$1.8M boost for Sydney Film Festival

Sydney could be an international film destination to rival Cannes, Venice and Toronto, Academy Award-winning film-maker George Miller says.

The Happy Feet director joined NSW Arts Minister Frank Sartor in announcing a $1.8 million funding boost over four years for the Sydney Film Festival. Mr Sartor said the announcement signalled the “coming of age” of the Sydney Film Festival, which began in 1954 and is one of the world’s oldest film festivals.

Miller said the injection of funding would help push the harbour city’s film festival into the spotlight. “I don’t think I would be a film-maker today if it didn’t win an award but was shown at the festival and got notoriety. Most of the Australian film-makers would have a similar story – everyone from Jane Campion, Phil Noyce, Gillian Armstrong. We learnt to make films at the Sydney and Melbourne film festivals.”

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