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| Location | Adelaide, Australia |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Awards received | 2021 Ruby Awards "Best Festival" |
| Awards | Feature Fiction Award Feature Documentary Award Don Dunstan Award The Jim Bettison and Helen James Award Indigenous Feature Documentary Initiative INSITE Award AFTRS International VR Award |
| Directors | Mat Kesting (2019–) Amanda Duthie (2012–2018) Katrina Sedgwick (2002–2011) |
| Hosted by | Patrons Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton |
| Festival date | 23 October — 3 November 2024 |
| Website | adelaidefilmfestival |
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF, formerly ADLFF) is a 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. Subject to funding, the festival has staged full or briefer events in alternating years; some form of event has taken place every year since 2015. From 2022 it takes place annually. It has a strong focus on local South Australian and Australian produced content, with the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF) established to fund investment in Australian films.
Established in 2003 as Adelaide International Film Festival, it dropped "International" from its title after the inaugural edition, as it dropped its FIAPF membership the following year. It was, however, the first film festival in Australia to introduce an international competition, as well as being the first to fund film production directly.
The festival hosts a number of awards, including the Don Dunstan Awards (for lifetime contrtibution); Best Feature Fiction; Best Feature Documentary; Bettison & James Award; and others. In 2017 the International Virtual Reality Award was launched by AFF in partnership with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), known as the AFTRS ADL Film Fest International VR Award.
The 2020 Festival was scheduled to take place from 14 to 25 October, but owing to its high attendance figures and success, the season was extended for an extra five days. The 2022 festival runs from 19 to 31 October.