2007 Adelaide Film Festival
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| Opening film | Lucky Miles |
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| Closing film | Dr. Plonk |
| Location | Adelaide, Australia |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Awards | International Award for Best Feature Film (Still Life) Don Dunstan Award (Rolf de Heer) |
| Directed by | Katrina Sedgwick |
| No. of films | 13 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 22 February-4 March 2007 |
| Website | adelaidefilmfestival |
The 3rd Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, Australia, from 22 February to 4 March 2007.Katrina Sedgwick was again Festival Director. Rolf de Heer received the 2007 Don Dunstan Award for his contribution to the Australian film industry.
The festival opened with Lucky Miles, directed by Michael James Rowland, and closed with Dr. Plonk, directed by Rolf de Heer. Both films had received funding from the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund.
In all, the festival presented twelve new Australian movies in which it had invested.
The inauguralNatuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film was won by the Chinese film Still Life, directed and written by Jia Zhang-ke.
The following people were selected for the In Competition Jury:
The following films were selected for the In Competition section:
The Don Dunstan Award was won by Rolf de Heer.
The festival's poster depicted a film festival "Eyeball guy" concept. A small controversy arose when a similar poster design was employed for the 28th Durban International Film Festival (20 June to 1 July 2007). After discussions, the coincidence was eventually put down to "synchronicity".
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