The 2nd Adelaide Film Festival took place in

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, from 18 February to 3 March 2005.

Katrina Sedgwick Katrina Anne-Marie Sedgwick (born 27 December 1967) is the CEO and director of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.Dennis O'Rourke Dennis O'Rourke (14 August 1945 – 15 June 2013) was an Australian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. Early life and education Dennis O'Rourke was born on 14 August 1945 in Brisbane. For most of his childhood, Dennis O'Rourke lived i ...

received the 2005 Don Dunstan AwardAdelaide Film Festival
(30 August 2013) ''Don Dunstan Award Recipient Announced''. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
(21 January 2005) ''Dennis O'Rourke to Receive Don Dunstan Award at AFF 2005''. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
''Dennis O'Rourke''. Retrieved 10 February 2015. for his contribution to the Australian film industry. The poster this year depicts two children shining a light on the festival theme, ''Image is Everything''. The festival opened with '' Look Both Ways'' directed by

Sarah Watt Sarah Ann Watt (30 August 19584 November 2011) was an Australian film director, writer and animator. Biography Born in Sydney, Watt completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television (Animation) at the Swinburne Film and Television School ( ...

, the first feature to be funded through the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, and closed with ''

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'' directed by

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Development

Adelaide was the first Australian festival to "pursue a production agenda. The event’s integration with local and regional industries brought it into line with the model adopted by several major Asian festivals such as

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and

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." The second Adelaide Film Festival began an association with the highly successful Italian children's festival, the

Giffoni Film Festival The Giffoni International Film Festival is an Italian children's film festival which takes place annually in Giffoni Valle Piana, Campania. It began in 1971. The Giffoni International Film Festival typically has around 100,000 guests and has had ...

, which showcases new films to panels of young film critics. The Giffoni Film Festival was set up in 1971, in

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, by Claudio Gubitosi, who was then 18. It has been so successful it has been exported to other parts of Europe and North America, including Los Angeles, where actor

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is involved. The 2005 Adelaide Film Festival attracted the Giffoni to Adelaide and the director "hopes it will be a permanent association". In the second of two programmed lectures, special guest film scholar

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described the second biannual Adelaide Film Festival as one of the most friendly and rewarding festivals he has experienced. The 2005 festival incorporated the

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2005 (AIDC) "at a moment when documentary is in the ascendancy."

Awards

;Don Dunstan Award The Don Dunstan Award was won by

Dennis O'Rourke Dennis O'Rourke (14 August 1945 – 15 June 2013) was an Australian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. Early life and education Dennis O'Rourke was born on 14 August 1945 in Brisbane. For most of his childhood, Dennis O'Rourke lived i ...

References

External links

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