The Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund was established in 2003 by the South Australian Premier, Mike Rann, to boost the local production of films.
When the American festival director Peter Sellars was director of the 2002 Adelaide Festival of Arts, he commissioned five films. Four of those films won awards, including The Tracker, Beneath Clouds and Walking on Water.The Age (28 November 2006) Peter Sellars' legacy finally bears fruit That success prompted the State Government to provide the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) with a production investment fund,Senses of Cinema (1 May 2007) More Please: Report on the 3rd Biennial Adelaide Film Festival. Retrieved 12 February 2015. which the AFF administers. Up to $1,000,000 is made available over a two-year period.Adelaide Film Festival , About. Retrieved 10 February 2015. The Adelaide Film Festival Board selects projects, based on recommendations from the Festival Director, and the slate of pictures produced premieres at the event.
To date, the Investment Fund has invested in seventy-two projects, including features, documentaries, short films and new media projects. These projects have won 70 international and 130 national awards. Adelaide remains one of the few festivals worldwide with an investment fund.
Purpose The Adelaide Film Festival aims to support the projects of strong creative teams. It uses creative criteria such as bold and innovative storytelling, and also requires projects to contribute culturally and economically to South Australia.ScreenDaily (1 October 2014) Australia: The festive spirit. Retrieved 10 February 2015. These projects will bring development opportunities, branding opportunities, or partnerships with national and international organisations. They should have potential to raise the profile of South Australia.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) In 2011, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City hosted a week-long festival of Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund films (from 7 to 13 April 2011).IF.com (24 January 2011) MOMA to host Adelaide Film Festival Fund films. Retrieved 10 February 2015.MoMA Adelaide Produces. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
The program included Look Both Ways, Ten Canoes, Samson and Delilah, Stunt Love, Boxing Day, Last Ride, My Year Without Sex and Mrs. Carey’s Concert.
Hive Production FUND + LAB In 2011, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Arts & Entertainment and the Adelaide Film Festival joined forces to create the Hive Production Fund. The inaugural FUND supported the projects The Boy Castaways by Michael Kantor, I Want to Dance Better at Parties by Matthew Bate, and Tender by Lynette Wallworth.
The LAB is run in partnership between the Australia Council for the Arts, Screen Australia, ABC Arts and South Australian Film Corporation. A unique workshop environment, it fosters new opportunities for artists working in theatre, art, dance and other non-cinematic fields to collaborate with traditional screen practitioners. The LAB encourages art form cross-pollination – between practitioners, and between processes and creative approaches.Mumbrella (25 February 2011) ABC TV and Adelaide Film Festival partner to create production fund. Retrieved 10 February 2015. The third and final LAB was scheduled to run during the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival.
Sundance Institute Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund collaborates with Sundance Institute’s New Frontier program to identify potential opportunities for Australian artists and filmmakers to present new media work at future editions of the Sundance Film Festival.Adelaide Film Festival (5 February 2015) SUNDANCE INSTITUTE AND ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL TO COLLABORATE. Retrieved 10 February 2015.South Australian Film Corporation (5 February 2015) Sundance Institute and Adelaide Film Festival Collaborate to Support Australian New Media Artists. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
New Frontier at Sundance Institute is a dynamic initiative intended to identify and foster independent artists working at the convergence of film, art, media, live performance, music and technology.
Since 2007, the New Frontier exhibition at the Sundance Film Festival has provided fiction, non-fiction and hybrid projects to showcase transmedia storytelling, multi-media installations, performances and films. It has a long presentation association of Australian work, including Lynette Wallworth’s Evolution of Fearlessness; Matthew Bate’s Sam Klemke's Time Machine; and Closer Productions’ My 52 Tuesdays project.
