Australian film evolving? The good oil from Sydney Film Festival

Is the sector morphing into sharper, scarier and more surprising, powered by excellent performances? Here's some hints.
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Image: Sophie HattchImogen McCluskey, and Lucca Barone-Peters in Suburban Wildlife (2019)

The Sydney Film Festival is running a dozen Australian films and a retrospective of women directors curated by David Stratton. As Screenhub said in the first announcement, ‘The Sydney Film Festival’s selection of Australian films take our collective imagination down a twistier hole than ever before.’

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.