Ritz Cinemas

With over 250 films, at 12 venues, over 12 Days, it’s your Festival to do your way.

The 71st Sydney Film Festival comes to The Ritz this June 5-16. Experience big feels with extraordinary cinema, exclusive events, talks and parties with filmmakers from across the world.

As well as showing incredible films, 12 films are selected for the Official Competition, which celebrates “courageous, audacious and cutting-edge” cinema with a $60,000 cash prize. Sydney Film Festival also presents eight other cash awards over the course of the festival.

Sydney Film Festival is supported by the NSW Government through Screen NSW; the Federal Government through Screen Australia; and City of Sydney the Festival’s Principal Local Government Partner. Sydney Film Festival also runs the Travelling Film Festival year-round, taking the best of international and Australian cinema to 22 regional centres around the country.