| 2013 Adelaide Film Festival | |
| Opening: | Tracks |
| Closing: | A Story Of Children and Film |
| Location: | Adelaide, Australia |
| Founded: | 2002 |
| Awards: | International Award for Best Feature Film (Jin) Don Dunstan Award (Scott Hicks) |
| Directors: | Amanda Duthie |
| Number: | 12 (In Competition) |
| Date: | 10–20 October 2013 |
The 6th Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, Australia, from 10 to 20 October 2013.[1] This was Amanda Duthie's first year as Festival Director (after eight years at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and eight years at the Special Broadcasting Service during the 1990s), having taken over from Katrina Sedgwick.[2] Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton served as the festival's patrons.[3]
Scott Hicks received the 2013 Don Dunstan Award[4] [5] [6] for his contribution to the Australian film industry.
The poster this year depicts Screen Worship, which celebrates work for all screens—cinema, television, phone and computer.[7] [8]
The 2013 festival "ran alongside the Adelaide Festival of Ideas for the first time, with a move from 'mad March' to mid October".[9]
The festival featured 166 titles from 48 countries, including 28 world premieres, 47 Australian premieres and 34 South Australian projects.[10] The line-up included 14 works (including seven features) which were supported by the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund.
The festival opened with Tracks and "with no less than two camels on the red carpet with Robyn Davidson, the author of the book on which John Curran's film is based".[11] The festival closed with A Story of Children and Film directed by Mark Cousins.
The Turkish film Jin, directed and written by Reha Erdem, was the winner of the Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film.[12] This was the first time the Adelaide Film Festival offered a Best Documentary Award. It was sponsored by Flinders University and the inaugural award went to Blush of Fruit.[13]
The following people were selected for the Foxtel Movies International Feature Jury:[14]
The Flinders University Best Documentary Jury consisted of:
The following films were selected for the In Competition section:[15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bastards | Les Salauds | Claire Dennis | France | |
| Beatriz's War | A Guerra da Beatriz | Luigi Acquisto, Betty Reis | East Timor | |
| Dance of Reality | La danza de la realidad | Chile | ||
| Jin | Jîn | Reha Erdam | Turkey | |
| How I Live Now | How I Live Now | United Kingdom | ||
| The Notebook | A nagy füzet | Janos Szasz | Hungary | |
| Omar | عمر | Hany Abu-Assad | Palestine | |
| Only Lovers Left Alive | Only Lovers Left Alive | UK-Ger-Fra-Cyp-US | ||
| The Past | Le Passé | Asghar Farhadi | France-Italy–Iran | |
| The Selfish Giant | The Selfish Giant | Clio Bernard | United Kingdom | |
| Stranger by the Lake | L'Inconnu du lac | France | ||
| These Final Hours | These Final Hours | Australia |
The Audience Award for Most Popular Documentary was won by Once My Mother.
The Audience Award for Most Popular Short was won by The Gallant Captain.