Sydney will play host to the biggest competitive international film festival ever staged in the country with the launch of the inaugural Cockatoo Island Film Festival (24 - 28 October).

The very best films from 15 countries will compete for a series of prestigious awards to be presented at a red carpet gala awards ceremony on Saturday night, 28 October, including Best Feature Film, Jury Prize for Artistic Vision, Best Documentary, Best Australian Short, the Young Film-maker of the Year and a $20,000 NSW Mining Young Indigenous Documentary Fellowship. (Lists of feature doco films in competition attached).

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