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This chapter charts the maturation of Australian film festivals through the period from 1965 to 1983. Analysing the film festivals in Melbourne and Sydney, the chapter traces the increasing professionalism of the Australian events and examines their early adoption of festival directors as curators. Continuing the chronology of festival development, the chapter also identifies the emergence of several new film festivals throughout Australia’s major cities over this period, as well as a wider expansion of film culture and specialist exhibition activities through the 1960s and 1970s. Examining the relationships between the newly emerging film festivals and film culture activities, as well as between Australia’s festivals and the international festival regulator FIAPF, the chapter highlights the unique qualities of Australia’s developing film festival movement.
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Stevens, K. (2016). Growth and Change: Curator-Led Festivals, Fragmenting Audiences, and Shifting Film Exhibition Cultures. In: Australian Film Festivals. Framing Film Festivals. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58130-3_3
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