AFF is renowned for its warmth and inclusivity, welcoming new audience members and industry guests alike to South Australia and its eclectic cinema theatres. The festival allows all of us to surrender to the screen and be swallowed up by the story.

Named as one of the top 50 film festivals in the world by Variety, and winner of the 2021 Ruby Award for Best Festival, AFF has a reputation for being distinct and innovative. AFF screens features, shorts, documentaries and moving image projects you can’t see anywhere else — from both emerging and established Australian and global talent.

AFF was the first Australian film festival to establish an investment fund, which has seeded and premiered over 160 projects, including some of the most significant Australian films of the last two decades. Major AFF Investment Fund titles include Talk To Me (Danny and Michael Philippou, 2022), The Last Daughter (Brenda Matthews and Nathaniel Schmidt, 2022), When Pomegranates Howl (Granaz Moussavi, 2020), I Am Woman (Unjoo Moon, 2019), Hotel Mumbai (Anthony Maras, 2018), 52 Tuesdays (Sophie Hyde, 2013), Tracks (John Curran, 2013), Snowtown (Justin Kurzel, 2011), Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton, 2009), Ten Canoes (Rolf de Heer and Peter Djiggirr, 2005) and more.

The festival is also committed to supporting evolving moving image practices at the intersection of film, art, and new media. Previously commissioned work such as Soda Jerk’s Hello Dankness (2022) and Lynette Wallworth’s VR project Collisions (2016) have gone on to national and international acclaim.

Alongside the spring festival period, AFF hosts regional initiatives, a film club, an educational AFF Youth program, a filmmaker and artist development AFF Expand Lab, and other experiences that help people see the world in a totally new light.

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