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I watched some 40 films at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Here are my top five picks – and one hilarious flop

  • Written by: Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
I watched some 40 films at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Here are my top five picks – and one hilarious flopA still from Megalopolis.IMDB/Megalopolis

This year’s Sydney Film Festival’s rich offerings of films more than compensated for the minor technical issues that led to some screenings being interrupted.

Out of the 40-odd films I saw, here are my top five, along with some notable mentions and three disappointments (including a genuine dud).

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