Juries
The following people were named as the festival juries:
Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary
- Shameela Sadat, South African filmmaker
- Melanie Miller, American film producer
- Maya Newell, Australian filmmaker
Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
Official selection
Opening and closing films
In competition
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production countrie(s) |
| Ága |
Milko Lazarov |
Bulgaria, Germany, France |
| BlacKkKlansman |
Spike Lee |
United States |
| Daughter of Mine |
Figlia mia |
Laura Bispuri |
Italy, Germany, Switzerland |
| The Heiresses |
Las herederas |
Marcelo Martinessi |
Paraguay, Germany, Brazil, Uruguay, Norway, France |
| Jirga |
Benjamin Gilmour |
Australia |
| Leave No Trace |
Debra Granik |
United States |
| Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. |
Stephen Loveridge |
United Kingdom, United States, Sri Lanka |
| The Miseducation of Cameron Post |
Desiree Akhavan |
United States |
| One Day |
Egy nap |
Zsófia Szilágyi |
Hungary |
| The Seen and Unseen |
Sekala Niskala |
Kamila Andini |
Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, Qatar |
| Transit |
Christian Petzold |
Germany, France |
| Wajib |
Annemarie Jacir |
Palestine, France, Germany, Colombia, Norway, Qatar, United Arab Emirates |
Documentary Australia Foundation Award
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production countrie(s) |
| Backtrack Boys |
Catherine Scott |
Australia |
| China Love |
Olivia Martin-McGuire |
Australia, China |
| Dying to Live |
Richard Todd |
Australia |
| Finke: There & Back |
Dylan River |
| Ghosthunter |
Ben Lawrence |
| I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story |
Jessica Leski |
| In the Land of Wolves |
Grace McKenzie |
| Oyster |
Kim Beamish |
| RocKabul |
Travis Beard |
Afghanistan, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Turkey |
| Teach a Man to Fish |
Grant Saunders |
Australia |
Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production countrie(s) |
| Asian Girls |
Hyun Lee |
Australia |
| Barbara |
Larissa Behrendt, Marieka Walsh |
| Bubble |
Hobab |
Ronak Taher |
| Drum Wave |
Natalie Erika James |
| Judas Collar |
Alison James |
| Lost & Found |
Andrew Goldsmith, Bradley Slabe |
| Nursery Rhymes |
Tom Noakes |
| On Hold |
Jake Nielsen, Matthew Predny |
| Second Best |
Alyssa McClelland |
| Tied |
Stephanie Davison, Isabella Spagnolo |
Special Presentations
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production countrie(s) |
| 3 Faces |
Jafar Panahi |
Iran |
| American Animals |
Bart Layton |
United States |
| Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot |
Gus Van Sant |
| Foxtrot |
Samuel Maoz |
Germany, France, Switzerland |
| The Guilty |
Den skyldige |
Gustav Möller |
Denmark |
| The Insult |
L'insulte |
Ziad Doueiri |
France, Lebanon |
| Juliet, Naked |
Jesse Peretz |
United States |
| The Kindergarten Teacher |
Sara Colangelo |
| Manto |
Nandita Das |
India |
| Mirai |
Mamoru Hosoda |
Japan |
| Pope Francis: A Man of His Word |
Wim Wenders |
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France |
| West of Sunshine |
James Raftopoulos |
Australia |
| The Wife |
Björn Runge |
Sweden, United Kingdom |
| The Wild Pear Tree |
Ahlat Ağacı |
Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
Turkey |
| You Were Never Really Here |
Lynne Ramsay |
United States, United Kingdom, France |
Features
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production countrie(s) |
| America Town |
Jeon Soo-il |
South Korea |
| Anchor and Hope |
Carlos Marqués-Marcet |
Spain, United Kingdom |
| Beirut |
Brad Anderson |
United States |
| The Blood of Wolves |
孤狼の血 |
Kazuya Shiraishi |
Japan |
| Brothers' Nest |
Clayton Jacobson |
Australia |
| Butterflies |
Kelebekler |
