Photo credits: Director Stefan Popescu / Camera Ivan Buljan

About the festival

The 2008 Sydney Underground Film Festival will take place from Thursday 11th
September to Sunday 14th September in Sydney’s premier event space, 
The Factory Theatre.

The festival programs a high calibre of independent and experimental films and is
organised by a committed group of filmmakers, who understand the need for a
sustainable and thriving alternative film culture.

The Sydney Underground Film Festival provides a platform for exhibition, exposure and critical discussion. The organisers are devoted to renewing local interest in independent and experimental film as part of an international underground film culture.

Mission statement

The Sydney Underground Film Festival is dedicated to nurturing an alternative film
culture through the promotion of independent and experimental films. The festival
seeks to support filmmakers who operate outside established film industry
infrastructures, by providing a platform for exhibition, exposure and critical discussion.

Directors note

Our philosophy is formed from an understanding that every established film industry
thrives against a subversive force. Historically, it has always been the marginal
movements in film culture, which eventually influences mainstream film forms.
Opposition is a necessary tension that promotes growth and artistic diversity in all film cultures and subcultures. Sadly, the Australian film industry has very little resistance against established commercial and regulated film production.

So in stating this, our intention is to promote a culture of resistance, simply by
nurturing artistic diversity and experimentation in film, rather than maintaining an adversarial position against established infrastructures (as much as we may disagree
with them). We believe that discussion, dialectic and diversity is the means by which
the Australian film industry can be strengthened and sustained.

Please click here to read our Festival Integrity Statement

Stefan Popescu and Katherine Berger, Feb 07

SUFF PATRONS

• ALBIE THOMS
• PAUL WINKLER
• DAVID PERRY
• JOHN CLARK
• ARTHUR CANTRILL
• CORINNE CANTRILL
 
The Sydney Underground Film Festival would like to warmly welcome our new Patrons in 2008. Albie Thoms, Paul Winkler, David Perry, and John Clark (all members of the historically and culturally important UBU Films group and also the Sydney Filmmaker’s Cooperative) have all gladly accepted patronage. We have also invited Arthur and Corinne Cantrill (a couple that have been making films together for over the last 50 years) to be patrons alongside the UBU members as all these filmmakers have all contributed greatly over the years to Australia’s avant-garde film movement. More details about our patrons coming soon.

Contact us

Sydney Underground Film Festival
PO Box 202
Summer Hill
N.S.W 2130
Australia

Ph: 02 9797 9428
Email: info@suff.com.au

The festival team