Adelaide Film Festival
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The Adelaide Film Festival is a biennial and non-competitive film festival held (on alternating years to the Adelaide Festival of Arts
) over two weeks in late February, in Adelaide
, South Australia
.
First established in May 2002, by South Australian Premier
Hon. Mike Rann
to stimulate the local film industry and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the South Australian Film Corporation
, the festival showcases and explores contemporary screen culture with a program of screenings, special events and forum sessions.
In 2005, the festival was held in collaboration with both the Australian International Documentary Conference
and WOMADelaide
.
The AFF has a strong focus on local South Australian and Australian produced content, with the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF) introduced after the 2003 festival to establish a fund for equity investment in Australian films, of $500,000 per year for two years.
In 2009 the festival was held from 19 February til 1 March.
The AAF is featured in Variety Magazine's Top 50 unmissable film festivals around the world.
On Friday 21 October 2011 it was announced that former Film Victoria
chief executive Sandra Sdraulig had been appointed chair of the festival Outgoing South Australian Premier Mike Rann
said the appointment would generate in excess of $23 million for the state's hospitality and catering industry over the next four years, with the appointment party alone expected to cost approximately $7 million.
2005 saw over 250 screenings, including the world premiere of six AFFIF funded titles, including Look Both Ways a feature film directed by Sarah Watt, the interactive web series UsMob.com.au filmed in the Hidden Valley town camp outside Alice Springs in Arrernte
country and the new rescore to Fritz Lang's
Metropolis
by The New Pollutants (Benjamin Speed
and Tyson Hopprich)
.
, Premier of South Australia and is presented by the Board of the Adelaide Film Festival in recognition of the outstanding contribution by an individual to the Australian film industry who has "enriched Australian screen culture through their work".
In 2003 the award was presented to Australian Indigenous actor David Gulpilil
, in 2005 to documentary film maker Dennis O'Rourke
, and in 2007 to feature film director Rolf de Heer
.
Adelaide Festival of Arts
The Adelaide Festival of Arts is an arts festival held biennially in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Although locally considered to be one of the world's greatest celebrations of the arts, that is internationally renowned and the pre-eminent cultural event in Australia, it is actually...
) over two weeks in late February, in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
.
First established in May 2002, by South Australian Premier
Premiers of South Australia
Before the 1890s when there was no formal party system in South Australia, MPs tended to have historical liberal or conservative beliefs. The liberals dominated government from 1893 to 1905 with Labor support, with the conservatives mostly in opposition. Labor took government with the support of...
Hon. Mike Rann
Mike Rann
Michael David Rann MHA, CNZM , Australian politician, served as the 44th Premier of South Australia. He led the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party to minority government at the 2002 election, before attaining a landslide win at the 2006 election...
to stimulate the local film industry and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972. Former State Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities....
, the festival showcases and explores contemporary screen culture with a program of screenings, special events and forum sessions.
In 2005, the festival was held in collaboration with both the Australian International Documentary Conference
Australian International Documentary Conference
The Australian International Documentary Conference was established in Adelaide in 1987, with the first conference being held in the Clare Valley, north of Adelaide. It was held biennially from 1987 , but became an annual event in 2003. It is described as being 'run by the industry for the industry'...
and WOMADelaide
WOMADelaide
WOMADelaide is an annual world music and dance festival, which was first held in 1992 in Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia as part of the WOMAD series of music festivals. WOMAD events are a showcase of different sorts of music, arts and dance. They encourage people to experience the music of...
.
The AFF has a strong focus on local South Australian and Australian produced content, with the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF) introduced after the 2003 festival to establish a fund for equity investment in Australian films, of $500,000 per year for two years.
In 2009 the festival was held from 19 February til 1 March.
The AAF is featured in Variety Magazine's Top 50 unmissable film festivals around the world.
On Friday 21 October 2011 it was announced that former Film Victoria
Film Victoria
Film Victoria is a statutory authority of the State Government of Victorian, Australia that provides strategic leadership and assistance for film, television, and digital media production in the Australian state of Victoria....
chief executive Sandra Sdraulig had been appointed chair of the festival Outgoing South Australian Premier Mike Rann
Mike Rann
Michael David Rann MHA, CNZM , Australian politician, served as the 44th Premier of South Australia. He led the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party to minority government at the 2002 election, before attaining a landslide win at the 2006 election...
said the appointment would generate in excess of $23 million for the state's hospitality and catering industry over the next four years, with the appointment party alone expected to cost approximately $7 million.
2003 Adelaide International Film Festival
The inaugural Adelaide International Film Festival was held between 28 February to 3 March 2003. Totalling 150 screenings, the festival was met with both critical acclaim and popular support with a third of the ninety ticketed screenings sold out.2005 Adelaide Film Festival
The second biennial Adelaide Film Festival was held between 18 February to 3 March 2005 and recorded total screening attendances of more than 33,000 across the 13 days, and a further 6,300 across Festival's other events, rising by approximately 96% from 2003.2005 saw over 250 screenings, including the world premiere of six AFFIF funded titles, including Look Both Ways a feature film directed by Sarah Watt, the interactive web series UsMob.com.au filmed in the Hidden Valley town camp outside Alice Springs in Arrernte
Arrernte people
The Arrernte people , known in English as the Aranda or Arunta, are those Indigenous Australians who are the original custodians of Arrernte lands in the central area of Australia around Mparntwe or Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. The Arrernte tribe has lived there for more than 20,000 years...
country and the new rescore to Fritz Lang's
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...
Metropolis
Metropolis (film)
Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist film in the science-fiction genre directed by Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany during a stable period of the Weimar Republic, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and makes use of this context to explore the social crisis between workers and...
by The New Pollutants (Benjamin Speed
Benjamin Speed
Benjamin Peter Speed is an Australian musician who composes scores for film, television and theatre...
and Tyson Hopprich)
2009 Adelaide Film Festival
The fourth biennial Adelaide Film Festival was held between 19 February and 1 March and featured more than 150 films from 49 different countries. The festival was held in conjunction with the Australian International Documentary Conference, and, for the first time, the National Screenwriters Conference. The film festival included 21 world premieres as well as numerous Australian premieres. The opening night film was My Year Without SexMy Year Without Sex (film)
My Year Without Sex received strongly favourable reviews, and was touted by The Sydney Morning Herald as "possibly the best" Australian film of 2009 as well as "the most accomplished" local film of 2009 by The Age....
.
Don Dunstan Award
The Don Dunstan Award was established in honour of Don DunstanDon Dunstan
Donald Allan "Don" Dunstan, AC, QC was a South Australian politician. He entered politics as the Member for Norwood in 1953, became state Labor leader in 1967, and was Premier of South Australia between June 1967 and April 1968, and again between June 1970 and February 1979.The son of a business...
, Premier of South Australia and is presented by the Board of the Adelaide Film Festival in recognition of the outstanding contribution by an individual to the Australian film industry who has "enriched Australian screen culture through their work".
In 2003 the award was presented to Australian Indigenous actor David Gulpilil
David Gulpilil
David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu , is an Indigenous Australian traditional dancer and actor. His first starring role was Walkabout....
, in 2005 to documentary film maker Dennis O'Rourke
Dennis O'Rourke
Dennis O'Rourke is an Australian documentary filmmaker.- Biography :For most of his childhood, Dennis O'Rourke lived in a small country town, where his parents ran a failing business, until he was sent to a Catholic boarding school for his secondary education...
, and in 2007 to feature film director Rolf de Heer
Rolf de Heer
Rolf de Heer is a Dutch film director, writer and producer living in Australia. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and...
.