Adelaide film fest revenue up 16%
According to the organisers, the Adelaide Film Festival saw a 22 percent increase in attendance during its 2011 edition, and a 16 percent increase in box office revenue from 2009.
“Our ambition to create a festival that encourages conversation and creative collaboration has certainly been delivered,” said the chair of the festival, Cheryl Bart.
Audience members via SMS and online to name Snowtown, Senna and The Palace the Best Feature, Documentary and Short, respectively.
The organisers provided a list of their highlights from the event that took place earlier this month:
- The response to the opening night world premiere of Mrs. Carey’s Concert followed by a performance by student Emily Sun and the Marryatville High School orchestra
- The Woody Allen video tribute and response by Judy Davis on being presented with the Don Dunstan Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Film Industry
- A resounding response for director Justin Kurzel, producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw and the young stars Lucas Pittaway and Daniel Henshall at the world premiere of Snowtown, which sold out all three sessions at the Festival
- A standing ovation for director Tony Krawitz, producer Darren Dale and the family members of Cameron Doomadgee’s family after the World Premiere of The Tall Man
- A Q&A with Tanya Liedtke’s brother Boris following the screening of Life in Movement
- A standing ovation for director Beck Cole, producer Kath Shelper and the cast after the World Premiere of Here I Am – as reported by Encore and documented in the following video:
- The announcement of a US and Canadian release at the World Premiere screening of Shut Up Little Man!, which went on to receive a special honourable mention in the competition.
- Lynnette Wallworth’s Rekindling Venus receiving an invitation to the London Olympic Games Cultural Festival
- The “overwhelming” popularity of new Australian films
- Incendies (by French Canadian director Denis Villeneuve) winning Best Feature Film, and Two by Maya Newell winning the F4 Award.
