Canberra International Film Festival

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]

Canberra International Film Festival
LocationNational Film and Sound Archive, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Founded1996
Festival dateOctober/November
Websiteciff.com.au

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

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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

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  • Michael Sergi (1996–2008)
  • Simon Weaving (2009–2012)[4][5]
  • Lex Lindsay (2013–2014)
  • Alice Taylor (2016)
  • Andrew Pike (2017–)

CIFF Audience Awards

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Year Film Director
1996
  Peter Duncan
1997
  Wu Tianming
1998
Radiance
  Rachel Perkins
1999
  Thomas Vinterberg
2000
Himalaya
  Eric Valli
2001
  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  Mira Nair
2003
  Wolfgang Becker
2005
  Luis Mandoki
2006
  Chris Paine
2007
  Julian Schnabel
2008
  Abdullah Oguz
2009
  Oliver Hirschbiegel
2010
  Carlos Carrera
2011
  Oliver Schmitz
2012
  Thomas Vinterberg
2013
  Sophia Turkiewicz

Notes

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  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.

Other film festivals

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