Amanda Duthie, Scottish-born (6 July 2012) ''Interview with Amanda Duthie''. Retrieved 16 February 2015. Australian, is one of the leading figures in Australia's arts and culture industries and is currently the CEO/Creative Director of the
Adelaide Film Festival
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and CEO of Hybrid World Adelaide.
The
Adelaide Film Festival
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF, formerly ADLFF) is film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented biennially in March from 2003, since 2013 AFF has been held in October ...
is a major screen and cultural event with its signature element being the
Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund
The Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund was established in 2003 by the South Australian Premier, Mike Rann, to boost the local production of films.
When the American festival director Peter Sellars was director of the 2002 Adelaide Festival o ...
. Duthie curates, commissions and manages all contracting for this Fund as well as the Festival.
Duthie has just launched a brand-new event in South Australia, Hybrid World Adelaide, a five-day event which covers industry as well as public facing events. Hybrid World Adelaide is a celebration of all digital technology.
Duthie currently sits on the Board of
Adelaide Festival
The Adelaide Festival of Arts, also known as the Adelaide Festival, an arts festival, takes place in the South Australian capital of Adelaide in March each year. Started in 1960, it is a major celebration of the arts and a significant cultural ...
, South Australian Museum, Ukaria, is a Committee Member of the Jim Bettison & Helen James Award, and sits on the Advisory Board, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions,
University of Western Australia
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.Official website, Adelaide Film Festival ''Amanda Duthie''. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
Career
Duthie began her career at SBS in 1991 working across a range of productions, focusing on programming and commissioning. ''
The Movie Show
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History
The original format, which ran from 30 October 1986 to 12 May 2004, had ...
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introduced her to a range of movies beyond Hollywood. Working on programs such as '' Eat Carpet'' introduced her to the world of experimental filmmaking and the first works of major filmmakers.
She remained at SBS until 1999, when she moved to become associate producer of the
PBS
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- ABC co-production ''Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore'' written and presented by Australian historian, art critic and writer Robert Hughes.
In 2000 Duthie was an independent producer, delivering screen based work for the launch of the National Museum of Australia.
She then joined the
New South Wales Film and Television Office
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(later Screen NSW) as senior project manager. In December 2003, Duthie joined ABC Television, as Commissioning Editor, Arts & Entertainment and was then appointed Head, Content Arts & Entertainment, serving from October 2008 to January 2012.
As Commissioner and Executive Producer, she delivered formats and one off programs as well as games, books, art installations, video and photo exhibitions and interactive content. These programs crossed all genres- arts, history, entertainment, comedy and youth.
Over nine years at the ABC, Duthie delivered an array of original, award-winning and high rating content across all ABC platforms including ''Hetti Perkins Art & Soul'', ''
Kitchen Cabinet
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'' with
Annabel Crabb
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, ''
The New Inventors
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Judith Lucy
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Early life
Lucy's adoptive parents emigr ...
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'',
Adam Hills
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'' in Gordon Street Tonight'', '' Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'' and various Chaser projects. Her arts programming slate included ''Artscape'', '' At the Movies'', '' First Tuesday Book Club'', an ongoing series of ABC Live concerts, and '' The Bazura Project''.
She remained at the ABC for nine years, leaving in December 2011 to join the Adelaide Film Festival as CEO and Creative Director.
In 2013 Duthie delivered her first Adelaide Film Festival, and the 2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas. Over her six years in the role Duthie delivered eight major events including five Adelaide Film Festivals (2013, 2015, 2016 Rogue mini-fest, 2017 and 2018), the inaugural Hybrid World Adelaide in 2017 and again in 2018, and the 2013 Festival of Ideas.
In September 2018 it was announced Duthie would commence in the role of Head of Production, Development, Attraction and Studios at the South Australian Film Corporation, at the close of the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival.
