Film festivals in Oceania
The film festival in Oceania go in the case of Melbourne and Sydney in the 1950s, back in New Zealand to the 1970s . However, most of the film festivals in Oceania have only been held since the 1990s .
A characteristic especially in Australia is the great importance of short film festivals in mass culture. In New Zealand, the concentration of all major film festivals in the hands of one organizer is striking.
Programming and history
International festivals
The Sydney Film Festival is one of the most important international film festivals in Australia . It is the only festival in the region that is accredited by the international film producers association FIAPF (see also: List of FIAPF-accredited film festivals ).
Another major festival is the Melbourne International Film Festival , which was founded in 1953 and is the oldest film festival still in existence in Oceania. The Olinda Film Festival took place in the Melbourne area as early as 1952 . The Melbourne Underground Film Festival, on the other hand, was founded by an Australian director whose film was rejected at the Melbourne International Film Festival .
In addition to Sydney and Melbourne, Brisbane has the third major international film festival in Australia, which specializes in films from the Asia-Pacific region. The international film festivals in the federal capital Canberra , in Adelaide , the capital of South Australia , and in Perth ( Revelation Perth International Film Festival ), the capital of Western Australia, are less important .
The four major international film festivals in New Zealand - the Auckland International Film Festival , the International Film Festival Christchurch , the International Film Festival Dunedin and the Wellington Film Festival - have a common program of traveling festivals . In addition to the main venues in Auckland , Christchurch , Dunedin and Wellington , they host film screenings in a dozen other New Zealand cities.
The PNG International Film Festival in Port Moresby , the capital of Papua New Guinea , also tours several provincial cities in the country and shows popular films such as Crocodile Dundee .
Short film festivals
The role of short film festivals, especially in the Australian festival landscape, should not be underestimated. It is less the high number of events specializing in short films - a trend that can be observed worldwide - than their importance in mass culture, which is a regional specificity.
The Tropfest, with its public screenings across Australia, regularly attracts around 100,000 visitors. Like several festivals around the world, it claims to be the largest short film festival in the world. The oldest and also important short film festival in Australia is the Flickerfest, founded in 1992 .
The Wellington Fringe Film Festival exists for New Zealand short film directors . Often the oceanic short film festivals do not have an international orientation, but rather see themselves as sponsors of local filmmakers.
Some short film festivals have other special features: At the 15/15 Festival , films with a duration of 15 minutes are made within 15 days. The Melbourne Equinox Film Festival always takes place during the September equinox . The short films at the Action Festival must contain the word "Action".
Other short film festivals exist in Byron Bay , Gold Coast , Mandurah and Newcastle .
Specialized festivals
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As in Europe, there is a great variety of film festivals in Oceania that specialize in a certain film genre , theme or certain production countries.
The oldest and most important festival for films from Australia is the AFI Festival of Film . These are screenings of the films that have been nominated for the AFI Awards , the prizes of the Australian Film Institute.
The only festival for documentary film in Australia is the Australian International Documentary Conference with its screenings under the title Real Life on Film . Documentaries (including television films ) from the Commonwealth will be shown . Independently of this, the DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival with an international program is being held in four New Zealand cities . In Tahiti there is also the Festival International du Film documentaire Océanien .
The Brisbane International Animation Festival and the Melbourne International Animation Festival are on cartoons specialized. Little Big Shots in Melbourne is an international children's film festival that also gives a guest appearance at the Sydney Opera House . The Auburn International Film and Video Festival for Children and Young Adults shows films by and for children and young people.
The FilmFantastic Gold Coast Film Festival in Gold Coast , Queensland's second largest city, specializes in fantasy film and is based on the renowned Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival .
The Other Film Festival in Melbourne shows films by, with or about people with disabilities and is unique in Australia in this regard. The oldest queer film festival on the continent is the Melbourne Queer Film Festival with an international program. Similar to Australia, New Zealand has a growing proportion of the Asian population. The Asia Film Festival Aotearoa in Auckland takes this into account with films from Asia and the Asian diaspora . For films from Germany there is the Festival of German Films in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra .
List of festivals
| since | Name of the film festival | place | meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Olinda Film Festival (1952 only) | Olinda | |
| 1953 | Melbourne International Film Festival | Melbourne | July / Aug. |
| 1954 | Sydney Film Festival | Sydney | June |
| 1959 | AFI Festival of Film | Sydney et al. a. | August |
| 1972 | Auckland International Film Festival | Auckland | July |
| 1972 | Wellington Film Festival | Wellington | July / Aug. |
| 1977 | International Film Festival Dunedin | Dunedin | July / Aug. |
| 1977 | International Film Festival Christchurch | Christchurch | August |
| 1986 | Australian International Documentary Conference | changing places | February |
| 1988 | Wellington Fringe Film Festival | Wellington | July |
| 1991 | Brisbane International Film Festival | Brisbane | August |
| 1991 | Melbourne Queer Film Festival | Melbourne | March |
| 1992 | Flickerfest | Sydney | January |
| 1993 | Drip-proof | Sydney | February |
| 1996 | Brisbane International Animation Festival | Brisbane | October |
| 1996 | Canberra International Film Festival | Canberra | Oct./Nov. |
| 1996 | Newcastle Film Festival | Newcastle | October |
| 1997 | Revelation Perth International Film Festival | Perth | July |
| 1998 | Auburn International Film and Video Festival for Children and Young Adults | Auburn | September |
| 2000 | In The Bin Short Film Festival | Gold coast | September |
| 2000 | Melbourne Underground Film Festival | Melbourne | July |
| 2001 | 15/15 festival | Wagga Wagga u. a. | March |
| 2001 | Festival of German Films | Sydney et al. a. | April |
| 2001 | FilmFantastic Gold Coast Film Festival | Robina | September |
| 2001 | Melbourne International Animation Festival | Melbourne | June July |
| 2001 | PNG International Film Festival | Port Moresby | May |
| 2002 | Adelaide Film Festival | Adelaide | Feb. (bienneal) |
| 2002 | Ausfest - The Australian Digital & Video Film Festival (2002 only) | Brisbane | |
| 2003 | Adelaide Film Festival | Adelaide | February / March |
| 2003 | Mandurah Short Film Festival | Mandurah | October |
| 2003 | The Angry Film Festival | Melbourne | July |
| 2004 | Action festival | Sydney | August |
| 2004 | Asia Film Festival Aotearoa | Auckland | May June |
| 2004 | Festival International du Film documentaire Océanien | Papeete | Jan / Feb |
| 2004 | The Other Film Festival | Melbourne | August |
| 2005 | DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival | Auckland et al. a. | Sept./Oct. |
| 2005 | Equinox Film Festival | Melbourne | September |
| 2005 | Little big shots | Melbourne | June |
| 2006 | Big Mountain Short Film Festival | Ohakune | October |
| 2006 | Hills Film Festival | Castle Hill | September |
| 2006 | Mariachi Film Festival | Byron Bay | September |
| 2006 | Magma Short Film Festival | Rotorua | November |
| 2011 | Antenna Documentary Festival | Sydney | October |
Organizational structures and financing
Big film festivals
The Sydney Film Festival is organized by a Festival Board headed by a President. Several prominent persons hold the patronage, for example Jane Campion and Nicole Kidman . The Sydney Film Festival has a large number of public and private sponsors, including the New South Wales government and the City of Sydney, and an Australian investment firm as main sponsor.
The Melbourne International Film Festival is headed by an Executive Director, a General Manager and a Business Manager, as well as a Programmer and a Program Coordinator. The festival's financial support ranges from the Australian government to the government of the state of Victoria and the city of Melbourne to the Australian Film Commission. The number of sponsors from the private sector is also numerous.
As the organizer of the AFI Festival of Film , the Australian Film Institute is supported by Film Victoria, a government agency of the state of Victoria, as a public funding agency and by an international cosmetics company as the main sponsor. At the same time, the Australian Film Institute is financed through membership fees. Members, who do not have to come from the industry, are offered free access to the festival and participate in the selection of the AFI Awards winners.
Small and medium film festivals
The small and medium-sized film festivals are often organized by non-commercial foundations (trusts). The Asia Film Festival Aotearoa in Auckland is an event of the Asia New Zealand Film Foundation Trust (ANZFFT), the New Zealand DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival is organized by the DOCNZ Festival Trust.
There are also film festivals on the political side. The Auburn International Film and Video Festival is hosted by Cinewest, an agency within the Community Cultural Development of the city of Auburn.
The Audi Festival of German Films in Sydney is held by the local Goethe Institute . In New Zealand, the Goethe Institute also organizes the German Film Festival in various New Zealand cities.
The smaller film festivals in particular often have a student background, such as the Mariachi Film Festival and the Newcastle Film Festival . The Angry Film Festival goes back to the initiative of a single director who was disappointed ("angry") that his film was rejected by other film festivals.
The sometimes difficult financial situation of the small and medium-sized film festivals in Oceania can be seen in the Ausfest , which had to be discontinued due to a lack of financial support.
Special case: New Zealand Film Festivals
New Zealand occupies a special position within the international festival landscape. Here all the big film festival of a single organization called are International New Zealand Film Festival organized: the Auckland International Film Festival , the International Film Festival Christchurch , the International Film Festival Dunedin and Wellington Film Festival . The important role of the International New Zealand Film Festivals is underlined by their presence in other cities. The network of traveling festivals covers the cities of Gisborne , Greymouth , Hamilton , Levin , Masterton , Napier , Nelson , New Plymouth , Palmerston North , Queenstown , Tauranga and Whangarei .
Film awards
Significant for the high status of short films in Australia, the main prizes at most major festivals are given to short films.
The Grand Prix of the Melbourne International Film Festival goes to an international short film and has been awarded since 1962. The Dendy Awards, the main prizes of the Sydney Film Festival for Australian films under 60 minutes, have existed since 1970. At the Brisbane International Film Festival , the Fast Film competition has existed since 1997 for short films that were shot within a certain period of time (comparable to the cabaret cinema in others Countries).
The actual short film festivals also award prizes, such as the Flickerfest, the Grolsch Award for Best Film endowed with AUD 2,000 .
The most important awards for longer films at oceanic film festivals are given by the international film critic association FIPRESCI . Presented at film festivals around the world, these FIPRESCI awards are presented at the Brisbane International Film Festival and the Sydney Film Festival .
The most important national film prizes in Australia are the AFI Awards at the AFI Festival of Film in over forty categories in the main categories of feature film, television and non-feature film.
literature
- Cathy Hope: A history of the Sydney and Melbourne film festivals, 1945–1972: negotiating between culture and industry . Diploma thesis, Canberra 2004
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- ↑ Cathy Hope: A history of the Sydney and Melbourne film festivals, 1945–1972: negotiating between culture and industry . Diploma thesis, Canberra 2004, p. 27
- ^ Website of the Audi Festival of German Films
- ^ Website of the German Film Festival New Zealand
See also
- Film festivals in Germany
- Film festivals in Austria
- Film festivals in Switzerland
- Film festivals in Belgium and Luxembourg
