Sydney Underground Film Festival

17/06/2026

🤯 Okay it's no where near as good as a real life visit but now everyone can "visit" The Criterion Collection closet! 1,247 real Criterion editions that are shelved in spine-number order - exactly as a true collector keeps them. Look around, read the spines, and pull any one off the shelf to inspect the case!
https://the-criterion-closet.vercel.app/

17/06/2026

Crazily we are celebrating 20 years this September for SUFF (i know insane) and we are having a modest support drive before June 30.

A big portion of this money will go to printing the program as it wouldn't be right to not have a physical program to hold for this milestone year! And thanks to the Australian Cultural Fund you will get an instant tax deductible receipt.

Thanks everyone for your support over the years whether it's been via a campaign drive, making films, buying tickets or just championing SUFF!

We have 14 days left and at 51%!
https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000g5sZZMAY/20th-annual-sydney-underground-film-fest
Thank you! ❤

15/06/2026

👁 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE AT SUFF 2026? 👁

We love throwing this question out to you - so tell us what you want to see at SUFF this year!

Drop your suggestions in the comments below...

10/06/2026

🦈 This EOFY, help us celebrate 20 years of Sydney Underground Film Festival by making a tax-deductible donation.

Your support helps us keep bringing daring, provocative, strange, wonderful and unforgettable films to Australian audiences!

Donate before June 30. Get an instant receipt thanks to Australian Cultural Fund

🔗 https://bit.ly/acf-suff2026

Huge thanks to our supporters thus far!
🙌 Deb B 🙌 Glenn S 🙌 Henry S 🙌 Amelia U 🙌 Daniel M
🙌 plus Anonymous-es!

05/06/2026

*FELLOW FILM FESTIVAL POST*

Sydney Film Festival is off and running! Don't forget free events via SFF and UTS: especially helpful for the low to no budget filmmaker! Today at 3pm-4pm it's MICROBUDGET NOW! With a social mixer after from 4pm at the Abercrombie Hotel and tomorrow 11:30am ABC Radio National's The Screen Show comes to SFF as host Jason Di Rosso leads a candid discussion with filmmakers on the highs and lows of low-budget production. Plus more on offer! Check out: https://www.sff.org.au/program/microwave/

Take advantage of RUSH TICKETS!
Each day of the fest, between 11am and 2pm, you can buy $10 tickets from SFFTV in Martin Place for sessions that day!

Some interesting films on offer 6pm tonight it's THEYDREAM @ Dendy Cinemas Newtown 🎥 with Filmmaker in Attendance. An award winner at Sundance, THEYDREAM is visionary and tender documentary told through the magic of art and animation.
https://www.sff.org.au/program/event/theydream/

Tomorrow Sat 6th 8:45pm there is THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT also at Dendy Newtown. A sound recordist is sent to a strange island in this spectacularly eccentric British comedy-horror-fantasy delight made in marvellous monochrome.
https://www.sff.org.au/program/event/the-peril-at-pincer-point/

Plus plenty more! https://www.sff.org.au/

Plus next weekend is THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE https://www.sff.org.au/program/event/the-history-of-concrete/

01/06/2026

Oh no! Devastated to read that Yoshihiro Nishimura passed away a few days ago! We were lucky to have screened a number of his films over the years (Meatball Machine Kodoku, Holy Mother, Tokyo Evil Hotel, Helldriver..). Yoshihiro only sent us his latest film "Geisha War" in March exclaiming "It's finished!" So this comes as a huge shock. Rest in peace Yoshihiro. We will miss your enthusiasm and crazy splatterfest films that you always put so much of your heart and soul into.

Yoshihiro Nishimura, the director behind films like “Tokyo Gore Police” and “Welcome to Japan,” died Monday.

30/05/2026

This is great!

Jordan Dautovic learnt to develop film during lockdown. Now he’s betting he can bring it back big-time – with a little help from Peter Jackson.

29/05/2026

Did you know you can support the 20th Annual SUFF through the Australian Cultural Fund (ACF) and receive a tax-deductible receipt at the same time?

Huge thanks to ACF for helping Australian artists and cultural events raise vital funds!

📢 Every donation helps us continue yelling from the rooftops about some awesome indie, underground, trashy, wild, experimental movies!

🎯 We know that times are tough all around and we only ever set a modest target - but we are pleased to say we are already 47% funded!

To check out our the campaign, please follow this link > https://bit.ly/SUFF2026campaign

Thank you to those who have already supported SUFF for our milestone year! 🙌 Deb 🙌 Glenn 🙌 Henry 🙌 Anonymous folk!

22/05/2026

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05/02/2026

SUFF celebrates 20 years this year and SUBMISSIONS are now open!

Get your films in before 23rd February to take advantage of the earlybird fee >>
https://filmfreeway.com/SydneyUndergroundFilmFestival

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