Sydney Underground Film Festival

22/05/2026

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17/05/2026

13/05/2026

Sydneysiders!
WIN TICKETS to see PASSENGER
https://www.flicks.com.au/member/rewards-comps/passenger-2026-au-screening/

08/05/2026

TAKE48 RETURNS FOR IT'S 8TH YEAR! Show us what you got ;)

EMBRACE THE CHAOS, ENJOY THE RIDE

Filmmakers, it’s time… TAKE48 returns for its 8th edition, and registrations are now OPEN.

You’ve got 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a short film… Show us what you’re made of!

2026 KEY DATES 🗓️
TAKE48 2026 will run from 7PM Friday, 14th August to 7PM Sunday, 16th August (AEST Timezone). You can take part from anywhere in the world, thanks to our online submission process!

SCREENING 🍿
Every completed film gets the chance to hit the big screen at Sydney Underground Film Festival

AWARDS 🏆
There are 11 awards waiting to be claimed this year

Clear your schedule, summon your crew. SUFF’s most popular event is calling to you!

➡️ Head to https://www.take48.com.au/2026 to read more and to register to join in on the action.

PLUS, DON’T MISS EARLY-BIRD REGO PRICES - ENDS 14 JUNE

Shoutout to Dan Thrax for this year’s artwork!!

04/05/2026

GOING DOWN Sneak Preview | 4K Restoration
Thursday 7 May 2026 8:00pm (Doors 7:30pm)
Marrickville Mothership Studios
Hosted by Jay Katz (Mu-Meson Archives)

Be among the very first to see the stunning new 4K restoration of one of the great lost masterpieces of Australian cinema, before it hits cinemas nationwide.
Shot on the streets of Sydney and set over one wild 24 hours in the city’s underbelly, Going Down is raw, funny, heartbreaking and ferociously alive.
This is a one-night sneak preview.
Seats are strictly limited. Once they're gone, they're gone.

Win a free T-shirt at the sneak preview of GOING DOWN..

Get tickets on Humanitix - Going Down Film Screening - Marrickville Mothership (sneak peak). Mothership Studios, 18-22 Sydney St, Marrickville NSW 2204, Australia. Thursday 7th May 2026. Find event information.

03/05/2026

⚡ENTER THE SUFF⚡

Regular submissions for the Sydney Underground Film Festival close 4th May via

If you’ve been sitting on something strange, unhinged, bold or just damn funny - now’s the moment to unleash it.

2026 marks our 20th edition. This is your chance to be part of it.

⚡ Features. Documentaries. Shorts. Experiments.
⚡ Too weird for the mainstream? Perfect.

Submit now. Before the void closes.
Link in bio.



*Artwork inspo (we couldn’t help ourselves) taken from Enter the Void, which had its Australian premiere at SUFF back in 2010.

30/04/2026

🚨 IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN 🚨
WE’RE ON THE SEARCH FOR A 2026 SUFF KEY ARTIST🎨
Who should create our next poster?

We’ve had an incredible run of artists over the years and now we’re gearing up for something special… our 20TH EDITION!

🗓 Thu 10 – Sun 13 September 2026
📍 The Factory Theatre Marrickville
(Back to our OG venue for 2026!)

Each year’s artwork gets the full treatment - brought to life with animation by Producible🔥

Nominate yourself or tag an artist we need to see 👇

🎯 Past SUFF artists have included:
Illousa Sajaklamo, Sonny & Biddy, Aley Wild, Ralph Steadman, Reg Mombassa, Ben Brown, Ben Ely, Dan Withey, Mark Van De Beek, Glenno, Stefan Faehler and Ben Toupein!

30/04/2026

SAVE 2SER!

Sign the petition to protect one of Sydney’s vital independent voices.

From SUFF's inception in 2007, 2SER wasn’t just a supporter - they were part of our DNA. They backed us when we were small, gave us space on the airwaves, championed our filmmakers, and helped us build our audience from the ground up.

They ran on-air campaigns, interviewed emerging filmmakers, gave away tickets to our screenings, and even provided us with DJs to help shape the sound and spirit of the festival! That kind of grassroots, community-driven support is rare and really important.

Losing 2SER would mean losing a platform that uplifts independent culture, creativity, and voices that don’t always get heard. That is SUFF's schtick too - giving a voice to the underdog and 2SER gets it.

If you care about independent media, local arts, and the future of community storytelling, sign the petition here:
https://c.org/jfxmj849WT

As SUFF celebrates its 20th edition this September, it would be extra special to know 2SER can be saved.

Save 2SER-FM

29/04/2026

Our friends Groovescooter are presenting a couple of seshs of GOING DOWN Directed by Hayden Keenan. A you beaut 4k restoration. First sesh is sold out and 2 extra screening are getting close:
• 8.00pm, Saturday May 23rd, 2026
• 3.30pm, Sunday May 31st, 2026

Middle-class Karli (Tracy Mann), alcoholic Jane (Vera Plevnik), unemployed Jackie (Julie Barry), and square Ellen (Moira MacLaine-Cross) are four friends living together and barely scraping by in suburban Sydney. But when Karli’s father offers her a little money and a one-way ticket to New York, she finally sees a way out of her dead-end life—that is, until the money goes missing, kickstarting a final night out on the town that none of them will ever forget.

Screens with Anthony Bautovich‘s award winning short “Darlinghurst Eats Its Young”
Get your tix now: https://www.groovescooter.com/going-down

05/02/2026

SUFF celebrates 20 years this year and SUBMISSIONS are now open!

Get your films in before 23rd February to take advantage of the earlybird fee >>
https://filmfreeway.com/SydneyUndergroundFilmFestival

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04/02/2026

Our friends over at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival are kicking off their 2026 fest tomorrow night!

We will share a few titles over the coming days that SUFF audiences may dig.

Up first is...

Victor Kossakovsky’s TRILLION. Screening at Antenna on the 8th and 15th Feb.

We are yet to see this one but if you are a lover of experimental films and especially love hypnotic, slow, sensory films on the big screen - then this could be for you.

** Victor was behind the wonderful GUNDA, which screened at Antenna back in 2020 - about the daily life of a pig...

🎞 Screenings
• Sun 8 Feb, 7:30pm - Dendy Newtown
• Sun 15 Feb, 2:15pm - Randwick Ritz

Details: https://antennafestival.org/films/trillion/

🌀 Show up for the strange ones.

A woman walks across weather-beaten rocks by the sea. Barefoot in a simple white dress, her face hidden beneath a floppy hat and carrying a heavy sack, she moves with quiet, unwavering purpose through a raw, windswept landscape. Filmed in luminous black-and-white and shaped by a striking score and s...