68th Sydney Film Festival

Sydney Film Prize The following were named as the festival juries: • David Michôd, Australian writer and director – Jury President • Simon Baker, Australian actor • Kyas Hepworth, National Indigenous Television Head of Commissioning and Programming • Maya Newell, Australian filmmaker • Clara Law, Hong Kong-Australian filmmaker ==Official Selection==

In competition The following films were selected for the main international competition: :Highlighted title indicates Sydney Film Prize winner. Documentary Australia Foundation Award Special Presentations Features Special Screening International Documentaries Europe! Voices of Women in Film First Nations Freak Me Out ==Awards==

The following awards were presented at the festival: • Sydney Film Prize: There Is No Evil by Mohammad Rasoulof • Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award: Karina Holden • Documentary Australia Award for Australian Documentary: ''I'm Wanita'' by Matthew Walker • Sustainable Future Award: Burning by Eva Orner • Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films • Dendy Live Action Short Award: Peeps by Sophie Somerville • Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director: Taylor Ferguson for tough • Yoram Gross Animation Award: Freedom Swimmer by Olivia Martin-McGuire Audience Awards The following films won the Audience Awards, voted by the festival audience. Best Narrative Feature Top Five • Beautiful Minds by Bernard Campan and Alexandre Jollien • Wyrmwood: Apocalypse by Kiah Roache-Turner • Here Out West by Fadia Abboud, Lucy Gaffy, Julie Kalceff, Ana Kokkinos, and Leah Purcell • Friends and Strangers by James Vaughan • Quo Vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić Best Documentary Top Five • Blind Ambition by Robert Coe and Warwick Ross • ''I'm Wanita'' by Matthew Walker • When the Camera Stopped Rolling by Jane Castle • The Seeds of Vandana Shiva by James Becket and Camilla Becket • Araatika: Rise Up! by Larissa Behrendt and Ithaka by Ben Lawrence ==Notes==