2015 Adelaide Film Festival

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2015 Adelaide Film Festival
Opening film Highly Strung
Closing film Youth
Location Adelaide, Australia
Founded2002
Directors Amanda Duthie
Festival date15–25 October 2015
Website adelaidefilmfestival.org

The 7th Adelaide Film Festival was held in Adelaide, South Australia, from 15 to 25 October 2015.

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Description

Amanda Duthie was the Festival Director [1] of the 7th edition of the festival, which ran from 15 to 25 October 2015. [2]

On the opening night of the festival, director and screenwriter Andrew Bovell received the 2015 Don Dunstan Award for his contribution to the Australian film industry. [3]

The festival opened with Scott Hicks's documentary film Highly Strung [4] and closed with Paolo Sorrentino's drama film Youth . [5]

More than 180 feature films were screened at the festival, 40 of which were Australian films, 24 South Australian films and total of 51 countries were represented at the Festival. [6]

Competition

Jury

The members of the International Feature Jury were: [7]

In competition

The Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film at the Festival was won by Neon Bull. [8] [9]

The Flinders University Documentary Award was awarded to Canadian director Amber Fares for Speed Sisters. [8]

Girl Asleep won the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival Best Feature People Choice's Award. Holding the Man documentary, Remembering the Man won the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary, while the most popular short was Meryl Tankard's Michelle's Story. [10]

The following films were selected for the In Competition section: [11]

International Feature Competition
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country/countries
Carol Carol Todd Haynes United States, United Kingdom
Freeheld Freeheld Peter Sollett United States
Looking for Grace Looking for Grace Sue Brooks Australia
Gold Coast Guldkysten Daniel Dencik Denmark, Sweden, Ghana
Lamb Lamb Yared Zeleke Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar
Neon Bull Boi neon Gabriel Mascaro Brazil
Office 오피스 Opiseu Hong Won-Chan South Korea
316 316 Payman Haghani Iran
Father Babai Visar Morina Kosovo, Germany
Tanna Tanna Bentley Dean and Martin Butler Australia
Documentaries
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country/countries
Brand: A Second Coming Brand: A Second Coming Ondi Timoner United Kingdom
Heart of a Dog Heart of a Dog Laurie Anderson United States
He Named Me Malala He Named Me Malala Davis Guggenheim United States
I Am Belfast I Am Belfast Mark Cousins Australia
Ice and the Sky La Glace et le ciel Luc Jacquet France
The Pearl Button El botón de nácar Patricio Guzmán Chile
The Propaganda Game The Propaganda Game Alvaro Longoria Spain
Remembering The Man Remembering The Man Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe Australia
Sherpa Sherpa Jennifer Peedom Australia
Speed Sisters Speed Sisters Amber Fares Canada, United Kingdom

Special screenings

Special Events
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country/countries
Highly Strung Highly Strung Scott Hicks Australia
A Month of Sundays A Month of Sundays Matthew Saville Australia
The Dressmaker The Dressmaker Jocelyn Moorhouse Australia
Spear Spear Stephen Page Australia
Girl Asleep Girl Asleep Rosemary Myers Australia
Sam Klemke’s Time Machine Sam Klemke’s Time Machine Matthew Bate Australia
Bad Boy Bubby Bad Boy Bubby Rolf de Heer Australia

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