2023 Palme d’Or award winner Anatomy of a Fall, Sundance 2023 winner The Persian Version, and direct from Cannes Competition 2023 Club Zero starring Mia Wasikowska, and Todd Haynes’ May December, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore will all have their Australian Premiere at this year’s SFF.
“We’ve secured a remarkable line-up of nine new Special Screenings, featuring seven compelling features and two thought-provoking documentaries, all receiving acclaim and in many cases trophies from prestigious film festivals across the globe,” said Festival Director Nashen Moodley.
“Festival audiences will be the first in the country to see Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall, French director Justine Triet’s tense drama featuring Sandra Hüller as an author accused of her husband’s murder.
“From Cannes Competition 2023, SFF will screen two standout films. Club Zero features Mia Wasikowska as a teacher leading a conscious eating movement at a boarding school and Todd Haynes’ May December stars Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in a playful exploration of an American scandal.
“Two Cannes Critics’ Week 2023 award-winners will also light up the Festival including Grand Prize winner Tiger Stripes, a unique body horror film, and Inshallah a Boy about a Jordanian woman who fakes a pregnancy to secure her inheritance in a patriarchal society.
“Showcased in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2023 Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, is a charming Georgian feature about an independent woman navigating an unexpected, passionate autumn romance. And from Sundance 2023, Audience Award winner The Persian Version is a joyous crowd-pleaser that follows an Iranian-American woman as she explores love, sex, pregnancy and family.
“The Festival will also premiere two outstanding documentaries from Cannes 2023. The Cannes top documentary prize winning Four Daughters, is a genre-defying and courageous film about a Tunisian mother whose daughters have gone missing and Wim Wender’s paints a stunning portrait of life, work and methodology of artist Anselm Kiefer in Anselm,” said Moodley.
The full Sydney Film Festival 2023 program can be found online at sff.org.au.
