News

    • 01 March, 2010

      A CONVERGENCE OF FILM & MUSIC

      Sydney Film School and Australian Institute of Music present a screening of 10 short films that are the products of a collaboration between AIM Composition students and SFS Directors. We invite you to be a part of this night which is the start of an exciting venture for the two schools.

    • 01 March, 2010

      PENELOPE @ THE RITZ

      Feature film ‘Penelope’ by our CEO and tutor Ben Ferris, selected to screen at the inaugural Australian Film Festival.

    • 24 February, 2010

      LONG SHOT WORKSHOP @ SFS

      On Saturday, February 27 Sydney Film School hosts a day-long workshop conducted by the award winning team of one-take filmmakers, Director Ben Ferris & DOP James Barahanos.

    • 24 February, 2010

      SCULPTING PICTURES

      From February 23 to March 21, a sculpture exhibition by our Head of Studies, Leslie Oliver. Official opening with Drinks with the Artist on Saturday 27th of February. On Thursday March 18th, a very special screening of Leslie's feature 'You Can't Push the River', followed by a Q&A session.

    • 09 February, 2010

      A FUTURE IN FRAMES

      Eight Sydney Film School films have recently screened at the 3rd International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh, one of the biggest Children film festivals in the world and the biggest one in South Asia.

    • 20 January, 2010

      OPEN EYES HAVE OPENED MINDS

      From December 12th to the 17th, our Documentary tutor Amanda King took part at the 2009 IDOCS Beijing International Forum where she presented a session on 'Education and Training for Documentary Talent', participating in the panel and exchanging ideas with Chinese academics from the Beijing Film Academy.

    • 18 January, 2010

      HAPPY 2010!

      Dear all, hope you've had a great holidays and joyful start of the year! We've come back from our breaks and school is now opened! If you have any enquiries about the upcoming courses please feel free to contact us on (02) 9698 2244 or visit us at 82 Cope St, Waterloo.

    • 12 December, 2009

      11th SYDNEY FILM SCHOOL FESTIVAL

      Sydney Film School invites you to its latest SFS Film Festival - two days and nights of great short dramas and docos, international perspectives, engaging panel discussions, graduation ceremony and awards night with Mao’s Last Dancer’s Bruce Beresford as the key-note speaker.

    • 11 December, 2009

      TO SEE BEIJING

      The Sydney Film School Diploma Documentary ‘To See’, directed by graduate Chris Wohlers, screens at the iDOCS International Documentary Forum held at the Beijing Film Academy in China.

    • 08 December, 2009

      WHAT IS A ‘WINNING’ IDEA?

      The 11th Sydney Film School Festival presents the panel discussion ‘What is a ‘winning’ idea? : Funding Opportunities for Graduates’. Palace Academy Twin Cinema, Tue 15th December. Event is free and open to all!

    • 11 November, 2009

      SCREENING IN TURKEY

      "Oh, the places you'll go!" to screen at the Bursa Silk Road Film Festival held in Turkey from 14th–22nd November.

    • 02 November, 2009

      PENELOPA @ COFA

      ‘Penelopa’, an art-film adaptation of one of the most famous works of literary art and the debut feature by Australian director and Sydney Film School CEO Ben Ferris screens at COFA on Thursday 5 November, followed by a special Q&A session with filmmakers.

    • 27 October, 2009

      MY FINAL CONFESSION IN INDIA

      Sydney Film School thesis film ‘My Final Confession’ by graduate Nancet Marques selected to screen at the International Film Festival of India.

    • 20 October, 2009

      WOW!

      'My Little Musical' Best Student Film at the 16th World of Women (WOW) Film Festival! 'Stain' wins the Audience Award!

    • 08 October, 2009

      AMANECER IN LA

      After wining the ‘Best Short’ and the ‘Local Filmmakers Award’ at the recently held Sydney Latin American Film Festival, short drama ‘Amanecer’ by graduate Alvaro D. Ruiz screens in the competition of the 13th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.

    • 29 September, 2009

      DONE IN VANCOUVER

      Short drama ‘Done’ directed by 2008 graduate Andrea Brandao to screen at the 28th Vancouver International Film Festival.

    • 07 September, 2009

      EXPLORE ALL MANNER OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

      Sydney Underground Film Festival takes place from Thursday 10th of September to Sunday September 13. Three SFS student films (Apples, Eulogy, Puppetry) and the feature 'Penelopa' are selected to screen.

    • 03 September, 2009

      FAT CHANCES FOR SUCCESS

      Fat Chance, a feature documentary by SFS teacher Yuka Sekiguchi has been selected as one of the 2009 VRT Notable Videos.

    • 27 August, 2009

      PETE’S BOOHOO

      On Monday 31st of August come to Madame Fling Flong at Newtown to support SFS documentary Chasing Mel as it screens at the BooHoo short film competition.

    • 18 August, 2009

      CASSAVETES-ESQUE FILM COMES OUT TO PLAY

      After being screened at 14 film festivals around the world, winning warm reviews and a critics’ award in London, the Australian feature Three Blind Mice finally gets to play in Australian cinemas.

    • 22 July, 2009

      THE GATES OF DISEMBODIED DREAMS

      An art-film adaptation of one of the most famous works of literary art and the debut feature by Australian director Ben Ferris is selected for Official Competition in the 56th Pula Film Festival, running until July 25.

    • 09 July, 2009

      CAREERS IN FILM

      Panel discussion on 'Careers in Film' moderated by Gaylee Butler, SPAA conference director will take place on July 15th at the Palace Academy Twin Cinema in Paddington. Come along!

    • 29 June, 2009

      COUNT THE CHASE

      In July 'Caught Short' screens two SFS films. Stephanie Bridger's 'You Can Count to Ten' & Pete Ireland's 'Chasing Mel'.

    • 25 June, 2009

      ALVARO'S MAMBO

      Four Australian films have been invited to screen at The Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá (MAMBO) in Colombia, among them Sydney Film School produced '7.23', 'Memory' and 'Trapped'.

    • 15 June, 2009

      BEST DOCO AT SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

      A Good Man, directed by the acclaimed Safina Uberoi (My Mother India) and co-produced by Sydney Film School teacher Jenny Day wins the Best Documentary Award at the 2009 Sydney Film Festival.

    • 02 June, 2009

      FURTHER HE RUNS

      When talent is in place no limit exists. Brian Lye has two of his films selected as the finalists of this year's ViVa Leichhardt Short Film Festival.

    • 30 May, 2009

      SYDNEY FILM SCHOOL COMES TO SWEDEN THIS MAY/JUNE

      How does an idea in a single person‚s head develop into a story that is created on film by teams of people? How do people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds work together to tell a lucid story that excites the imagination of a cinema audience?

    • 30 May, 2009

      ANTI-BINGE

      'Goon In The Air' by Brendon Killen one of 6 finalists of the government's anti-binge campaign

    • 28 May, 2009

      A TIMBER TOWN OF DUNGOG

      3 Sydney Film School films will screen at this years Dungog Film Festival – Gustavo Nazareth’s Thesis film ‘4 rolls’, Brian Lye’s Major Drama ‘Miguel Kawasaki’ and Gracie Otto’s Thesis ‘La Meme Nuit’.

    • 26 May, 2009

      MUCH LONGER THAN A SHORT ATTENTION

      After screening at numerous film festivals and winning the Grand Prix award at the One Take Film Festival held in Croatia in November 2008, the thesis project ‘7.23’ made in 2007 by former SFS student Brian Lien continues its life under the industry spotlight.