Tolga Karaçelik |
Turkey |
| The Charmer |
Charmøren |
Milad Alami |
Denmark, Sweden |
| The Children Act |
Richard Eyre |
United States |
| Chocolate Oyster |
Steve Jaggi |
Australia |
| Disobedience |
Sebastián Lelio |
United States |
| An Elephant Sitting Still |
大象席地而坐 |
Hu Bo |
China |
| The Great Buddha+ |
Huang Hsin-yao |
Taiwan |
| Hard Paint |
Tinta bruta |
Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon |
Brazil |
| The Hungry Lion |
飢えたライオン |
Takaomi Ogata |
Japan |
| In the Aisles |
In den Gängen |
Thomas Stuber |
Germany |
| Lean on Pete |
Andrew Haigh |
United Kingdom, United States |
| The Line |
Čiara |
Peter Bebjak |
Slovakia, Ukraine |
| Mehsampur |
Kabir Chowdhry |
India |
| Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno |
Abdellatif Kechiche |
France |
| Mug |
Twarz |
Małgorzata Szumowska |
Poland |
| No Date, No Signature |
بدون تاریخ، بدون امضاء |
Vahid Jalilvand |
Iran |
| Number 37 |
Nommer 37 |
Nosipho Dumisa |
South Africa |
| A Paris Education |
Mes provinciales |
Jean-Paul Civeyrac |
France |
| Pig |
خوک |
Mani Haghighi |
Iran |
| Puzzle |
Marc Turtletaub |
United States |
| Rafiki |
Wanuri Kahiu |
Kenya |
| The Reports on Sarah and Saleem |
Muayad Alayan |
Palestine, Netherlands, Germany, Mexico |
| The Rider |
Chloé Zhao |
United States |
| Samui Song |
ไม่มีสมุยสำหรับเธอ |
Pen-ek Ratanaruang |
Thailand, Germany, Norway |
| The Seagull |
Michael Mayer |
United States |
| Searching |
Aneesh Chaganty |
United States |
| A Season in France |
Une Saison en France |
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun |
France |
| Season of the Devil |
Ang Panahon ng Halimaw |
Lav Diaz |
Philippines |
| The Second |
Mairi Cameron |
Australia |
| Skate Kitchen |
Crystal Moselle |
United States |
| Strange Colours |
Alena Lodkina |
Australia |
| Support the Girls |
Andrew Bujalski |
United States |
| The Taste of Rice Flower |
米花之味 |
Pengfei Song |
China |
| Touch Me Not |
Adina Pintilie |
Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria |
| Tyrel |
Sebastián Silva |
United States |
| A Vigilante |
Sarah Daggar-Nickson |
| We the Animals |
Jeremiah Zagar |
| Wrath of Silence |
暴裂无声 |
Xin Yukun |
China |
| Zama |
Lucrecia Martel |
Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, Netherlands, Mexico, Portugal, United States |
International Documentaries
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production countrie(s) |
| The Ancient Woods |
Sengirė |
Mindaugas Survila |
Lithuania, Estonia, Germany |
| Bisbee '17 |
Robert Greene |
United States |
| Chef Flynn |
Cameron Yates |
| The Cleaners |
Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block |
Germany, Brazil |
| Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders |
Joe Berlinger |
United States |
| The Deminer |
Hogir Hirori |
Sweden |
| The Distant Barking of Dogs |
Simon Lereng Wilmont |
Denmark, Finland, Sweden |
| Ex Libris: The New York Public Library |
Frederick Wiseman |
United States |
| Filmworker |
Tony Zierra |
| Genesis 2.0 |
Christian Frei |
Switzerland |
| Habaneros |
Havana |
Julien Temple |
United Kingdom |
| Half the Picture |
Amy Adrion |
United States |
| The Ice King |
James Erskine |
United Kingdom |
| Inland Sea |
港町 |
Kazuhiro Soda |
Japan |
| Inventing Tomorrow |
Laura Nix |
United States, Mexico, India, Indonesia |
| Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible |
Axel Grigor |
Australia |
| John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection |
Julien Faraut |
France |
| Kusama: Infinity |
Heather Lenz |
United States |
| The Long Season |
Leonard Retel Helmrich |
Netherlands |
| Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle |
Gustavo Salmerón |
Spain |
| McQueen |
Ian Bonhôte |
United Kingdom |
| A Murder in Mansfield |
Barbara Kopple |
United States |
