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AFI awards glam up with film festival

THE campaign to remake the AFI awards in a new, more glamorous guise has stepped up with the announcement that this year's awards screenings are to take the form of a festival of Australian film, complete with a couple of high-profile new releases. The AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Festival of Film kicks off in Sydney with a screening of Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe (pictured), about a man on the trail of the last Tasmanian tiger, on October 6. ...
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THE campaign to remake the AFI awards in a new, more glamorous guise has stepped up with the announcement that this year's awards screenings are to take the form of a festival of Australian film, complete with a couple of high-profile new releases. The AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Festival of Film kicks off in Sydney with a screening of Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe (pictured), about a man on the trail of the last Tasmanian tiger, on October 6. The Melbourne screenings start on October 11.

The festival will screen the 21 feature films vying for nominations in the awards, which will be presented at the Sydney Opera House next January.

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Frequently Asked Questions about this Article…

The AACTA Festival of Film is a new, more glamorous-format series of screenings that will showcase Australian films competing for AFI (Australian Film Institute) awards. The festival screens the feature films vying for nominations ahead of the awards presentation.

The festival kicks off in Sydney with a screening on October 6, and Melbourne screenings begin on October 11.

The festival opens in Sydney with a screening of Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, which stars Willem Dafoe.

The festival will screen 21 feature films that are vying for nominations in the awards.

The awards will be presented at the Sydney Opera House next January.

Yes. The festival program includes a couple of high-profile new releases, including The Hunter, as part of the screenings.

The article specifically notes the festival kicks off in Sydney and that Melbourne screenings start on October 11; it does not provide information about screenings in other cities.

According to the article, the change aims to present the AFI awards screenings in a new, more glamorous guise by turning them into a festival that showcases the films competing for awards.