valiant effort of Stephanie Serrano, NNC’s Chief Brand Officer, the sponsor remains steadfast in its decision to cut ties with the network.
    Running time: 00:19:00

  • A Human Ride (Germany) by Kristian Gründling

    The transformation of transportation is on everyone's lips, and the future of mobility has become one of the most talked-about topics. But why does it matter so much? If transportation presents such enormous challenges, why don’t we just stay at home? Is mobility a fundamental human need?
    Running...

  • Waiting for Your Return (China) by Hao You, Yichen Cheng

    The short film Waiting for Your Return uses the art of Suzhou embroidery as a bridge to explore the intergenerational bonds of family and the enduring spirit of patriotism. The story follows Liu Xixi, a high school student who has been raised by her grandmother, Su Guixiu, while her mother, Zhan...

  • Home (Belgium) by Hanne Schillemans, Ralph Timmermans

    Home is a short film about the fragility of life and the virtue of solitude. A faceless figure attempting not to resist the endless waves of pointlessness. Home explores the tension between presence and absence within the strange choreography of existing. The protagonist’s nudity, devoid of eroti...

  • Release (Hungary) by Zoltan Gergely Szabo

    A young man is in prison instead of his brother because he took the punishment on his behalf. A mysterious visitor arrives to persuade him to make a new confession. However, the tempter fails to achieve his goal.
    Running time: 00:10:09

  • Hairy Dreams (Canada) by Lina Cruz

    ***FIFA42 - Festival International de Films d'art
    Hairy Dreams is inspired by Lina Cruz's fascination for dreams, altered states, homelessness and what she finds they paradoxically have in common: access to an immense sense of freedom. Hairy Dreams evokes the interior world of a lonesome yet non...

  • The Simultaneity of Breathing (Austria) by Mersolis Schöne

    In “The Simultaneity of Breathing”, Mersolis Schöne envisions experimental film production as a place of encounter where drawings and press photos by Austrian artist Lisa Est and Thomas Ballhausen's poetry come together in a shared philosophical experiment.
    Running time: 00:04:14