Festival pushes beyond boundaries of taste

By Andrew Taylor
Updated September 12 2017 - 5:28pm, first published 5:07pm
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEMPTEMBER 11: Stefan Popescu, director of the Sydney Underground Film Festival
at Factory Theatre on SEMPTEMBER 11, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEMPTEMBER 11: Stefan Popescu, director of the Sydney Underground Film Festival at Factory Theatre on SEMPTEMBER 11, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)

A film depicting the beating to death of a toddler by two boys will be shown at a Sydney film festival after it was approved by the federal government body responsible for the classification of movies, computer games and certain publications.

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