Not many people know that the Melbourne International Film Festival was born at Olinda on the Australia Day weekend in January 1952, when a group of die-hard film buffs found that the only way they could see the European and Asian films they craved was to organise their own film festival. This documentary, filmed at the 50th Melbourne International Film Festival opening night, provides a fascinating glimpse of a significant event in Australian film culture through interviews, archival footage and stills.
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ACMI Identifier
B1006090
Language
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS [PAL]; Copy
DVD [PAL]; Copy
Mini DV; Master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode