Indigenous Film Festival 10th Anniversary at Sydney Opera House

Enjoy 7 world premieres of 7 Short Films by 7 new Australian directors including directorial debuts by Deborah Mailman and Leah Purcell.

FREE public screenings, FREE live music,and a FREE photographic art exhibition. You will also have an opportunity to meet and talk with filmmakers after each session.

Sydney Opera House is proud to present the 10th Message Sticks Festival, a program of film and performance celebrating the creativity of indigenous artists from Australia and overseas. Through our public and performance programmes, we seek to give a range of artists and performers a place at Sydney Opera House in which to speak to the wider community.

A significant feature of this festival is that the works must be by indigenous artists and not simply about indigenous issues. The films and shorts in this years festival showcase excellence in performance and filmmaking, and demonstrate Sydney Opera Houses longstanding commitment to the process of reconciliation. I invite you to experience these culturally significant works that will resonate with indigenous and non indigenous audiences alike.

Richard Evans CEO, Sydney Opera House