After nine and a half years as Festival Director/ CEO of the Adelaide Film Festival, Katrina Sedgwick today announced she would be leaving the Festival at the end of 2011 to pursue other opportunities in the arts as well in film. She will continue in her role until the end of the year before handing over to a new Festival Director in early 2012.“It has been a wonderful opportunity for me to have been able to develop and deliver my own fairly idiosyncratic version of a film festival over the pa...
The 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival has been a huge success with 30 sold out sessions and an overall increase in attendances of 22%, contributing to a 16% increase in box office revenue from 2009.
BAFF audience members also voted via SMS and online to vote the stunning new Australian film SNOWTOWN (Best Feature) ,the thrilling and poignant SENNA (Best Documentary) and the moving THE PALACE (Best Short) in the BigPond Audience Awards.
Of the 48 Australian films that screene...
The 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival has been a huge success with 30 sold out sessions and an overall increase in attendances of 22%, contributing to a 16% increase in box office revenue from 2009.
BAFF audience members also voted via SMS and online to vote the stunning new Australian film SNOWTOWN (Best Feature) ,the thrilling and poignant SENNA (Best Documentary) and the moving THE PALACE (Best Short) in the BigPond Audience Awards.
Of the 48 Australian films that screened at ...
Chair of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), Cheryl Bart todayannounced that the Premier of South Australia and Minister for the Arts, the Hon Mike Rann MP has appointed Julie Ryan and Jane Yuile as new Directors of the SAFC Board.“I am very pleased to welcome Julie and Jane to the Board of the SAFC. They bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience that I’m sure will prove invaluable to the future direction and continued success of the SAFC. Julie’s appointment demonstra...
The Adelaide Film Festival is delighted to announce STILL LIFE by Jia Zhang-Ke as the winner of the inaugural NATUZZI International Award for Best Feature Film with special mention to SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and DARATT by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, as winner of the FIPRESCI International Critics Award for Best First or Second Feature. The winners were announced last night, at the closing night of the Adelaide Film Festival and world premiere screening of Rolf de Heer’s...
The AFI Awards are the Australian Film and Television Industry's longest running and most prestigious awards ceremony. Now in their 47th year, the AFI Awards offered a night of glamour and style, while focusing both industry and public attention on the best in Australian film and television productions. Recognised internationally, the AFI Awards are the premier event of Australian film culture, acknowledging excellence in a broad range of categories that cover Feature Film, Television, Documenta...
THREE NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL BOARD Adelaide Film Festival Chairman Cheryl Bart announced today that the Premier of South Australia, the Hon Mike Rann has appointed three dynamic new members to the Board of the Adelaide Film Festival - Sue Maslin, Vivienne Skinner & Wayne Lewis.Mr Wayne Lewis, founding member and director of Rising Sun Pictures, has been at the forefront, internationally, in the field of film visual effects and computer-generated animation. Ms Sue Maslin...
ANDREW BOVELL APPOINTED TO ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL BOARDAdelaide Film Festival Chairman Cheryl Bart announced today that the Premier had appointed Andrew Bovell to the Board of the Adelaide Film FestivalIn 2002 the London Film Critics Circle named Andrew Scriptwriter of the Year and in 2001 he was awarded the inaugural Australian Film Institute Screenwriting Prize. He is currently a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council and a recipient of a Centenary Medal for his contribution t...
The Adelaide Film Festival has announced the first nine projects commissioned through the newly established Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF). The fund, an initiative of the Premier of South Australia, the Hon Mike Rann, gives the Adelaide Film Festival a unique position in Australia’s film calendar. The Festival not only showcases the best of international screen culture but is the only Festival to also commission new and innovative Australian works, for premiere at the biennial ...
