Sandra Sdraulig appointed chair of Adelaide Film Festival
Sandra Sdraulig has been announced as the new chair of the Adelaide Film Festival, replacing Cheryl Bart who is stepping down.
The announcement was one of the last by outgoing South Australian Premier Mike Rann.
Rann said in a press release: “Until recently, Sandra Sdraulig was CEO of Film Victoria, and under her leadership, she saw the Victorian film industry reach the highest levels of film investment on record, improving annual production output from $90 million to over $260 million. Prior to leading Film Victoria, Sandra was Executive Director of the Melbourne International Film Festival – one of Victoria’s pre-eminent arts events. She’s been a member of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts Board, and a board member of the South Australian Art Gallery. I could not think of anyone better than Sandra to fill this position given her background in film investment and in running a major film festival, and builds on her already strong connections to South Australia’s arts community.”
Sdraulig said: “I am delighted and honoured to be steering an event and organization that has not only been wholeheartedly embraced by audiences and the industry alike but that has so quickly and effectively developed an international reputation for delivering an innovative and bold festival and investment program. In a spirit of collaboration, I look forward to working with the board, management, Government and the industry, to build on this extraordinary success.”
Earlier this year, Sdraulig’s exit from Film Victoria made headlines with a farewell party with a bill of $45,000 including $30,000 worth of food and alcohol and $10,000 on a DVD tribute to Sdraulig.
The party sparked an investigation by Victoria’s Tourism and Major Events Minister Louise Asher, cancelling all scheduled entertainment, dinners and future events.
The festival takes place every two years. The 2013 Adelaide Film Festival will take place from 10-20 October 2013.
Oh well at least the party at the end of the festival is already budgeted in, not like they’ll have to sacrifice funding for filmmakers to have a fair suck of the sauce bottle, maybe she can enter her $10,000 DVD in the festival. Sparked an investigation”..what was the result of that investigation? Nothing….typical
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$50,000 welcome party anyone?
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It seems pretty unfair to ignore Sandra’s amazing successes at Film Vic to concentrate on one controversy.
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It seems pretty unfair that one controversy can be simply brushed aside, like nothing happened. Film Victoria never referred to it directly and no one ever heard anything about the ‘investigation’.
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Or is it unfair to use money that should go to filmmakers and spend it on a party.. money that could help filmmakers develop potentially amazing careers. If Sandra wanted a party then everybody should pay a per head surcharge to celebrate Sandra’s amazing successes at Film Vic, why is that too much to ask? Lots of people in the public service have amazing careers..very few feel its their right to spend $45,000 on a party so they can close a chapter on their well paid public service life. The continued disconnect is staggering, its simple..its not their money..its ours.. and they had no right to do it..this is money that is set aside to help filmmakers..what part of “this is wrong” is hard to understand?
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