2013 Adelaide Film Festival

Festival poster

Opening film| Tracks
Closing film| A Story Of Children and Film
Location| Adelaide, Australia
Founded| 2002
Awards| International Award for Best Feature Film (Jin)
Don Dunstan Award (Scott Hicks)
Directors| Amanda Duthie
No. of films| 12 (In Competition)
Festival date| 10–20 October 2013
Website| adelaidefilmfestival.org

The 6th Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, Australia, from 10 to 20 October 2013.[1] This was Amanda Duthie's first year as Festival Director (after eight years at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and eight years at the Special Broadcasting Service during the 1990s), having taken over from Katrina Sedgwick.[2] Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton served as the festival's patrons.[3]

Scott Hicks received the 2013 Don Dunstan Award[4][5][6] for his contribution to the Australian film industry.

The poster this year depicts Screen Worship, which celebrates work for all screens—cinema, television, phone and computer.[7][8]

## Development

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The 2013 festival "ran alongside the Adelaide Festival of Ideas for the first time, with a move from 'mad March' to mid October".[9]

The festival featured 166 titles from 48 countries, including 28 world premieres, 47 Australian premieres and 34 South Australian projects.[10] The line-up included 14 works (including seven features) which were supported by the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund.[10]

The festival opened with Tracks and "with no less than two camels on the red carpet with Robyn Davidson, the author of the book on which John Curran's film is based".[11] The festival closed with A Story of Children and Film directed by Mark Cousins.

The Turkish film Jin, directed and written by Reha Erdem, was the winner of the Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film.[12] This was the first time the Adelaide Film Festival offered a Best Documentary Award. It was sponsored by Flinders University and the inaugural award went to Blush of Fruit.[13]

## Competition

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### Juries

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The following people were selected for the Foxtel Movies International Feature Jury:[14][15]

* Al Clark, Australian producer (President)
* Liz Watts, Australian producer
* Wayne Blair, Australian writer/actor
* Lawrence Weschler, American art and film writer
* Maryanne Redpath, Berlinale Delegate for Australia and New Zealand

The Flinders University Best Documentary Jury consisted of:

* Joost Den Hartog
* Cherelle Zheng
* Kristy Matheson

### In Competition

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The following films were selected for the In Competition section:[14][15]

English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production country/countries

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Bastards | Les Salauds | Claire Dennis | France
Beatriz's War | A Guerra da Beatriz | Luigi Acquisto, Betty Reis | East Timor
Dance of Reality | La danza de la realidad | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Chile
Jin | Jîn | Reha Erdam | Turkey
How I Live Now | How I Live Now | Kevin MacDonald | United Kingdom
The Notebook | A nagy füzet | Janos Szasz | Hungary
Omar | عمر | Hany Abu-Assad | Palestine
Only Lovers Left Alive | Only Lovers Left Alive | Jim Jarmusch | UK-Ger-Fra-Cyp-US
The Past | Le Passé | Asghar Farhadi | France-Italy–Iran
The Selfish Giant | The Selfish Giant | Clio Bernard | United Kingdom
Stranger by the Lake | L'Inconnu du lac | Alain Guiraudie | France
These Final Hours | These Final Hours | Zak Hilditch | Australia

## Awards

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The International Award for Best Feature Film

The International Award for Best Feature Film was won by the Turkish film Jin, directed and written by Reha Erdem.[12]

The Best Documentary Award

The Best Documentary Award was won by the Vietnamese/Australian film Blush of Fruit.[13][16]

Audience Award

The Audience Award for Most Popular Feature was won by Charlie's Country.[13][17]

The Audience Award for Most Popular Documentary was won by Once My Mother.[13][17]

The Audience Award for Most Popular Short was won by The Gallant Captain.[13][17]

Don Dunstan Award

The Don Dunstan Award was won by Scott Hicks.[4][5][6]

## References

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1. ^ "2013 Adelaide Film Festival Program Launched Today". Adelaide Film Festival. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. ^ George, Sandy (8 December 2011). "Amanda Duthie to head Adelaide Film Festival". SBS. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
3. ^ IF.com Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (8 July 2013) Adelaide Film Festival unveils premieres. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
4. ^ a b Knight, David (29 August 2013). "Adelaide Film Festival Program". The Adelaide Review. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
5. ^ a b Adelaide Film Festival (30 August 2013) Don Dunstan Award Recipient Announced. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
6. ^ a b McDonald, Patrick (10 October 2013). "Shine director Scott Hicks receives Don Dunstan Award for film career at Adelaide Film Festival". The Advertiser. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
7. ^ TimeOut Adelaide Archived 8 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Adelaide Film Festival 2013. Access date: 7 February 2015
8. ^ "Adelaide Film Festival". Hertz. Adelaide. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
9. ^ Dooley, Kath (1 December 2013). ""Screen Worship": The 2013 Adelaide Film Festival". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
10. ^ a b IF.com Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (29 August 2013) Adelaide Film Festival unveils Aussie premieres
11. ^ Rigg, Julie (17 October 2013). "New Australian features shine at Adelaide Film Festival 2013 - review". ABC Arts. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
12. ^ a b "Adelaide Film Festival". Vimooz. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
13. ^ a b c d e "Adelaide Film Festival". Screen Australia. 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
14. ^ a b George, Sandy (28 August 2013). "Adelaide Film Festival reveals competition titles". Screen Daily. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
15. ^ a b Foster, Simon (29 August 2013). "SOUTHERN COMFORT: THE 2013 ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW". Screen-Space. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
16. ^ "'Jin' and 'Blush of Fruit' win at Adelaide Film Festival". Adelaide Film Festival. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
17. ^ a b c IF.com Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (25 October 2013) FOXTEL MOVIES AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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