2007 Adelaide Film Festival


The 3rd Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, South Australia, from 22 February to 4 March 2007. Katrina Sedgwick was again Festival Director. Rolf de Heer received the 2007 Don Dunstan Award for his contribution to the Australian film industry.
The festival opened with Lucky Miles, directed by Michael James Rowland, and closed with Dr. Plonk, directed by Rolf de Heer. Both films had received funding from the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund.
In all, the festival presented twelve new Australian movies in which it had invested.
The inaugural Natuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film was won by the Chinese film Still Life, directed and written by Jia Zhang-ke.

Competition

Jury

The following people were selected for the In Competition Jury:
The following films were selected for the In Competition section:
English titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction country/countries
BamakoBamakoAbderrahmane SissakoFrance/Mali
Boxing DayBoxing DayKriv StendersAustralia
Colossal YouthJuventude Em MarchaPedro CostaFrance/Portugal/ Switzerland
Family LawDerecho De FamiliaDaniel BurmanArgentina/Italy/ France/Spain
GrbavicaGrbavicaJasmila ŽbanićAustria/Bosnia/ Germany/Croatia
Half MoonNîwe Mang/Nîvê HeyvêBahman GhobadiAustria/France/Iran/Iraq
The Home Song StoriesThe Home Song StoriesTony AyresAustralia
The Lives Of OthersDas Leben Der AnderenFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckGermany
MadeinusaMadeinusa Claudia LlosaPeru/Spain
Red RoadRed RoadAndrea ArnoldUK/Denmark
Still Life Still Life Jia ZhangkeChina/Hong Kong
Syndromes and a CenturySyndromes and a CenturyApichatpong WeerasethakulThailand/Austria/ France

Awards

;Don Dunstan Award
The Don Dunstan Award was won by Rolf de Heer.

Festival poster and controversy

The festival's poster depicted a film festival "Eyeball guy" concept. Developed originally by Marketing Manager and Graphic Designer . A small controversy arose when a similar poster design was employed for the 28th Durban International Film Festival. After discussions, the coincidence was eventually put down to "synchronicity".