Iranian film A Separation has been awarded the 2011 Sydney Film Prize at the festival's official competition awards
Heartbeats, directed by Xavier Dolan, has won the 2010 Sydney Film Prize
The Sydney Film Festival has announced the films selected for the Official Competition
'Jirga', writer-director Benjamin Gilmour’s tale of an Australian soldier who returns to Afghanistan to seek amends with the family of a civilian he killed in battle, will make its world premiere in official competition at the Sydney Film Festival.