Call for Nominations: 2026 Bettison James Award
Each year, the Adelaide Film Festival administers this significant $50,000 award on behalf of the Jim Bettison and Helen James Foundation. The award recognises an individual whose lifelong work has ma…
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Adelaide Film Festival Goes to Cannes 2026 - opens call for submissions
Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has again partnered with the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film to showcase Australian filmmaking as part of the world’s largest film market, at the prestigious Festiva…
Lesbian Space Princess producer Tom Phillips on ushering in a new era of Aussie comedy
Producer Tom Phillips is a bit of a mastermind at bringing great comedy together on screen. His work as writer on the excellent series Lucy & D.i.C shows he understands the importance of comedic s…
Adelaide Film Festival Announces 2025 Program and Festival Jury
PRESS RELEASE 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 Premi…
Sophie Hyde’s Jimpa Announced As Opening Night Film For The Adelaide Film Festival 2025
PRESS RELEASE 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…
Adelaide Film Festival partners with JAFF Market continues in 2025
PRESS RELEASE The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) partnership with JAFF Market, presented alongside the Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, continues in 2025 with AFF calling for fe…
Adelaide Film Festival announces first six films for the 2025 festival
PRESS RELEASE 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 outs…
Kelly Schilling on working with Marta Dusseldorp and building the emotional truth of With or Without You
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Kelly Schilling's feature debut film With or Without You is the powerful…
Leela Varghese, Emma Hough Hobbs, and Shabana Azeez on the best film of 2025: Lesbian Space Princess
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. I'm calling it right now. Lesbian Space Princess is the film of the year.…
Adelaide Film Festival: Albert Mwangi on Making it Look Real in Australian Cinema
Let's take a moment to look ahead in 2025 to a few of the Australian films that will get people talking. Two particular films had their world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2024, where…
Adelaide Film Festival Review: Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
With the documentary Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, David Hinton is the ostensible director of Martin Scorsese’s intimate and authoritative survey of cinematic titans who for we…
JAFF Market and Adelaide Film Festival announce two Australian projects selected for Jakarta Future Project
PRESS RELEASE The inaugural JAFF Market is partnering with Adelaide Film Festival to bring Australian projects in development to the project market platform, Jakarta Future Project (JFP) of JAFF Mark…