Australian Film Festivals
Audience, Place, and Exhibition Culture
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film
| Author: | Kirsten Stevens | ISBN: | 9781137581303 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | November 10, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kirsten Stevens |
| ISBN: | 9781137581303 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | November 10, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This is thefirst 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.
This is thefirst 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.
