Canberra International Film Festival

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Canberra International Film Festival
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Location National Film and Sound Archive, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Founded1996
Festival dateOctober/November
Website ciff.com.au

The Canberra International Film Festival (CIFF) is an annual film festival held in Canberra, Australia. It is a cinema celebration across an 11-day program in October/November each year. It is a showcase of films from Australia and around the globe. [1]

Contents

In addition to screening feature films and documentaries, there is always a suite of additional events such as Q&A sessions, workshops and panel discussions with directors, producers, actors and the broad range of artists involved in the filmmaking process.

History

The University of Canberra was the initiator of the Canberra International Film Festival. [2] For each Festival from 1996 until 2001, either through its Convocation or directly, the university provided the artistic direction, and was also the promoter, manager and underwriter of the festival. [3]

In 2002, as part of a comprehensive plan to restructure the Canberra International Film Festival and secure its future, ownership was transferred to an Incorporated Association. The Canberra International Film Festival is a not-for-profit organisation supported by local and federal government, corporate sponsors and cultural partners.

Artistic directors

CIFF Audience Awards

YearFilmDirector
1996
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Duncan
1997
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Tianming
1998
Radiance
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rachel Perkins
1999
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Vinterberg
2000
Himalaya
Flag of France.svg Eric Valli
2001
Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Flag of India.svg Mira Nair
2003
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Becker
2005
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Mandoki
2006
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Paine
2007
Flag of the United States.svg Julian Schnabel
2008
Flag of Turkey.svg Abdullah Oguz
2009
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Hirschbiegel
2010
Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Carrera
2011
Flag of South Africa.svg Oliver Schmitz
2012
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Vinterberg
2013
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sophia Turkiewicz

Notes

  1. Canberra International Film Festival
  2. Lam, Vanessa (19 March 2015). "Canberra International Film Festival's coming of age". Now UC. University of Canberra. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016.
  3. Schumann, Jessica (6 October 2014). "18 years young: Canberra International Film Festival is almost here". Her Canberra. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016.
  4. Dr Simon Weaving, University of Newcastle, retrieved 26 September 2016, Simon was Director of the Canberra International Film Festival from 2009-2012
  5. "Weaving quits film festival". CityNews. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016.
  6. "Andrew Pike". Ronin Films. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

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