Birth of a film festival

Australia, 2003

Film
A still image from Birth of a film festival

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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Credits

director

Mark Poole

producer

Lisa French

Duration

00:14:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2003

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1006090

Language

English

Audience classification

ACMI classified

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

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