The 7th Adelaide Film Festival was held in Adelaide, South Australia, from 15 to 25 October 2015.
Description Amanda Duthie was the Festival DirectorAdelaide Film Festival, Official website of the 7th edition of the festival, which ran from 15 to 25 October 2015.South Australia Adelaide Film Festival 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
On the opening night of the festival, director and screenwriter Andrew Bovell received the 2015 Don Dunstan Award for his contribution to the Australian film industry.
The festival opened with Scott Hicks's documentary film Highly Strung and closed with Paolo Sorrentino's drama film Youth.
More than 180 feature films were screened at the festival, 40 of which were Australian films, 24 South Australian films and total of 51 countries were represented at the Festival.
Competition
Jury The members of the International Feature Jury were: Christian Jeune, French Director of the Film Department at Cannes Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian Director of Philistine Films Maggie Lee, American Chief Asia Film Critic, Variety Sophie Hyde, Australian director and producer, of Closer Productions
In competition The Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film at the Festival was won by Neon Bull.
The Flinders University Documentary Award was awarded to Canadian director Amber Fares for Speed Sisters.
Girl Asleep won the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival Best Feature People Choice's Award. Holding the Man documentary, Remembering the Man won the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary, while the most popular short was Meryl Tankard's Michelle's Story.
The following films were selected for the In Competition section:
International Feature Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesCarol Carol Todd Haynes United States, United Kingdom Freeheld Freeheld Peter Sollett United States Looking for Grace Looking for Grace Sue Brooks Australia Gold Coast Guldkysten Daniel Dencik Denmark, Sweden, Ghana Lamb Lamb Yared Zeleke Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar Neon Bull Boi neon Gabriel Mascaro Brazil Office 오피스 Opiseu Hong Won-Chan South Korea 316 316 Payman Haghani Iran Father Babai Visar Morina Kosovo, Germany Tanna Tanna Bentley Dean and Martin Butler Australia
Documentaries English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries Brand: A Second Coming Brand: A Second Coming Ondi Timoner United Kingdom Heart of a Dog Heart of a Dog Laurie Anderson United States He Named Me Malala He Named Me Malala Davis Guggenheim United States I Am Belfast I Am Belfast Mark Cousins Australia Ice and the Sky La Glace et le ciel Luc Jacquet France The Pearl Button El botón de nácar Patricio Guzmán Chile The Propaganda Game The Propaganda Game Alvaro Longoria Spain Remembering The Man Remembering The Man Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe Australia Sherpa Sherpa Jennifer Peedom Australia Speed Sisters Speed Sisters Amber Fares Canada, United Kingdom
Special screenings Special Events English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries Highly Strung Highly Strung Scott Hicks Australia A Month of Sundays A Month of Sundays Matthew Saville Australia The Dressmaker The Dressmaker Jocelyn Moorhouse Australia Spear Spear Stephen Page Australia Girl Asleep Girl Asleep Rosemary Myers Australia Sam Klemke’s Time Machine Sam Klemke’s Time Machine Matthew Bate Australia Bad Boy Bubby Bad Boy Bubby Rolf de Heer Australia
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