Sydney Film Festival Reviewed
We reviewed some of the most buzzed films at this year's festival, including 'Dope', 'Ruben Guthrie', 'Gayby Baby' and 'Holding The Man'. Many were excellent. Some were not.
The 64th Sydney Film Festival finished up on Sunday night, after screening 256 films from 68 countries, attended by over 176,000 ticket-holders — the largest year in the festival’s history.
We sent four reviewers to cover this year’s festival: Dee Jefferson, Matt Roden, Lauren Carroll Harris and Steph Harmon. They’ve put together 15 digestible reviews for you; to skip ahead, click on the films below:
Dope, dir. Rick Famuyiwa — reviewed by Matt Roden
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, dir. Marielle Heller — reviewed by Dee Jefferson
Gayby Baby, dir. Maya Newell — reviewed by Lauren Carroll Harris
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon — reviewed by Steph Harmon
The Daughter, dir. Simon Stone — reviewed by Dee Jefferson
Song of the Sea, dir. Tomm Moore — reviewed by Matt Roden
Slow West, dir. John McClean — reviewed by Lauren Carroll Harris
Brand: A Second Coming, dir. Ondi Timoner — reviewed by Steph Harmon
Tehran Taxi, dir. Jafar Panahi — reviewed by Dee Jefferson
The Look of Silence, dir. Joshua Oppenheimer — reviewed by Lauren Carroll Harris
Ruben Guthrie, dir. Brendan Cowell — reviewed by Dee Jefferson
Holding The Man, dir. Neil Armfield — reviewed by Steph Harmon
Strangerland, dir. Kim Farrant — reviewed by Lauren Carroll Harris
Going Clear: Scientology And the Prison Of Belief, dir. Alex Gibney — reviewed by Matt Roden
Haemoo, dir. Sung Bo Shim — reviewed by Lauren Carroll Harris
Or: scroll through.
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