Opening film Highly Strung Location Adelaide, Australia Directed by Amanda Duthie | Closing film Youth Founded 2002 Festival date 15–25 October 2015 | |
The 7th Adelaide Film Festival was held in Adelaide, Australia, from 15–25 October 2015. Amanda Duthie was again the Festival Director. On the opening night of the festival, Director and screenwriter Andrew Bovell received the 2015 Don Dunstan Award for his contribution to the Australian film industry.
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The festival opened with Scott Hicks's documentary film Highly Strung and closed with Paolo Sorrentino's drama film Youth.
More than 180 feature films were screened at the festival, 40 of which were Australian films, 24 South Australian films and total of 51 countries were represented at the Festival.
Jury
The following people were members of the International Feature Jury:
In Competition
The Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film at the Festival was won by Neon Bull.
The Flinders University Documentary Award was awarded to Canadian director Amber Fares for Speed Sisters.
Girl Asleep won the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival Best Feature People Choice's Award. Holding the Man documentary, Remembering the Man won the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary, while the most popular short was Meryl Tankard's Michelle's Story.
The following films were selected for the In Competition section: