7 reasons to go to the Sydney Underground Film Festival
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is partnering with the听听to bring the hottest local and international indie films from SXSW, Tribeca Film Festival, Berlinale, Vancouver International Film Festival and many more to Sydney from 13-16 September.
This year鈥檚 film highlights include the time-travelling, action comedy from New Zealand, , Ethan Hawke鈥檚 latest biopic and ultimate hipster flick, , one man鈥檚 journey to find meaning in Bill Murray鈥檚 unexpected adventures with everyday people in , as well as Nicholas Cage鈥檚 recent Sundance Film Festival performance in the slasher film .听
If that鈥檚 not enough to convince you, here are seven more reasons not to miss the Sydney Underground Film Festival.听
1. Opening night film and party
What better way to kick off the festival than with , the Kiwi sci-fi comedy garnering rave reviews in the US. Director Tim van Dammen and lead actor Johnny Brugh will be in residence for a post-film Q&A session, followed by an afterparty that鈥檚 not to be missed.
2. Get discounted tickets
Who doesn鈥檛 enjoy a discount? Well, we鈥檙e in luck听鈥� USYD Arts and Social Sciences students, graduates and staff are entitled to a discount on single film tickets. Email fass.communications@sydney.edu.au to get the code!
3. Relive your teens at the all-you-can-eat late-night cartoon cereal party
Miss those late-night Nickelodeon and Adult Swim binge-a-thons? from the last 20 years, with an all-you-can-eat buffet of cereal to sustain you through the 2-hour trip into the weird world of yesteryear鈥檚 animations.
4. Must see short films
Not to be missed. A stellar line-up of shorts ranging from mind-bending, psychedelic productions to fascinating real-life narratives and explorations of the dark and unconventional side of love. This year features impressive works from USYD filmmakers including Tahsin Rahman and Ben Brown鈥檚 , James Richardson鈥檚 , and Peter Humble鈥檚 plus many more. Get out and support our homegrown talent.
5. The ultimate film buffs鈥� conference
Fan of Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg and Spike Jonze? The inaugural conference convened by Sydney College of the Art鈥檚 will investigate how technology has redefined the human, covering all aspects of contemporary screen ecologies, including frontier technology, social media, screen culture, contemporary art, and other engagements with digital technology, posthumanism and the cyborg. A must for fans of science fiction, horror and pop-culture.
6. Want to learn the art of cinema? Join a hands-on workshop
The Sydney Underground Film Festival is about more than just sitting back and watching great films 鈥� it aims to challenge the conservative conventions of filmmaking and that means plenty of inspiring workshops to get involved in. Whether you want to learn how to use for your own projects, with NZ鈥檚 Johnny Brugh of What We Do in The Shadows, or go analogue and get your hands on a , there are all types of workshops geared towards gaining new skills.
7. Documentaries
From the New York underground scene to flat-earthers and Bill Murray, this year鈥檚 program has it all. Catch up on the latest documentaries doing the international film festival circuit, like , the story of Richard Hambleton, a Bansky-esque figure who secretly plastered black, ghost-like silhouettes all over 80s Manhattan only to disappear from the art scene and re-emerge years later as an unrecognised artist in NYC, or , an insight into the work, process and legacy of Larry Cohen, a true American filmmaking legend.
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The 2018听 will run from 13鈥�16 September at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is a Distinguished Partner of Sydney Underground Film Festival.
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