Английская Википедия:CinefestOZ

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CinefestOZ is an annual film festival that takes place over five days in the South West region of Western Australia. IndigifestOZ is a section of the festival devoted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers. The CinefestOZ Film Prize of Шаблон:AUD is the richest film prize in the country.

History

The CinefestOZ film festival was founded in 2008 by David Barton and Helen Shervington, "as a cultural celebration of the French bicentenary of Antipodean exploration of the South West corner of Western Australia". The opening film at the inaugural festival was the highly-acclaimed Australian film Black Balloon.[1]

The inaugural CinefestOZ Film Prize was awarded in 2014.[2]

In July 2023 it was announced that funding for the festival would continue for at least a further three years, until 2025.[3]

Description

The events are staged in Busselton, the Margaret River wine region,[4] Bunbury,[5] Dunsborough,[6] and Augusta.[7] The festival showcases Australian and French films.[7] Шаблон:As of it is a 6-day event.[3]

The festival awards the CinefestOZ Film Prize of Шаблон:AUD, to feature films and documentaries first screened in Western Australia.[7] The CinefestOZ prize is the largest cash film prize in Australia, and one of the largest in the world,[6][8] and is decided by a jury of five Australian and international filmmakers.[3] The festival has staged IndigifestOZ since 2015, which provides a showcase for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers,[1] screened for free as "Community Days".[3]

The film festival is supported by Tourism Western Australia, Screenwest, Lotterywest, and Screen Australia.[3] Chair of the festival Шаблон:As of is Margaret Buswell.[2]

Recent editions

The 2021 festival was the 14th edition, taking place from 25 to 29 August 2021.[9] The feature documentary film Under the Volcano, produced by WA producer Cody Greenwood[5] and directed by Gracie Otto, had its Australian premiere at the festival,[10] while Akoni, a film about a Nigerian refugee struggling to integrate into Australian society by Australian filmmaker Genna Chanelle Hayes, had its world premiere.[11][12] The Australian drama film Nitram, based on the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, won the 2021 Film Prize.[8][13]

For the 16th edition in 2023, the awards jury was chaired by Australian director Robert Connolly,[14] with production designer (Game of Thrones, The Matrix) Deborah Riley; South Park producer Debbie Liebling; and actors Mia Wasikowska and Rob Collins the other members. Four films competed for the prize: Matt Vesely's Monolith; Noora Niasari's Shayda; Mark Leonard Winter's The Rooster; and Bromley: Light After Dark.[2] Shayda won the prize.[15]

CinefestOz Film Prize Winners

References

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