Earlier this morning, organisers of the Sydney Film Festival announced the full program for next month’s event. Alongside the usual chin-stroking festival fare — we’ll have a proper run down of the most exciting prospects later this afternoon — there’ll be a special touch of Hollywood glamour at this year’s proceedings:

RPATTZ IS COMING TO SYDNEY.

RPATTZ IS COMING TO SYDNEY.

RPATTZ IS COMING TO SYDNEY.

Your British boyfriend will be joining the festivities to present the Australian premiere of his new movie, The Rover, co-starring Guy Pearce and directed by David Michod (Animal Kingdom). The film — which was shot in the Flinders Ranges and other South Australian country towns — is a dystopian drama filled with dangerous gangs marauding across a Mad Max-ian landscape.

Sadly, RPattz looks like this in it:

Alongside the June 7 screening, Pattinson, Pearce, Michod and producer Liz Watts will also “give a talk as part of Vivid Ideas”, with further details to be announced in coming weeks.

Basically, this whole thing’s been a super-long way of saying: put on your fanciest underpants, and practice your twat-blocking in case KStew turns up as well (sigh, stay home, KStew).

Find the full program and further details here.