Brisbane International Film Festival

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Brisbane International Film Festival
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Opening film The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
Closing film Memoria
Location Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
PredecessorBrisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival (2014-2016)
Founded1992
Most recent2021
Hosted byScreen Queensland
No. of films103 films (2021)
Festival date21 to 31 October 2021
LanguageVarious
Website biff.com.au
Current: 27th
28th
26th

The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. [1] Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, documentaries, shorts, indies, experimental efforts, retrospectives, late night thrillers, animation, and children's films. The festival has attracted more than 400,000 visitors across its history. [1] The festival was replaced by the Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival from 2014-2016 [2] [3] but has been revived in 2017 [4] while the Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival has ceased operations. [5] In 2018, BIFF was held at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), [6] with screenings held across multiple venues.

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The festival features events including the opening and closing night celebrations, special screenings, seminars, question and answer sessions, and awards ceremonies. As well as promoting local Australian content, BIFF includes films from around the globe.

The 27th edition of the festival will be held from 21 to 31 October, 2021. 103 films including opening film Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend Of Molly Johnson and closing film Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul will be screened in the festival. [7]

Events

In addition to the regular program, BIFF has synergies with Cine Sparks and the Queensland New Filmmakers Awards.

Cine Sparks, the Australian Film Festival for Young People was part of BIFF’s expansion in 2005, with a program of films, workshops and seminars for people under the age of 18. Cine Sparks is popular with school groups, with more than 10,000 students attending the various sessions. In 2011, Cine Sparks took place in October, as a prelude to BIFF.

The Queensland New Filmmakers Awards (QNFA) is the biggest industry sponsored new filmmaker competition in the country, recognising and encouraging the achievements of emerging Queensland filmmakers. The competition is aimed at rewarding the creative talents of Queensland short filmmakers, with 2011 marking its 25th year.

Awards

BIFFDOCS— In 2011 the festival established BIFFDOCS, Australia's richest prize for documentary filmmakers. The BIFFDOCS competition rewards excellence in documentary production - particularly films that exhibit the ability to surprise, entertain, provoke and disturb. The inaugural BIFFDOCS award went to Arirang, by one of South Koreas most celebrated filmmakers, 'Kim Ki-duk.[ citation needed ]

Audience Award— Attendees at the festival are asked to vote after each screening, with the results shaping the festival's Audience award.[ citation needed ]

Jury Awards— The festival has also hosted international juries, who judge three awards: The FIPRESCI Award, the NETPAC Award and the Interfaith Award for Promoting Humanitarian Values.[ citation needed ]

Chauvel Award— From 1992 until 2011, the festival acknowledged a contributor to Australian cinema through the Chauvel Award, named in honour of filmmakers Charles Chauvel and his wife Elsa Chauvel. One of the last awards at this venue was awarded posthumously to Heath Ledger in 2008, before being revived by the Gold Coast Film Festival in 2016, where it is now awarded annually. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Screen Queensland. "About Brisbane International Film Festival". Screen Queensland. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Moore, Richard (2 July 2014). "Opinion: Death of BIFF a mortal blow to Brisbane's film community" . Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Screen Australia > Connect with Audiences > Festival Profiles". Screen Australia. 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brisbane International Film Festival to be Revived| Variety". www.variety.com. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Brisbane International Film Festival to return". IF Magazine. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "QAGOMA". QAGOMA website. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Emma Joyce (1 October 2021). "Watch More Than 100 Films Across 11 Days: Brisbane International Film Festival Drops Its Full 2021 Program". Broadsheet. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "The Chauvel Award". Gold Coast Film Festival. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

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