Sydney Film Festival 2025 has unveiled nine new titles fresh from this year’s Cannes Film Festival, sending us all scrambling to update our watchlists. From major award winners to buzzy headliners, this annual late announcement brings some of the Croisette’s most talked-about titles to Sydney.
Highlights include Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, likely to sell out fast thanks to his reunion with The Worst Person in the World star Renate Reinsve; Cannes Jury Prize winner Sirât, produced by Pedro Almodóvar; the Dardenne brothers’ Young Mothers, which took out Best Screenplay; and Hafsia Herzi’s The Little Sister, winner of both the Queer Palme and Best Actress.
Also in the mix are Sergei Loznitsa’s historical drama Two Prosecutors, Tarik Saleh’s political thriller Eagles of the Republic, Joel Edgerton-led pandemic drama The Plague, Amy Berg’s music doc It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, and Lav Diaz’s 160-minute biopic Magellan.
These new additions join the recently announced closing night film Splitsville, as well as Ari Aster’s nearly sold-out contemporary western Eddington.
With these nine Cannes selections now part of the SFF 2025 lineup, there’s even more for film lovers to dig into.
Sydney Film Festival 2025 kicks off Wednesday 4 June across the city. Tickets are on sale now at sff.org.au. Check back here for all our festival coverage.