Sydney Film Festival has added an additional ten films to this year's event, kicking off this week.
Leading the additions is Olivia Wilde's directorial debut Booksmart, British documentary documentary Sorry We Missed You and winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize, The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão.
“Direct from screening at prestigious film festivals across the globe, we have secured ten new incredible films, from both acclaimed master storytellers and exciting up-and-comers,” shares festival director Nashen Moodley.
“Festival audiences will be the first in the country to see Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart, an uproarious high school movie for Generation Z and a hilarious shot of pure cinematic girl power, as well as Ken Loach’s devastating drama Sorry We Missed You, straight from the Cannes Competition, about a working class British family struggling in the gig economy,” he said.
“Also from Cannes are the Un Certain Regard winner The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, about two sisters forcibly separated by conservatism and fate; Jury Prize winner Les Misérables, Ladj Ly’s explosive feature debut about a routine police patrol gone horribly wrong; Best Screenplay and Queer Palm winner Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, Céline Sciamma’s first foray into period drama and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia’s documentary Diego Maradona, tackling the controversial soccer megastar,” says Moodley.
“We also present the first Cannes selection from a Peruvian woman, Song Without A Name, the true story of a newborn child stolen at a fake clinic; and Critics’ Week selection The Unknown Saint, a charming Moroccan comedy about a criminal whose buried stash has a mausoleum built over it; and thrilling noir film The Whistlers, about a cop who becomes entangled in the crimes he’s investigating,” he said.
“And from Sundance we present political thriller Official Secrets, with Keira Knightley playing the British whistle-blower who leaked information about the Iraqi invasion."
The Sydney Film Festival runs from 5-16 June, head to here to see the full program.
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