Past projects 201820172016FEATURE FILMS FEATURE FILMS FEATURE FILMS Hotel MumbaiCargoAli's WeddingI Am MotherSweet CountryThe NightingaleDOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY She Who Must Be LovedAfter the ApologyDavid Stratton: A Cinematic Life GuiltySHORT FILMS SHORT FILMS TV SERIES Lucy and D.i.C.Remembering AgathaDavid Stratton's Stories of Australian CinemaThe Art of the GameOddlandsDemonicMaking A MarkThe Woman and the CarBromley's SuitcaseDavi TV SERIES A Stone's ThrowF*!#ing Adelaide IMMERSIVE ART AND THE MOVING IMAGE Running 62: The Arrival VRGeoff Cobham: Already ElsewhereThe Waiting Room VIRTUAL REALITY The Summation of Force VR 2015 2013 2011 FEATURE FILMS FEATURE FILMS FEATURE FILMS A Month of Sundays 52 TuesdaysScreen-Space (29 August 2013) SOUTHERN COMFORT: THE 2013 ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW. Retrieved 12 February 2015. HailIF.com (2 December 2010) BigPond Adelaide Film Festival reveals 14 projects for world premiere. Retrieved 14 February 2015. Girl Asleep The Boy CastawaysInDaily (18 July 2013) Margaret and David’s new role with Adelaide Film Festival ToneDeaf (18 July 2013) Megan Washington And Tim Rogers Star In New Aussie Film. Retrieved 10 February 2015. Here I AmIF.com (18 July 2013) Adelaide Film Festival unveils premieres. Retrieved 14 February 2015. Spear Charlie's Country SnowtownAustralian Centre for the Moving Image (11 December 2014) ACMI announces broadcasting executive and former film festival director Katrina Sedgwick as new Director and CEO. Retrieved 10 February 2015. Tracks DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY Highly Strung All This Mayhem Life In Movement Sam Klemke's Time Machine Tender Mrs Carey’s Concert The Darkside Shut Up Little Man! The Tall Man SHORT FILMS SHORT FILMS SHORT FILMS Michelle's Story Muriel Matters! Magic Harvest Mood Machine I Want to Dance Better at Parties The Moment My Best Friend is Stuck on the Ceiling Welcome to Iron KnobBluebird Productions Welcome To Iron Knob. Retrieved 10 February 2015. Stunt Love Trent Parke - The Black Rose Ringbalin: Breaking the Drought The Palace Upside Down Feeling CROSS PLATFORM CROSS PLATFORM What We Know My 52 Tuesdays Danger 5BigPond Adelaide Film Festival (30 November 2010) Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund Announces Fourteen Projects For World Premiere At The 2011 Bigpond Adelaide Film Festival. Retrieved 12 February 2015. ART AND THE MOVING IMAGE ART AND THE MOVING IMAGE ART AND THE MOVING IMAGE Char Soo Daniel Crooks, Pan No.11 Rekindling Venus: In Plain Sight The Way of the Ngangkari Stranded 2009 2007 2005 FEATURE FILMS FEATURE FILMS FEATURE FILMS Last Ride Boxing DayAustralian Screen Boxing Day (2007). Retrieved 10 February 2015. Look Both Ways Lucky Country Dr PlonkAt The Movies Adelaide Film Festival Package. Retrieved 10 February 2015. Ten Canoes My Tehran for Sale Lucky Miles My Year Without SexUrban Cinephile (5 February 2009) ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – PREVIEW . Retrieved 10 February 2015.Arts Project Australia BigPond Adelaide Film Festival Launches Highlights. Retrieved 12 February 2015. The Home Song Stories Samson and Delilah DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY A Good Man Forbidden Lie$ I Told You I Was Ill: Spike Milligan Kalaupapa – Heaven Words from the City SHORT FILMS SHORT FILMS SHORT FILMS Necessary Games Crocodile Dreaming Azadi Schadenfreude Spike Up Fritz Gets Rich Salt Sweet and Sour Nascent The Bully Swing The Cat Piano What the Future Sounded Like ART AND THE MOVING IMAGE CROSS PLATFORM Duality of LightSydney Festival 2010 Lynette Wallworth. Retrieved 10 February 2015.Forma Duality of Light. Retrieved 12 February 2015. UsMob.com.au
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