Lukas Dhont’s Close, which won the Grand Prix in Cannes last month, won the Sydney Film Festival, first prize at the Sydney Film Festival, on Sunday night.
Receiving the award via video message, Donut said, “It’s a movie that comes from our hearts, and we’ve worked on it for many years with so many people.”
The international jury consisted of Australian actor David Wenham, Australian director Jennifer Bedum, writer, director and producer Mostova Sarwar Faruki (Bangladesh), Berlin Golden Bear Award winner Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey), and Executive Director of the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute in Tokyo. Yuka Sakano (Japan). Twelve titles in the official competition included “Alcarras” by Carla Simon, Hlynur Palmason “Godland”, “The Quiet Girl” by Colm Bairead, and Blaze by Del Kathryn Barton. The winner will be awarded 60,000 Australian dollars ($41,600).
Australian director Luke Cornish has received an A$10,000 cash prize from the Australian Documentary Award for “Keep Stepping,” a film shot in urban Sydney about two women rehearsing for Australia’s largest street dance competition.
The Dendy Australian Short Film Awards were given to Jonathan Daw and Tjunkaya Tapaya for “Donkey” (AFTRS Craft Award and Yoram Gross Animation Award), Luisa Martiri and Tania Modini for “The Moths Will Eat Them Up” (Dendy Live Action Short Award. Robin Award Maamoulian for Best Director.
In its second year, the A$10,000 Sustainable Future Award, for films with strong environmental themes, was presented to the Australian documentary, ‘Delikado’, directed by Karl Malkonas, which explores the plights of environmental crusaders on the Philippine island of Palawan.
The A$10,000 Sydney and UNESCO Film City Prize, awarded by the Create NSW Foundation to the leading local screen practitioner, went to composer Caitlin Yeo while director Kylie Bracknell was awarded the 2022 Deutsche Bank Fellowship for First Nations Film Creators. The fellowship is an important investment in developing and nurturing the talents of local creators and promoting global awareness of the talents of the vibrant Australian film industry.
The 2022 Sydney Film Festival featured over 200 films from over 60 countries and ran from June 8-19, 2022.
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