Sydney Film Festival is New South Wales' pre-eminent showcase for contemporary cinema from Australia and around the world. Established in 1954, Sydney Film Festival is a major cultural event on the city's social calendar and one of the world's longest running film festivals.
Festival patrons include Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Gillian Armstrong, Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman, Baz Luhrmann, Dr. George Miller, Phillip Noyce and Hugo Weaving, among the many whose careers have been launched at SFF screenings.
SFF have been extending their reach to audiences in regional centres with the Travelling Film Festival since 1974, and from 2008, the 55th festival, will become Australia's only film festival to have a FIAPF-accredited Official Competition, with 12 films from around the world selected to compete for a cash prize of $60,000.
To find out more please visit www.sydneyfilmfestival.org for full details on the program, locations and directors.
Citysearch.com.au has all the info you need to make your night at the festival magical.
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