| Of Fathers and Sons |
Talal Derki |
Germany, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar |
| On Her Shoulders |
Alexandria Bombach |
United States |
| The Other Side of Everything |
Mila Turajlić |
Serbia, France, Qatar |
| Over the Limit |
Marta Prus |
Finland, Germany, Poland |
| The Poetess |
Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Wolff |
Germany |
| The Prince of Nothingwood |
Sonia Kronlund |
France, Germany, Qatar |
| Speak Up |
À voix haute |
Stéphane de Freitas, Ladj Ly |
France |
| That Summer |
Göran Hugo Olsson |
Sweden, United States, Denmark |
| Three Identical Strangers |
Tim Wardle |
United Kingdom, United States |
| The Venerable W. |
Le vénérable W. |
Barbet Schroeder |
France, Switzerland |
| Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist |
Lorna Tucker |
United Kingdom |
| Whispering Truth to Power |
Shameela Seedat |
South Africa, Netherlands |
| Wik vs Queensland |
Dean Gibson |
Australia |
| Yellow Is Forbidden |
Pietra Brettkelly |
China, New Zealand |
| Young Solitude |
Premières solitudes |
Claire Simon |
France |
Europe! Voices of Women in Film
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production countrie(s) |
| 3 Days in Quiberon |
3 Tage in Quiberon |
Emily Atef |
Germany, Austria, France |
| L'Animale |
Katharina Mückstein |
Austria |
| Cobain |
Nanouk Leopold |
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany |
| Entrepreneur |
Yrittäjä |
Virpi Suutari |
Finland |
| The Heart |
Hjärtat |
Fanni Metelius |
Sweden |
| Holiday |
Isabella Eklöf |
Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey |
| The Marriage |
Martesa |
Blerta Zeqiri |
Kosovo, Albania |
| A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot |
Sinéad O'Shea |
Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Scary Mother |
საშიში დედა |
Ana Urushadze |
Georgia, Estonia |
| Tower. A Bright Day. |
Wieża. Jasny dzień |
Jagoda Szelc |
Poland |
Freak Me Out
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production countrie(s) |
| The Field Guide to Evil |
Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, Katrin Gebbe, Calvin Reeder, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Peter Strickland, Yannis Veslemes, Can Evrenol, Ashim Ahluwalia |
United States, Poland, Hungary, India, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Greece |
| Ghost Stories |
Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman |
United Kingdom |
| Good Manners |
As Boas Maneiras |
Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra |
| Piercing |
Nicolas Pesce |
United States |
| The Ranger |
Jenn Wexler |
| Upgrade |
Leigh Whannell |
Australia |
| What Keeps You Alive |
Colin Minihan |
Canada |
The Box Set
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Original network |
Production countrie(s) |
| Deep State |
Robert Connolly, Matthew Parkhill |
Fox |
United Kingdom |
Awards
The following awards were presented at the festival:[6][7]
- Sydney Film Prize: The Heiresses by Marcelo Martinessi
- Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary: Ghosthunter by Ben Lawrence
- Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films
- Dendy Live Action Short Award: Second Best by Alyssa McClelland
- Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director: Tom Noakes for Nursery Rhymes
- Yoram Gross Animation Award: Lost & Found by Andrew Goldsmith and Bradley Slabe
- Special Mentions: Barbara by Larissa Behrendt and Marieka Walsh; Judas Collar by Alison James
- Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award: Tyson Mowarin for Undiscovered Country
- Special Mentions: Renée Marie Petropoulos for Tangle and Knots; Lucy Knox for An Act of Love; Curtis Taylor and Nathan Mewett for Yulubidyi – Until the End
- UNESCO Sydney City of Film Award: Warwick Thornton