Christie will illuminate the screens of the 2025 SXSW Sydney Screen Festival with its CineLife+ series cinema projectors, bringing exceptional visual experiences to audiences from October 13 to 19, 2025.
Currently in its third year, SXSW Sydney continues to be one of the region’s most anticipated celebrations of creativity and innovation, spanning film, music, gaming, and technology. As a trusted projection partner, Christie’s cinema solutions will power screenings across several key venues, including the Everest Theatre at the Seymour Centre, which, for the first time, serves as the main theatre for SXSW Sydney’s headline film screenings.
Working in partnership with Original Syndicate and HOYTS Cinema Technology Group (CTG), Christie will provide its CP4435-RGB pure laser cinema projector, a 4K-resolution, 35,000-lumen unit. The projector will deliver imagery on a 11.5m by 4.81m Severtson SAT4K acoustically transparent woven screen, promising festivalgoers an unforgettable cinematic experience at the Everest Theatre.
Film enthusiasts can also experience Christie’s visuals at Palace Central Cinema Sydney in Chippendale, another flagship venue for this year’s Screen Festival. Christie CineLife+ RBe projectors featuring Phazer illumination are among the projection systems in use at Palace Central. Additional SXSW Sydney Screen Festival screenings will take place at Ritz Cinema in Randwick and Dendy Cinemas in Newtown.
Simon Cahill, co-managing director of SXSW Sydney: “We’re thrilled to continue our partnership with Christie, whose projection technology has become an integral part of the SXSW Sydney experience. This year marks an exciting milestone as we bring our Screen Festival headline screenings to the Seymour Centre’s Everest Theatre for the first time, and we’re delighted to have Christie’s advanced CineLife+ series projectors bringing every story to life with stunning clarity and colour.”
Olga Aleksan, senior regional cinema sales manager for Australia and New Zealand, Christie, added: “We’re proud that SXSW Sydney continues to place its trust in Christie to deliver its screenings year after year. The SXSW Sydney Screen Festival is known for daring, disruptive, and unforgettable storytelling, and our CineLife+ series projectors ensure that every film is experienced exactly as its creators intended—with the clarity, colour, and detail that bring their stories vividly to life.”