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 Indian Film Festival: Bollywood & Beyond (IFF) has welcomed seven of the finest filmmaking and acting talents in Indian cinema to the country for IFF's Sydney and Melbourne openings - acclaimed multi award-winning actress Vidya Balan; actor/producer, pop star and supermodel Malaika Arora Khan; Pakistani pop sensation and new acting talent, Ali Zafar; directors Kabir Khan (Kabul Express); and Raj Kumar Gupta (Aamir); actor turned producer Arbaaz Khan; and producer Leslee Udwin...
Adelaide was buzzing this week as hundreds of national and international filmmakers, film industry figures and talent filled the city for the opening weekend of the 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival (BAFF).
The Festival, officially opened by the Premier of South Australian, the Hon Mike Rann, commenced with the world premiere screening of Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond's highly anticipated documentary MRS CAREY'S CONCERT, followed by a surprise live performance by Emil...
The 2007 Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) program was launched this morning by Festival Director, Katrina Sedgwick at the Palace Cinemas in Adelaide, one of the main venues for this year’s festival. Taking place from February 22 to March 4, the 2007 AFF will present a dynamic program of screenings, special events, workshops and forums, which is expected to attract over 45,000 film lovers and film makers across its 11-day program. This festival, the third AFF will present an astounding 17 world pre...
Adelaide Film Festival has announced Michael James Rowland’s debut feature Lucky Miles and Rolf De Heer’s newest feature film, Dr Plonk as the Opening and Closing Night films for the 2007 festival. Both films are part of a slate of twelve new Australian films which received funding from the Adelaide Film Festival Fund and will premiere at the 2007 Festival, running from February 22 to March 4. Festival Director, Katrina Sedgwick said, ‘It is wonderful to be able to program both our openin...
Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund shows it worth in its inaugural funding roundEstablished by Premier of South Australia Hon Mike Rann in July 2003, the AFFIF is fast establishing itself as a prestigious investment partner, with a multi award winning and innovative slate of projects delivered from its inaugural biennial round.The first feature film to receive investment was Sarah Watt's Australian hit Look Both Ways, which had its world premiere as the Opening Night film for the 2005 Adelai...
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...
The second Adelaide Film Festival, a pet initiative of South Australian Premier Mike Rann and helmed by Festival Director Katrina Sedgwick, was launched on Friday evening with the world premiere of Sarah Watt’s debut feature Look Both Ways.At a time when the Australian film industry is undergoing a period of intense self-analysis and recession in the face of damning box office statistics and strident critical vitriol, Look Both Ways engaged the gala audience with a moving combination of emotio...
2005 Adelaide Film Festival Announces Full ProgramThe full program for the Adelaide Film Festival 2005 (AFF 05) was launched at Greater Union City Cinema today, Tuesday 25 January by South Australian Premier Mike Rann and Festival Director Katrina Sedgwick.Running from February 18 until 3 March the AFF 05 will showcase films from more than 43 countries across more than 200 screenings including more than 100 Australian premieres, nineteen world premieres more than seventy feature films and more t...
IMAGE IS EVERYTHINGHighlights of Adelaide Film Festival 2005 AnnouncedSouth Australian Premier Mike Rann and Adelaide Film Festival Director Katrina Sedgwick today launched the poster and highlights for the biennial Adelaide Film Festival 2005.The critically acclaimed biennial Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) will again be a celebration of THE SCREEN, with over 190 sessions running over thirteen days and nights from 18 February to 3 March (an additional five days on the 2003 Film Festival).The AFF ...
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 ...
