Sydney Film Festival to feature zombies, Woody Allen and a Maori Boy Genius

The 59th Sydney Film Festival has announced its first round of films.

Festival director Nashen Moodley told Encore: “I think what we’ve presented so far is a good view of world cinema and brought together some of the best films from the best film festivals around the world.”

Twenty-two Australian premieres, 15 features and 10 documentaries are included in the 25 titles announced.

The program so far includes Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, which won the grand jury prize at Sundance, the Woody Harrelson-starring Rampart directed by Oren Moverman and zombie film Harold’s Going Stiff by Keith Wright.