The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has today launched its full program for the 2025 Festival, to be held from October 15 – October 26 at cinemas across Adelaide. Twenty-seven World Premieres and 37 Australian premieres are among the 123 films from 27 countries to be presented at AFF 2025. The Festival is book-ended by the…
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has announced that its Opening Night film will be the much-anticipated Australian premiere of Sophie Hyde’s Jimpa, starring Olivia Colman, John Lithgow and Aud Mason-Hyde. AFF kicks off with Jimpa on Wednesday October 15 with the Opening Night screening at Adelaide’s historic Capri theatre, to be followed by AFF’s famously fabulous…
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has announced the first six films to screen at the 2025 Festival, with five of them directed by Australian women. These must-see films include the outstanding documentaries Journey Home, David Gulpilil, by directors Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas, and – having their World Premieres in Adelaide – The Colleano Heart from director…
In 2025, for the second time, the Adelaide Film Festival is offering South Australian filmmakers and national Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund alumni the opportunity to attend the Marché du Film Festival de Cannes, the world’s largest film market. The Adelaide Film Festival Goes to Cannes initiative connects Australian filmmaking talent with the global market.…
In a clean sweep for South Australian filmmakers, the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has announced the winners of the AFF 2024 Audience Awards. Lesbian Space Princess has taken out the Feature Fiction Audience Award. Songs Inside has won the Feature Documentary Audience Award and the winner of the Short Film Audience Award is Finding Jia.…
After a massive six days, including a sold-out Opening Night film The Correspondent with guests including Richard Roxburgh and Peter Greste, a spectacular Mexican fiesta following the Opening Weekend Gala screening of Cannes winner Emilia Peìrez, Australian icon Marta Dusseldorp walking the red carpet for the World Premiere of With or Without You and Dacre Montgomery…
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has launched its full program for the 2024 festival, to be held from October 23 – November 3. One hundred and twelve films from 46 countries will be presented at AFF 2024 with 15 world premieres and 34 Australian premieres at venues across Adelaide. The world premiere of Kangaroo Island,…
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has today announced the first three Australian films which will screen at the Festival in October, including the Opening Night film – the world premiere of The Correspondent on Wednesday October 23. The Correspondent, directed by Kriv Stenders, stars Richard Roxburgh as Australian war correspondent Peter Greste who was arrested…
With the theme ‘A Celebration of Imagination’, the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has launched its full program for the 2022 festival, to be held from October 19 – 30. This year’s Festival is the first annual event, following the South Australian Government’s announcement earlier this year that AFF, established in 2003 as a biennial event,…
Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. The Adelaide Film Festival has revealed a sneak peak at its 2022 program which includes two new Australian films, Carnifex and The Last Daughter. Carnifex, the directorial debut of acclaimed South Australian film editor Sean Lahiff, received production investment from the…
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