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Bong Joong-Ho’s Parasite nests in growing Sydney Film Festival

Few surprises in the Sydney Film Festival prizes for 2019, as growth looks fine as auteur directors find their success has a dark side.

17 Jun 2019

David Tiley

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Yeo-jeong Jo in Parasite (2019). Image: IMDB.

This year, according to Sydney Film Festival CEO Leigh Small, there were 160 sold out sessions, and a total attendance of 188,000. Officially there were 112 feature films and 79 documentaries, though those numbers were bolstered by a few late announcements. ‘We now micromarket all the time,’ she told Screenhub, ‘and all the films find audiences and they are vastly more diverse.’

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David Tiley

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.