2015 Adelaide Film Festival
# 2015 Adelaide Film Festival

The 7th Adelaide Film Festival was held in Adelaide, South Australia, from 15 to 25 October 2015.

## Description

Amanda Duthie was the Festival Director of the 7th edition of the festival, which ran from 15 to 25 October 2015.

On the opening night of the festival, director and screenwriter Andrew Bovell received the 2015 Don Dunstan Award for his contribution to the Australian film industry.

The festival opened with Scott Hicks's documentary film Highly Strung and closed with Paolo Sorrentino's drama film Youth.

More than 180 feature films were screened at the festival, 40 of which were Australian films, 24 South Australian films and total of 51 countries were represented at the Festival.

## Competition

### Jury

The members of the International Feature Jury were:

* Christian Jeune, French Director of the Film Department at Cannes
* Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian Director of Philistine Films
* Maggie Lee, American Chief Asia Film Critic, Variety
* Sophie Hyde, Australian director and producer, of Closer Productions

### In competition

The Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film at the Festival was won by Neon Bull.

The Flinders University Documentary Award was awarded to Canadian director Amber Fares for Speed Sisters.

Girl Asleep won the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival Best Feature People Choice's Award. Holding the Man documentary, Remembering the Man won the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary, while the most popular short was Meryl Tankard's Michelle's Story.

The following films were selected for the In Competition section:

**International Feature Competition**

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| - | - | - | - |
| Carol | Carol | Todd Haynes | United States, United Kingdom |
| Freeheld | Freeheld | Peter Sollett | United States |
| Looking for Grace | Looking for Grace | Sue Brooks | Australia |
| Gold Coast | Guldkysten | Daniel Dencik | Denmark, Sweden, Ghana |
| Lamb | Lamb | Yared Zeleke | Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar |
| Neon Bull | Boi neon | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil |
| Office | 오피스 Opiseu | Hong Won-Chan | South Korea |
| 316 | 316 | Payman Haghani | Iran |
| Father | Babai | Visar Morina | Kosovo, Germany |
| Tanna | Tanna | Bentley Dean and Martin Butler | Australia |

**Documentaries**

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| - | - | - | - |
| Brand: A Second Coming | Brand: A Second Coming | Ondi Timoner | United Kingdom |
| Heart of a Dog | Heart of a Dog | Laurie Anderson | United States |
| He Named Me Malala | He Named Me Malala | Davis Guggenheim | United States |
| I Am Belfast | I Am Belfast | Mark Cousins | Australia |
| Ice and the Sky | La Glace et le ciel | Luc Jacquet | France |
| The Pearl Button | El botón de nácar | Patricio Guzmán | Chile |
| The Propaganda Game | The Propaganda Game | Alvaro Longoria | Spain |
| Remembering The Man | Remembering The Man | Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe | Australia |
| Sherpa | Sherpa | Jennifer Peedom | Australia |
| Speed Sisters | Speed Sisters | Amber Fares | Canada, United Kingdom |

## Special screenings

### Special Events

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| - | - | - | - |
| Highly Strung | Highly Strung | Scott Hicks | Australia |
| A Month of Sundays | A Month of Sundays | Matthew Saville | Australia |
| The Dressmaker | The Dressmaker | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Australia |
| Spear | Spear | Stephen Page | Australia |
| Girl Asleep | Girl Asleep | Rosemary Myers | Australia |
| Sam Klemke’s Time Machine | Sam Klemke’s Time Machine | Matthew Bate | Australia |
| Bad Boy Bubby | Bad Boy Bubby | Rolf de Heer | Australia |