Adelaide Film Festival
The inaugural
Adelaide Film Festival
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director had been
Katrina Sedgwick
Katrina Anne-Marie Sedgwick (born 27 December 1967) is the CEO and director of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
In 2012 Duthie began her role as Director/CEO of Adelaide Film Festival. Soon after arriving in Adelaide she was appointed CEO of the 2013
Adelaide Festival of Ideas
The Adelaide Festival of Ideas (AFOI) is a festival held in Adelaide, South Australia since 1999, usually biennially. It aims to foster the public promulgation, discussion and critique of culturally and socially relevant ideas from around the wo ...
. Together with Sophie Black they delivered a robust and adventurous program of talks and events from Australian and international speakers. Audience numbers and partnerships achieved for this event outstripped all previous events.
She has welcomed other high calibre international and Australian industry leaders as festival guests, including all major international film festivals programmers from
Toronto
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Berlin
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Cannes
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In 2016, Duthie delivered a mini-fest event, between years of the biennial full Adelaide Film Festival event. The 2016 Adelaide Film Festival goes Rogue event featured the world premiere of Osamah Sami's Muslim rom-com ''
Ali's Wedding
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'', screened a special work in progress version of David Stratton's ''A Cinematic Life'' and treated audiences to the Australian premiere of the interactive and internationally acclaimed virtual reality work ''Collisions'' by Lynette Wallworth.
In 2017 Duthie was appointed CEO of the brand-new event in South Australia, Hybrid World Adelaide, a five-day event which covers industry as well as public facing events. It is a celebration of all digital technology. Delivered by the AFF team, Hybrid World Adelaide will be held at Tonsley Innovation Precinct from 4–8 October 2017, simultaneous to the 2017 Adelaide Film Festival, 5–15 October 2017.
Though a biennial event, Adelaide Film Festival will deliver a full festival event in both 2017 and 2018 alongside Hybrid World Adelaide.
In 2017 Duthie launched the Adelaide Film Festival's inaugural International VR Award in partnership with AFTRS.
In September 2018 Wakefield Press published ''Kin: An Extraordinary Australian Filmmaking Family'', a book about Freda Glynn and her family, edited by Duthie.
Controversy
In June 2009, one of "her" shows, '' The Chaser's War on Everything'', broadcast the infamous "Make a Realistic Wish Foundation" skit, which led to complaints and criticism. As a result, Duthie had her responsibility for comedy removed, but remained the Head of Arts & Entertainment, a punishment characterised by one commentator as “being whipped with a bit of limp lettuce”. ABC Managing Director Mark Scott explained the situation this way:
"The segment should not have been broadcast. We recognise that it caused unnecessary and unreasonable hurt and offence to our viewers and the broader community and we have apologised for this. We have determined this was not a breakdown in our Editorial Policy processes but rather an error of judgement."
Mr Scott said the processes are clear and amply set out in the ABC's Editorial Policies. "Where staff are concerned about the potential for satirical material to cause harm they should refer the matter to the next level of management. In this instance, the Head of Arts, Entertainment and Comedy reviewed the segment and did not refer it up. This was an error of judgement."
The Chaser team expressed disappointment at the demotion, saying Duthie had been treated harshly. Glenn Dyer at Crikey' described the business as "something close to farce."
Boards and committees
Amanda Duthie holds the following positions:
* Board Director & Advisory Committee, Ukaria (2014-current)
* Board Director,
South Australian Museum
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(2017-current)
* Committee, Jim Bettison & Helen James Award (2014-current), funded through Perpetual, ADL Film Fest administers, a $50,000 annual philanthropy award
* Advisory Board, University of WA Centre of Excellence, History of Emotions CRC (2011-current)
* Board Director, Festivals Adelaide (2011-2016), a peak group of the ten major South Australian events working towards a collective cultural vision and strategy for the state
* Advisory Board, Premier's Council for Women (2015-2016). working to establish better representation of women in business in South Australia; committee member for the inaugural 50/50 networking event
* Board Director, Adelaide Festival of Arts (2012-2016)
* Inaugural Board Member, Committee for Adelaide (2013-2015), established by Ian Smith (Bespoke Approach); the committee's goal is to drive capital investment and community growth