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Sydney Film Festival Audiences Have Their Say
The results are in for the winners of the Sydney Film Festival Audience Awards…
The Sydney Film Festival wrapped up on Monday night with the major award winners announced at a closing night gala ceremony. The attendee votes have since been tallied revealing the winners of the Showtime Movie Channel Audience Awards.
Boy (pictured), Taika Waititi's rollicking coming-of-age feature film, currently enjoying success at the New Zealand box office, and due for wider release in Australia in late August, has taken home the Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature at the State Theatre.
The Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature at the Satellite Venues - consisting of the Dendy Opera Quays, Events Cinemas George Street, the Sydney Opera House, and Art Gallery of NSW - went to Caught Inside, Adam Blaiklock's suspenseful Australian debut feature film set on a charter boat in the Maldives.
The Audience Award for Best Documentary at the State Theatre went to the Oscar nominated The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers directed by festival guest Judith Ehrlich. Coming in at second place was Banksy's documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop which delves into the world of underground contemporary art and is currently enjoying a highly successful staggered cinema release around Australia.
The Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Satellite Venues went to Richard Press' Bill Cunningham New York, the portrait of the New York Times photojournalist.
This year the Festival also reported a 20% increase in overall attendance and a 15% increase in box office revenue. Congrats to one and all.