This was Clare Stewart’s last year as Festival Director. The Official Competition included Terrence Malick’s visionary The Tree of Life, Miranda July’s second feature The Future, Australian director Ivan Sen’s Toomelah, Australian director Julia Leigh’s controversial drama Sleeping Beauty, Jeff Nichols’ acclaimed Take Shelter and eventual SFF Prize winner A Separation, from Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.
We acknowledge Australia’s First Nations People as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land, and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, upon whose Country SFF are based.
We honour the storytelling and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia.