Australian Film Festivals
Author | : Kirsten Stevens |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2016-11-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137581303 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137581301 |
Rating | : 4/5 (301 Downloads) |
Download or read book Australian Film Festivals written by Kirsten Stevens and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to offer an in-depth examination of the history, operation, and growth of film festivals as a cultural phenomenon within Australia. Tracing the birth of film festivals in Australia in the 1950s through to their present abundance, it asks why film festivals have prospered as audience-driven spectacles throughout Australia, while never developing the same industry and market foci of their international fellows. Drawing on over sixty-years of archival records, festival commentary, interviews with festival insiders and ephemera, this book opens up a largely uncharted history of film culture activity in Australia.