The 71st Sydney Film Festival announced on the 3rd of April a sneak peek of 17 new films and events to be featured in this year’s 5-16 June 2024 Festival.
“This first look at the 2024 program delves into the profound and the peculiar, from remarkable true stories to works of fiction and ingenious hybrid films that land somewhere in between,” Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley said.
“This selection, though diverse in setting and scope, reveals some common themes: resilience foremost amongst them. These films offer a taste of a Festival program rich with discovery and insight, poised to captivate and inspire.”
Two new Australian films having their world premiere feature in the Festival’s first drop. In Vitro is the highly anticipated feature from directors Will Howarth and Tom McKeith (Beast, SFF 2016) and stars Ashley Zukerman (Succession) in an Australian sci-fi mystery thriller set on a remote cattle farm in the near future.
In The Pool, director Ian Darling (The Final Quarter, SFF 2019) paints a cinematic portrait of a year in the life of the iconic Bondi Icebergs, the pool and the people who cherish it.
Will Howarth, Tom McKeith and Ian Darling will attend the Festival to present their films.
KIDS & FAMILIES - A couple of films have been announced, see here but more to come!
The full Sydney Film Festival program is announced on Wednesday 8 May 2024.