Opening film | Mrs Carey's Concert |
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Closing film | Mad Bastards |
Location | Adelaide, Australia |
Founded | 2002 |
Awards | International Award for Best Feature Film (Incendies) Don Dunstan Award (Judy Davis) |
Directors | Katrina Sedgwick |
No. of films | 12 (In Competition) |
Festival date | 24 February – 6 March 2011 |
Website | adelaidefilmfestival |
The 5th Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, Australia, from 24 February to 6 March 2011.[1] Katrina Sedgwick was again Festival Director. Julietta Sichel was the head of the jury for the main competition.[2] Judy Davis received the 2011 Don Dunstan Award[3][4] for her contribution to the Australian film industry on the opening night of the Festival.[5] The glass statuette was presented by Australian filmmaker Fred Schepisi.[6]
A special screening of the 2010 Restoration Version of Fritz Lang's classic sci-fi epic Metropolis was shown with a new score, written by The New Pollutants.[7] This original score was conceived, composed and recorded over a 12-month period, and had its world premiere at the 2005 Adelaide Film Festival.[7][8]
The festival opened with Mrs Carey's Concert,[9] directed by Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond, and closed with Mad Bastards,[9] directed by Brendan Fletcher. The film poster for the festival featured a man projecting a film from within himself, illustrating the theme "See Within."
The Canadian film Incendies won the International Award for Best Feature Film.