Australian stories lead the local offerings. Selina Miles’ Silenced follows lawyer Jennifer Robinson and survivors Brittany Higgins and Amber Heard, framed through defamation law and the #MeToo movement.

Ian Darling AO returns with In the Valley, portraying rural life in Kangaroo Valley.

International titles include Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire, starring Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, and Al Pacino, and the documentary Broken English on Marianne Faithfull, featuring Tilda Swinton and George MacKay.

Festival winners include İlker Çatak’s Yellow Letters, a Golden Bear winner in Berlin, and Rafael Manuel’s Filipiñana, a Sundance award winner.

Other highlights include Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend, Ulrike Ottinger’s The Blood Countess with Isabelle Huppert, and Pete Ohs’ Erupcja, starring Charli XCX.

The lineup also features Marwan Hamed’s El Sett, chronicling Umm Kulthum’s rise, Damien Hauser’s Memory of Princess Mumbi, Firouzeh Khosrovani’s Past Future Continuous, and Tamra Davis’ The Best Summer, capturing Australia’s 1995 Summersault tour.

“Prize winners from Berlinale and Sundance, an immersive Australian premiere, and distinctive voices from across the globe – we wanted to give a glimpse of what’s coming to SFF,” said festival director Nashen Moodley.