Canberra International Film Festival
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The Canberra International Film Festival began in 1996. All the films shown have been Canberra premieres, and many of them have also been Australian premieres.[1]
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[edit] History
The festival was first known as the Australian International Film Festival, initiated by the University of Canberra Convocation and held from 11 to 13 October 1996.[2] In 1996, it showed 14 films, 12 of which were foreign.[3]
In 1999 the coordination of the festival was taken over by the School of Creative Communication[2] and in 2002 the festival was not held as it was handed over to a non-profit committee funded by the Australian Capital Territory Government.
In 2006, an unrelated Melbourne based Australian International Film Festival was launched.
[edit] Award winners
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 Peter Duncan |
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 Wu Tianming |
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Rachel Perkins |
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 Thomas Vinterberg |
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 Eric Valli |
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Monsoon Wedding |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Mira Nair |
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 Wolfgang Becker |
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 Luis Mandoki |
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 Chris Paine |
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Julian Schnabel |
[edit] Notes
- ^ See 'Welcome', Canberra International Film Festival [1]
- ^ a b School of Creative Communication
- ^ film festival history: 1996
- ^ Award winners 1998–2000: Features
- ^ See Lions Gate [2]
- ^ See Canberra Film Festival [3]
