Sydney film festival 2021
‘Will it translate?’: how a risk-taking Australian film hopes to change the industry
Western Sydney anthology Here Out West was an unlikely Sydney film festival opener. Now hitting cinemas, its creators hope it will find an audience amid Covid
Araatika: Rise Up! review – Larissa Behrendt’s documentary dares to believe in a better Australia
Shoestring budgets and disaffected youth: why Australian film is ripe for a mumblecore revival
John Farrow: the star Australian director who Hollywood forgot
The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson review – riveting but heavy-handed outback western
Burning review – the searing black summer documentary that Australia deserves
Here Out West review – western Sydney anthology is tender, but modest
‘It was strange and seductive’: film director Clara Law on finding home in Australia
From Dune to The Power of the Dog: 10 films to see at the 2021 Sydney film festival
New films from Jane Campion, Eva Orner, Wes Anderson and more are all coming to this year’s partly-back-in-cinemas program
