L’Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) est le premier événement cinématographique d’Australie-Méridionale et l’un des principaux festivals de films australiens. Organisé chaque année en octobre, il présente un cinéma audacieux, des premières locales et internationales, des tapis rouges, des expositions, des conférences et des soirées. L’AFF soutient également l’industrie par le biais d’initiatives telles que l’AFF Investment Fund, qui investit dans des productions australiennes, lance des carrières et promeut les histoires locales à l’échelle mondiale.
Goes to Cannes
Adelaide Film Festival
Détails du Showcase
Dates clés : 15 mai 2025 | 14:00-16:05
Accès : Détenteurs d’un badge Marché du Film
Lieu principal : Palais K (Palais des Festivals)
Projects
Goes to Cannes
Death of a Shaman
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Dan Jackson
Produced by: Dan Jackson | Future Paradigm Pictures
Country of Production: Australia, Ecuador
Genre: Documentary
Language: English, Spanish, Kichwa, Shuar
Runtime: 104'
Completed in: 2026
Ancient wisdom meets modern revolution as a shaman’s family rise against IMF-backed oil forces, catalysing an Indigenous uprising that seeks to oust the Ecuadorian President.
Goes to Cannes
POLINA
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Agnes Burrell
Produced by: Shane Burrell, Michael Wrenn | Invisible Republic
Country of Production: Australia, Ukraine
Genre: Documentary
Language: Ukrainian
Runtime: 105'
Completed in: 2027
In 2022, ten year old Polina’s village near Kyiv is destroyed and her family is forced to live beside the remains of their home. War becomes her everyday environment and the setting of her adolescence.
Goes to Cannes
Tiber
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Dominic Allen
Produced by: Margarita Decoster | Windy Lighthouse Studios
Country of Production: Australia
Genre: Drama, Road Movie
Language: Italian, English
Runtime: 84'
Completed in: 2026
After losing his job in Rome, art historian Marco returns to Tuscany and sets out with his young daughter Lucia toward the River Tiber. Travelling through an Italian summer shaped by art, history and memory, he is drawn toward a reckoning with the loss he has long tried to contain.
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Wilderness
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Martin McKenna
Produced by: Mat Govoni | Future Pictures
Country of Production: Australia
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Runtime: 100'
Completed in: 2026
Allie’s poor choices unshackle her from life as a doctor, a mother, and a wife. When she ventures into the Victorian high country with former school friend Kaz, the trip soon spirals into conflict, danger, and near disaster – forcing Allie to confront her life and discover the power of listening.
Goes to Cannes
River
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Zane Borg
Produced by: Gabriel Carrubba | Pancake Originals
Country of Production: Australia
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Drama
Language: English
Runtime: 95'
Completed in: 2025
After her mother’s death, 16 year old River struggles to navigate a teenage existence reshaped by grief. She finds solace in an unlikely friendship with Marcus, a troubled teen with wounds of his own. Together, they steal a car and drive to South Australia, in search of Marcus’ estranged mother.