Adelaide Film Festival

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.

2003 Adelaide International Film Festival

The inaugural Adelaide International Film Festival was held between February 28 to March 3 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 February 18 to March 3 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 country and the new rescore to Fritz Lang's Metropolis by The New Pollutants (Benjamin Speed and Tyson Hopprich)

Don Dunstan Award

The Don Dunstan Award was established in honour of Don Dunstan, 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.

External links

* [http://www.adelaidefilmfestival.org/index.html Official Site]
* [http://2003.adelaidefilmfestival.org/ 2003 Official Site]
* [http://www.usmob.com.au UsMob.com.au]