A Boutique Celebration of Cinematic Outliers
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In 2025, Sydney Film Festival returns with another bold, brilliant and boundary-breaking program, and Ovolo Hotels is joining the spotlight as an Official Partner, offering a bespoke in-hotel experience that celebrates storytelling, style, and those who dare to do things differently.
For over 70 years, Sydney Film Festival has championed the power of cinema to inspire and provoke, giving a platform to outliers and visionaries across the globe. It’s a mission that resonates deeply with Ovolo, a brand built on breaking conventions, celebrating creativity, and delivering immersive experiences full of flavour, flair, and soul.
Film-Inspired Flair Across Ovolo Hotels
Throughout the festival, Ovolo will bring the spirit of the screen into its hotels with a suite of special activations:
- A Cinematic Cocktail Menu: Curated drinks inspired by famous on-screen moments, from a Bond-style Vesper Martini to The Great Gatsby’s Mint Julep, and non-alcoholic creations like a Peach Tea Lemonade paying homage to Call Me By Your Name. It’s cinema served shaken, stirred and sipped.
- Film of the Day: Ovolo Woolloomooloo will feature a rotating “Film of the Day” poster, co-curated with SFF. These recommendations, from indie gems to high-profile premieres, will be available to book directly from the front desk, with select films offered at a special guest rate.
- Festival Perks: All SFF ticket holders receive 20% off all food and beverage at participating Ovolo venues, from morning pastries to late-night bites and craft cocktails.
- The Outliers Series: Ovolo will also use this partnership as a platform to profile incredible individuals, filmmakers, artists, hotel guests and staff, who embody the spirit of being an outlier. Through interviews, stories, and social content, the Outliers Series will shine a spotlight on bold, creative minds from all walks of life.
Ovolo’s Top Picks from SFF 2025
With over 200+ films spanning genres, geographies, and generations, this year’s Sydney Film Festival lineup is a cinephile’s dream. Some of Ovolo’s top picks include:
- Together
Codependency takes on a twisted new meaning in the most anticipated Australian film of the year. Michael Shanks’s off-the-wall debut features “transformative” performances from Dave Franco and Alison Brie.
Find Out More - Twinless
Dylan O’Brien and director and co-star James Sweeney shine in this queer bromance comedy about two grieving twins. An ingenious, unpredictable, and hilarious crowd favourite from Sundance.
Find Out More - Dreams
Michel Franco (Memory, SFF 2024) reunites with Jessica Chastain in an erotic tale of two lovers that doubles as incendiary exploration of America’s relationship with Mexico.
Find Out More - The Unshakeable Destiny
Witness the world theatrical premiere of an ambitious trilogy exploring Hong Kong in flux by acclaimed local artist-filmmaker Nikki Lam.
Find Out More - The Golden Spurtle
A crowd-pleaser set in a picturesque Scottish village where contestants from around the globe have gathered for the annual World Porridge Making Championship. CPH:DOX 2025.
Find Out More - Journey Home, David Gulpilil
A powerful record of grief, community and ceremony in which the renowned Indigenous actor is laid to rest on his Homeland of Gupulul in Arnhem Land, NT.
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With the State Theatre just a short walk from Ovolo Woolloomooloo and SFFTV broadcast hubs nearby, Ovolo is not just a place to stay, it’s part of the culture landscape of the festival itself.
Whether you’re checking in, grabbing a bite, or toasting to a film that moved you, Ovolo Hotels is your home for cinematic moments this June.
Stay, Indulge and Imagine The Rest at Ovolo Woolloomooloo. Book Now.