The Mother of all Lies, a docu-drama film that probes the secrets of Morocco’s 1981 Bread Riots, was Sunday named the best picture at the Sydney Film Festival. The jury, headed by Anurag Kashyap, c…
, called the Asmae El Moudir-directed film “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous.” It presented the A$60,000 cash prize film ahead at the State Theatre ahead of the Australian premiere screening of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
The largest prize pool in Sydney Film Festival history was shared by Australian filmmakers Derik Lynch and Matthew Thorne who were awarded the Documentary Australia Award’s $20,000 cash prize for “Marungka Tjalatjunu” , which follows Lynch, a Yankunytjatjara artist, on a road trip back to his country roots , as memories from his childhood return.
There were also five awards for short films. The AFTRS Craft Award for best practitioner went to Kalu Oji, Faro Musodza and Makwaya Masudi, screenwriters for “What’s In a Name?” The inaugural Event Cinemas Rising Talent Award, with a cash prize of A$7,000 was awarded to Robyn Liu, lead actor in “The Dancing Girl and the Balloon Man.”
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